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If you’re a painter or visual artist working in any traditional media, capturing digital images of your work is practically a requirement...
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Thoughts and writings about art, painting, and tattooing, as well as my experiments and explorations in other media such as film photography, digital photography and design, video, and more.
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Nov 1, 2019
- 2 min
On The Benefits of Drawing
About 10 years ago I leveled up my artistic practice in all areas after discovering the classical atelier system of art education. Before...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- May 7, 2017
- 1 min
Blood Rituals: Redux
Photoshoots for last year’s Blood Rituals series of still life paintings yielded several interesting macros which did not fit the...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Sep 15, 2015
- 5 min
On The Road 10: Peruvian Plein Air
Earlier this month I traveled to Peru, where I trekked to majestic Machu Picchu for the first time, documenting the epic Andes landscape...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Jun 28, 2015
- 1 min
On The Road 9: Detroit
Detroit is a city where the environment itself takes center stage and needs no actors, a scene and setting so ghostly unnerving that one...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Jan 25, 2015
- 1 min
On The Road 8: Bolivian adventures and a Diablada Mask
Here’s a poster commission I completed last year that got lost in the shuffle and forgotten about: I attempted to utilize a much looser...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Oct 28, 2014
- 1 min
In Review 2: Forever Losing Sleep
Indie rock band Forever Losing Sleep recently released a new album titled I Lost Myself Again, which features one of my photographs as...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Apr 30, 2014
- 6 min
What Is Art? (Part 2)
Last year I started collecting my thoughts on the continual debate in my head about what art is, and how it can be (among other things)...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Mar 9, 2014
- 2 min
Take Refuge: Fallout Shelter Designs
Here are some graphics I designed for a tattoo-related project last year, with accompanying text (see the final product here). I made the...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Nov 14, 2013
- 2 min
Notes & Advice 6
I came across this quote today by a plein air pastel artist, and found it to be a perfect description for the process of realism...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Sep 20, 2013
- 1 min
On The Road 7
In honor of an upcoming journey back to the chaos and adventure that is South America, here are some medium format film shots from my...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Aug 1, 2013
- 2 min
Invocation Of Trust
Here’s a recent piece I completed for submission to an upcoming charity art exhibit at The Egan Gallery in Fullerton, California, curated...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Jun 13, 2013
- 1 min
On The Road 6
In my last few On The Road installments, I posted lots of iPhone photos from a trip across the Pacific early this year. During my stops...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Mar 7, 2013
- 1 min
On The Road 5.5
Adventure photos from my recent trek across the great Pacific. All images created with my iPhone 4s. I (Hawai’i) II (New Zealand)
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Nov 22, 2012
- 1 min
Then, And Now 3
My recent post about medium format photography adventures reminded me of the last time I had some fun with it, in 2009 when my parents...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Nov 15, 2012
- 3 min
In Review: Union of Art and Sport
The Rules of Basketball: Works by Paul Pfeiffer and James Naismith’s “Original Rules of Basket Ball” September 16 – January 13, 2013...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Nov 13, 2012
- 1 min
On The Road 4
A few weeks ago I spent two quick but relaxing days in the Middle Of Nowhere, rediscovering my medium format camera with some...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Oct 13, 2012
- 1 min
Notes & Advice 3: Photographs vs. Paintings
The appropriate and effective use of reference material–notably, where and how to deviate from it to actually heighten illusions,...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Sep 18, 2012
- 1 min
Wildlife In the Post-Natural Age 2
This past Friday, September 14th was the opening reception of my friend Cara‘s curatorial debut at the WIlliamsburg Art & Historical...
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