<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307</id><updated>2012-02-16T11:03:28.724-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Courtney Bowen</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-4789936587903617724</id><published>2011-09-21T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T17:33:31.071-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeremiah And The Kid In The Blue Shirt</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ng8B4O_Eyas/TnqBe0r9NjI/AAAAAAAAATs/MI3xux71N1M/s1600/Book.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ng8B4O_Eyas/TnqBe0r9NjI/AAAAAAAAATs/MI3xux71N1M/s320/Book.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654974648656148018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Its been a year in the making, but I am very excited to announce that I just had my first children's book published. I had such a wonderful time working on this with Maria, and hope this is just the first of many books. The book is now available on Amazon.  Thanks for everyones support throughout the entire process!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Links of interest:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mindfulnessreading4kids.com/"&gt;http://mindfulnessreading4kids.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/cr/1451555202/ref=aw_d_cr_books"&gt;http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/cr/1451555202/ref=aw_d_cr_books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-4789936587903617724?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/4789936587903617724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/09/jeremiah-and-kid-in-blue-shirt.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/4789936587903617724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/4789936587903617724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/09/jeremiah-and-kid-in-blue-shirt.html' title='Jeremiah And The Kid In The Blue Shirt'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ng8B4O_Eyas/TnqBe0r9NjI/AAAAAAAAATs/MI3xux71N1M/s72-c/Book.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-4322601220979557027</id><published>2011-06-20T11:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-20T11:46:25.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The "Cat" Project - Work in Progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pCqsA_QH_YU/Tf-VeK4gRXI/AAAAAAAAATk/ErmlhQXCuyc/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B2.44.28%2BPM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pCqsA_QH_YU/Tf-VeK4gRXI/AAAAAAAAATk/ErmlhQXCuyc/s320/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B2.44.28%2BPM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620375205531633010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friend and I challenged each other to a friendly "competition" we do this often so we can improve on our skill. The project is "Wild Cats" Work In Progress&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-4322601220979557027?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/4322601220979557027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/06/cat-project-work-in-progress.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/4322601220979557027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/4322601220979557027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/06/cat-project-work-in-progress.html' title='The &quot;Cat&quot; Project - Work in Progress'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pCqsA_QH_YU/Tf-VeK4gRXI/AAAAAAAAATk/ErmlhQXCuyc/s72-c/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B2.44.28%2BPM.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-7358986772131887004</id><published>2011-06-20T11:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-20T11:43:54.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Video Game Sprites</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BP8MmKADNMc/Tf-U0yVM95I/AAAAAAAAATc/VUwU3EMLFT8/s1600/g_03ships.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BP8MmKADNMc/Tf-U0yVM95I/AAAAAAAAATc/VUwU3EMLFT8/s320/g_03ships.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620374494566479762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video Game Sprites for an upcoming game&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-7358986772131887004?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/7358986772131887004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/06/video-game-sprites.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/7358986772131887004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/7358986772131887004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/06/video-game-sprites.html' title='Video Game Sprites'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BP8MmKADNMc/Tf-U0yVM95I/AAAAAAAAATc/VUwU3EMLFT8/s72-c/g_03ships.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-2568456060897759691</id><published>2011-06-14T19:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T19:41:02.202-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Overgrown City</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XGbFlO_ABZ8/Tfgbq4eb_lI/AAAAAAAAATU/vLYLGhJKCA8/s1600/NewYorkMatte.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XGbFlO_ABZ8/Tfgbq4eb_lI/AAAAAAAAATU/vLYLGhJKCA8/s320/NewYorkMatte.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618270958673198674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bkByg_WSXNw/TfgbNB5JQ_I/AAAAAAAAATE/V7d3BvrT-Qs/s1600/NY.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bkByg_WSXNw/TfgbNB5JQ_I/AAAAAAAAATE/V7d3BvrT-Qs/s320/NY.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618270445805061106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before and after photo: My friend was kind enough to let me use his photo.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-2568456060897759691?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/2568456060897759691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/06/overgrown-city.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/2568456060897759691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/2568456060897759691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/06/overgrown-city.html' title='Overgrown City'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XGbFlO_ABZ8/Tfgbq4eb_lI/AAAAAAAAATU/vLYLGhJKCA8/s72-c/NewYorkMatte.