tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39110880413869830292011-11-27T17:53:44.477-07:00a.k.a. Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737389338605497162noreply@blogger.comBlogger1821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3911088041386983029.post-61164233879443282672009-04-11T02:40:00.003-06:002009-04-11T02:52:06.112-06:00

This started out as a sketch of a head. I was trying to see what I could do without any photo references, but I did end up using a reference for the shoulder, and the eye. I'm amazed at how much I've forgotten about art, and find I'm having to relearn a lot of stuff.

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So, here's my final entry for the Natives of the Lifeless Forest contest over at CGhub.com.Tell me what you think!P.S. In response to comments, here's a link where you can purchase a high quality print!

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This is obviously inspired by 3 Black, my minimalist painting, but this has a note of realism to it.Of course this has a guy in a spacesuit, and who can argue with that?

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I finished this a day late for the CgHub Draw Jam, but I learned a lot by doing this.

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This is one part of a three panel drawing. This is my second digital painting with the Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet. I'll post the complete painting when I'm finished with it. I was rushing to enter this in a contest at CGHub.com and didn't have time to finish the other two parts.

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This is a quick digital painting I did with my new Wacom tablet. Right now I'm still trying to get a feel for it, but I'm getting more comfortable all the time.I always get stuck on names. Anyone have a suggestion for it?

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I thought everyone knew about the Coraline Movie coming out February 6th, but then I mentioned it to my mom and she was like "What's Coraline?".It's a movie based on Neil Gaiman's book of the same name. It's a "children's" book, but think of it more along the lines of children's/adult book, since adults will definitely get a kick out of it. A girl, Coraline, and her parents, move to a large house

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I rephotographed the drawing of Ezee, the main character from my new book. It looks better than the previous post, but it's still not as good as the original.One of these days I will master the art of photographing art.

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I took a break from the rewrite of my last book and decided to do NaNoWriMo in February, where you try to write a novel in one month. That didn't turn out so well since the new book I started demanded that I do research and is more complicated than I first thought.So, since then I've been trying to figure out the new book, which has a working title of Mule, and I got the urge to draw Ezee, the

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I'm Posting this a few days late, but over the last weekend I went to New Orleans to visit my brother and his family. We visited some cemeteries looking for Marie Laveau's resting place, and toured Bourbon street, and then went to Gulf Port Mississippi, to see the Gulf of Mexico.We saw some Voodoo graves where people had made offerings and performed a ritual that included drawing three X's on the

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Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds is a book set in a future where humanity has already moved to the stars. Tanner Mirabel, is an ex-soldier and now security specialist for a notorious crime boss on a planet called Sky's edge.But as the book starts off, the boss is dead and Tanner is following the person who did it to get revenge. But the person he is following is leaving Sky's Edge to another

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For Christmas I got a Bamboo Fun pen tablet by Wacom. I've been holding off on using it because I'm trying to finish a traditional pencil drawing of the main character from my new book. (Which I will start writing as soon as I finish the rewrite on my last book. Let's cross our fingers for the end of February.)But also, because I'm not sure about it. I'm so used to traditional techniques, and the

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After being urged for years by my brother to read the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, I finally read the gunslinger about 6 months ago. And now I just read the second book in the series, The Drawing of the Three.I can't say I'm a big fan of Stephen King, but I have read a few of his books and stories, and of course, seen the movies. Certain things about the way he writes bug me, and certain

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This is the second book in a trilogy by John Scalzi. He one of those writers that doesn't let his personal views in the real world overtake the story. The story is number one.And this leads to books that are entertaining, and fun!This book isn't a typical sequel, as the main character doesn't appear in Old Man's War, but don't let that stop you. Think of this more along the lines of a

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I just bought Helix by Eric Brown, today based on the description on the back of the book.This was going to be about travel through space, and a way to survive a ship malfunction in the middle of nowhere, near a strange spiral formation of planets, with some alien encounters along the way.Or so it led me to believe.On the book it talks about how "great" Eric Brown is, and I went against my

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I read this like 2 weeks ago, maybe finished it about the 3rd or 4th. Anyway it's a really good book. Go read it.

