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		<title>Sketch Book 53: Alien Face</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life has been keeping me even more busy than typical. I actually drew this &#8220;Alien Face&#8221; back in April and haven&#8217;t drawn anything since. I have changed jobs though, and I am hoping that means I&#8217;ll have a bit more time for myself, including time for art. Anyway, this was mostly a place with shadows, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sketch Book 52: Hydralisk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I was able to resist the urge to buy StarCraft 2 for quite a while, but I eventually caved. For those who don&#8217;t know, the original StarCraft came out in the 90s and was a great real-time strategy (RTS) game that built upon Blizzard&#8217;s success with Warcraft 2, substituting a sci-fi world for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gordaen.com/2011/03/09/sketch-book-52-hydralisk/</link>
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		<title>Sketch Book 51: Female Torso</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I actually updated my blog with a drawing, so here&#8217;s one&#8230;. that I actually drew this back in December. Yup, it took me three months to get around to uploading it. I definitely haven&#8217;t been giving my art the attention that I should, but I have been productive with other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gordaen.com/2011/03/09/sketch-book-51-female-torso/</link>
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		<title>Sketch Book 50: Skull</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was actually going to draw Santa Claus on this past Saturday, but I couldn&#8217;t decide on a good pose. I&#8217;m not sure why, but I changed my mind and decided to draw a skull (seems like Halloween would have been a better holiday for this). I drew part of a skull once before when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gordaen.com/2010/12/14/sketch-book-50-skull/</link>
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		<title>Sketch Book 49: Spaceship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Immediately after creating my previous sketch (Forearm and Fist), I wanted to do something a little more technical with more light variation. For whatever reason, I chose to draw a spaceship; however, just a few minutes into the drawing, I lost interest. I think that lack of interest shows pretty significantly too. The perspective is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sketch Book 48: Forearm And Fist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I actually drew something halfway decent yesterday. No, not this drawing, but I have to catch up on the sketch book posts because I am a few behind. I actually did this quick sketch back on November sixth, so I am more than a month behind posting this. Obviously it&#8217;s just a quick sketch, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gordaen.com/2010/12/12/sketch-book-48-forearm-and-fist/</link>
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		<title>Recent Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been doing as much photography as I&#8217;d like, but I did get some great shots of my nephew Tyler, which I&#8217;ve added to my gallery. This one is an example of playing with color, emphasizing the color and texture of his overalls while softening his skin tones. I actually had to desaturate the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gordaen.com/2010/10/13/recent-photos-2/</link>
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		<title>Photos From A Photoshoot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago I did a photoshoot, taking some outdoor portraits as well as some (indoor) artistic nudes. It was my first chance to play around with my PocketWizard FlexTT5s, and I found that when they work, they work very well. Unfortunately, they aren&#8217;t as reliable as I&#8217;d like. I still managed to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gordaen.com/2010/08/28/photos-from-a-photoshoot/</link>
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		<title>Sketch Book 47: Female Back 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have not been creating as much art as I&#8217;d like, particularly more traditional art. I happened to be unable to sleep last night and decided to play around with my favorite medium (charcoal). This is based on a small sketch by Giovanni Givardi in his book Drawing the Human Body: An Anatomical Guide. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gordaen.com/2010/06/21/sketch-book-47-female-back-2/</link>
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		<title>Morning Keys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was pulling papers out of an old binder to prepare for a class I am taking starting tomorrow night, and I came across this story that I started about two years ago. It&#8217;s just the start of a random story, so don&#8217;t expect too much, but at least it will brush off some of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gordaen.com/2010/04/13/morning-keys/</link>
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