the magic url : http://www.scottaltmann.com/store/
After more than six years of saying I was going to make an online store, I still didn't do it. .......
But I got someone else too! A huge thanks go out to amazing illustrator and my good friend Federico Piatti for creating the webstore. Check out his work here...you won't be sorry: Fed
Also , the store was designed by the wonderful Victoria Maderna, - check out her work too...it's awesome. Vic
Huge hugs and thanks to that power duo.
I will be updating the site regularly with more items. I plan on making some prints with different dimension, maybe some limited editions, and many more originals. Sketches, drawings , paintings- it will be a mixed bag.
If there's any image you would like to see offered as a print -just let us know. In most cases, will be able to offer it.
All the prints are custom embossed with my own design. Here's a close-up:
As a small thank you, I'm throwing in a little sillyEcoGreen sticker I had made up . For those that are concerned with such things, it is made from limestone , fade-resistant vegetable based ink, and uses zero water consumption or toxic agents. Pretty cool.
Come say hello if you like. I'll be bringing prints, originals, little books, and a bit of a sniffle. Hmmm...maybe I'll be bringing tissues and Purell as well.
I guess this would fall under the category "fan art" although I hate that term. This is a copy done by Karen Rosenbusch of my Charlie Bone cover for her class. Pretty neat and I was quite honored someone would use my work as a learning tool.
Thanks! -S.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Okay folks- we are going to try a little something different today. In a few weeks I will be at the NYCC with good friend and fellow artist, Dave Palumbo. .
But I'll get back to that in a later post closer to the convention.
"Transcend" by Dave Palumbo
"Sleep" by Dave Palumbo
I thought it would spice things up around here if I did a short interview with Dave. Many of you are probably already aware of Dave's work, but for those who aren't do yourself a favor and check out some of his links. Yes...there are several links,but it's only because Dave is so prolific and has several projects going on.
Onto the interview. I decided to keep it mostly light and fun, but Dave is able to give some good info regardless of my silliness. Look out for Dave's serious interview with me shortly :)
Scott - Have you ever crushed , crumbled or burnt a piece you were working on out of frustration?
Dave -I don’t think so. Not anything serious anyhow. I typically either paint over it or stick it in my leaky unfinished basement for a slow slow death. The only thing I remember wrecking in a dramatic fashion was the support structure for a 7 foot painting I did for my senior show in school. I always had trouble with my stretcher bars warping, so I had a very wood shop savy friend help me construct my own 6.5 x 7 foot stretcher frame out of about 80 feet of 2x4s. It was massive, heavy, time consuming, and ended up warping horribly by the time that the show went up. The bottom right corner was lifted at least four inches from the wall. After it was over and I had carefully removed and rolled up the linen, I dragged the stretcher frame back to the wood shop and beat it to splinters with a sledgehammer
Scott-Do you, or will you , have an interest in becoming an art collector yourself? Who would be top of the "must have" list ?
Dave - I am in a limited capacity, mostly smaller pieces and studies, and almost exclusively illustrators. My must haves would be a long list if money were no concern though. To keep it semi-realistic, I’ll say Jeremy Geddes, Alex Kanevsy, Greg Manchess, Sanjulian, and Sam Weber. I actually was fortunate enough to get a Sam Weber recently (one of the Lord of the Flies pieces no less!), but I could always use another ;)
Scott-You have been making the rounds of artist conventions latley - SDCC, NYCC, IlluXcon....
Would it be fair to call you a CONMAN ? sorry - couldn't resist
Dave - Ha, no, I don’t think so. There are plenty of guys who do way more shows every year, and I’ve still never even been to Dragoncon, Gencon, or Boskone. I wish I could do more, but it’s pretty tough on the work schedule.
Scott- Why don't you drink coffee? Are you better than the rest of us?
Dave- I am, I don’t need it. I also rarely drink soda and never drink energy drinks. Actually, I just don’t trust it. Something about addictive substances, even mild ones, turns me off.
Scott -Many freelancers have spent the day painting in pajamas or without pants. What's the weirdest thing you have worn while painting, or do you make it a point to get dressed like a true professional at his place of employment?
Dave - Not at all. I have a pair of thriftstore army pants that I wear to paint in. They’re not that stained, but the ass is completely worn through. It looks like I was dragged on my butt down ten miles of highway. I’ll start wearing shirts again once the weather gets cooler.
Scott - Studio is on fire. What do you grab ?
Dave - Portable hard drive and my Canon 5D2. And maybe that Sam Webber if I’ve got a free hand
Scott - You discover a technique that is years beyond what anyone has ever done in the history of art. It will change the way people look at painting forever. Do you share this technique or do you keep it secret?
Dave- I’d certainly use it, no question about that. In using it, I’d think that qualifies as sharing since anybody is free to examine and extrapolate. But beyond that, I think I’d be happy to talk about it and explain it. Guarding technique “secrets” feels so desperate to me. More to the point, I don’t really believe in technique secrets in the first place.
Scott - Concept work, book covers, TCG art, gallery work, a DVD - you've done a lot so far. Any plans for future works, or things you really want to do?
Dave - Every once in awhile I think it’s be really fun to do some painted comic pages, but I never get too far because I’m not a terribly good writer. Also, I love to make books. I have ideas rolling around for that sort of thing, ideally world building stuff like Gurney’s Dinotopia and Kevin Dart’s “Seductive Espionage”. Right now I’m just focused on finishing the Tarot project that my family has been working on the past few years and continuing my Quickie series though.
Scott -Do you ever wake up and feel - " I don't want to see, hear or think about art today? "
Dave - Maybe not art, but my job, yes. There are definitely days where I don’t want to work on the thing I have to work on, but usually that’s because there’s just something else that I’d rather be painting instead. I guess it’s kind of irrational when I think about it.
