http://artofgarth.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:51:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just love drawing fat fingers and little kids' toes. Nothing fierce about those at all. Click to see it larger. Watercolor and ink with brush. http://artofgarth.com/2008/07/02/illustration-friday-fierce/ Click to see larger. Watercolor and ink with brush. http://artofgarth.com/2008/05/03/illustration-friday-seed/ Any dentist that uses needles, drills, picks, cold water, abrasives, scissors, floss, anything with high pitch sounds or tastes bad is still in the dark ages as far as I'm concerned. Brushed ink lines and watercolor wash.  http://artofgarth.com/2008/04/22/illustration-friday-primitive/ I don't know anyone who doesn't love drawing monsters. They can be ugly, cute, scary, cuddley... I'm guilty of the same. Here's a fun ink wash study of a cuddley cute one, but that's subjective.  http://artofgarth.com/2008/04/18/ink-wash-monster/ Just in case you have a hard time focusing on those huge puzzles with a gazillion teeny pieces, here are a few that will just put your mind at ease. Then when you complete them, they can be used as little futons to take a nap upon. They're big (20x30 ... http://artofgarth.com/2008/04/10/giant-puzzles/ The summer days are long, and there aren't enough rocks for all your offspring to play under. What's a bug mother to do, send them to the compost pile? Right, good luck getting them to return for supper from that wonder wasteland... There are safer alternatives, one that even conforms ... http://artofgarth.com/2008/04/06/critter-carnival/ I awoke Saturday morning with the dread of covering the table with newspaper and filling the house with the smell of vinegar. I was equally dreading setting up a factory of the same old dyed Easter eggs... I just wanted to do something different, so I decided to stir it ... http://artofgarth.com/2008/03/24/sticking-it-to-paas/ I recently enjoyed a wonderful apple pie á la mode at Junior's in New York City in Times Square. Boy, I can still taste it. http://artofgarth.com/2008/03/24/juniors-nyc/ This is probably one of my biggest pet peaves with Illustrator: the ability to select hidden/masked items.Thanks for watching my sub-par videos and for the great comments!Update - I had to temporarily delete this video. YouTube conversion messed it up. I'll rerecord and repost soon.  http://artofgarth.com/2008/01/28/masks/ This one covers several drawing tools and requests, all listed below the videos. It's all about giving us options to work the way we like to work, not the way Illustrator tells us to.Part 1Part 2Feature requests:  The ability to place several scans/bitmap images at a time The ability to move an ... http://artofgarth.com/2008/01/12/illustrator-drawing-tools-feature-requests/