My next tour guest is Don Tate II, illustrator and also soon to be author, from Austin , Texas. Don sent me to his blog post that showed his studio.
First off, I like that Don is working standing up. When I was a puppeteer and dollmaker, THAT is how I worked--on my feet all the time. Somehow I can't do that anymore, although seeing Don makes me want to give it the old college try. At least I should make an attempt at standing when I work in real paint as opposed to working digitally. We'll see. I'll keep you posted. I was much younger when I worked that way.....
In the top photo of Don hard at work, I am beginning to see evidence of some clutter. Thank God! It makes my heart warm just to see those loose papers! Elizabeth's studio in my last post was so very neat, I was beside myself with self doubt.
And then, in the next photo, I am practically gleeful! THIS is getting a little closer to the way I work--although Don is still neater. What I find funny is that even in the middle of a cluttered studio, hard at work, everything is, well, color coordinated! It's all TRES CHIC in black and white!
0ne thing I want to know: what are those trophies for?
Ha! In the closet, above my head, old outdated computer programs. Over $10,000 worth, valued today at $0. On the wall behind the trophies, design and illustration awards. The trophies, bodybuilding. I was a natural bodybuilder for a few years. First place novice open, second place, open. The other trophies, kinda obscured, are my son's. He 'gives' me all his trophies.
Posted by: Don | May 23, 2007 at 09:13 PM