http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3ACryptcrawler deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:Cryptcrawler en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sat, 25 May 2013 08:26:56 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/TAD-Making-It-Right-358271492 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/TAD-Making-It-Right-358271492 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:39:38 PST TAD: Making It Right nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2013 *Cryptcrawler
John English over at TAD stepped up and did the right thing by sending me a check for my royalties, which I have already received and banked.
He also gave me his word that he would be taking care of the other artists royalties who were wronged as well.

Whether that happens or not remains to be seen, but he called me not long after I made my post wanting to know what he could do.

John said he didn't think people should get credit for doing the right thing and I agreed. But I still want to take the time to flesh this out a little because I want to keep my side of the street clean and because t ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/CA-Org-TAD-Are-Stealing-Artist-Royalties-357909498 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/CA-Org-TAD-Are-Stealing-Artist-Royalties-357909498 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:34:13 PST CA.Org/TAD Are Stealing Artist Royalties nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2013 *Cryptcrawler
First of all I want to thank those of you who have purchased my tutorial through legitimate means. Your support has been incredible, myself and my family can't thank you enough, the notes and letters I have received from many of you in regards to the tutorial have honestly been touching and inspirational - it's been an experience unlike anything I expected to find in this business.

It is that v ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Behold-218771149 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Behold-218771149 Thu, 12 May 2011 16:18:29 PDT Behold... nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2011-2013 *Cryptcrawler
Ok, so as many of you can probably already tell im not very, uhhh...bloggy.

In fact I feel really stupid when I do it...yet love to read blog posts by artists and personalities I like.

Im deep (lol) and complex like that.

The truth is I would much prefer to interract with you guys via comments or notes and thats something Ive pretty much sucked at for ohhh...I dunno...8 months?

There's a very good reason for it; not one that I can talk about right now because i'd be breaking an NDA but I can say that it was for a MASSIVE project that ate all of my time and had me locked down at my computer even moreso t ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/SiDEBAR-NATION-Interview-224300505 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/SiDEBAR-NATION-Interview-224300505 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:12:38 PDT SiDEBAR NATION Interview nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *Cryptcrawler
For those of you who still aren't tired of listening to me flap my big ol' stupid lips: my roundtable discussion with the boys from hotlanta is currently available for your listening pleasure over on sidebar nation.

You can go check it out here: http://www.sidebarnation.com/

I had a total riot with those guys; we shot the shit and were goofin for almost 5 hours that night  (hats off to swain  for taking the time to distill all the goodness down into about an hour and change!), they treated me like family and since then i've had the privilege of getting to know them even more after we did the show.

Thes ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/The-Safehouse-Atelier-224755714 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/The-Safehouse-Atelier-224755714 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:23:52 PDT The Safehouse Atelier nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *Cryptcrawler Hell, i'd be attending there right now if I could - Ive always been much, much more a perpetual student than anything else.

The Massive Black crew has been a profound source of inspiration for me over the years and still never fails to keep me humble, hungry and ready to improve today.
Trust me - whoever goes through this program will be coming out a monster to be feared!

This looks like the real deal, ladies and gents: Instruction from professionals who are active ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Leaving-TAD-and-SIDEBAR-NATION-Interview-225339827 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Leaving-TAD-and-SIDEBAR-NATION-Interview-225339827 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:54:19 PDT Leaving TAD and SIDEBAR NATION Interview nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *Cryptcrawler Well...short, sweet and sour is probably a lot more like it.

As several of you might already know I've had to withdraw from my teaching opportunity @ TAD.
Ive made a formal announcement over on conceptart.org in the TAD forums concerning the issue, here:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2790971#post2790971

If the link goes down I'll provide an update.

Now that the sour stuff is over for the time being, on to the sweet stuff.

This Friday, July 2nd @ 6pm CST ill have the distinct honor of being able to hang with Dwight and the rest of the crew over on Sidebar ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Interviews-amp-future-goodies-225879396 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Interviews-amp-future-goodies-225879396 Sun, 30 May 2010 10:59:29 PDT Interviews & future goodies nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *Cryptcrawler If you haven't seen Dave Rapoza's art you really should, I love it and love him and have the good fortune of being able to call him a good friend.
See Dave Rapoza's art here: :icondavidrapozaart: and check out my interview with him here: http://daverapoza.blogspot.com/2010/03/re-watch-cryptcrawlerbrad-rigney.html

I'll also be heading on over to shoot the shinola with the great dudes ove ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Downloadable-Tutorial-is-now-available-amp-SXSW-227350370 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Downloadable-Tutorial-is-now-available-amp-SXSW-227350370 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:53:14 PST Downloadable Tutorial is now available & SXSW nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *Cryptcrawler
http://media.massiveblack.com/downloads.html#crypt

You can also view the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/user/MassiveDVD

It's hard for me to translate to all of you how excited, honored and grateful I am to be able to present this to you, its something I thought that would never, ever happen; a pipe-dream at best.
It's also hard for me thank you enough for the interest, support and enthusiasm you have all shown for me and my art and I earnestly hope this tutorial delivers something that you'll be able to walk away with and use for your benefit as an artist, whatever your chosen medium may be.

