Author Archives: Sarah

About Sarah

Now residing in Las Vegas, I was born in Michigan and moved to Texas when 16. After getting my Masters degree in English, I moved to Hollywood, because of the high demand for Medievalists (NOT!). As a freelance writer and editor, I found Nevada offers better conditions for the wallet. I love writing all sorts of things, and occasionally also create some artwork.

Smiley and Karla

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Sarah

This is the actual scan of the pencil portraits, which is much clearer than the photo I took of the finished piece.     If anyone is interested in prints of this, let me know. I have a Zazzle store … Continue reading →

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Smiley Process – Part 5

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sarah

Getting much closer to finishing the piece. But I was still playing chicken with Alec Guinness’ face. Shortly after I took this picture I admitted to myself I’d have to deal with the face. I couldn’t fill in all the … Continue reading →

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Smiley Process – Part 4

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sarah

Every little bit makes things come clearer. But I’m still uncertain about Guinness’ face. Related Images:

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Smiley Process – Part 3

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sarah

More with the negative space. Might as well start building up the darkest spots. Related Images:

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Smiley Process – Part 2

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sarah

Once the general shapes of the faces were in place, I had to start making choices. Guinness’ face was still stumping me, so I gave my attention to other details: the shape of his hat, his scarf, and the background. … Continue reading →

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Smiley Process – Part 1

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sarah

Finally getting around to posting the in-between parts of the Smiley & Karla portraits. THIS PREVIOUS POST shows the earliest point I took a picture of. I had blocked out the positions for the heads and had sketched in the … Continue reading →

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The End Result

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Sarah

At the moment, I still haven’t figured out some key things about the ComicsPress template…. so for now, this is a regular post. Which means that although I have pictures of the intermediate steps in the drawing of Guinness and … Continue reading →

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Hit with Inspiration

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Sarah

I’d watched my DVD copy of the Alec Guinness Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy on Saturday, and got inspired. I watched the second piece, Smiley’s People today, and while doing that also did a pencil portrait of Guinness as George Smiley, … Continue reading →

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Getting Started

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Sarah

There’s still a lot about the ComicPress format that I haven’t quite mastered. But since I now do have a certain amount of material scanned to my computer, I can begin posting it. The above piece was originally done in … Continue reading →

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Incidental Mythlore Art – Now in Color

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Sarah

So, more of my “playing” with Photoshop.  It’s stimulating to do these, but I do need to get back to work writing.  I gave myself the weekend and holiday off from that. In the meantime, I give you these two … Continue reading →

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