Cody Goodin - The artistic and spiritual journey of Cody Goodin

Hello out there in blog land.  I apologize for the long delays in posting.  It has been a busy few weeks for many reasons.  One of which I am experimenting on some Photoshop techniques for processing the images for my Graphic Novel Project or GNP as I lovingly call it now.  The series of images were made from a series of photographs my friend David Walker took of my studio when I had made lots of heads waiting for their next stages of development  I used a cool filter called Lithograph to get the basic effect.  Then it was tweaked in the image menu with the adjustments functions. This image is a cropped version from the above using a adjustment palette of saturation and contrast  to achieve this look. This is another image using color saturation and contrast in addition to a noise filter called dust and scratches. Finally this is a two layer picture that uses the lithograph filter with a layer...

Well, with much pulling of hair and gnashing of teeth, I finally completed my ornament for this years exchange.  It was for the RiveCity Figurative Artists Guild that I am a member of and our Christmas Brunch tradition  This years theme was to be based on some art form or ism.  Our luncheon is being held in the Cincinnati Art Museums cafe this year.  So, I thought this theme was appropriate.  At the last minute I finally decided to honor our ancient traditions and do a piece loosely based on a variety of petroglyphs.  It is kind of simple but, I really like the way it turned out.  It is very totem like in the way it looks. It's been a busy fall season and I have been one of the lucky artists who have sold a nice amount of work.  At both of the Essex Studios art walks I received a lot of great feedback.  Nothing inspires an artist more than that.  So, I am really inspired to get going on some new things and yes, even a new...

OK, so I decided since I was gong in a slightly different direction on some art this summer, I'd get a few things out of my system.  Now, I don't consider myself a dark artist usually.  But, I know we all have that part of us inside somewhere.  Normally for me that part doesn't usually surface all that often.  But, lately whilst facing some unpleasant medical issues, I have decided to just go for it.  You know, expose those demons or fears whatever might be lurking just under the surface of our conscience. That being said, you remember the skull headed piece I showed a few weeks back.  He is finally finished.  This piece is based on a nightmare I had as a small kid.  I am not sure what age.  It is one of those things that happened when I was really sick.  So you have those kind of dream or nightmare experiences that kind of sticks with you.  This was one of those.  I dreamnt of these creatures called shado...