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This year I've decided to do NaNoWriMo. You might ask what that is, and technically it stands for National Novel Writing Month, but the real definition is How To Drive Yourself Crazy For 30 Days.The goal is to write 50,000 words in one month. That breaks down to about 1600 words a day. So far this is day two and I've barely written over a thousand.Yes, I'm behind.No, I'm not going to just write

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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. La Guin is a book with a political agenda straight out of the era it was conceived in, but she does manage to weave her ideas into the framework of a story, so that in the end you can forgive her, or at least appreciate her position, despite a naivete that seems to have originated inside a 1960's commune.Her version of an anarchist society, if it were a character,

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Blanket statements are usually as stupid as the person who makes them.Stupidity is a specific and varied quality.Intelligence in one area does not equate to intelligence in all areas.

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Finished a couple days ago.

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Finished Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, who is becoming one of my favorite authors. He doesn't let his political views get in the way of telling a good yarn.

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Yeah I know I said I wouldn't read anymore of this guy's books, but it was free. Free, I tell you!Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder.

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Finished reading Spin by Charles Robert Wilson.While I enjoyed it, when I read books like this, it always puts me in a strange state of mind. You have this feeling that behind the story, this is actually a subtle piece of proselytization. The author seems so sure of his view of the universe, it's like reading his personal version of a bible or manifesto.I wonder how authors like him, and others,

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I got Old Man's War by John Scalzi free from Tor. com a while back when they were just launching their site, and actually read his short story on their website first. It made me appreciate his writing and I'm glad I read this book. It's like a faster more accessible version of Forever War by Joe Haldemon, with some good characterization thrown in. If I hadn't gotten if for free I would have paid

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I read Playing for Keeps by Mur lafferty, which you can download for free at her website. It's a funny take on people who aren't quite super enough to be super heroes, but somehow that doesn't stop them from saving the day. There are some great lines in there, but I won't spoil the fun. Go read it!

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There's a little book that I've had for years called Don't Worry Make Money, that I've read several times. It's a whole bunch of small one or two page points to help you succeed. It's stated focus is on helping you make more money, but I often find it helps in other parts of my life as well.Just this morning I picked it up and it opened to a page about doubt. It was one of those, "Man, I really

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I finished Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder yesterday. It's one of those books that starts off confusing with no explanation to make it less confusing, and then you think you get a grasp on what it's all about in the middle, and then the ending leaves you confused again.Do authors write like this because they think it lends some sort of mystery to their story, or are they so out of touch with

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Just finished Spook Country by William Gibson. He's one of my favorite authors but the way he writes is so full and different, that my brain has to be unscrambled after reading one of his books.Spook country is set in present day, and technically isn't science fiction, but there is plenty of gadgetry and new ideas that the science fiction buff won't mind.William Gibson likes to weave together

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I finished Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer which I think was the best book of the series. But that's probably because I'm a man.All the females I know who are reading it don't seem to like it. (And some are finding it hard to finish.) My mom likened it to Lord of the Rings as in that it became more of an adventure story and less of a romance story. And I think she's right.Edward who is the heart

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I just read a really cool story called Clockwork Chickadee by Mary Robinette Kowal, and I realized something about myself.I'm human-centric.Everything I write about, draw, or paint is on a human level. My characters are human. Their problems are human. I paint humans. I draw humans. And even if there isn't a human in it, everything is still based on a human artifact.I wonder if it is a good or

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I posted both videos below over 2 weeks ago. And they finally show up now. Youtube's posting feature was either broken or just sucks. But I'm glad the videos showed up finally.

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The Android's Dream by John Scalzi is one of the weirdest books I've ever read. Let's just say the Earth's fate depends on a blue sheep, and I won't ruin the first chapter for you, but it's even weirder.

