Sol-Caninus

Ars longa; vita brevis

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>>>>>>>>>>>> RESOURCE CENTER <<<<<<<<<<<< Welcome to the SUNDOG Ichiban School of Cartooning (and Hermetic Science -- shhhhh!), a school of one, birthplace and home of Mousashi ryu! Hai! Our Mission is to turn pig iron into steel! Not by magic. By enthusiastic perseverance with steadfast commitment to the goal. Graphic novels, or bust! Osu! Bonzai! Everything you need to start your studies, schedule regular practice, round out skills and maybe even get a job (!) is listed and linked below: QUICK PICKS Read/Download FREE: :thumb660911426: PRACTICE: 1) Croquis Caf

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Sundog, speak! (Good boy!) by Sol-Caninus, literature

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Sundog, speak! (Good boy!)

"To those who are seeking a short road to Art, it may be unpalatable to be told that none can be shorter than that which knowledge makes short: and that there are no by-paths by which idleness and indifference may find their way to a goal, which is only to be reached by industry and intelligence. The really short road is that which is made so by entering on a right course from the outset, taking advantage of the instruction to be derived from the experience of others, and persevering until what is seen to be right be accomplished." -- J.D. Harding, ON DRAWING TREES AND NATURE "If the fool would but persist in his folly, he would become wi

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QUICK PICKS by Sol-Caninus, literature

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Updated 17 March 2024. These are books I'm always recommending, headed by what may be the most important of them, The NATURAL WAY TO DRAW. A good many more resources including articles, 3D models, anatomy plates and art education material may be found at http://www.ingetang.com/praxis/ I highly recommend exploring the site-map. Note that I am updating the lists with new books and materials all the time, so check back periodically. Kimon Nicholaides THE NATURAL WAY to DRAW (2 parts) http://www.ingetang.com/praxis/the-natural-way-to-draw-intro/ Mayer, Ralph M., THE ARTIST'S HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES, https://archive.org/details/

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Twelfth House Retreat Newsletter by Sol-Caninus, literature

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Twelfth House Retreat Newsletter

Issue No. 1. October 1984 TWELFTH HOUSE RETREAT Newsletter What is Occult Psychotherapy? . . . . . . . Patrick P. Sharp M.A. The purpose of psychotherapy should be to reinforce the process of unfolding selfhood called by some the process of individuation. It should be the therapist's intention to courageously go wherever the process leads or refer the client to someone who is willing to do so. The therapist is the catalyst that helps the client go beyond his limits, utilize untried resources, and, in the end, relinquish old ways so that he may step forward into tomorrow new-born. Unfortunately, this does not always happen, and the fault is shared with the therapist when his personal inhibitions prevent him from working with the process and cause him to work against it. The sticking point comes when conventional morality and the impulse toward individuation begin to diverge, as eventually they must. It is here that the therapist faulters for lack of either courage, or

Persona Non Grata, or Amazing Grace by Sol-Caninus, literature

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Persona Non Grata, or Amazing Grace

Right before my confrontation with the Collective Unconscious in 1975, a school mate told me of how one Winter's night her grandmother, who was grieving the loss of her husband and was herself dying, got out of bed, delirious, and, barefoot in her nightgown, went outside into the garden beside the house. The family members made several attempts to keep her inside, but she went back out despite them. Eventually, they stopped interfering and let her go, though they stayed about to watch over her. Meg said that once in the garden she got down on her hands and knees and started digging in the snow, until, at last, she pulled up a red rose in full bloom. Later that night she died in peace holding it to her heart. I told Meg it was a beautiful story that obviously held great emotional value for her. She read between the lines and retorted, sharply, saying, "It's not a story. It happened for real just the way I said." Educating her on participation mystique and primary process

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About Sol-Caninus

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Artist // Varied

United States
Deviant for 15 years
He / Him

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Quartz: It's a big honor to be awarded a Quartz badge! (2)

My Bio

In 1969, at age fifteen, while still recovering from the last in a series of operations on my leg for post-polio effects, I got my mother to drive me to CHARLTON Publishing Co. in Derby, Connecticut. There I showed my portfolio to the late George Wildman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wildman

who offered me an entry-level position. The perks: learn from the best ("on your own time").

