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Thinking about doing a podcast

Oct05
by baron on October 5, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Posted In: Baron's Journal, News & Reviews

Over the last twenty years I have spoken with my friends on dozens of panels at conventions on wide variety of topics ranging art technique to esoteric facets of world-building for fiction. For the most part these panels have been well received by the audience; well now Dave Bryant and myself are thinking about starting our own podcast.

The podcast would be a once a month affair and would be no more than one hour in length. While the main focus would be on world-building for fictional worlds, other topics are suitable for discussion. In fact both Dave and I would be interested in soliciting topics for episodes from our watchers and fans, of course we would decide which topics we wished to discuss and we’d want the program to be something that would be suitable all ages. Also before we release the first episode we wish to record several months of broadcasts first so we have a reserve/ cushion in case life decides to interrupt or recording schedule. Finally we will want to do research and fact checking before we open our mouths and stick our feet in them.  Does this sound like something folks would be interested in? If so please send your ideas for possible topics to us.

└ Tags: Baron Engel, Podcast, World-building
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Morning in the Palace

Sep22
by baron on September 22, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Posted In: Baron's Art

Morning in the palace

I haven't posted any Andur related art in while so I decided to fixed that.

This is the only color piece I've done, need to fix that, of Jedel who is part demon, and part deer. She lives in the palace in Andur. This is also the first time I actually showed the palace in a finished piece. link

I wanted to capture the feeling of cool light that occurs at 7 to 8am in morning. Also I wanted to capture both rim lighting on Jedel but also the light that is rebounding off the wall behind her that is providing fill light.Some of my inspiration came from studying the images of Edwin Lord Weeks. link Image size 12"x 16', medium colored pencil with some marker, gouache, and technical pen included.

└ Tags: Andur, anthropomorphic, baron, colored pencil, fantasy, Jedel
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Comic Easel <3 s2member Plugin

Sep20
by smudge on September 20, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Posted In: Plugins

Here's a quick little plugin I'm currently poking at for WordPress that I think many web-comic peeps will find handy. Requires both Comic Easel and s2member. This is getting close to a release state, however it is still beta.

SMEW-comic-easel-heart-s2member-v0.1.4

=== Comic Easel <3 s2member ===
Requires at least: WordPress 3.0, Comic Easel Plugin, s2member
Tested up to: WordPress 4, Comic Easel Plugin, s2member

s2member integration for Comic Easel for drip feeding of comic posts. Will let subscribers 'preview' comics for specified times before opening up to the wide world based on user roles. Will also allow different size images to be displayed based on user roles. Only works on Single Posts.

Known Issues: This plugin currently breaks Image Maps and Light Box use inside of Comic Easel. It is recommended you do not use this plugin until the next revision of both SMEW Comic Easel <3 s2member and Comic Easel if either of those two functions are necessary for your site.

Upcoming: Adding a backend setting UI to change things such as the custom post type slug name. Fix for the Image Map and Light Box issue coming with next revision of both SMEW Comic Easel <3 s2member and Comic Easel (will require both). Add descriptions to Settings page.

Update:

v 0.1.4 - Fixed the comic display so that it would correctly display/interact when 'Comic Easel'->'Clicking the comic goes to next comic' is active. Removed add_action via Frumph's wonderful suggestion. Changed timestamp creation to fall more inline with WordPress standards.

v 0.1.3 (internal release only) - Added the ability to set image size via membership level. Currently hard coded to the 4 basic membership levels that come standard with s2member. It can be wonky since it can be set in any random order, so use with caution.

v 0.1.2 - Fixed bug where variable was feeding into wrong function.

Wow- not even 48 hours old and I find my first bug! Basically, the name was causing WordPress to try and update the as if it was Comic Easel. Not helping. So I renamed the plugin slightly to include the studio's abbreviation, SMEW, at the front. The link above has been updated with the newest version. If you really want the older version, I have it listed below.

SMEW-comic-easel-heart-s2member-v0.1.2
SMEW-comic-easel-heart-s2member-v0.1.1
comic-easel-heart-s2member-v0.1

└ Tags: Comic Easel, plugin, s2member, Wordpress
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Raising steam!

Sep15
by baron on September 15, 2014 at 6:34 pm
Posted In: Baron's Art
Raising Steam

Raising Steam

Haven't seen any new Rosemary work in a while and this also gets another commission of my docket. This one was for :iconearlmcclaw: who commissioned a steampunk Rosemary for his collection. This is the final result of the development sketches link link I have posted over the last few months.

A particular challenge to this piece was rendering the dress that has been hitched up with the gaiters. :iconsmudgedragon: was particularly helpful in assisting me in explaining how the garment would probably bunch up and hang. This was very useful advice since I had no direct reference, at best I had some very rough photos that gave a very general idea of how the clothing would react. In the end I am happy with how it turned out.

A few of other things I am proud of in this piece is the greenish blue smoke coming from the gun barrel along with checkering on wooden back stock and the case-hardening on the carbine receiver. The piece is done with colored pencil, markers, technical pen and gouache. The paper size is 11" x 14", the working surface is vellum finish Bristol Board.

└ Tags: anthropomorphic, Baron Engel, Rosemary, Skunk, Steampunk
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Radio Comix Store having a Big Summer Blowout Sale!

Aug18
by smudge on August 18, 2014 at 4:44 pm
Posted In: Smudge's Journal

Just a heads up ~ Radio Comix (Smudge's Publisher for BMI, Ebin & May, Liberty from Hell) is having a big clearance sale.

Super End of Summer Warehouse Blowout Sale on the Radio Comix Online store!

It’s too hot to do inventory, and we wanna clear out some boxes from storage so you get bargains galore! Discounts from 15%-50% on comics, graphic novels, back issues and more! Everything from furry to anthro to manga to yaoi to adult, every genre is on sale!

If you ever wanted to get your hands on hard copies of these, now's the time to do it. ^.^

└ Tags: Bureau of Mana Investigation, Christina "Smudge" Hanson, Ebin & May, Liberty from Hell, Radio Comix, sale
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