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Dan Dos Santos paints like a madman. Watching this almost makes me want to stop writing and start painting again. Almost.

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I finished reading On Combat by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman on 8/14 but forgot to add it to the list so I'm backtracking this post.It's a freaking awesome book and changed the way I view how people react to stress and the way it is portrayed in film, TV and fiction.

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As an artist, writer, reader, and a human being who is desirous of becoming more, there is a terrible quandary like an ache in your chest, a shortness of breath, and a fit of panic that steals upon you. You have this need to produce, to say something that will mean something, to change people's thinking, and their lives, but all the while wishing to read or experience those things that will do

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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)by Jim Butcher, is not usually the type of thing I read. I have something similar to a vampire's aversion of garlic about reading commercial/popular fiction. There's just something about the hype that turns me off. Also, I watched the first episode of the (thankfully) short lived SciFi Channel series, and couldn't believe the hackneyed story and characters.

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NASA's Phoenix lander confirmed water on Mars. This means there might have been life on Mars long ago. It also means, a Mars mission will be able to manufacture fuel for the return trip on site. And that means the mission costs drop and the number of payloads sent into orbit can be reduced.Of course I think NASA could also profit on bottling Mars Ice Water. Untouched for billions of years!

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I just got done reading Fear of Physics by Lawrence M. Krauss. It bills itself as A Guide for the Perplexed, but I find it has one major flaw.I'm not a physicist, budding or otherwise, but I am a science fiction author and feel it is my duty to keep up on science. While I don't detest math, I find that I don't have that inspirational jump when it comes to math, that I do with other things. So

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Recently I've been reading some blogs of authors whose books that I like. I usually don't do this, but since I have hours of time to fill at work on some days, I occupy myself online.There is one author who I think of as a smart person technically, but the more I read his/her blog I realize he/she doesn't fit with one of my personal creeds. Which is:A wise man knows he is not wise, and a smart

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An author I've been reading, Jeff Somers, who wrote The Electric Church and The Digital Plague, has these Alternate Reality Games or puzzles for each of the books. The first one was already solved by a forum called Unfiction, which is a ARG gaming forum. But the second is still going.So, I've been trying to figure it out. There are a couple posts on the Unfiction boards and a member says that he

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Here's a post from William Gibson's, the author of Neuromancer's, blog.A Steely Dan concert is akin to witnessing the passage of a single multiplex vehicle the size of a motorcade or convoy, its various segments comprising limousines, ice-cream wagons, hearses, lunch-carts, ambulances, black marias, and motorcycle outriders, all of it Rolls-grade and lacquered like a tropical beetle. The horns

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I know I haven't posted in a couple months, which in blog time is about 30 million years, and probably no one will read this, but while I'm stranded on Cube Island, a.k.a. at work, I thought I would further pollute the future history of mankind with my ramblings.The washroom at my work, a.k.a. the john, head, water closet, bathroom, restroom, little/big boy's/girl's/men's/women's room, privy,

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I was walking on my break at work and talking on my phone and almost ran into this goose. It was so calm and didn't move even when I got within 2 feet of it. I think it was a female, possible trying to find a place to lay eggs. After I got done taking its picture I noticed its partner off to the side walking back and forth trying to hiss at me. He wasn't very threatening though. You can kinda see

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Encouraging others in good pursuits, is the greatest thing anyone can do.Success, is one small step followed by another.Indecision is more expensive than the wrong decision.

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Via Garfield minus Garfield

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This chip dip is awesome!

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(A couple years ago I wrote some short pieces about space exploration for a website that never got off the ground. I've decided to publish them here just for fun.)Why Space? This is a question that has only demanded an answer in the last 50 years. In the past 5000 years the answer was simple. Space was the dream and symbol of ultimate human achievement. To leave the Earth and take your destiny

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Every once in a while you just need some Pirate Booty. Arrg!

