#ed ritchie

The first time is always the best. To find that thrill again is elusive. Instead choose to make every time the first time.

Flipping the page on a calendar changes nothing. The good news is that we are heading back towards the sun. Warmer days are only months away.

Some like it hot, some like it cold and some like it in-between. Being in the middle protects you from committing to anything. A great excuse for procrastinating.

Some things seem awesome at first and then they don't. Until you try what you imagine to be awesome you will never know.

Some would say doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is a sign of insanity. So does that make an artist insane?

Time flies so the saying goes. In the digital world it distorts, compresses and sucks you in. To free yourself is the challenge.

Stagnation -- definition: lack of activity, growth, or development. Yep, you guessed it, it is that time again when nothing works. Impatiently waiting for the pendulum to swing back the other way.

I did what I wanted. Not that it means anything. I closed my eyes took a deep breath and simply just did it! Now it is done. Feel free to read my weekly gibberish -- or not!

I usually trash talk my work (someone has to) … but not this week. The final image may or may not be of any value, but the process worked for me. A number of my previous images are digital colourizations of ink and graphite drawings. First I would do a “mindless doodle” line drawing and then render the values and textures with graphite. The next step is to digitize the image and colour it.…