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I am in Fukuyama, truth seekers! And it's Hot and Humid and I've never felt so tall in my life. (Save for the last two times I was Japan, not to boast of such things, but...).

Tonight: sake, good company, good food, and a chance to get completely, utterly disoriented.

More at eleven!

*hugs*

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But hey....I'm big in Japan!

At least it MIGHT be that I'm big in Japan. We'll find out in a couple days.

Yep, that's right. The Master of Self-Promotion here is letting you know at the last damn minute that he'll be at the Magic Grand Prix event in Hiroshima, Japan, this coming weekend! I'll be starring with Mark Tedin in the Travellin' Artist Signing Show, that strange bundle of oddities the wacky folks at Hasbro sends tumbling about the world on a yearly basis. Mark and I will be doing a painting together for a side act. Woot!

Are there any of my fellow DA people in the Hiroshima region, I wonder? Ping me if you want to link up. I'll be around for a few days following the event, bumming about your wonderful country. Look for the tall redheaded sweaty guy. (Us Vikings aren't made for humidity nor excessive heat.)

I am very excited, needless to say. Haven't been to Japan since 2003 (Yokohama). Gonna get me a giant-sized Homo sketchpad and a box of Decorer Pocky, baby!

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Then this is the place t'go, matey!!

[link]

Hurry, there's only for slots left!

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And today's word is: wow.

The demo at the Laguna Academy of Art and Design was GRAND. I had an enthusiastic crowd and a first-class bunch of techs who helped nursemaid me through the whole thing. And there was need of some TLC, since all the files I brought did NOT want to talk with either Sandy's computer, nor the other computer they tried. The audience kindly stuck with me as I ad-libbed my way through the first hour. It wasn't until the start of the second hour (and coaxing from a third computer)that I got a proper lecture rolling. Sandy graciously acted as my Vannah White while Neil and Josh wrestled with my disk. And they were victorious!

My thanks goes out to the staff and student crew at LCAD for keeping me afloat. I owe major kudos to my audience, too. You were fantastic.

I hope I get to do this again, and soon!

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Hey folks!

Time for another plug. The workshop for creative brainiacs is coming nigh, and we want you there!

"The event will take place on Saturday, February 7 and Sunday, February, 8 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in studio 9, at the LCAD campus. Lunch will be provided.

The workshop will feature presentations by Anthony Waters, Dean Deakyne, Farzad Varahrayan and Joe Peterson.

The cost of the event is $235. A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required by Friday, January 30. The remaining balance is due Friday, February 6 at noon. Please contact Kerri Redeker at 949-376-6000 ext. 240 or kredeker@lagunacollege.edu to provide your payment. She accepts Visa, Mastercard, check, and cash."

That's the whole kit n' kaboodle, my dears. Come on down!

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That was amazing. AMAZING.

The last time I can remember feeling this proud to be an American I was watching the Space Shuttle Columbia lifting off from Cape Canaveral. There have been high points since then, and man have there been some lows, but nothing so historical as this.

President Obama.

Wow.

Okay...back to my sickbed. I had to type SOMETHING about this!!

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...is me!

I'm not being flip, either, I'm being perfectly serious. All you aspiring concept artists out there, check this out: Laguna College of Art and Design is having a two-day game art workshop in February! The list of participants includes Joe Peterson, lead concept artist at Red5 (and my boss), Farzad Varahramyan and me!

[link]

Joe's going to be talking about character design. That, folks, will be a tremendous thing and I strongly suggest you check it out. I'll be providing you with a peek into my brain. That's just the side-dish, however. The main course will consist of techniques for using your *own* mighty brain to create awesome concepts. We'll talk about the elements of good design, how to make a thing (be it architecture, creature or costume) fit within a given setting, methods for generating ideas, and a whole lot more.

Joe Peterson's Blog: [link]

The Date: February 7th and 8th
The Time: 9am to 4pm
The Locale: Laguna College of Art and Design
The Cost: 235 smacks
Contact: lead.gameart.workshop@gmail.com

See you there!

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...Merry Christmas, everyone!!

Merry Christmas to my host of fans and watchers, who make me feel like a million bucks. Merry Christmas to my friends here on DA! Thank you for welcoming me to this place of wonders. The blessings are stacking up, those things I have to be thankful for as the year winds down. 2009 is fast approaching. Time to take aim at new goals, or bear down hard on old ones, nearly forgotten.

Be good to yourselves, you sweet beans. Nobody else will.

Oh! Check out my Blog if you want to see some new art. That's rapidly becoming the repository of my personal work. I may need to re-focus my objectives for blogging. Dunno, still processing that one. AND I will have a big announcement tomorrow, so stay tuned.

Blessings on your collective heads!!

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I haven't been this proud to be an American since I watched the Columbia lift off from Cape Canaveral.

