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Where Did the Magic Go?

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I have been contacted recently by a number of individuals wishing to know if I am the same artist responsible for such Magic: The Gathering cards as Chainer's Edict, Bottle Gnomes, and many others. The short answer is “Yes I am”. The longer answer tends to come in response to the question that invariably follows: "Why don't you feature any of this work on the website?

I wanted to take this opportunity to address this recurring question head on, lest the wrong conclusions be drawn by those who have wondered the very same, and have not yet asked.
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Do Not Adjust Your Aperture

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Welcome back patient reader! While it has been a quiet and uneventful two weeks here on the blog, the studio itself has been anything but.

Indeed, the last two weekends and many of the evenings between have been spent putting the final touches on the website. Now before you go flipping through the tabs to see what it is you might have missed, let me provide you with an important detail: the website in question is not the one belonging to the artist whose blog you are currently reading.
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Making the Site

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One week has passed since the launch of the website and the most frequent questions posed to me continue to revolve around how the site itself was created. Since I had many of these same questions myself when setting out on this marathon, I figured this would make for a great first discussion. This is also a question that provides our first opportunity to look at a valuable tool for the visual communicators out there.

I should make the disclaimer up front that as the author of this blog, any tools and or resources that are referenced or otherwise enthusiastically discussed here are so only because I feel they are beneficial. I am in no way paid by, nor do I professionally endorse their products or services.

So here we go!
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