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It's .00001 percent inspiration and 99.9999 percent perspiration.

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Shatner laughs, because you have never had your own show.(Grabbed photo from inet.)

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The Seatbelts doing a live performance of the best theme song ever, of one of the best tv shows ever. I wish more anime was like Cowboy Bebop.

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I've never understood the penchant for people to like or dislike certain cities. While I can't say I'm a world traveler, I have lived or visited enough places to set my own attitude.If it is hot I like that, if it is cold I like that. I try to find the beauty and interest wherever I am. I try to find joy and comfort inside myself. I don't look to others for my self worth or happiness.If certain

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Okay, I admit the last post was weird, but no one read it so it all worked out.Since last time I've quit my job and have another, which is okay but far from my dream job. But At least I have more time at work to do other things (like write this) but at the same time it freaks out my eyes a lot more.As far as the book is concerned, I'm on page 120 of the rewrite. Which is a good thing, except I

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Captain Itchybeard, here!In honors of them peoples in Washington celebrating my piratical heritage by privateering booty out of a bunch of landlubbers pockets, (it be the pirate way!) I've decided to scribe my comments in piratese. (where available)Ahoy! Me says to my fellow cut throats and bilge rats! Tis be a fine day to be standing in the crowsnest spying for a fat merchantman out of Nasau.

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With excitement and loss I finished my book Monday morning (September 3rd) just before noon.Yay!Now let the rewriting begin!Unfortunately, this blog will still not be updated in a timely or reliable matter, but it does mean that I can give you a one line description of my book:My book is concerning a man with no memory of his origin who's bent on killing the man who stole the minds of the only

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You tell me if this is boring:I wake up and write, then I go to work. After work I write or watch a tv show, then I go to sleep and do it again the next day.(Content removed due to potential offensive, and job threatening comment.)BTW I'm on page 262 in my book. When will it be done? Soon I hope.

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He was running like a monkey that was part chicken that was also part Richard Simmons.Good grief who reads this kind of, Oooooo! Microbial food supplement, my favorite!There ain't nothing like the feeling of wearing a new pair of knickers after they've been dipped in sulphuric acid.Be nice, or no mechanical tongue scraping for you!"This machine is weird. It has all sorts of tubular appendages

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(Post simulcast in Utahnics)*In case you don't know, Netflix now has a feature where you can view movies online as well as get Dividy-Dees (DVD's to the uninformed) in the mail. So I thought I'd try out this new fangled gizmowatchit and started perusing their Sears-Roebuck (catalog to you squares) looking at my options like The Ice Pirates or Zone 39. (With titles like those you know it's going

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Since I'm still high up the cliff in my hermit cave of seclusion I thought I'd tell you about a few of the friends I brought along. These songs have kept me company and provided inspiration. In no particular order.Nebula - To the centerNebula - Full throttleNebula - So lowFu Manchu - The wasteoidFu Manchu - MongooseDanzig - How the gods killBob Dylan- IsisBob Dylan - All along the watchtowerBob

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Yay! I want to thank everyone who has contributed to the starving artist fund. Especially the sweety Nevaeh who has given more than once.The money is used to support the artistic habit. Which means it will probably go to paint or other materials.Yay! Thanks for all the help!

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Like a monk I am still wholly involved with my project. I guess I'll let the monkey out of the trunk and let everyone know that I'm writing a book.I have written 144 pages so far. I have a goal of around 360 pages but depending on where the story takes me it might be shorter or it might be longer, but I think it will be at the very least 300 pages.Because I know people are curious, questions

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This whole Don Imus thing has got me thinking. Personally I don't listen to any shock jocks because I think they are all dumb and coat your mind with sludge. (I get enough sludge in other places, I don't have to willingly ask for more.)But the above sentence is exactly my point. First of all, he is a shock jock. No where in that title does it say paragon of uprightness and champion of morality.