We've got an insane amount of work to do. The mess we've been left with has been almost three decades in the making. It's gonna hurt. But you know what? I know we'll make it.

PRESIDENT OBAMA.

Rock on.

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Democracy begins with you. Get to it. Take the time. Go out and vote. No excuses. There's no way for you to be heard if you don't SPEAK. Go. Vote.

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Another one of my workplace buds has joined the DA revolution!Put your hands together and give a warm welcome to Mr. Andrew Trabbold!

[link]

Go ye forth and visitate his webbage!

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Time for the obligatory eBay post! Settle in, you demons.

A number of years ago I was part of a fan project called the Bestiary. It was a small, intimate little hoedown using your basic card deck, with various animals representing the suites of the deck. I picked the Queen of Hearts and made her a sleepy Red Panda ([link]). I got my artist's copies of the deck, got caught up in life, moved, and eventually forgot about 'em. Then one day I came across 'em again and thought, "hey, maybe someone else would want these. I'm not using 'em."

And so, my buds, here she is, the link to eBay where the most wonderful Amber Hill (aka Vantid) is selling 'em! Please do go check 'em out. My own piece has some great company, art produced by the likes of Jennifer Miller (), Amber Hill (), Amara Telgemeier (), Matt Harpold (), Kyoht Luterman (), Cara Mitten (), Ursula Vernon () Pseudo-Manitou () Bastek (), and Dark Natasha ()!

[link]

All decks are part of a limited-edition run, and I'll toss in a 8x10 print of Sleepy Queen as part of the deal! How's that for neat?

Go check 'em out!

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Another update of the blog: fresh art!

I'll cross-post some of this work at some point, right here. I am tinkering with the idea of a book for all this stuff.

Enjoy! Um...or dig it.

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Making up for being a silent slacker, I am, and bearing my soul besides. Take that, Internets. I've got a new Blog post *and* a new sketch in my scraps file. Enjoy, me hearties!

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Yep, another blog update wit' art.

I did a ton of personal sketches over the past 16 months or so (a ton for me, that is). Art therapy, as noted in the Blog. Like vegetables, they're good for you, so eat 'em. Dammit.

One of these days they'll all be in a sketchbook.

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Short on words, but with a little Art Surprise. Check it, my children!

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Good Golly, Miz Molly. How'd that happen again? Three MONTHS, man. Or is it four? FIVE??

Oh, yeah:

1. New job! I'm working for Red5 Studios in Irvine. Way, way, WAY too cool for school, babes.

2. Car needed new head gaskets. OW. Good thing I got a new job.

3. Car ACCIDENT. Got rear-ended at the end of May. 4k in damages later, ZOOM! Repaired car! Woot!

4. Managed a couple of really fun Magic-oriented trips, one to the East Coast (Virginia, to be exact) and one to fabulous Brussels, Belgium! Both events were a blast. Magic fans rocked my world with their generosity. Even met a DA member or two! That was also dern cool.

55. Attended a constructive anatomy course run by Marshall Vandruff (www.marshallart.com). If the human figure's driving you batty, do yourself a favor and take this man's class. He is the best figure instructor I've ever had. I've been lucky: Richard Hoggard, Anthony Ryder and Cherry Brown have all given me access to their amazing brainpans. Marshall has to be put at the head of the list, though. He's got a way of explaining things that blows away all the cobwebs. There's good reason he's endorsed by the likes of Justin Sweet, Brandon Kitkowski, Vance Kovacs and John Dickenson.

17. Had a passel of house guests, attended SDCC for one day and had an exhausting, enjoyable time, went through a bizarre housing adventure.

Eleventeen: New Blog entry, complete with art!

Life's all settled now. Back to semi-regular programming. New blog entry, too!

I won't be able to catch up with all the sweet comments, kudos, watches and faves I've been granted by you, the Most Awesome DA Crew of Gigantic Stature. Once again I am thrown back on my heels by the incredible reception I've gotten, and continue to receive. A thousand blessings on you, every one of you.

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Well, so much for hitting the Getty this weekend. My car is bleeding coolant. No road trips 'til I get her fixed.

Poor car. Obviously I should have treated you better. Please, if you can, send some good juju for my automobile's health!

All you zombies who are still headed out, enjoy yourselves. I'll post the next trip schedule shortly.

DRAT.

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There's a new post with the skinny on my next art outing. If you feel like joining me at the Getty for some homework-type artin', feel free! Come if you wish and as you are. Also, I'll have a couple new pictures on last week's blog post in a jiffy.

Fly, fly my sweeties!

]]> *Fyreant http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/17058712/ http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/17058712/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:13:47 PST
There will be another web update soon for the "pro" site, and more stuff will get uploaded here. I'll have news on a bunch of things including prints, eBay art auctions, upcoming appearances and all that sorta jazz. The Blog has been updated (there's another poor, neglected critter).

