The eagle has landed

This guy is awesome. He's headed off in a week and will be going to sea. Yep, sea... heh. He just wanted an eagle and a flag... the rest was up to me.

Sometimes I love that option. Sometimes it's a stressful blank canvas with little direction and a lot of worry. So many customers know what they don't want, but can't tell you at all what they do.

But he loved the idea and sat in the chair for four hours.

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So instead of just shading shapes, I've been really inspired by Tom (at Insight) lately. He does a lot of his work with a seven. The tiny details with pinpoint accuracy. I made a point to shade big areas, but then come back and add the details with a seven. It was a matter of treating the seven like a mini shader... dipping in wash and applying based on depth and speed as if I was shading. Maybe a seven round would be good too...

Oh, and it's a photo from my iPhone. Luis dropped the Nikon (oh no) and it's in for repair. For the first time it was smart to get the Best Buy insurance crap.