tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85045478237954150772012-01-17T07:41:23.487-05:00The art blog of Dwight Williams, StorytellerDwight Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14389833479219422837noreply@blogger.comBlogger771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504547823795415077.post-6772735644054288002012-01-11T14:47:00.001-05:002012-01-11T14:48:36.243-05:00

For your entertainment.Staged at Type Books of Toronto.More on other stuff to follow...

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...and I'm seeing a lot of Russian traffic lately.The cynic in me wonders why.

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...it seems there's this one posting here that is serving as a spam magnet, just a photo-link to a self-portrait over on my Flickr account.The fact that it's become a spam magnet - the attempted "comments" are easily deleted, true - annoys me. Should I just delete the post itself, or will that merely persuade the spammers to pick another posting of mine to annoy me with?Opinions and suggestions

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Remembrance Day 2011, a set on Flickr.Selected observances from the Canadian War Memorial and Peacekeepers' Monument, Ottawa, Canada, 2011.

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Ray Larabie pointed out a design-related rant that might be of some interest to all of us working...with our hands.Go take a look. Might be worth at least ten minutes of your life.

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IMG_0154, a photo by dwight_ew on Flickr.I have to admit to liking the uppermost sign. Its contents are a Truth.

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From Sketchesthe last page of a tale that was drawn first...in the Shanghai Restaurant on Somerset Street in Ottawa's Chinatown, and the tables all had bowls of jellybeans that night. Thank the Ottawa Comix Jam for that inspiration.

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Market Mall Tower Mast, a photo by dwight_ew on Flickr.Whoever said that antenna farms can't - or perhaps more importantly, shouldn't - be pleasing to look at?I don't recall hearing or reading any such thing.

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Randy Bachman - 13 October 2011, a set on Flickr.Seen live at Southminster United Church, Ottawa, Canada! Promoting his first book, Vinyl Tap Stories courtesy of the Ottawa International Writers Festival.

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Irshad Manji at the Mayfair - 21 Sept 2011, a set on Flickr.The author and newly-minted NYU professor returned to Ottawa for another interview by CBC News ancher Lucy van Oldenbarneveld at the Mayfair Theatre, courtesy of the Ottawa International Writers Festival.While it wasn't Prof. Manji's first visit to Ottawa, or her first session with van Oldenbarneveld, it was the first time I'd ever been

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I've been meaning to get back "out there" in the convention and book sale circuit, and this convention newly revived was - is - part of an ongoing, improvised plan of solving that matter.I'll be sitting on a few panel discussions telling tales and pretending that I have useful advice to give, but in reality, I'll be there to learn. From the other panellists, from the audience, from the rest of

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...and really, people? Looks like a "who's who" of spammery that the traffic's been coming from this month. Do you really think people don't pay attention to these things? Most of us bloggers have at least some degree of egomania about their site traffic. Back to art photography for my next posting...

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Wildlife of Ottawa - Ducks off the River, a photo by dwight_ew on Flickr.Call it a target of opportunity. I don't get much chance to get visuals like this, really. And when the ducks let you get this close(with or without digital and optical zoom)...

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I've been busy elsewhere for a fair while now. The day-job's been part of the reason for that, so have family-related matters, and a bit of stuff on my other blogs. If you've been following those other blogs, you've possibly already got a clue as to where this particular post is going. But today is the day the situation's made clear: I'm serving on the organizing committee - "ConComm" - of a

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Company Names Down the Memory Hole?, a photo by dwight_ew on Flickr.When did chartered banks in Canada start finding it important to try to forget their full company names?

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Winterlude 2011 - Fuller's Ghost After a Fashion, a photo by dwight_ew on Flickr.Wishing that I could remember exactly who built this installation...

