Monthly Archives: January 2007

Artist Hideout News: Feeds and Submissions

I think I finally got all my feed related issues solved for this site (for anyone who may have experienced issues with them lately, thank you for your patience).
Also, I have had many submissions lately for artists who would like to be featured. If you are one of the lurkers (people who read but [...]

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Trading Art: Reliving the Fascinations of Trading Cards

When I was about 9, I used to enjoy trading baseball cards. Phrases come back to me of “I’ll trade my Jose Canseco Dream Team card for your Nolan Ryan?”. I must admit I was a big fan of Nolan Ryan. Baseball fanatics today don’t know the love of the game that [...]

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Netsuke: Please touch my art.

A friend of mine recently was telling me about Netsuke (pronounced NET-SKAY) art. Apparently there is an animal that is representative of each person’s birth year. This Cocker Spaniel was carved by Netsuke artist-in-training, Nori Mimbu.
Netsuke is the art of taking each one of those animals and carving it. Apparently Netsukee has quite a following [...]

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How to continue Art when life happens… (asking for opinion on cars too)

It’s been a rough last two days. Car problems mostly. A few other things too.
I’ve been a little tied down in terms of actually getting to some paints lately or sitting down in front of a blank piece of paper to even draw a little.
I’ve come to realize that for me when [...]

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New Logo for this Site

For awhile there’s been talk of new templates around b5. I have been frustrated with the colors around here being a little drab to say the least. So while thinking about a new color scheme, I decided to reinvent the logo too with the new colors.
I am pretty pleased with the results. [...]

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