Seán Ó Brógáin

Vista del Tíber a AcquaAcetosa, Jan Frans van Bloemen, copyright Museu de Belles Arts de València Milvian Bridge; Blog #2 So once i have the basic brief of the artwork its time to take each at a time, bearing in mind, these images are part of a set. I spend quite a bit of time thinking these concepts through, so i am not always at a desk. I do a lot of thinking doing other things such as sporadic drumming, by walking with the dog ( the Irish countryside is good for that, especially in summer with the heavy aroma of various flora and sometimes fauna ;¬) or doodling as i did at a birthday party when muy friend where dancing to Kanye West of something ;¬) The image searcher .... Il Tevere all'Acqua Acetosa (c) FABIO_QUICI@ARCHIVE One of the things i did initially, was take a trip around the area in the Google mobile, then I did a search for images of the area concerned, to see if there are visual references to consolidate what i received from the author. These include...

On the first day... I have decided to attempt a blog on my new Osprey book "battle of the Milvian bridge", inspired by my dear friend and volleyball compadré Joanna Mooney ( Huggie ). This will probably be very tedious for the average reader, so if you're expecting the "girl with the Pearl earrings" or "Caravaggio", I'm afraid this may disappoint ;-). coin of Maxentius coin of Maxentius In the beginning... Lots of people ask me, how i do an Osprey book or how it all works? Its actually relatively straight forward. Its probably best to break it down in stages. stage1: You are offered a title, if you agree, you are sent a contract, you sign it, send it back, once you get the second copy back from Osprey, your good to go. Maxentius Stage 2: You are sent a "reference pack". This should contain all the information the illustrator needs to produce the artwork. This can be paper or digital or both. This pack comprises a s...