I'd like t ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Conceptart-Org-Downloadable-Tutorial-Trailer-227352288 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Conceptart-Org-Downloadable-Tutorial-Trailer-227352288 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:15 PST Conceptart.Org Downloadable Tutorial Trailer nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2010-2013 *Cryptcrawler Stay tuned for updates!

http://www.youtube.com/user/MassiveDVD ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Digital-Art-Masters-Vol-4-231061634 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Digital-Art-Masters-Vol-4-231061634 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:47:24 PDT Digital Art Masters Vol 4 nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2009-2013 *Cryptcrawler
Its been an insanely busy summer for me, which is why ive been such a lazy punk with the updates.
Ive thankfully spent the majority of it chained to my Wacom tablet in my work dungeon, pounding out art that ill hopefully be able to share with you all soon; once the NDA is lifted and its all been released for retail.

Speaking of retail, Digital Art Masters Vol 4 is finally available for purchase. Its a really beautiful looking book and I honestly couldnt be more honored to be apart of it.
I was also additionally fortunate to have my work print exactly as it should look; produc ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/2D-Artist-Magazine-Interview-232655461 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/2D-Artist-Magazine-Interview-232655461 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:34:30 PDT 2D Artist Magazine Interview nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2009-2013 *Cryptcrawler
http://www.2dartistmag.com/artists/issue040_apr09/interview01.pdf

There are definately parts to it that got pretty personal, but I wouldnt have it any other way. I think if Ive learned anything so far is that you can transform your own misfortune and bad experiences into something that can benefit others, even if its small; you just never know who is reading, you might just reach someone at the right time.

But you gotta take the chance and make yourself vulnerable in order for that to happen.

There are also a few concept sketches that made it into the intervi ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/An-update-for-the-past-few-updates-232962680 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/An-update-for-the-past-few-updates-232962680 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:25:28 PDT An update for the past few updates nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2009-2013 *Cryptcrawler
Apparently Imagine FX comes out a month ahead in the UK/Europe.
So when I was told March 10th, he meant March 10th *in the UK*.

So im very sorry that I've mis-announced this like 10 times already to you guys.
Im just going to go ahead and play it safe and say be on the lookout for Imagine FX issue #42, the Watchmen Special. Some places in the US might very well be carrying it right now.

Either way its still exciting as hell for me since they used my art for the webpage ad and Im Artist of the Month in the Expose Spotlight. At least thats what someone told me the little golden badge meant.

I ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Update-Imagine-FX-Spotlight-on-sale-March-10th-233369192 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Update-Imagine-FX-Spotlight-on-sale-March-10th-233369192 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:04:04 PST Update: Imagine FX Spotlight on sale March 10th nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2009-2013 *Cryptcrawler Sorry if there was any confusion as to it possibly coming out this month, but I just got the official word myself the other day.

Sometime in april the 2D artist Magazine interview will be "on the shelves" as well. At least "on the shelves" virtually since its an online magazine.

Its all really exciting!
Ill update as I learn more.

This is going to be a super-shorty journal.
Im on a tight deadline and battling a really sweet respitory infection.

WIP's/Concept Sketches to come very soon as promised.

I love you guys, the notes and thoughtful comments really mean so v ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/ArtOrder-Feature-and-Imagine-FX-Magazine-Spotlight-233636928 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/ArtOrder-Feature-and-Imagine-FX-Magazine-Spotlight-233636928 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:16:09 PST ArtOrder Feature and Imagine FX Magazine Spotlight nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2009-2013 *Cryptcrawler This morning he popped me a really kind note saying he featured me as his latest addition to his "Artdrop" box on his blog!

You can check it out here: http://artorder.blogspot.com/2009/01/brad-rigney-aka-cryptcrawler-from.html
Click on the images and then hit f11, its a good way to see my work without all the window dressing.

This is just too cool! What an honor!

This is triple-exciting combined with a upcoming spotlight in next months Imagine FX magazine, an appearence in "Digital Art Maste ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Imagine-FX-Magazine-Spotlight-and-Gallery-Changes-233758893 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Imagine-FX-Magazine-Spotlight-and-Gallery-Changes-233758893 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:28:17 PST Imagine FX Magazine Spotlight and Gallery Changes nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2009-2013 *Cryptcrawler
The inspiration I get from those of you who come by and leave such encouraging and thoughtful input really means a lot to me. This art deal is a 2 way street, I hopefully inspire you and you guys move me with praise and suggestions that gets me reaching for greater heights and higher standards.  
But this also unfortunately means that some of the material in my sidebar folders can escape my wrath no longer, so by all means if you havent already done so: save them to your computers if you like.
You more than likely wont be seeing a lot them again anytime soon until the pieces im dissatis ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Merry-Cryptmas-233925526 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Merry-Cryptmas-233925526 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:00:25 PST Merry Cryptmas! nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2009-2013 *Cryptcrawler Things have really been insane, but also amazing.
We had our first Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas with our 6 month old daughter, Ginger, on top of me getting ambushed with several paying gigs, on top of the usual daddy day-care schedule. I feel like Ive just been in the olympics, but its great. Im one of those sickies who loves challenge and pressure ( read that as obsessed madness)and I certainly got both for the past several months.