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-5381908038439234503</id><published>2011-05-30T20:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-30T20:36:49.895-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Babylon City - In Progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-59DJm45Y4Os/TeRiQ_87qQI/AAAAAAAAASw/F-c7f97MR58/s1600/ACity.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-59DJm45Y4Os/TeRiQ_87qQI/AAAAAAAAASw/F-c7f97MR58/s320/ACity.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612719079794911490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-5381908038439234503?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/5381908038439234503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/05/babylon-city-in-progress.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/5381908038439234503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/5381908038439234503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/05/babylon-city-in-progress.html' title='Babylon City - In Progress'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-59DJm45Y4Os/TeRiQ_87qQI/AAAAAAAAASw/F-c7f97MR58/s72-c/ACity.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-2954744647711325288</id><published>2011-05-26T19:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T19:37:07.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pixel - Complete</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xGIfgP-QwLA/TfgaoXjmriI/AAAAAAAAAS8/34Vhy16mKiA/s1600/pixel.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xGIfgP-QwLA/TfgaoXjmriI/AAAAAAAAAS8/34Vhy16mKiA/s320/pixel.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618269815965134370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-2954744647711325288?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/2954744647711325288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/05/pixel-complete.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/2954744647711325288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/2954744647711325288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/05/pixel-complete.html' title='Pixel - Complete'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xGIfgP-QwLA/TfgaoXjmriI/AAAAAAAAAS8/34Vhy16mKiA/s72-c/pixel.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-5548676860313856995</id><published>2011-05-23T20:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T20:35:12.382-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pixel Art - In Progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r9_5N5H4hCU/Tdsna_RtohI/AAAAAAAAASo/6OaZUL3CulE/s1600/pixel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r9_5N5H4hCU/Tdsna_RtohI/AAAAAAAAASo/6OaZUL3CulE/s320/pixel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610121105435894290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still have a long ways to go, but I wanted to post my progress on my isometric pixel city.  For finished pixel art, please visit my website at - www.rolosoncreative.com&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-5548676860313856995?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/5548676860313856995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/05/pixel-art-in-progress.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/5548676860313856995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/5548676860313856995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/05/pixel-art-in-progress.html' title='Pixel Art - In Progress'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r9_5N5H4hCU/Tdsna_RtohI/AAAAAAAAASo/6OaZUL3CulE/s72-c/pixel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-3386163456808064913</id><published>2011-04-21T12:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T13:15:55.895-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ninja</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--erKDrFpgGk/TbCN4baLkAI/AAAAAAAAAQg/O-LLKhsYMjY/s1600/ninjaGirl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--erKDrFpgGk/TbCN4baLkAI/AAAAAAAAAQg/O-LLKhsYMjY/s400/ninjaGirl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598130337391284226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This project was a collaboration between myself and my friend Pablo. He illustrated the girl and I digitally painted the final image. We are quite happy with how it turned out and plan on doing some more together down the road.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can view Pablo's blog at:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://imagenista.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://imagenista.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-3386163456808064913?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/3386163456808064913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/04/ninja.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/3386163456808064913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/3386163456808064913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/04/ninja.html' title='Ninja'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--erKDrFpgGk/TbCN4baLkAI/AAAAAAAAAQg/O-LLKhsYMjY/s72-c/ninjaGirl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-5744515089254776526</id><published>2011-03-29T09:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T13:08:08.434-07:00</updated><title type='text'>StarCraft</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYoD7raBaSA/TbCOpIhBxJI/AAAAAAAAAQo/OKqmyeUOSy0/s1600/terranR.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYoD7raBaSA/TbCOpIhBxJI/AAAAAAAAAQo/OKqmyeUOSy0/s400/terranR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598131174133318802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;After what seems like forever, I was finally able to finish this piece, which was a huge sense of accomplishment. Now onto the next!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-5744515089254776526?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/5744515089254776526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/03/starcraft.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/5744515089254776526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/5744515089254776526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/03/starcraft.html' title='StarCraft'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYoD7raBaSA/TbCOpIhBxJI/AAAAAAAAAQo/OKqmyeUOSy0/s72-c/terranR.