Interview at Flickering Myth

I was recently interviewed by FlickeringMyth.com.
Check out the interview. Woo!

Zygote Body

Some of you know I'm currently studying écorché, the study of human anatomy without skin.  While searching for some reference I came across this interesting site, Zygotebody.

It has a nifty tool where by using sliders you can adjust the transparency of various parts of the body.  For example if you want to see the circulatory system and the bone structure just slide the away the skin,  muscles etc to reveal the structure underneath.

For studying anatomy, it's great. You can see the the various underlying layers of muscle using the slider. There's both male and female figures too.  The only downside is that while it's possible to see the figure 360 degrees, you have move your cursor way off the screen just to be able to see certain angles of the body, and this chops the image off in awkward places.  Also you can't really adjust the figure's pose either.  It's not great for pose reference but it's a handy tool for learning anatomy and it's just fun to play around with too.

The Science of Productivity

I don't know about the rest of you but winter time is usually a big productivity slump for me.  Here's an interesting video about the science of productivity.  I'm gonna try applying some of it's tips, here's hoping it works. Here's more detailed article about productivity from Sparring Mind.

What's On My Writer's Reference Shelf

Hi, there. I don't think we've been introduced. I'm Michael, Sequential Salon's resident writer-with-no-artistic-talent-whatsoever.

Anyway, Lynne asked at the last meeting for more posting, so I thought I would help out by sharing some about the books on my writer's reference shelf. I have two reference shelves, really; one is general reference for stuff I might want to put into stories someday, and the other is books on writing. Of course, there's no substitute for actually writing, but this stuff is helpful nonetheless. Some of it's comics-specific, some of it isn't, but it's all about story, so that's all right.

Under the cut, because goodness there's a lot of this stuff.

I'm in Mary Sue!

My art was featured in one of my favorite geek sites The Mary Sue.
Woo I say woo! *dances the cabbage patch*

Link to article

What It Feels Like To Be A Freelancer

BWAHAHAHAHA! It's so funny because it's true. Ok, now I'm sad.

A video created by dontgetscrewedover.com. They have a video introducing Docracy.com, where they provide free, open-source legal documents. It's not just limited to artists.

The Science of Insight Creation

Jonah Lehrer - Contributing Editor of Wired has a new book out titled, Imagine: How Creativity Works. I was intrigued so I decided to do a quick google search and found this video.

He shares scientific research on how the brain comes to those 'A, ha!' moments, why brainstorming doesn't work, how criticism is essential for creativity, and other tidbits on how creativity works. Planning to check out the book eventually.