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NOVEMBER 27, 2007
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Behind the Lines Part Deux
More from Wizard’s Comic
Convention in Arlington
An Interview with Dan Crosier, an artist
who enjoys talking about his “wood”
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* *BUSY GAMER EXCLUSIVE* *
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By Grits
Walking down Artists’ Alley at the Arlington convention, it’s easy to get lost
amongst the talent that presents their various works. There are all the comics,
the sketches, and all of the various paintings to view and of course the artists
themselves to speak to so when you come across a booth where the work is
done primarily on wood, it’s hard to walk by without taking note. Daniel Crosier
takes some time off from “working his wood” for a quick, and very humorous,
exclusive Busy Gamer interview.
Grits: I'm sitting here with Dan Crosier, an artist we’ve met at the Wizard World
Convention in Arlington, Texas, and he has some unusual pieces of work that
we're going to be talking about. The first thing we have to ask is Dan, are you a
Busy Gamer?
Dan: Yes I am.
Grits: Sweet! We're looking at your pieces here, and they are done on wood.
As uncomfortable as most guys might be talking about another man's wood,
why do you work on wood?
Dan: ‘Cause it's hard.
Grits: *laughing* Okay, that's a good answer, but seriously now...
Dan: The reason I like drawing on wood, and not just wood but other alternative
materials, is probably because of my background in fine arts, using other
mediums like foam and steel. I've drawn on steel before, and wood panel is
just very natural to me and it provides some interesting textures too when I'm
illustrating. Being an actual fine art gallery artist, I would bring together all kinds
of different mixed mediums for whatever purposes, different compositions,
whatever I'm trying to get across. There's a message in the artwork sand so
translating that into illustration on different materials I think makes it even more
exciting whereas the comic book industry is mostly traditionally on paper and
it's usually very straightforward. Luckily, there's a few other artists out there, like
Cody Chamberland, who is using all types of different styles and alternative
materials, like collage. As far as what I'm doing, I really like working in a lot of
detail trying to get the little happy accidents out of the individual wood grain, and
most of what I am using right now is poplar, which is more commonly used in
furniture. Some of these older pieces, like Edgar here, are from pine, which has
a larger grain and is more spread out. It doesn't make for the best wood, but it's
pretty pliable. Poplar is nice and smooth, and you can get finer details out of it,
but the real reason is it's just damn hard.
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