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To tell the truth, I’m a bit of a foodie. Which means to me that I eat anything, everything and it shows a bit in my subcutaneous fat. The other night I made Grilled Cheese with Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onions while my dear Nomi Kane made Bridge Club drinks for myself and Beth Hetland. [...]

One of my favorite blogs, the SF-themed io9.com, has an interesting article on writing short fiction. As a writer and an artist I found this to be a very useful jolt to my creative process.
3) Start crude, and then work on refining When I first tried writing a short story a week, I found [...]

Here at Rare Bits, we have the opportunity to post sketches, thoughts and rants. This will be a little bit of a rant. Short, but still a rant. Those who hate rants, please read the awesome posts below.
Ok, so I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the kind of life I’m living right now. [...]

Just thought I’d drop some of the fun I’ve been having lately all over your faces.
PIXEL DRAWINGS!
it’s like having a sketchbook in the Tron worldey place.
First up we have a stunningly complex and fragrant rendition of galactic bounty hunter, Boba Fett! To be honest, Boba Fett never grabbed me the way he did other boys [...]

In the digital age where so much value is put on the intangible, the fine creators at Rare Bits believe in the totally tangible! We formed to a common bond over our love of the comics medium and the web potential, something you can see in each of our four contributors’ comics. Our work starts [...]

Robots. Am I right folks? The future is gonna be bright, baby! Ro-butlers! Kill-bots! Sex-bots (NSFW)-AAAAA!!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
See, here’s the problem: the more you make a something look human, be it robot, statue or CGI Tom Hanks, the more the human mind identifies with it. BUT: there comes a point when the [...]

Beanworld Volume #3: Remember Here When You Are There!
Author: Larry Marder
Publisher: Dark Horse      Price: 19.95 US
Few comics I have read completely engross me in their world to the point where I have dreams about the environments and characters. Larry Marder’s Beanworld is one of those. Last year I first discovered the [...]

Last night, as I was punching my Masonite drawing board and ripping up numerous unsuccessful attempts to draw a particularly elusive expression on the face of my main character (an expression that the entire strip hinged upon), I thought to myself; “Jason, you suck, and are a punk. Your drawing abilitly surely leaves much to [...]

A lot of people, not necessarily just artists, find themselves working in cyclical patterns. Massive consumption, then massive creating and back. In the artistic sense, you could view it as a manic/depressive attitude but I think you should embrace both sides of the cycle. Your work is influenced and informed by the things you do [...]

You know, like most people, I often ask myself, “Morgan, you sure are a handsome wrangler of the English language. But do you ever wonder where the characters that you wrestle come from?” Usually, like most red-blooded Americans and the Dutch, I answer “no, of course not. That’s a waste of my amazing brain powers.” [...]