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About bobcomings

Visual artist working in wide variety of media and forms including painting, drawing , sculpture, digital drawing and painting, digital animation, and sound exploration for almost 60 years.

Dripping In Animation

Posted on July 14, 2012 by bobcomings

Well, here I am again. After several weeks without any posts, I decided I had to put something up that would demonstrate and explain what I have been up to. Namely: studying and practicing animation. Dripping In Animation The link … Continue reading →

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Totem Repair Shop: The Last Detail

Posted on June 4, 2012 by bobcomings

Totem Repair Shop is finished! All that remains to be done is to optimize it for printing and for sharing on the web, then I will post it here. That post will include a link to a larger version so … Continue reading →

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Totem Repair Shop: detail #4

Posted on May 15, 2012 by bobcomings

Above is an enlargement of a small section from my current color digital decalcomania project: “Totem Repair Shop.” It just keeps on growing: more details arise that need finishing, new possibilities reveal themselves, and I find myself with plenty to … Continue reading →

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Found Surfaces: Another Random Image Resource

Posted on April 27, 2012 by bobcomings

Using Found Surfaces as Random Image Source Finding a Random Surface For decades, I have used found surfaces to inspire me. Scraps of old torn wallpaper or advertisements found in a gutter, or the back of a rusty road sign … Continue reading →

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Preparing Random Image Sources

Posted on April 23, 2012 by bobcomings

Surprise and Discovery My ever-present desire and need for surprise and discovery in every image I create has, over the years, led me to a variety of methods that have helped to guarantee the experience of surprise and a sense … Continue reading →

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Totem Repair Shop: detail #3

Posted on April 19, 2012 by bobcomings

Yes, this project is still underway. I work on it almost every day. Since I have not posted in a while I thought it was a good time to give everyone a peek at some more of the content that … Continue reading →

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First Bolinas Instrument

Posted on April 12, 2012 by bobcomings

Another post from the NFMOA Archives: The First Bolinas Instrument . It came into being out of a real fascination with the ephemeral sound of overtones and a strong desire to explore and listen to them. I started looking around … Continue reading →

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The Bolinas Balafon

Posted on March 30, 2012 by bobcomings

For a change of pace and in keeping with my recent promise, I am today stepping away from the digital decalcomania projects to present some content from the sound experiment and toy-making archives. The Bolinas Balafon lacked any sounding chambers, … Continue reading →

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Totem Repair Shop: detail #2 from work in progress

Posted on March 27, 2012 by bobcomings

I am still drawing every day on my first color digital decalcomania project: The Totem Repair Shop. That title had started out as just a working title, but I am growing to like it. It will probably stick. Thanks for … Continue reading →

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Totem Repair Shop: detail from work in progress

Posted on March 20, 2012 by bobcomings

To welcome a new subscriber who signed up earlier today, I am presenting this enlarged detail of the current color digital decalcomania drawing in progress. The title may be tweaked a bit later on, but this section of the drawing … Continue reading →

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