Another rousing performance from Ali Kokmen. The Random House exec delivers a terrific speech each year. Loads of fun. Thanks, Ali!
Archive for July, 2009
Well, there are TWO things I regret about not going to San Diego this year. This is one of them. Then again, I would probably have been at a booth or on a panel.
Will we get more Torchwood, BBC? Please say yes.
BY the way, I know plenty of you are coming here from AfterElton.com, so click HERE to take a look at my webcomic. You’ll like it.
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This is the first in a series of digital character portraits I am working on for this site. I will also be doing some concept sketches, all of which I will upload in the coming weeks.
I posted this Rieken portrait to the CAST page yesterday, but botched the scan. A better scan is now available.
This work is somewhat different from the original art I did for A Distant Soil. Nearly 20 years have passed between the pages I have been uploading over the last few months and these paintings.
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Liana in progress
by Colleen Doran on July 25th, 2009Finished Rieken character portrait now added to CAST. Click the above link.
Another digital portrait in the works.

Can you tell Kelly Freas was my teacher?
I told myself I wouldn’t post these until they were ready, but what the heck. I am really happy with the progress I am making on my digital work. I hope to have an entire gallery of character portraits up over the next few months, and by then, I also hope to have some real digital painting chops. The old art will be removed.
As I wrote in an earlier post, these paintings will include environment concept works for the book.
These low resolution jpegs are really washed out. I will upload the final works at higher res so you can get a better look.
I am also working on that t-shirt design of Rieken and D’mer I promised ages ago. I just didn’t think my digital skills were up to my ideas before. I should have something to show, soon.
Oh well, I had my day to work on A Distant Soil, and now it is back to work on Gone to Amerikay for the rest of the week!
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