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-4424413384741149704</id><published>2011-02-14T19:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T18:06:56.509-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Run Down "futuristic" City</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LgI_xd0_cPc/TVyCBywmZDI/AAAAAAAAAPY/7BTwqybai0o/s1600/MatteSciFi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LgI_xd0_cPc/TVyCBywmZDI/AAAAAAAAAPY/7BTwqybai0o/s400/MatteSciFi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574473406094926898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quick concept study - Run down futuristic city.  This is still a work in progress, so I may post revisions soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-4424413384741149704?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/4424413384741149704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/02/run-down-futuristic-city.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/4424413384741149704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/4424413384741149704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/02/run-down-futuristic-city.html' title='Run Down &quot;futuristic&quot; City'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LgI_xd0_cPc/TVyCBywmZDI/AAAAAAAAAPY/7BTwqybai0o/s72-c/MatteSciFi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-6624195154932446395</id><published>2011-02-09T17:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T17:51:16.250-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tropical Paradise</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Og5D9Bf8cBY/TVNEjtYXfCI/AAAAAAAAAPI/9SVU3davfWo/s1600/Matte2After.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Og5D9Bf8cBY/TVNEjtYXfCI/AAAAAAAAAPI/9SVU3davfWo/s400/Matte2After.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571872544255343650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Re-Worked the colour and concept a bit. I wanted to location to be more reminiscent of a tropical paradise.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-6624195154932446395?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/6624195154932446395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/02/tropical-paradise.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/6624195154932446395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/6624195154932446395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/02/tropical-paradise.html' title='Tropical Paradise'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Og5D9Bf8cBY/TVNEjtYXfCI/AAAAAAAAAPI/9SVU3davfWo/s72-c/Matte2After.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-2360094017981076005</id><published>2011-02-06T19:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-06T19:23:53.481-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Matte Painting - Quick Study</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9lg-mrMlI/AAAAAAAAANo/XlEtm9p06sE/s1600/Matte1After.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9lg-mrMlI/AAAAAAAAANo/XlEtm9p06sE/s400/Matte1After.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570782881316024914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9laMe0GYI/AAAAAAAAANg/3vjOVdC757I/s1600/Matte1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9laMe0GYI/AAAAAAAAANg/3vjOVdC757I/s400/Matte1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570782764782066050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I needed a new challenge. This is my first attempt at creating a quick composition for Matte Painting. I wasn't sure if I would like it or not, but it turns out I love it. I had so much fun with this study. I am hoping to do one study a week and one completed painting every two weeks. I'll see how it goes. The original photo was a picture that I took on our honeymoon in the Caribbean.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-2360094017981076005?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/2360094017981076005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/02/matte-painting-quick-study.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/2360094017981076005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/2360094017981076005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/02/matte-painting-quick-study.html' title='Matte Painting - Quick Study'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9lg-mrMlI/AAAAAAAAANo/XlEtm9p06sE/s72-c/Matte1After.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-3241599983428139673</id><published>2011-02-01T17:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T17:28:14.053-07:00</updated><title type='text'>John Locke</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VgZfyb6Fo9Y/Tajh48COyBI/AAAAAAAAAPw/ahcNGD3x874/s1600/c_01johnl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VgZfyb6Fo9Y/Tajh48COyBI/AAAAAAAAAPw/ahcNGD3x874/s320/c_01johnl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595970905312249874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-3241599983428139673?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/3241599983428139673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2010/04/john-locke.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/3241599983428139673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/3241599983428139673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2010/04/john-locke.html' title='John Locke'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VgZfyb6Fo9Y/Tajh48COyBI/AAAAAAAAAPw/ahcNGD3x874/s72-c/c_01johnl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-5982163215792845841</id><published>2011-01-30T19:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T13:09:28.557-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eye Study</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwDLdUbn0Pc/TbCO9GXaUbI/AAAAAAAAAQw/H9hb5q50b8c/s1600/EyeR.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwDLdUbn0Pc/TbCO9GXaUbI/AAAAAAAAAQw/H9hb5q50b8c/s400/EyeR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598131517153497522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I love the complexities of the human eye, they are the gate way to human emotion. I wanted to make sure I was able to portray life in this study. Study was completed using Photoshop&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-5982163215792845841?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/5982163215792845841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/5982163215792845841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/5982163215792845841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post.html' title='Eye Study'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwDLdUbn0Pc/TbCO9GXaUbI/AAAAAAAAAQw/H9hb5q50b8c/s72-c/EyeR.