Nacho Suarez: Illustrator, Speed Painter

There’s a computer illustrator called Nacho Suarez in Spain. He works with Adobe PhotoShop and a Wacom drawing tablet. In my daily blog travels I frequently come across blogs with links to his “video monitor captures” or “screencasts” on YouTube.  These are time lapse videos of him at work.  Well, you don’t see Nacho, but you do see a close up of his computer screen.

One of the more popular screencasts is his rendering of Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight blockbuster. I don’t know how much time it actually took him to draw this picture, but you can see it in 4 minutes and 44 seconds.

The final product:

You can see more of his videos online at YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/nsuarezdraws and you can check out his blog, in Spanish, at http://www.nachosuarez.blogspot.com/

Here are some of the tools Nacho uses to create his works:

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Cutie Booty Cakes - a guest post

My name is Renée aka Mekhismom and today I am writing a guest post here at Skylarking. Can you imagine my surprise when I was asked to write this post? Robert and I “met” by reading each others blogs. I have to admit when I read his comments on one of my posts I was curious. I am a “mommy blogger” and have few male readers (that I am aware of). But the internet which I refer to as The Great Unifier, enables you to “meet” all sorts of people. Our interaction led to the discovery that we are both natives of Long Island and eventually led to the writing of this post.

Today we are going to take a departure from the “techy” side of things. I want to introduce you to my blog Cutie Booty Cakes. My blog is named after the original cutie booty, my son Mekhi. Cutie Booty Cakes are diapers shaped like cakes. I create these “cakes” for new and expecting mothers. You may be thinking why would anyone want that? Once you see my creations I think you will understand. But first think about it - what is the most essential baby item that new and soon-to-be moms need? Diapers! Who wants to show up at a baby shower or hospital with a plain box of diapers? Not very creative or unique. But if you walked in with this -

Or this

You would be sure to make an impression. I have many other styles but just wanted to give you a sample. And of course if you need customization I can do that too. If know someone expecting a baby or there is a new baby in your life consider a Cutie Booty Cake for a unique and beautiful gift.

And even if you are not in need of a Cutie Booty Cake stop by my blog where I discuss my adventures as a work at home mom creating diaper cakes and starting my new business.

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Monkey Fables and Tales

Monkey Fables and Tales

Here’s another blog I found last week: Monkey Fables and Tales. This is a humorous, personal storytelling blog where the writer, known simply as “Monkey Tale”, writes down his almost daily thoughts even when he doesn’t have any. Let me warn you, his sense of humor isn’t for everyone, but he has his moments where he keeps it clean enough for most. Regardless, he tries to entertain in each and every post whether he’s talking about work or his inner thoughts.

In his best posts he tells good humor filled stories about his daily life. Today, there’s the story about the day he lost his voice. I also enjoyed the letter he wrote to his car titled, “Where’s The Love?”. In the former story you can almost imagine being in his head as he and his friends walk down the street or while he tries to drink to regain his voice at the restaurant.

He’s part of the Entrecard.com network (which I mentioned yesterday) and I like his ad with the monkey asking, “How about if I spank you?” (I’m not going to get into the origins of that question).

He has a few other blogs which are more serious.  There’s Sensory Overload, a book review blog, and So Now What? where he reflects on politics, the economy, and current events.

None of these blogs tell you who he is, or where he comes from, and that’s probably not the point, but he’s out there in more ways than one.

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