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A New Look for BD Crowell
It has been a while since I gave this site a real overhaul. The last major redesign moved BDCrowell.com away from an old, non-responsive theme and made it usable on phones and tablets. That was an important change, but the site has continued to grow since then. Stories, artwork, videos, book information, and a handful of ongoing projects had accumulated in different corners, and the design no longer did a very good job of showing how they fit together. So I went back through it page by page. Before: the previous homepage had served the site…
Storytime with Brian #8 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 19–21)
Storytime with Brian #8 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 19–21) In this episode of Storytime with Brian, Brian reads Chapters 19–21 of The Adventures of Paddy Beaver. Attribution and source notes Story source: The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. Burgess, originally published in 1917. The text is in the public domain in the United States and was sourced from Project Gutenberg. Opening and closing music: “Gentle Nightfall Vol. 6” — Pixabay Music Background ambience: “Nature British Woods Am…
Storytime with Brian #7 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 16–18)
Storytime with Brian #7 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 16–18) In this episode of Storytime with Brian, Brian reads Chapters 16–18 of The Adventures of Paddy Beaver. Attribution and source notes Story source: The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. Burgess, originally published in 1917. The text is in the public domain in the United States and was sourced from Project Gutenberg. Opening and closing music: “Gentle Nightfall Vol. 6” — Pixabay Music Background ambience: “Nature British Woods Am…
Storytime with Brian #6 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 13–15)
Storytime with Brian #6 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 13–15) In this episode of Storytime with Brian, Brian reads Chapters 13–15 of The Adventures of Paddy Beaver. Attribution and source notes Story source: The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. Burgess, originally published in 1917. The text is in the public domain in the United States and was sourced from Project Gutenberg. Opening and closing music: “Gentle Nightfall Vol. 6” — Pixabay Music Background ambience: “Nature British Woods Am…
Draw with Brian #11 - Magician Sneaking Away 2: Inks 2
Draw with Brian #11 - Magician Sneaking Away 2: Inks 2 Brian returns to the “Magician Sneaking Away 2” illustration for another pass at the inks. He revises Derrick and the black knight, working through head angles, shoulders, facial details, and costume lines while demonstrating ArtRage’s paint-symmetry tool. It’s an honest look at the experimentation—and frequent use of Undo—that goes into refining an illustration. Attribution and source notes This episode is part of Draw with Brian . Transcript Draw with Brian …
Draw with Brian #10 - Numbers to Drawings: 1 to Flag
Draw with Brian #10 - Numbers to Drawings: 1 to Flag Taking a break today from Derrick and Max. I thought I would do another one of those fun numbers-to-drawings like we did the other day. We turned a zero into a sun, so since we've done zero, let's do one. Attribution and source notes This episode is part of Draw with Brian . Transcript Draw With Brian #10 – Numbers to Drawings: 1 to Flag Hey everyone, I'm Brian. Welcome to Draw With Brian! Today's Drawing All right, let's get into…
