Can we use AI in an ethical way as artists? Can it become a valuable tool for us under the right circumstances or is it all evil? I recently came across a video by the Corridor Crew on YouTube. https://youtu.be/H4Kqbm1WirU We Made Famous Cartoons Into REAL Humans. This video is a year old, and you…
I have recently been teaching portrait drawing to young artists at the Leduc Arts Foundry in Leduc, Alberta. I’m going to be helping out there for the Youth Drop in on Tuesdays now and then. I’m also looking at running some workshops there focused on portraiture. I love teaching. I have had the privilege of…
We’re giving away 3 copies of Ghoster Heights.To enter, download these Ghoster Height Colouring pages and follow the instructions below the images. GHOSTER HEIGHTS-COLORING PG3 GHOSTER HEIGHTS-COLORING PG2 GHOSTER HEIGHTS-COLORING PG1 To be entered into the giveaway, follow the instructions on the post @coreylansdell on Instagram or twitter This contest will run until Friday Nov…
We’ve all had those seasons in life where you just can’t seem to stay on top of everything. I kind of hate that season. But I do it to myself. I tend to want to do everything and I also find that my nature to pursue excellence pushes me to get scattered at times. Often,…
It’s happening, the story I co-wrote, Ghoster Heights, the graphic novel distributed by Simon & Schuster is nearing launch! It’s truly amazing to think that you will be able to go and buy this story that my cowriter, Kelly Mellings, and I have poured ourselves into over the past couple of years. What a great…
Yesterday, in a hazy, covid induced fog, I completed this painting of Morfydd Clark as Galadriel. This fanart piece was created in the vein of the work that I have been doing in relation to the Wheel of Time TV series since 2019. Taking the actors cast in the show and depicting them as the…
As you may know, most fantasy stories follow a universal structure known as the hero’s journey. The structure looks like the following: the hero begins their life in the normal world, unforeseen circumstances invite them to consider leaving this world, they refuse the call, circumstances then force them out, they go into a new world…
“I deny you. You have no power over me, and I will not kneel to you, alive or dead.” Rand Al’Thor – The Eye of the World – Robert Jordan. Josha Stradowski is an excellent Rand. Both in appearance and execution. Aside from whatever objections I have about the writing of the TV show I…
As you may know, I have been on a journey to create 100 portraits. I am counting the piece I posted today, depicting Tom Holland, as #60/100. This process has stretched out far longer than I had hoped. My goal was to complete 100 portraits in 2021. I realized at about number 50 that that…
Since I’ve recently closed my ETSY shop here is how to purchase a Wheel of Time, Stormlight Archive or other fanart print by Corey Lansdell. If you’d like to order a print, you can click the link in my Linktree which allows you to pay via Paypal. You can ACCESS MY LINKTREE HERE or click…