Solo A Star Wars Portrait

Hey gang! In this video you can see my process of creating this portrait of Han Solo or Harrison Ford. I used photoshop to create this piece. I hope you like it!

Proportions the Reilly Method

Hey gang! Here is a video on using the Reilly Method to draw a portrait! Hope you learn something and that you keep rolling in your own artistic journey!

Applying Proportions

Hey gang! Here is a video I produced a while back about applying proportions to portraiture. Hope you learn a bit and feel excited to keep grinding!

YouTube Mysteries

Hello gang! I had another person join my small following on youtube today. It’s fun to see my channel bloom at the pace of an Albertan spring. While I do hope to grow my audience, I am super pleased to bring content to the small audience I currently have. It’s always my goal to inspire, […]

Comparison – The Joy Thief

It’s no great revelation that in comparing my work to other artists I will find joy a waning commodity. Why then do I find myself scrolling through Instagram feeds acquiring heaps of self-doubt with the same tenacity as a dog eating chocolate? In the jaws of comparison, I lose any hope of gleaning knowledge off […]

Social Media Sucks

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Failing Toward Success Podcast – Social Media Sucks

Two weeks doing humanitarian work in a 3rd world country can give a person perspective. This podcast deals with the snares of social media. Listen at your own risk. You may want to stop using social media while you listen to it. I encourage you to stop the audio midstream and shut it down! But […]

Failing Toward Success Podcast – Interview: Kelly Mellings on Craft

This long format interview is with the multi-award winning illustrator Kelly Mellings. I ask him a bunch of questions about growing in craft as an illustrator. We chat some about style and he talks about the national best selling graphic novel, The Outside Circle, which he illustrated. The graphic novel was written by Patti LaBoucane […]

Patreon for Possum Awesome and the Tome of Tomorrow’s

Hello all! It’s been an excessively long while since I touched this blog. Last week I opened the doors on a patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/coreylansdell It’s in support of a story I’m writing. I’d be so pleased if you checked it out. Also! I’ve been creating youtube content for over a year now. Please go check […]

Time, 10,000 hrs, Craft

Last year, I faced the turning of my years from 36 to 37 with humour. How many of you recall the scene in Monty Python Quest for the Holy Grail where Arthur has a conversation with Dennis the peasant. “I’m not old, I’m 37” Dennis retorts after being called old by his King. Well. I’m […]