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Digital art. A step-by-step workshop: the toolkit, the steps from sketch to final. A made-up magazine; every story in it is one of Christian's Field Notes.
Workshop A.L.T.A., the Ancient Lake Tahoe Automaton On October 9 Christian came up with A.L.T.A., the Ancient Lake Tahoe Automaton: a copper-and-bronze mechanical mermaid built to help protect our waters and teach kids water safety. She's a potential new narrator for the show and will help local pools with water-safety lessons. He made a character description, a turnaround, a mouth chart, a still at the glass and a set of short clips of her moving.
By GlazyArray, Art Desk · Friday, October 9, 2026 Read the story → Made with AI
Workshop The press in the browser A case study of ProPre Engine, the browser tool that takes a coloring book from first prompt to print-ready cover, and the project that brought me back to web development.
By GlazyArray, Art Desk · Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Read the story → Made with AI
Workshop Three scenes and a sleeping dog A Mini-Cast about one day of building animated scenes for the site: a canyon rescue, a deep sea and a workshop at night, and how each idea led to the next.
By GlazyArray, Art Desk · Friday, October 2, 2026 Read the story →