Thank you for all you've given. I appreciate every last drop in my cup, and she runneth over, baby. Yesh.

Ant

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Ivanev did this awesome color job on one of my sketch pieces. Check it out, it rocks!

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2008 holds great promise; the opportunity to push my skills and imagination in ways I've not tried, or have left fallow for too long. I'm excited. There will be new work soon, more good old stuff too, and your comments, crits and observations are always welcome. Thank you for visiting my little neck of the Cyberwoods!

Last but not least: Happy New Year!

]]> *Fyreant http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15604285/ http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15604285/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:45:28 PST Thinktankstudios.com

Oh Good Gawd Y'all! ThinkTank Studios is at long last UPDATED. This is the first update in nearly five years, and includes things that aren't here to boot. All thanks to the most amazing Iiji Eisbar, my houseguest and web dominatrix! She's beaten my web site into submission and is likely going to take that puppy through some serious paces in the months to come. She's a saint. Shower her with love, she deserves it! Were it not for her, who knows how much longer you'd have to wait for an update!

~iiji

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]]> *Fyreant http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15531474/ http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15531474/ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:15:54 PST wesurvived


My first long-term girlfriend's family lived in central Oregon, and we'd go down there from Seattle periodically to visit. You know how there are moments when your viewpoint is irrevocably changed? The first time you broke a bone or burned yourself, for instance. Such events grant you an awareness that's sharp as a razor, even if only for a little bit. Such was my experience, visiting her parents, after she told me she'd been molested by one of her mother's brothers. She told her folks about it when she was about 21, and they'd immediately dismissed it as impossible.

Her abuser had told her they wouldn't believe her.

I could never look at them the same way again.

When I think back on it, fully a quarter of my friends, male and female, have suffered either sexual or physical abuse, or both. If you wonder why, as I did, part of the answer is in what I just wrote. Guilt can cause us to do terrible things. It can make us deaf to someone's pain. Denial breeds silence, which breeds more hurt. This is a crime, but apathy's worse. If you know someone who's been abused, let them know you give a damn. At least do that much. Encourage them to seek help if the damage is pulling them under.

Check out the link above and consider joining if you're a victim, too. Strength in numbers isn't a tired cliche. It's a fact.

]]> *Fyreant http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15531211/ http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15531211/ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:48:02 PST
Thank you for all the suggestions regarding Bloated Nose, my soon-to-be-a-regular-thing Blog. I've grabbed all of those ideas and placed them in a file I'll pull from as needed. Things you'll be sure to see (or rather, read):

1. Art Techniques
2. Sources of Inspiration
3. Stuff Not To Do (relating to 1)
4. Travellin' Man blogs for when I go on voyages worth mentioning (Magic tournaments will be a given)
5. Babbles about Natural Media
5. Babbles about Digital Media
5. What I've learned from my own Screw-Ups
7. Art's Relationship with History (because that interests me)
9. Art and the Artist's Role in Society (because that interests me even more)
11teen. Art and Psychology (see above!)
84: Whatever Else comes to Mind

It won't be daily. That much I know, because I know myself, and I know what I've got to do around here. I plan on making it weekly, since that's a goal I can safely hit. Expect updates to either side of the weekend, starting with this one (that is, check Monday).

Now I'm off to start my day. Happy Friday to the whole bleeding lot of you!

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It's the Anthony Waters Blog of Bloat! Now here's what you can help me with. You know about blogs; I read a few but I'm a blog newborn when it comes to doing one. I'd like your input. What would you want me to write about? What makes for an interesting blog, to you? What makes for a boring blog? What are the things that keep you coming back to certain folks? And are there specific blogs you'd recommend?

Fill me in, you DA geniuses. I need learnin'.

]]> *Fyreant http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15085779/ http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15085779/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:37:04 PDT
I give a big shout-out to all those who gave me comments, favorites and watches! Thank you, one and all. You know how to make a guy feel welcome.

I'll be posting more on a semi-regular basis, old stuff and new. Keep checking back!

ant

]]> *Fyreant http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15031250/ http://Fyreant.deviantart.com/journal/15031250/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:24:39 PDT
I am a freelance concept artist presently based in Orange County, California, USA, Earth, Milky Way. I've been a professional artist for 15 years, which is a little scary so I try not to think about it. Instead I design creatures, landscapes and architecture, races, cultures and whatever else a client might need. My work tends to lean towards the dark end of the pool. I have been called a weirdo and consider that a compliment. Weird is what I do. Weirdest of all? Weird has kept a roof over my head.

It's just, y'know, weird how that works.

I've got two dogs I love dearly, and a circle of friends whom I also love, and then there's sunshine, Kurosawa, sushi, sake and Wahoo's.

Quit reading this, the art's much more interesting anyway. Go look at it and enjoy.

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