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A New Seed Planted, and a ReBloom

ArtBloom — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:40:06 +0000

Last year, ArtBloom.net went on what I hoped was a temporary hiatus after running out of content to post. I never talked publicly about the problems I was facing with the website, hoping that if I thought long and hard enough about how to rework the model, I could make ArtBloom better than before. During [...]

Steve Argyle

ArtBloom — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:45:24 +0000

I was born and raised in the suburbs of Utah. As a toddler, I had the unfortunate habit of marring any available surface with permanent marker, much to the chagrin of my parents. Growing up, I took an interest in the geekier things in life, like comics, cartoons, RPGs and video games. These entertainments and [...]

Chester Ocampo [NSFW]

ArtBloom — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:25:56 +0000

In one of our most inspiring features yet, Chester Ocampo, an accomplished illustrator and one of the fantastic artists at Imaginary Friends Studios, gives us a comprehensive view of his evolution as an artist; from creating stapled comics with pencil and crayons in 1992, to published digital illustrations in 2009. If his experience doesn’t make [...]

Nicki Hart

ArtBloom — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:14:02 +0000

Nicki Hart represents our very first abstract digital artist on ArtBloom! You can view comparisons of her colorful work from the past five years below. Thanks Nicki! Nicki Hart is all things artist. She is a CEO and full-time graphic/web designer at Multi-Designs, LLC as well as a digital artist and musician. Music works hand-in-hand with [...]

Kickstarting and Poorcrafting

ArtBloom — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:08:32 +0000

Have you ever heard of Kickstarter.com? Kickstarter is a resource for anyone with a good idea, particularly creative ideas, to receive crowd-sourced funding in order to realize their dream. Every type of project from publishing books, to recording albums, to painting murals, to traveling around the world, are featured on the site. If you have [...]

Karin Y. Schmitt [NSFW]

ArtBloom — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:08:02 +0000

I’m Karin and I live in Brazil, in a city near to São Paulo, called Guarulhos, same city I was born. I’ve been interested in drawing since my childhood but, in spite of it, I always wanted to became a doctor when I grew up. Then, a few years ago, at around 15 years old, [...]

Ben Wootten

ArtBloom — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:27:37 +0000

Ben Wootten is a professional illustrator and concept artist who started at Weta Digital in ‘96. He has since worked on The Lord of the Rings trilogy; The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; King Kong, and more. He has created a number of illustrations for RPGs, both fantasy and sci-fi, and graciously agreed to [...]

Niko Geyer

ArtBloom — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:44:52 +0000

Niko Geyer is a freelance illustrator and one half of the fantastic team behind the webcomic Fantasy Realms. He agreed to share some examples of his work from the past eleven years, including wonderful homages to Where The Wild Things Are and Avatar: The Last Airbender, which seem timely. You can find more of Niko’s [...]

Lynn Sibley [NSFW]

ArtBloom — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:52:03 +0000

Lynn Sibley shares with us the evolution she has experienced through her education in the arts. Impressive to see such progress in so many diverse subjects, Lynn! Thank you for contributing! I’m Lynn “tuffie” Sibley, an animator and painter. I started drawing seriously sometime around when I was 12, and really dug into it in my [...]

Ricardo Guimaraes [NSFW]

ArtBloom — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:31:40 +0000

Ricardo Guimaraes is a talented Brazilian illustrator who was kind enough to share with us some thoughts on his transition from oil to digital painting, as well as a few examples. You can follow Ricardo’s fantastic work on his blog, or view more professional illustrations at his website, RGillustration.com. Thank you, Ricardo! Update: Ricardo has also [...]