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-2570641339792840038</id><published>2011-01-30T18:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-06T19:49:44.183-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inception</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9rtOCc6rI/AAAAAAAAAO4/3O6Tk3_Kp2E/s1600/INCEPTION-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9rtOCc6rI/AAAAAAAAAO4/3O6Tk3_Kp2E/s400/INCEPTION-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570789688687258290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9rfObZnII/AAAAAAAAAOw/sC_iWcgFwbY/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-02-03%2Bat%2B11.09.34%2BPM.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9rfObZnII/AAAAAAAAAOw/sC_iWcgFwbY/s400/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-02-03%2Bat%2B11.09.34%2BPM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570789448273730690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Anyone that has saw the brilliant film "Inception" must recognize this  illustration. This started out as a friendly  poster contest between my friend and I, until I decided to add as much detail as physically possible. Well Im still going and he's done. The bottom photo is my progress. It is still not as "epic" as I want it to be, so I will be expanding the size of the illustration.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-2570641339792840038?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/2570641339792840038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/01/inception.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/2570641339792840038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/2570641339792840038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/01/inception.html' title='Inception'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TU9rtOCc6rI/AAAAAAAAAO4/3O6Tk3_Kp2E/s72-c/INCEPTION-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-1555582203459868676</id><published>2011-01-30T18:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-30T18:48:16.243-08:00</updated><title type='text'>StarCraft-In progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TUYijkpdFZI/AAAAAAAAANM/Ppf-sqxaI_g/s1600/terran.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TUYijkpdFZI/AAAAAAAAANM/Ppf-sqxaI_g/s400/terran.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568175983818511762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This has to be one of my favourite video games, everything Blizzard puts out is solid!  I would love feedback on this as I have a long ways to go still.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-1555582203459868676?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/1555582203459868676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/01/starcraft-in-progress.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/1555582203459868676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/1555582203459868676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/01/starcraft-in-progress.html' title='StarCraft-In progress'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TUYijkpdFZI/AAAAAAAAANM/Ppf-sqxaI_g/s72-c/terran.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-8548070879645274556</id><published>2011-01-30T18:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T13:11:48.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>StarCraft Study</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ja6e0ZZ8Yno/TbCPgV-NEfI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/VV4PMZWQG_Y/s1600/Starcraft1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ja6e0ZZ8Yno/TbCPgV-NEfI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/VV4PMZWQG_Y/s400/Starcraft1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598132122638160370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;StarCraft study using photoshop. Only in the middle stage of this one.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-8548070879645274556?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/8548070879645274556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/01/starcraft-study.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/8548070879645274556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/8548070879645274556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2011/01/starcraft-study.html' title='StarCraft Study'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ja6e0ZZ8Yno/TbCPgV-NEfI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/VV4PMZWQG_Y/s72-c/Starcraft1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-800481681567730099</id><published>2010-09-13T20:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-30T18:34:48.908-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Dragon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TI7n8KwAMyI/AAAAAAAAAMY/00p5_c4oq58/s1600/Picture+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TI7n8KwAMyI/AAAAAAAAAMY/00p5_c4oq58/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516601614439297826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have been playing around with photoshop quite a bit lately. This is far from done, but I at least wanted to complete the concept. Once I get better with Maya, I would love create a 3D model of him. For now I am going to continue pushing the artwork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/43210734441918307-800481681567730099?l=courtneyibowen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/feeds/800481681567730099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2010/09/red-dragon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/800481681567730099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/43210734441918307/posts/default/800481681567730099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtneyibowen.blogspot.com/2010/09/red-dragon.html' title='Red Dragon'/><author><name>Courtney Bowen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08628520251653520623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TEZQN_ZJ9rI/AAAAAAAAAJM/WXX-zNi3_E8/S220/Picture+4.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GSNloHXAqyQ/TI7n8KwAMyI/AAAAAAAAAMY/00p5_c4oq58/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43210734441918307.post-6863344949706492001</id><published>2010-08-30T16:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T13:14:33.762-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o8PpWA54v68/TbCQIo6lqbI/AAAAAAAAARA/3RC7p8Wvw_Y/s1600/cafe2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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