Rediscovering the Road Not Taken ...

Hope’s Journey

burtabreu — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:48:40 +0000

I have had to reorder my goals a bit and so I will be staying at this job - to feed the family- and doing the creative stuff on the side. I’m going to start by trying to animate a short poem (looking around nervously in case I get slapped by any ‘real’ poets). [...]

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Mexopolis: Creative Inspiration Series

burtabreu — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:13:26 +0000

Lynda.com recently added a new set of videos to their Creative Inspirations section featuring the animation duo behind Mexopolis animation studio. As an artist, hopeful that some day I can pitch my own ideas, I find their story very inspirational - maybe my Latino roots are also to blame it really resonated [...]

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Recent Updates & Events

burtabreu — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:39:16 +0000

A quick update on recent history. After going back to school to study art and animation, getting my first industry job, living the dream for 10 months then living the nightmare (getting laid off with 26 fellow artists and spending 8 months unemployed) I took a job at a construction company ABR USA. I’ve been doing [...]

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New Photoshop Video Tutorials

burtabreu — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:56:35 +0000

I added some beginner level Photoshop tutorials as part of an experiment. I was testing Jing which allows creation of 5 minute videos and instant upload. They are a bit rushed as a result - turns out 5 minutes is a lot less time than you’d think- and I am very concious of the timer [...]

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Art & Fear

burtabreu — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:38:56 +0000

I found bits of myself scattered among the pages of a book today. Like the aftermath of a collision between a drunken cyclist and a street vendors taco cart I recognize tiny flakes of my thought strewn throughout the author’s insightful text. This seemingly random juxtaposition of the cheese, meat and sauce that is my [...]

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Recent Updates on my site.

burtabreu — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:46:22 +0000

Well…. six months after being laid off I am still looking for steady work. I was riding high for a while, back to school, graduated, my first art job, then laid off. I’ve been surviving on various odd jobs and bits of freelance. I have been working on my site a bit so if you have [...]

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Free Photoshop Brush

burtabreu — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:59:29 +0000

I made another small pack of brushes -not my favorite but hopefully some will find it useful. You can get it on this page and see what brushes are included in the set … http://stormvisions.com/pages/freebies/photoshop.php and here is a small sample texture to show some painting done with the brushes -click to see another, larger, sample.

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Free Photoshop Brushes: Rusty Robot

burtabreu — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:32:16 +0000

I’ve added another small collection of brushes. Click on the image to open the downloads page in a new window and see more preview images.

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Comic Books for the Masses?

burtabreu — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:26:22 +0000

I like to draw and have often thought of creating a comic book. My character skills are still a bit underdeveloped and getting a consistent result from frame to frame takes a lot of time. Using Flash as a way to build reusable characters to pose and render out as static comics (or with some [...]

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Deviantart Powerhouse

burtabreu — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:58:36 +0000

This is just a quick note for those promoting their art. If you haven’t done so already consider adding a Deviantart page. I added three brush packs over the past 3 days. My site generated 200 or so downloads. Deviantart generated 1300 during the same period. It makes sense to cross link your various blogs [...]

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