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Before we get too far into December I’d better fess up to my Peck, Peck, Peck progress, or lack there of, for November. While I’d like to post my standard allotment of four drawings that just didn’t …
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Despite a week in North Carolina without my computer, house guests, a wonky update to OSX 10.10 Yosemite where my Wacom drivers stopped working, and a never-ending onslaught of leaves, I managed to …
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I’ve fallen behind this month so there are half the standard offering of Peck, Peck, Peck illustrations. I’m hopeful I can pick up the slack next month as a few of the drawings of wee Austin are …
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Ah yes, as I sat down to continue work on Peck, Peck, Peck a few nights ago and my Cintiq suddenly went black. Then my Macbook Pro rebooted. How very odd. No bother, it started back up and I was …
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Time for another Peck, Peck, Peck Progress installment, I finished these off over the long holiday weekend but didn't get a chance to post them due to excessive grillin' plus chillin'. The theme for …
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Don't get me wrong, I like experimental Cialis and cheap Air Jordans from China as much as the next guy, but when you start getting tons of blog comments per night touting these great offerings it …
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Yes, it has come to giving Peck, Peck, Peck updates a month and year designation because the probability of them spilling over into future years seems very high. In fact, I calculated out the time to …
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My epic journey from Blogger and a home rolled portfolio site to a single Orchard site is finally complete. It started months ago when I decided to update the look and feel of my site. I wanted to go …
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For this installment of Peck, Peck, Peck! progress I'm just going to put up a few completed images with no background story or explanation. Feel free to make up your own story for each image, I …
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I first started using a Wacom tablet back in 2004, it came in handy for digital painting and the odd Worth1000 Photoshop contest. Around the same time I switched jobs and started marathon training …
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When last we left the tale of Peck, Peck, Peck! I had outlined the process of going from sketch to ink. This time let's push it to the limit and check out the full process of creating a finished …
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With all those pesky woodworking project out of the way Soule Designs has shifted full bore onto completion of the children's book Peck, Peck, Peck! This installment is going to focus on the …
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Yes, the little known and and even less frequently used "couch coffee completion clause" is being invoked here at Soule Designs. What does it mean? I'm not sure, but before I lose track of this …
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In a shocking turn of events, and what is proving to be a recurring theme here at Soule Designs, I have yet another woodworking update about a project whose initial design has been hacked apart. …
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I'd like to start by saying, yes, I have completed a woodworking project. Just let that sink in. But like most things, it didn't happen the way I planned. It began with a goal of painting the …
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That's right, after months of listening to other people get inducted, I'm finally in. On the morning of April 18th, 2014 I was dutifully sworn in as an official member of the Sousalarm Club! Wait, …
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I have tons of unfinished projects in my personal queue: children's books, Zbrush sculpts, website updates, etc., but it has been a long time since woodworking graced the pages of Soule Designs. …
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We recently moved to Visual Studio 2013 at work, which seemed like a wise choice as it has been in the wild since October of last year, has had some time to mature and comes with some interesting …
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Taking a detour from monsters and strange portraiture to work on an illustrated children's book for my cousin, Lynda. The book is entitled "Peck, peck, peck" and it is a story about how she …
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Before he was The Butler, Forest Whitaker was Ghost Dog, a man who lived by the code of the samurai, mercilessly killed Mafia contracts, and had a penchant for pigeon keeping. Oh, I almost forget …
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The constant and ridiculous snowfall this winter has tried to break me, but I can't, neh, shan't be deterred from completing the Salvation Army Lass series! I wrapped up the bulk of the sculpting …
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The triumphant return of the Salvation Army Lass series! A quick recap since it has been a while since I wrote about (or worked on) this project. The concept is simple, a Salvation Army girl from …
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If it seems like military topics pop up here a lot - get used to it. As mentioned in my Guard Duty post some time ago, I grew up in a house with re-enactors and was weaned on military history! In …
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The holiday season was a time for many things here at Soule Designs, but blogging and productivity were not among them. Ah yes, as I recall it now most of December was spent eagerly anticipating my …
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