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Creative Juices

This is a weekly visual exploration into the process of concept artist and visual narrator-Jason Cole.

Oct 20, 2012

Silhouettes

Lets get those creative juices flowing. This week’s post is dedicated to the power of silhouettes. A silhouette is the solid image or form of an object, be it person, place, or thing. When I start on a character design, this is the place that I always start. Why? The silhouette is always going to […]

May 2, 2012

Tough on Terrorists-Demo

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I now teach Conceptual Illustration at the Illinois Art Institute of Chicago. I wanted to get a quick assessment of my students abilities to both conceptualize and craft imagery. I thought the C F Payne technique was a great place to start. I gave them a self portrait assignment with the objective of creating a […]

Mar 24, 2012

Self Portrait: Using the CF Payne technique

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So I’ve been contracted to teach Conceptual Illustration, which, I am very excited about. And, I’ve decided to open the class up with a self-portrait assignment. However, I think it would be hypocritical of me to ask my student to paint a self portrait when I haven’t done one myself since my under grad years. […]