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Irony foundin this fact:I grew up in the Prairiesfrom Albertato Manitoba.And so rarelywould I look upat the skiesand the stars.Despite watchingAdama and Kirk,Rogers and Koenig,I would not lookup at the skieswhere, so the TV said,their adventuresand trials played out.Now, in Ottawa,despite tales in the newsof light pollutionmasking the skies,I look up and seeat last, at long last,Dubhe and

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Well, some changes to the system...like whether or not I allow "backlinks" to this - and future - postings here on this particular blog. Or perhaps they were always here and I just didn't notice until now.I was going to post some poetry, as a change of routine. Maybe later tonight?

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CBC Live! Ottawa - Feb. 2011Originally uploaded by dwight_ewWent to see this...well, because I'm a fan and I used to do some courtroom art for the news arm of the Corporation on a freelance basis years ago. Looks like I wasn't the only one with that idea.Good.

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Nate's: In MemoriamOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewThis used to be a Culinary Fixture in Ottawa. For many years, renowned for its food and a major hangout for celebrities, politicians, and more...the building on Rideau Street was sold and, eventually demolished.We've been told that the owners might find some way to revive the brand somewhere else in the city. No word on where or when just yet as

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Sparks West from CBCOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewNot sure why I took this picture, save that it seemed as good a moment as any given the weather and the location.

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Hazeldean: Hewitt Way, Old-SchoolOriginally uploaded by dwight_ew"What Canadian hockey fan alive during the last half-century or more is not going to twig to this one?"That's what I wrote when I first uploaded this to Flickr awhile back in the fall of 2010. I was researching one of the articles on Ottawa street names that have been showing up at spacingottawa.ca under my byline from time to time,

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Looking to the MountOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewI should know which street I was standing on looking northwards...

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Toronto Broadcast Centre on a Saturday IIOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewThis was back in August of 2009. I was in Toronto to play tourist without any cares for any convention of any sort. Just wanted to see some sights and do some shopping for the heck of it. So I dropped in on the CBC Toronto Broadcast Centre as part of the self-guided tour.I got lucky. Everyone but the camera crew and the

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Railfair 33: Signage Rescued for Retail?Originally uploaded by dwight_ewSome of the things you find at rail-fandom events will surprise you.

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Night in Centretown: After "Chasing Boudicca"Originally uploaded by dwight_ewTaken whilst walking to catch the homeward bus after seeing Kathryn Hunt's "Chasing Boudicca" performed at the National Arts Centre's Fourth Stage.The new statue honouring musician Oscar Peterson has become one of my new favourites among this city's many monuments. It's on a human scale, celebrating artistic skill and

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...in a group called ParLUGment, Ottawa-based Lego enthusiasts. When I saw this at RailFest 33 here in Ottawa this past October, I was amazed at the range of props and the creative design skill of the people who built this...

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Taken earlier in the winter...

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If you're interested in seeing what else I've been writing and taking pix of for Spacing Ottawa of late...http://spacingottawa.ca/author/dwightwilliams/A selection of pieces, mostly devoted to urban history, particularly with regard to street names. Those seven thousand or so street names had to come from somewhere after all.There are some exceptions, though...More on other subjects in the weeks

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I've been contributing on an irregular basis to Spacing Ottawa, a weblog devoted to urban infrastructure issues and history around the city. Pleased to report that a new article went live yesterday, dealing with Somerset House, a longtime landmark in the downtown of Ottawa.

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I've been letting this place lie fallow again for a while. My mistake.(Some people tell me to never own up to such things. Bushwah!)Anyway, still here, and while I'm figuring out what to post here next, I thought you might want a look at something one of my acquaintances - one Jens Altmann by name - is up to, called Made of Fail.Go take a look.

