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<channel><title><![CDATA[The Art of H. A. Littlejohn - Home]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/index.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:59:47 -0800</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[May 09th, 2012]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2012/05/2.html]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2012/05/2.html#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:49:46 -0800</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2012/05/2.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Art Share &bull; May 2012: Aisha Thani   [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style='text-align:left;'>Art Share &bull; May 2012: Aisha Thani</h2>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='float:left;z-index:10;position:relative;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="http://www.nearatree.com/uploads/1/7/7/6/1776908/3587284.jpg" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px;" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder" /></a><div style="display: block; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;">Valentine's Day 2012 from Warrior U.<br> Copyright Aisha Thani.</div></span> <div class="paragraph" style='text-align:justify;display:block;'>Every now and then someone asks me about webcomics. Do I do them, am I interested in them, what's my favorite to read, are there any that I follow with religious fervor?&nbsp;<br />The answer is generally no. Not that I'm not interested in webcomics, mind you, but it's hard to find one that updates regularly and is engaging enough to keep an audience interested in between updates.<br />Aisha Thani has pulled this off brilliantly. &nbsp;Her art is unique, highly animation-worthy style, her characters are nothing short of fantastic, and the storylines she comes up with keep the reader rolling. &nbsp;Her webcomic, Warrior U, remains the only one still present as a link in my topbar, and I think will remain so until the sky comes down.<br />Warrior U started as a comic in Thani's college newspaper. The strips were printed once a week, often out of order, and some of them were never printed at all. Eventually it was dropped, and here's where the magic happened: While this is where most college-age artists would have left their work to fade into obscurity, Thani instead continued the comic, posting it online at her deviantART account, where it had picked up a few fans here and there. Her perseverance paid off, and the comic eventually earned a fan community, a TVtropes page, a number of tumblr accounts, roleplayers, cosplayers, and finally its own website.<br /><br />Although she doesn't get a great deal of domestic interest--Thani is from Dubai and the majority of her fans are in the United States or Europe--Warrior U was a recipe for fantastic, and is still going strong. If it's possible to create a comic that is the perfect mix of humor and creep, of brilliance and insanity, then Aisha Thani has absolutely done it.</div> <hr style='clear:both;visibility:hidden;width:100%;'></hr>  <div class="paragraph" style='text-align:center;'><a href="http://www.warrior-u.com">Warrior U</a> &bull; <a href="http://hot-choc.deviantart.com">deviantART</a> &bull;<a href="http://warrior-u.tumblr.com/"> tumblr</a> &bull; <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/WarriorU">TVtropes</a></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Art!]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2012/01/new-art.html]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2012/01/new-art.html#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:31:22 -0800</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2012/01/new-art.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Update to the digital and traditional galleries, 2-3 pieces each. Also working on Something New And Different, so keep an eye open for updates on the design front!   [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div  class="paragraph editable-text" style=" text-align: left; ">Update to the digital and traditional galleries, 2-3 pieces each. Also working on Something New And Different, so keep an eye open for updates on the design front!</div>  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[ ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/1.html]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/1.html#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:27:56 -0800</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/1.html</guid><description><![CDATA[          [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div ><div class="wsite-image-border-thin " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.nearatree.com/uploads/1/7/7/6/1776908/2402437_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:100%;max-width:565px" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div  class="paragraph editable-text" style=" text-align: left; "></div>  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[  ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/first-post.html]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/first-post.html#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/first-post.html</guid><description><![CDATA[NEARATREE REDESIGN  One more big push, and the major phases of the website overhaul were completed today! Thank you all for your patience while we polished things up. From here on out it's just minor layout bugfixes and little tweaks for functionality.Some of you may have been routed here from GlitterCloud.com--this is the same site! Or, rather, the new version of the same si [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2  style=" text-align: left; ">NEARATREE REDESIGN</h2>  <div  class="paragraph editable-text" style=" text-align: left; "><br />One more big push, and the major phases of the website overhaul were completed today! Thank you all for your patience while we polished things up. From here on out it's just minor layout bugfixes and little tweaks for functionality.<br /><br />Some of you may have been routed here from GlitterCloud.com--this is the same site! Or, rather, the new version of the same site. Different domain, different layout, but the artist is the same, and the work hasn't changed!<br /><br /><br />The biggest difference to the new site, aside from the obvious drastic change of layout, is the material in the galleries, which has all been viewed, reviewed, and updated to display more recent work along with older pieces. Commissions have also been edited--check the guidelines, pricing and types to see changes! (If you ordered a commission before this update, you are NOT going to be charged the balance of any difference between former pricing and current. Price changes are not retroactive.)</div>  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[ ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/crosslink10-11.html]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/crosslink10-11.html#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nearatree.com/2/post/2011/10/crosslink10-11.html</guid><description><![CDATA[MONTHLY ART SHARE &bull; OCTOBER 2011   [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2  style=" text-align: left; ">MONTHLY ART SHARE &bull; OCTOBER 2011</h2>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style=' float: left; z-index: 10; position: relative; ;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="http://www.nearatree.com/uploads/1/7/7/6/1776908/2460361.jpg?206" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px;" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder" /></a><div style="display: block; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"></div></span> <div  class="paragraph editable-text" style=" text-align: left; display: block; "><br /><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="4">Artist: Crimson-Sun</font></strong><br /><em style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://crimsonsun.deviantart.com/" target="_blank" title="">deviantART</a> </em><font size="3">&bull;&nbsp;</font><em style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://crimson-sun.tumblr.com" title="">tumblr</a></em><br /><br />Crim is an amazingly talented trainee vet from way down in Australia, and although I've enjoyed his friendship for over a year, I've been a fan of his work since I discovered him fresh out of high school. &nbsp;</font><br /><br /><font color="#ffffff">He works almost entirely in digital media, and showcases fantastic composition, a great grasp of anatomy, and some of the absolute&nbsp;<em style="">best&nbsp;</em>illustrative characterization I've ever seen. In his case, one picture is definitely worth a thousand words.</font><br /><br /><font color="#ffffff">His work is quick, smooth and absolutely beautiful.</font><br /></div> <hr  style=" clear: both; visibility: hidden; width: 100%; "></hr>  ]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>

