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May 8, 2022 'Just U Pose' by Bradley Jimerson During the 1980's era, the 1981 Pentax ME F, it was the world's first Pentax Autofocus PP SLR. The M-series was introduced in 1976 with the ME. I purchased the camera in the mid 1980s, Pentax had launched ME F with AF zoom 35-70mm in 1981. It was a new sensation and a popular SLR camera at the time. I remembered my art school teacher introduced Pentax to us all students taking the class in Photography. As times go by Nikon and Canon presented their version soon after, the system was not good enough. Til this day, I still have my old Pentax camera which is now a collection of sentimental value and to accepted the times that was changing from SLR to DSLR down to this day. Don't get me wrong, I love the Pentax version. You can still purchase Pentax DSLR camera today and no longer develope negatives nor work in the dark room. Unless your a professional photographer that still can develope straight from negatives into solutio...

Marker Renderings It has been awhile since I used to draw in advertisements of marker renderings in varieties of shading techniques, any graphic silhouettes, fast cars, record album or CD/DVD designs, menus, peoples, animals or artchitectural buildings. These are the  markers that I used to have for both sets of DeSign Markettes and Chartpak markers along with blending markers to blend in colors and shaded grey areas. These markers are still available in the markets. You probably might not see so much of marker drawings these days. It is still a practice if you want to learn the marker renderings style and techniques in fashion models and clothing designs. You might find them in books stores or art-n-crafts such as Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Hyatt's or other art stores in your areas.   There are various cartoon drawings and develope your style techniques that may attracts onlookers to see your talents in marker renderings. Of course, there are lots of "how to" books in Marvel...

 Bradesign Arts Gets A New Logo I have created a fresh brand new identity logo for my Bradesign Arts business for marketing strategies. The reasons behind my creative ideas through brainstorming sessions that I was pitching around for many years of experiences in graphic designs, drawings, photography and web developments. I have had rough ideas or thumbnails sketches for my logo. I have played around with it after so many years. Finally, within the last 2 months, I created a brand new logo for my identity purposes for business cards, promotional packages, etc... for my own freelance business of Bradesign Arts. When I write my letter 'B' is always as cursive in my handwriting signature and flowing letter to capture the audience with a shadows of 2D look to capture the attention with the on-lookers. Nowadays, the cursive writing is discouraged for the younger generations to come, sad to see. Paula(my wife) as a homeschool teacher for all of my 3 children stay at home from the st...

 What kind of pencils do you use for drawings? I have been asked many times when individual(s) would see my drawings. I would simply buy pencils in the grocery store, arts or craft store available near you to purchase one or a set of pencils of your choice. You may find a reasonable price that you can afford to buy for example anywhere from 1 to 15 dollars to purchase a set of pencils. I bought mine through online from Sketching & Drawing Set by Artist’s Loft™ Fundamentals™.   Details for standard range of sketching pencils: 12 graphite pencils (2 HB, 1 B, 2 2B, 2 4B, 1 6B, 1 8B, 1 4H, 1 2H, 1 H) 2 stumps No. 2 tortillon 2 erasers Double metal sharpener This classic set of pencils is an assortment of grades, multiple erasers and a sharpener to keep you sketching in class, on the go or can draw at your own leisurely time just to pick up a pencil to start on your pencil sketches or learn to practice your drawing skills.  Of course... during your sketches you may wa...

    Check out Silo City in Buffalo, NY on December 18-20th, 2020! My digital artworks entitled "Lacrosse Roundup" will be projected, among art work by fellow Seneca artists. Carson Waterman, a well known artist, who spearheaded this event along with Seneca Media and Communications Center. See you this weekend! Can't wait to see all of the artworks being display on the historic grain elevators! Enjoy!! Some of the participating artists (in no particular order) include: Bradley Jimerson, Tami Watt, Carson Waterman, Bill Crouse Sr., Penelope Minner, Zsa Zsa K., Jason Corwin, Peter Jemison, Patrick Redeye, Maurice John Jr., Robert O’Brian, Frank Ireland, Tahila Mintz   Here is sample of my digital artwork on the historic elevator grains building. It looks like a mural on the wall:  There you have it! Nya:wëh, (Thank you,) Bradley Jimerson  bradesignarts.com

To Be A Graphic Designer or Not to Be A Graphic Designer Being an artist all my life in various stages of different avenues in art related fields. As I was growing up, I knew what I wanted to do was just to be an artist. I love to paint and love to create with my hands. As I was closely nearly graduating from high school. I never thought of being a commercial artist. So I attended the Art Institiute of Pittsburgh. I learned that graphic design has always been a popular profession. Technology changes every day since I began attending to Art Institute of Pittsburgh back in late 1987. The first blog appears in the 1990s, never have I thought that I be a blogger today. Back on the subject of graphic design...technology in applied graphics as user-friendly as possible by the use of software platforms that make up the elements to be a graphic or web designer today. Master the most widely used software in graphic designing Adobe Photoshop: is the predominant photo editing and man...