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Been fiddling with any number of things over the last few weeks:Training in Illustrator and Photoshop, check.Indesign, not so much. I want to do something useful about that between now and next posting.Manga Studio, check. Managed to do a demo session at the ByMUG meeting yesterday, to boot. I could've managed the computer-projector interface settings better, mind you...Celestia, check. Astronomy

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Been thinking of the work done by Keith Giffen, and Tom and Mary Bierbaum on the Legion of Super-Heroes of late...and teaching myself how to use Adobe Illustrator as well. So...From Mythical Maps

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The Hobbled Bird - 1Originally uploaded by dwight_ewFound this fowl at a local bus stop. It seemed obvious that it had a wing problem of some kind. Not being a veterinarian precluded my figuring the details of its problem.It wandered off before the bus finally arrived to pick me up, so there was no chance to track down a vet to help.Wherever it is now, I hope it's well.

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Nanaimo - Federal SightingOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewWhat school of architecture would you say this design belongs to?

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Sunlight Into Bridgehead - Bank and AlbertOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewAn exercise with light and Photo Booth.

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Birds of HintonbergOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewSometimes you take a picture just to see if the camera can do the job.Someone's got to be feeding all those birds...

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Question in the ConcreteOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewSometimes a bit of other people's graffiti will get you thinking.

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Snowbank in the DarkOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewIsn't it cool what you can get out of your camera with the right settings?Just saying.

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18 Sept 2004- Ottawa Raiders v Mtl AxionOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewFour years ago, we had a women's hockey team in town. It isn't there anymore, although another team's taken its place...but here's some memories of what used to be in Ottawa.

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...there be some good news about the Mayfair Theatre on CBC.ca.I took in the press conference at Ottawa City Hall re: arts/heritage funding issues this morning, whilst taking care of other business(IE: day-job hunting). Hoping to put up a few photos later on.More to come...

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Closing the Second Issue-Work in ProgressOriginally uploaded by dwight_ewStarted work on the last page of Local Hero # 2 this week, and so far it's been a fun slog. The definition of a "work in progress".More as it develops...

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U of O=Gotham U?Originally uploaded by dwight_ewSome parts of Ottawa just put me in mind of that other city I know too well. Such as parts of the University of Ottawa campus. Doesn't this front entrance to the computer science building put you in mind of stuff that Furst would design?

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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

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Eric Trautman recently noted his own addiction to font collecting, and I'd be remiss to not make my own confession along these lines. For me, it started in high school with the first Letraset catalogue I'd ever laid eyes or hands upon. Back then, not so long ago by some lights, they still sold mostly dry transfer sheets. Software for home computers was a few years off. When I saw the options

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For your enjoyment and enticement...

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Thought you might appreciate a visual update...

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Learned the hard way.Never use Deleter colour pens on Peter Pauper Press sketchbooks. Sure, the results look cool. But the ink goes right through the page. (Certain other brands of brush pen marker, too, while I'm at it.)Prismacolor Premier fine line markers, though? That's another, happier story.I still like the sketchbooks. I just need thicker paper for some types of pen.

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Something that came into mind almost fully-formed...

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Some sketches on the bus from last month...

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Yours to enjoy or not, done with Pitt Brush Pens and Prismacolor Premiers(among other devices). I like these tools.

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Just because I felt like it last night. I don't expect to earn any commissions on the strength of this.

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Because I felt like it, and because it now feels like I'm making additional progress on the art front...a picture of my drafting table.

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I've been in Confederation Park in Ottawa's Centretown district from time to time, sketching whatever's either in front of me or passing by the bench I'm sitting on. This fell into the latter...

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Seemed like the thing to throw into the blog. Used Prismacolor 01 and 001 black pens for this one...And, yes, Toronto was good. More on that on my other blog...

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Some good news:I'm going to be in Toronto this weekend for the Paradise Comicon, and I'm set for table AA12 in Artists' Alley.Looking forward to seeing many old and new faces there!

