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I have recently created a Patreon page, where I will be posting about my works-in-progress, and indeed sharing draft chapters as things move forward.
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Bradley Rader
Tag Archives: Digital
The Professor Tells Stories
I needed an illustration for my book on creating graphic novels (formerly known as Paper Movies), about storytelling and our original impulses in that activity. So the following rather simplistic illustration resulted. I have to admit that I am getting … Continue reading
Graphics to Make a Point – Part 2
I pushed on to finish the set of graphic images for the book, since I need to get the chapter written. But I needed to know what the images would look like in order to write the text to suit … Continue reading
Graphics to Make a Point
For my book on creating graphic novels, I’ve reached a point where I plan on discussing the things that graphic novels can do that others cannot, or at least not in the same way. To help make the point, I … Continue reading
Playing With Puns
I’ve been an avid fan of the Sherlock Holmes stories since the fourth grade, when I inadvertantly began my acquaintence with the Great Detective by reading His Last Bow first, before any of the other stories. I was hooked right … Continue reading
Digital experimentation
I’m still learning the various possibilities with Photoshop. Today, after dealing with a bunch of other things, I decided to relax and do some experimenting. This is not very polished or even particularly intentional as art. But it amused me. … Continue reading
ViaDuck’s First Strip
I needed a graphic for Paper Movies that would illustrate how something can happen between panels, “in the gutters” as the saying goes. Something simple and uncomplicated. So I turned to ViaDuck and gave him something to do. ViaDuck in … Continue reading
Meet the Professor
As I work on a writing project about creating graphic novels, I needed to create a graphic persona who will help explain things. On the TV show CSI , I and some friends used to call Captain Brass “Captain Exposition”, … Continue reading
Fahrenheit 451 Cover Contest Entries
For the 2013 60th anniversary of the publication of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, publisher Simon & Schuster is having a cover design contest. Originally, the contest was to end November 30, but they extended the deadline to December 7. I’d … Continue reading
Celebrating Bradbury
I created the following picture digitally (actually, in the dimensions of a Facebook “cover picture”), specifically as a birthday present for James A. Owen, who is very fond of Bradbury personally and professionally. It seemed a good way to honor … Continue reading
Illustrating a Story Fragment
I recently set about the chore of going through several boxes of papers that had been in storage. Most of the paperwork was not really material I needed to keep. But occasional I turn up little gems worth holding onto. … Continue reading
