Author Archives: John

keeping in practice

sketch 082610, originally uploaded by john.red.

trying to get used to rendering detail at smaller sizes — this one’s about four inches high.

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new painting

072510 final, originally uploaded by john.red.

I don’t have a title for this one. I hate titling paintings anyway :D

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John Reddinger - weathertop

here’s some LotR geekery: Frodo and the Nazgul at Weathertop. Just a little speedpainting :)

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Olly Moss poster for Lost ARG

I’m a huge fan of Lost. Unfortunately, I’ve never had the time to piece together the show’s between-season Alternate Reality Games, but those who do are currently buzzing about the new art print created by Styl.us member Olly Moss. Moss is well known for his cheeky Saul Bass-influenced style, and it’s in full effect here. There are [...]

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Lauren Albert featured on The Tools Artists Use

Stylus member Lauren Albert, a.k.a. PLSLALA, has been featured on a great little blog called The Tools Artists Use. Go check it out to find out her secrets!

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Stylus on Lettercult

Lettercult’s Best of the First Half of 2009 list includes work by Stylus founder Ray Frenden and member Jon Contino. Right on guys!

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Barnaby Ward on Evolve Happy

Stylus member Barnaby Ward has been named Artist of the Week on Evolve Happy.

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Bob Staake’s picture book template

Creating a 32-page children’s book dummy can be a frustrating experience. Illustrator Bob Staake just made it a bit easier to organize all that content with his Idiot-Proof Picture Book Dummy Template.
Just FYI: The link to the full size template may be easily missed; it’s on the word “this” at the end of the post.

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Everybody Dies, illustrated by Michael Cho

In 2008, Jim Munroe of No Media Kings created a text-based interactive fiction game called Everybody Dies. The game is accompanied by some great illustration by Stylus’ own Mike Cho. Mike’s style really suits the game’s bleak tone and ‘blighted suburbia’ setting, which is reminiscent of his 2008 webcomic, Waiting.

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Styl.us does Covered

Inspired by Robert Goodin’s blog Covered - which features artists doing their own interpretations of their favorite comic book covers - the gang at Styl.us got together and covered some great drawings themselves.
Check them out on our Covered gallery page, and then visit Covered to submit your own!

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