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Hi again. I'm revisiting Gator Jones for a little bit here, and throwing in some facial expression studies of U.S. Steel - one of the antagonists of Local Hero - while I'm at it.Something that got drilled into my head in animation school - rightly - is the need to explore how your characters would express their every mood variation. Or at least as many as you could imagine them expressing,

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One of the series I've enjoyed over the years has been the first eight issues of the second Black Lightning series, written by Tony Isabella, artwork mainly by Eddy Newell. In addition to the exploration of issues of urban life in the American Great Lakes, the ethics of superheroics, and what constitutes doing the right thing...well, I still believe that the best uniform design to date for the

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Here's one of them. Might use the idea somewhen else down the line anyway...

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With apologies to Marvel, just in case.I like these characters, is all.

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Something I did for practice a couple of years ago. You've likely seen a smaller version on my website on NCF for the last couple of years, right under the sidebar menu column.And if you live in Ottawa, you may recognize it as one of the landmarks of Confederation Park's northern side, abutting the Mackenzie King Bridge...

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For Jamie Coville, this one's for you. Expect it in the mail within the next business tenday or so, barring any absolute disasters on Canada Post's end of things. You mentioned being a fan of this guy...Given the fun that Warren and Stuart have had with him this past year(and hopefully will have more of the same or better next year), I'm imagining the following dialogue:"Who retro-conned me? Why

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Today I'm including some practice sketches of Elijah, one of the supporting cast of Local Hero. You might have seen glimpses of him earlier here, and at my Gallery site.Also, an offer:If you've got a favourite character you'd like a sketch of, so long as nothing worse than PG-ratings is involved re: that character, I'm available for commissions. Contact me at williams.dwight@gmail.com and we can

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Quick update time: I've set up a branch presence on Comicspace.More news and stuff to follow...

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I haven't exactly been showering the blog with new works and I want to apologize for that. I've been busy getting Local Hero # 1 ready to go to press, as well as several other projects in the pipeline and looking for more and more varied work. Some of that's been detailed at my other blog, of course.Anyway: more stuff soon. Promise.

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I am nothing if not either prolific or a wannabe polymath.Specifically, a font inspired by pre-1985 "Kryptonese"One of the side projects I've mentioned over at my Other Blog has been experimental font design, inspired by the comics of years gone by. as compiled by E. Nelson Bridwell, with the notes passed along to Al Turniansky by the late Rich Morrissey.I'm about ¾ of the way to completion on

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You might think this was a joke. But it ain't. The city of Ottawa really did this.

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Looking for opinions on what I should post on next here on the Artblog.I'm considering posting some more character designs for Local Hero.I've also got a font project or two that I've been fiddling with for a while in the background.So call this a straw poll, completely unscientific in nature and structure.

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The preview at Wellbound Productions begins in earnest.More news to follow...

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One who's been a particular favourite of mine to watch the last few years, as you might've gathered from my comments on my other blog re: Bon Cop, Bad Cop...

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...and I thought one panel might be an interesting sampler to whet the appetites...

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Leah Adezio is someone I've known from online fandom and past attempts to make the Professional Break happen a long while. I was recently told -- or reminded -- that today is her birthday. One of the things I remember well is her interest in Aquaman going back a very long ways before we met either online or in person.I thought she deserves a gift, just because.So.Back to normal promotional stuff

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Official disclaimer time: I'm not an architect. Never been one. Fantasized about it on occasion, though. And when you see the design work by the likes of Anton Furst going into Gotham City for either the first Burton-directed Bat-movie or the comic books, or Tony Harris' work on Opal City in the second Starman series, you might begin to understand why I'd feel that way.So, when Ian Gould sent me

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We've all seen them in print and online over the years: pieces of how a character evolves from first sketch to the finished pages.Ian and I talked it over, and for today's edition, we'll cover Gator Jones, one of the keys of the first Local Hero arc. Gator's one of those guys who always seem to get the short end of the genetic stick in the genre as we know it. If the nickname wasn't a giveaway

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I'm considering using this for posting artwork from upcoming projects, given the picture file storage space available with this account.Suggestions?

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My regular blog is serving me just fine. But here I am anyway...More to follow.

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