http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:08:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its been a while in the making, but I have finally finished up on my latest digital art work, Deep Space Vista. This was definitely something new for me and I was happy to take on a new direction with my art. I've always had an interest in concept art ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2010/02/20/deep-space-vista/ During the first week of November Julie and I took a much needed break from the daily grind and decided to take a little road trip to the Smoky Mountains. It was a perfect and more importantly affordable little getaway for the two of us. Plus it had the additional ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2009/11/22/great-smoky-mountains-vacation/ Spatial Entity is the result of some simple brush work in Photoshop mixed with some blending and blurring of a few luminescent colors. Add to that some stars in the background and it all just came together. Again, this was mostly an exercise of creative exploration and just putting into ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2009/07/21/spatial-entity/ I have been rather enjoying creating more digital art works in my free time as late. And Tropical View is essentially a follow up piece to View from the Sea although far more colorful and well, tropical. This composition is all about the perspective and sense of distance. A destination ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2009/06/20/tropical-view/ View from the Sea was essentially my second effort in creating a digital art piece using a pen tablet. My intent was simply to capture a hazy view of the land while meshed with some low lying clouds from a distant seaside perspective. Simple air brush effects and soft gradients ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2009/05/03/view-from-the-sea/ Wanting to get back into Illustrator and have a little fun, I came up with this little bit of inspiration to share - simple and straight to the point, I think. And moving forward I'd like to spend some more time creating small works like this just for fun. After ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2009/03/22/a-break-in-the-clouds/ Here we have another look at the Chicago skyline captured with an enhanced vibrancy and falling within a soft cloud shaped perimeter. A photo I had on hand was used to establish the general outline for the overall cityscape to which I then continued to add further detail. I have ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2009/03/01/chicago-cloud-cityscape/ I have mentioned before that I'm a fan of the Revision 3 network and enjoy the programming options offered through this internet television provider. One of my favorite shows on the network is The Totally Rad Show (TRS), a news show for gamers, movie watchers, comic readers, and TV show ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2009/01/23/the-totally-rad-show-backgrounds/ I received a Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet as a gift for Christmas and of course I was very eager to give it a try. This is my first Pen Tablet and so far I have spent just a few hours literally playing around and just getting used to working with ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/12/26/a-winter-scene-and-a-new-pen-tablet/ The New Xbox Experience (NXE) is quite the reimagining of the overall user interface system we have been accustomed to for the past three years. I was lucky enough to have been selected to be one of the preview program participants and have spent some quality time with the new ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/11/14/the-new-xbox-experience-review/