Updates and More (Patreon)

Schedule - Up till now this month I've been busy with commissions and have just switched over to working on the next rewards. I will begin recording some of the feedback videos this week but will not finish until next week. 

Mood book - Last month we had the release of the first chapter of the Mood book which was on Lighting. It had some good info and examples but...I can do better. In the same way I want to constantly be improving and pushing myself as an artist I want to grow as a teacher. What I created was traditional and "safe" which isn't bad but there are better ways. An exercise I do is imagining someone handing me a copy of the Mood book that I wish existed. If it was everything I hoped it would be, what would be in it? What would it cover? How would it explain things, break them down and example them? What I created would not be it but I've been thinking and sketching to figure out what that is. This means refocusing the project, coming at it from a different direction with a different layout and style. 

Thought Exercise - I'd love to hear your answers to the same exercise. Imagine I handed you a finished hard-copy of the mood book. Before opening it, what do you hope is in it? What do you hope it explains and answers? Flipping through it you find it is exactly what you hoped it was. What does it show you?

Louisville - I'll be attending Star City Games Magic Open tournament this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. If you're in the area drop in and say hi!