Quasi Educational

Art education, insightful observations, and progressive postings of personal projects, from the perspective of an artist mired in anime & manga.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Questions about Box Jellyfish

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Debbie Foster recently asked, "How do you get the effect of the incredible glow of the jelly fish?" I dug up my source files for...
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Friday, January 15, 2010

Fantasy Illustration - Tiamat's Chosen - Final

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This is a mock fantasy book cover, set in the Forgotten Realms universe, that I did on commission. The client wanted something that was ak...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Fantasy Illustration - Tiamat's Chosen: Designing the rest

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The remaining three characters in the Forgotten Realms illustration were original player characters which needed to be designed from scratch...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Fantasy Illustration - Tiamat's Chosen: Designing Ningal

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Continuing the character design feature from last time, next up on the design plate is Ningal. Like Tiamat, Ningal is a pre-existing charac...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Fantasy Illustration - Tiamat's Chosen: Designing Tiamat

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A recent book cover commission I worked on called for five detailed fantasy-themed character designs. In a series of blog posts over the nex...
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Friday, October 9, 2009

Pegasus Anthro in the Clouds - WIP

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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a flying Pegasus anthro in a flowing white gown. This image is from my upcoming book, Draw Furries . Sin...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Domo Invaded My Life!

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Domo invades my life and work. I just received my author copies of DOMO: the Manga from Tokyopop. Thank you, Hope Donovan (my editor)! I...
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Jared Hodges
Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States
Jared Hodges is a graphic novelist and freelance illustrator. He won the grand prize in TOKYOPOP’s Rising Stars of Manga contest, and was a finalist in Morning Magazine International Manga Contest. His work includes the three volume graphic novel series, Peach Fuzz, for Tokyopop, art tutorials for Corel Corporation, the book Digital Manga Workshop for ILEX press, and contributions to Mangaka America by Harper Collins. His most recent work, a how-to draw book for IMPACT Books entitled "Draw Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animals", is coming out in November 2009.
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