Anyway, enough with the excuses and on with the art!

I am fortunate and priveleged enough to have people who are interested in my art ask me questions about it and the ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Tales-from-the-Crypt-235032402 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Tales-from-the-Crypt-235032402 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:10:00 PDT Tales from the Crypt nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2008-2013 *Cryptcrawler I honestly can't even put into words the love I have for this little girl, it's beyond anything I thought myself capable of.

Naturally I got some contract work the very same week my wife's maternity leave ended.
Ive said it before and ill say it again:

No rest for the wicked
:skull: :evillaugh: :skull:

Its very, very exciting and I cant say much about it due to contractual agreements and whatnot but I can say that its for White Wolf Games Vampire the Requiem product line - a personal favorite of mine since ive played many of thier table-top R ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Gallery-Changes-235438927 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Gallery-Changes-235438927 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:07:44 PDT Gallery Changes nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2008-2013 *Cryptcrawler What an insane month.
Daughter born, daughter getting a cold, Hurricane Gustav, Carparal Tunnel Syndrome, Tendonitis and gearing up to shop work to companies and I still managed to get a piece done.

No rest for the wicked!

:evillaugh:

So im finally here!
The goal ive been working so hard to reach for the last 8 years; having enough material to shop so I can hopefully get cover work for games, books and magazines.
Its been so, so hard - but I wouldnt ever change a thing.

Wish me luck guys; im going to need all I can get, its very competative out there but I know ive got what it takes to try and make my way. ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/I-ve-been-Tagged-235575308 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/I-ve-been-Tagged-235575308 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:02:08 PDT I've been Tagged! nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2008-2013 *Cryptcrawler
Whew...rough.
It hasnt been too pleasant a ride before the last 11 years have come, so dont expect a stand-up routine since most of my secrets arent that funny..well, they are to me; but for different reasons than you may think.

:giggle: :shithappens: :giggle:

Ok, here goes:

1) Im a recovering alchoholic and have been a member of Alchoholics Anonymous for 11 drug and alchohol-free years.

2) I was obsessed with death in my youth and convinced a tattoo artist to do work on me several years below the legal age that reflected this obsession; tattoos that I now activ ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/The-Baby-Crawler-cometh-235895798 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/The-Baby-Crawler-cometh-235895798 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:11:33 PDT The Baby-Crawler cometh! nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2008-2013 *Cryptcrawler Seven and 1/2 pounds and 20 and a 1/2 inches long.

The most beautiful thing ive ever seen.

We were at the hospital for a few extra days to run tests on her just for safety's sake and just to be on the side of caution despite her being in perfect health.

Watching her being born is something ill never be able to frame in words right, so ill not really try; other than to say that something penetrated my soul when I saw her and I felt the presence of god.
Not because she was my daughter, but because of the power and mystery of life.

For those of you who came to visit the gallery and ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Its-like-losing-a-wrestling-match-to-naked-ladies-235973091 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Its-like-losing-a-wrestling-match-to-naked-ladies-235973091 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:37:34 PDT Its like losing a wrestling match to naked ladies nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2008-2013 *Cryptcrawler
I really, really thought I could keep up with things and thank everyone personally for each fave and devwatch, but I cant anymore and it really bums me out.
Last night I spent about 5 hours responding to each fave and devwatch - it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 375+.
Today is another motherload as well!
Its so exciting.
I gotta say im *extremely* humbled and flattered by the interest you guys have all given me - I honestly never thought things would go like that and it would become too overwhelming to try and wrangle.
I was like "...bah, Im not gonna get a ton of traffic ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/I-Love-DA-236202480 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/I-Love-DA-236202480 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:57:53 PDT I Love DA nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2008-2013 *Cryptcrawler ------------------------------------------------
Wow.
This place really is awesome in the sense of the word.
Such an unreal world of mind-boggling talent swirls around this place, I really wish I had joined sooner; its literally re-ignited my imagination.
Ive been here a little over a month and quite honestly ive been overwhelmed by the support and kindness ( even when its critical) of the fine people who belong to DA.

Some of the 1st things I saw when I arrived at DA were the amazing and highly inspired :iconjoe-vriens: and :iconblueberserker: galleries.
These guys really floored me rig ]]> http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Commissions-and-Gallery-Prints-236580281 http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/journal/Commissions-and-Gallery-Prints-236580281 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:26:04 PDT Commissions and Gallery Prints nonadult journals/personal Cryptcrawler http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/cryptcrawler.jpg?3 Copyright 2008-2013 *Cryptcrawler