Scott - You come from a family of successful artists, but you have carved out your own style and approach to illustration . Was this something your parents encouraged you to do, was it self-imposed, or just came naturally? This is might be a stupid question because it's probably a little of everything.. no ?
Dave - I guess so. I look at my art sometimes and I’m not even really sure what my style is though. You look at an artist and define them by everything they’ve done. I do that, I think everyone does. When I look at my own work though, I look at what I want to do next. What I want to do that I haven’t done yet, or haven’t fully explored. It makes it hard to define your look or style when at least half of it is still theoretical.
Scott -You are going to be seeing me a lot in the next 2 months. How does this make you feel?
Dave- Dude, excited! I’m hoping we can do the drive to Illuxcon together again, that was so much fun last year! This time we won’t get lost.
Scott- You once gave me the helpful hint of eating raw garlic when you feel a cold coming on. Were you trying to get my wife to divorce me? *sidenote- it totally helped!
Dave- Not entirely. I have some follow up advice on the subject of raw garlic though: do not try it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. I’ve never swallowed something that made me have to vomit so fast in all my life.
Scott- You are one of the more articulate illustrators I have met. Do you have any desire to teach in a classroom setting?
Dave - I’ve thought about it, and have been flattered by offers that didn’t pan out for geographic reasons. Realistically though, I’m not sure. I like to talk, socialize, and to teach, but my time is precious to me so the students would have to be serious or I wouldn’t last too long
Scott-Do you collect anything?
Dave - Original art a little bit, when I can. Definitely art books. Also movies, I like to maintain a large collection to put on while I’m working, though that‘s a collection without “value“ in the sense of things collectible being worth money. That may make it a more pure collection, I’m not sure. In the past I’ve collected vinyl, comics, CCGs, mechanical watches, Star Wars toys… I think I have a basic collector mentality, it’s just my interests shift.
Scott- Wet Hot American Summer -greatest comedic film in the last decade?
Dave- Wow. Tough question. I think you may be right, though I do want to give the nod to team Apatow for a consistent run of first rate comedies in the 5 years.
Please feel free to leave comments for either Dave or me. What do you think of having an interview on the blog ? Bad idea, good idea -thoughts?
Thanks for reading and be sure to check out Dave's amazing work through the links above. More to come soon -it's going to be a busy few months!
Wow- sorry for the delayed posts. Trying to get a bunch of deadlines done before the holidays, which unfortunately I can't show just yet. So for now, I'll just post some thing lying around and catch up the last few weeks.
The first thing I wanted to mention was how amazing lluXcon2 was. And yes...if you click on that link you will see IlluXcon 3 is already in the works. If you would like to attend, think about it now, because tickets are very limited. It was designed to be kept intimate and small, and they are sticking by that. The Wilshires (responsible for IlluXcon) have also released a very cool book called Visions of Never It covers art from very awesome, but slightly under the radar artists like Rohb Ruppel , Marc Fishman and Mark Zug (among others) . I think I've seen it at really good prices too, so check it out if you are into that sorta thing.
I'll include some photos of my booth at IlluXcon. Not to show off my scruffy mug, but some of you might be interested in seeing how some of my originals look.
I grabbed these off various forums. websites, so thanks to those who took these pics!
And although I look sad, I was just sketching and practicing my inks. Those inks are hard!! Here's one of the more successful ones that day:
Lastly, I stumbled across this image on my older HD the other day and thought it might be fun to share:
I guess you can say this is a variant version I did for myself while I did this card art for Magic: The Gathering / WoTC a few years ago. The image I did for them wasthis I think I was just messing around at the time and made a version without all the flames. It's a little rough and unfinished, but it may be worth a gander.
Last bit -some of you have inquired about prints and such. Well there is good news. I am in the discussion phase of getting a webstore! No seriously- -I really am . It's only been 5 years of procrastination but I think it is safe to say in 2010 I will finally have a place where prints and art will be easy to purchase. If there are any suggestions of what you would like to see, I'd love to hear them. That goes for any images you would like to see available as prints too. Cheers-s.[
Monday, November 09, 2009
11.10.09 -eventful events
I will have my piece, "topside" at the Strychnin Gallery, as part of their group show, Magistrates. Kind of gave me a reason to paint that sketch I posted fairly recently. The show opens November 13th, and runs until December 6th, in Berlin, Germany.
A little closer to home, I'll be gladly attending IlluXcon2. Just check out that guest list of artists. That runs from Nov.12- Nov. 15th in Altoona, PA.
"topside" oil on linen about 11" x 22" . I think ?
From Imagine FX magazine, Issue #49. I haven't seen the issue yet , but I basically discussed combining traditional oil painting with digital techniques. Still haven't seen the issue myself, but it is out there.
a little ink and digital experimentation. Well ...experimental for me since I am still trying to learn the nuances of inking.
A cover for Oxford University Press , "Ronia, The Robber's Daughter" digital
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
San Diego Comic Con July 22- July 26
I will be at the San Diego Comic Con this year, sharing Booth #4813 with good friends and fellow artists Dave Palumbo and Daren Bader
We will have prints, originals and art books for your viewing, purchasing and owning pleasure If nothing else, just stop by and say "hello!" . Always nice to see friendly faces in the chaos of the SDCC!
Speaking of books, I had these humble, little books printed up for the SDCC: 8 1/2 " x 5 1/2 " 28 pages front to back full color $10 -
If you are not going to SDCC but still want one, just email me at about@scottaltmann.com and we'll figure something out. I do intend to get an online shop going (no really this time) but I sell prints and art without one regularly. Hope to see some of you there!
If you are dedicated you can print this out , cut it up and assemble your own very tiny, useless book :)
I thought he was a very good model for this product.
