Let’s see the Old Spice Guy try this!

This week we have a walk-through on drawing the male face, so get your supplies ready and get going on drawing along! If you like this and other posts, please leave a comment and remember to share with others. If you’d like to skip ahead, visit Isiah’s you tube channel! If you’d like to see more of his works visit his deviantART page!

Don’t forget, if you’re drawing along and would like to share your results, let us know!

Result: Mr. Scorpio

PUBLISHING ON THE AMAZON KINDLE:  MY EXPERIENCE

I’m not going to lie, I’ve been in somewhat of a writing rut lately.  Don’t get me wrong, I did finish a new story and am working on a new one as we speak, but this was a pretty nasty rut.  I was getting rejections for all of my short story submissions and I don’t care how many times you get a rejection or how used to it you’ve become, it still stings and can really leave you feeling unmotivated.  I think that was my problem for a while.  Sure, there’s the drive to write because I’m passionate about it and it’s what I enjoy doing, but feeling like I wasn’t getting anywhere with my submissions left a dent in my desire to write.

And then, it hit me.  I found out that Amazon has a self-publishing program where you can self-publish your writing exclusively for the Kindle free of charge.  Not only that, but you get to have more of a say when it comes down to pricing, something I was never comfortable with on my previous short story collection, Falling Apart.  I was proud of the book and all (and still am), but I was never comfortable with the pricing of it, which is why you don’t see me plugging it all that much.  Hell, I even think the Kindle edition of it is still nowhere near the price range I’d like it to be—and it turned out horrible looking (it’s readable, but it should’ve turned out a lot better).

That’s when the desire returned.

I decided I was going to give this new adventure a try.  What the hell?  I certainly wouldn’t be losing money on it like with my other self-publishing experiences.  I love the Amazon Kindle and I know a lot of people who now own one (you can also download a free Kindle app for the PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Droid).

IN DECLINE as seen on the Kindle

So, I have put together a new short story collection called, In Decline.  I submitted it to Amazon dtp (Digital Text Platform) once I had everything all sorted out.  At first, I thought this would be a small project, maybe consisting of five stories or so.  Then, I ended up having total of nine.  I was a lot more selective this time around than I was with Falling Apart, since that was more of a physical publication I felt like I had to make sure it was at a reasonable length.  Since this is an e-book, I really didn’t have to worry about how long the overall book would be.  There are stories that didn’t make the collection, but not because they aren’t good.  I just picked the ones that I felt went together well.

More examples of why image is everything!

A great follow up to an earlier post on GalaxArk that was shared recently here on INKWEST. It’s more glimpses into the process involved in branding & identity development. I don’t know about you but I’m feeling inspired based upon what’s being shared! Follow GalaxArk on twitter & facebook for more great inspiration pieces!

This is more of a visual walk-through of the full logo design process, typically this is done for larger companies that have departments that need guidelines on how their logos are to be used for specific materials. The average small company / client only needs a small fraction of what you see here to get going. Still, from their perspective it’s insight into what actually goes into the costs of logo development.

If you have any resources you think I should check out and share feel free to contact me.

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Brilliant Logo Design Development Process – Part 2

Logo design is an important area of graphic design, and one of the most difficult to perfect.Because logos are meant to represent companies’ brands or corporate identities and foster their immediate customer recognition, it is counterproductive to frequently redesign logos.Color is considered important to brand recognition.Green is often associated with the health and hygiene sector, and light blue or silver is often used to reflect diet foods.we already present you Brilliant Logo Design Development Process part 1 and today we present you Brilliant Logo Design Development Process part 2 for making the successful logo design.

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Keeping it simple sucka!

This week Izzy covers drawing lips. If you’re using this info to improve your work we’d like to hear from you, give us a comment to let us know about your progress & links to work are encouraged!  As always if you’re hungry for more visit his youtube channel to skip ahead. Follow him on twitter & deviantART while you’re at it!

This week Izzy gives us a quick run through of how he goes about drawing the human face. If you like what you see and would like to skip ahead, visit his youtube channel & be sure to subscribe! We’ll be posting his tutorials as they were originally posted and provide the new ones accordingly. Enjoy & leave comments!

Face Drawing Tutorial