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Dean Hsieh
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Process pages up at my blog for my latest entry to Riddick: Rule the Dark contest.

Made it into the semi-finals!

www.deanhsieh.com/blog/
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I've posted process pages for my latest piece Dark Caster Lena on my blog, so please check it out:

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Happy Holidays!

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Hope all you Deviants have a great one! The most recent entry is for Clive Barker's Odyssey II, nothing like some tentacles and naked demons to put one in a jolly holly mood. Will also be working on a final entry for Odyssey II and a new one for the Del Toro contest, looks like I'll have to brush up on my horror.
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A few new posts, this time for the Art Department contest. I've been interested in them for a while now, seeing how I live in Austin which is one of their major campuses. Trying to squeeze more time around the holidays to work on more art.
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Its been a while since I posted up new art, but after the holidays things got crazy busy at my regular job, and I haven't been able to find the time or inspiration for new work.

Well thanks to Deviant Art, my dry spell is over. They are hosting a contest featuring none other than Tim Burton's latest flick Dark Shadows. Based on the cult 60s TV show, the movie looks to be right up my alley. Johnny Depp plays the main character Barnabas Collins, an 18th century vampire who turns up in 60s era America to find that everything has changed, and of course the wackiness ensues. Depp looks to be in top form, channeling some of my favorite roles of his from previous Burton films such as Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hallow.

The contest is simple: draw a portrait of Barnabas as portrayed by Depp in the new movie. I went with a fairly straightforward idea of doing a period portrait, so I brushed up on some turn of the century artists such Ingres and Gainsborough who were considered neoclassical painters. Also, being a big fan of Rembrandt, I decided to apply his use of darks and spotlights which I thought would work well with the atmosphere of a vampire portrait. I didn't have much time to work on this as I found out about the contest rather late, but still I had lots of fun with this one!
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