<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123927.post-9091723549228275367</id><published>2012-01-09T20:38:00.001+10:30</published><updated>2012-01-09T20:38:53.252+10:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='original art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='original art stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dave simons'/><title type='text'>The Art Of Dave Simons: Part I - Preliminaries &amp; Sketches</title><summary type='text'>

After spending the entire afternoon scanning around 70+ pages of Dave Simons preliminary art, I thought I'd showcase some of it here over the next few months on a semi-regular basis.  One of the most under-rated, and under-seen, features of Dave as an artist was his preliminary art.  Dave once told me that he threw virtually all of his preliminary art into the bin once he was finished with it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/feeds/9091723549228275367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6123927&amp;postID=9091723549228275367&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123927/posts/default/9091723549228275367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123927/posts/default/9091723549228275367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2012/01/art-of-dave-simons-part-i-preliminaries.html' title='The Art Of Dave Simons: Part I - Preliminaries &amp; Sketches'/><author><name>Daniel Best</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kvv3fcoXqVE/SxHutQ_MtDI/AAAAAAAAFdg/zPRgcNk1qaU/S220/Bender_Rodriguez.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mGsKvWCHV7Q/Twq6fEkR7fI/AAAAAAAAKtg/YmuFt85J6u0/s72-c/forbush_01_resize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total><georss:featurename>Adelaide SA 5000, Australia</georss:featurename><georss:point>-34.9287264 138.5999453</georss:point><georss:box>-34.954763400000004 138.5604633 -34.9026894 138.6394273</georss:box></entry>
