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Digital Art: Monkeys

John — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:21:57 +0000

I started this Painting a couple of months ago but it got put on the back burner there for a while. I finally got around to finishing it.

I think this is the first time I have ever done any art work that had monkeys in it.

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The second image is a close up crop of the original.

Custom Built Cabinet

John — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:13:17 +0000

This is a run-through on the building of a cabinet for a customer of mine. The cabinet needed to be custom made in order to fit a hole that was in the finished basement wall of their house. This was by far the largest cabinet that I have ever built myself.

The dimensions of the cabinet ended up being 79 in. high, 46 in. wide and 24 in. deep. This left me with a half an inch of play around the cabinet to be sure that it would fit into the hole without any problems. The bottom area

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Scarred Dragon Painting.

John — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:45:10 +0000

This one took a while to finish.

To show some of the detail I have also included a close up crop of the picture that show off some of the details in the eye and the scales. The close up crop is close to 75% zoom in of the actual size of the painting.

The Wizard, Digital Art

John — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:23:32 +0000

A new digital art work that I recently completed.

What Does it Take to be a Good Carpenter?

John — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:00:55 +0000

It doesn't take a seasoned professional carpenter to create something that is beautiful or well built. It takes a person who is willing to pay attention to detail and spend the time necessary to get it right.

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