This was near the end of Charlton's hay days. They had Giordano, Ditko, Boyette and a bunch of other great guys (like Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez). But my mother said, "No!" (About 35 years later when I asked her why she wasted everyone's time bringing me to the interview if she had no intention of letting me work, she said, "I never imagined anyone would take you seriously." )

After that I got into wrestling and martial arts, motorcycles and girls, continued my education through graduate school, then started work in a "serious" profession. Nevertheless; in the mid 80s, I took a half-time position so I could write fiction and do a full time stint at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Fleischer Art Memorial. But, when push came to shove, I returned full time to Human Service and Psychology.

Some years back, I wiped the slate clean and decided to start over - to pick up where I'd left off as a teenager - to do graphic novels, or bust. That's where I am, now - BUSTED. . . BIG TIME! Nowhere to go from here, except up!

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Current Residence: Mt. Effort, (What an appropriate name!) Pennsylvania

deviantWEAR sizing preference: Loose, so, large

Favourite style of art: Scientific Illustration, Comic Book Illo, Genre Fiction Writing, Technical Writing

Personal Quote: 'From my weakness I drew strength that never left me.' - paraphrased from Borges

Tools of the Trade

Switched over to Digital end of April 2015 and haven't looked back

Other Interests

Animals of all kinds. Plants, not so much, but I'm learning to give them benefit of the doubt.

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4 days ago

Quarterly Review- 1st QTR

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Quarterly Progress Report: IMHO the first quarter was a monster! It involved challenging work that paid off rapidly. Funny how little time it took, though it seemed to go on with no end in sight. Relearning how to draw heads frustrated me intensely. At times I felt as if the lessons didn't work, and then when they did, the knowledge and skill didn't take hold. But, in the end, not only did training get me back to where I was before the break; it raised the baseline appreciably. I know more about the subject now than before and have increased the skill required to do it better. Thanks to my head drawing bootcamp, I went from, 'how do you do this, again?' up to passable generic heads and faces, and up again to serious portraiture. And that's just heads! I progressed in other areas as well, so I'm happy. Of course, along with the concentrated study, I changed the daily exercise from figure drawing to drawing heads, which changed its duration from twenty minutes to several

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Apr 14, 2024

Fatal Error (BSOD)

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Fatal Error: The world is impinging on my studio time, which tells me I must be doing something right. LOL. The blue screen of death (BSOD) fatal error occurs frequently when I turn off or on the Cintiq, which is a known issue plaguing set ups of multiple monitors. The error code is DXGKRNL, but what do I do about it? IDK. What is the exact cause? IDK. It started happening second week of Aprill. I thought it had to do with a Wacom tablet update, but then I saw that F.lux can cause the problem in systems with two monitors, like mine. Or is it the graphics card - NVIDIA GTX 745, a driver for which I can't locate at NVIDIA's website to download (I don't really understand graphics cards and drivers). So, I'm hoping that Windows will repair itself or correct itself with the next update. XD. Routine Modification: The closest thing to routine drawing exercise was Quick Heads, and that has been morphing. One variation that I submitted yesterday was all cartoon heads and faces

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Apr 7, 2024

The Art of Shifting Gears

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After establishing a routine, I started to loosen up and deviate from it. I replaced the daily croquis figure practice with an exercise I've been calling "quick heads," to focus on heads, faces and expressions. It usually started by posing a 3d planar head model, then moving on to one of several head and face websites I told you about. Since I couldn't find a website that displayed head and face reference by timed intervals, I used a dark room timer for that purpose and set it manually. It all worked out very well, until I started getting lost in the moment and lingering on details, then taking off on tangents to investigate other things. I decided to indulge this, since it moved things forward. For example, one of the things it introduced was the gearshift from gesture to detail, which afforded the opportunity to practice refining the hands and feet of quick sketches that normally get short shrift, and as a result, deny the practice required to draw them quickly. After trying it