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I'm not a person who likes to have everyone into my personal life. So I really hate it when you have to work with certain people who think it is their life's mission to ferret out every last iota of information about you.There are three people at work who constantly pester me about any and everything I do like they are the Brady police or something, and to make it worse I've never actually

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Writing this blog takes a lot of time, effort, creativity, and money that I can't spare. And since real life has finally reared its ugly head I've been considering a hard choice.I am taking on a new project that is occupying all of my thoughts, creativity, inspiration, ingenuity, efforts, time, and brain power. Because of this I am going to have to cut back on my posting frequency.Instead of

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This is some sort of Philippine secret agent show. I can't decide if I should get the dude's hair or the woman's nose plugs. I'm sure both are very discreet on undercover missions.

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Battlestar Galactica ended its season until next year but it took me until last night when my Tivo didn't record a new episode for it to fully sink in. This is seriously one of the best shows on TV. I say one of the best because I couldn't decide between it and 24, otherwise it would be the best. And now I have to wait a full year until 2008 before the next season starts.But there is some good

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And with that comment Rosie O'Donnell proves that she is the stupidest person on Earth. I didn't see her make this comment on The View, but if the audience hadn't been prescreened for brain dead zombies, I would fully expect them all to get up and walk out. Seriously, does she even know how steel is made? You have to melt it with fire in the first place, then you form it into the desired shape.

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Go play this game. You can all thank me later.

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To a creative person lack of inspiration is similar to dying, except you are still alive and have to deal with it. Everyone goes through periods of time when nothing seems to excite you and all the ideas seem to have left on a mission to Mars and they forgot to invite you along. So what do you do when you need inspiration and no matter which rocks you turn over all you seem to find are bugs?Here

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I just finished reading The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. It's a story about an underground society and their enemies who are both racing to find a traveler. A traveler has a special gift that allows him to go between dimensions and bring back knowledge. On one side you have a street ninja trying to protect travelers and on the other a group of people trying to kill them so they can control

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I was supposed to go on a trip to Yellowstone this weekend but then we found out that it wasn't open this time of year. So with plans dashed, I decided to stay home and accomplish something. Only nothing much got done.No paintings, no drawings, no photographs.I think my subconscious was in vacation mode and was going to make me take a mental one, even if I couldn't go anywhere physically. I guess

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colored pencil on bristol board 8 x 5 inches

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I love film noir. I just finished watching In a Lonely Place which was made in 1950 and stars Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. It's one of those movies that you don't realize how good it is until after it's over and you start to think about it, and then all the little things hit you and you just want to watch it again.I love how it ends, it's probably one of the best and least anticipated

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It's windy tonight. After a beautiful first half of March the second half is promising to have teeth. There are three flags outside my room that flap in the breeze, they make a cracking snapping sound mixed with the mad ringing of the ropes used to raise and lower them beating against the metal poles. It's the first sound of a storm moving in.I like the sounds they make. They are soothing to me,

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Yay! Monsters like me! Something fun for everyone.

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colored pencil on bristol board 8 x 5 inchesAnother drawing that I did while bored at work. When I finished it a coworker walked by my desk and said,"Cool, oh wait. What is that?"I said it was just a drawing and he said,"Oh I thought it was a light shining down on a road."I told him thanks and agreed that it did look like a road but that wasn't what I had in mind when I drew it.But his comment

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I was playing around with some leds and decided to break out the camera and goof off a bit. I just thought that these looked cool together.

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Some of these I've been listening to for awhile and some are new.It goes fast, slow, slow, slow, fast.Have you noticed that sandwiches are always defined by what's in the middle not the bread on the outside?Now get your funk on.Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad CityCut Chemist - The GardenSupreme Beings of Leisure - GhettoMellowdrone - Beautiful DayArctic Monkeys - Brainstorm (This was added for

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There are two things that I don't understand. I don't understand why people, usually women, steal newborns from hospitals, and why some pregnant women secretly give birth and then throw their baby away.There must be something mentally wrong in their head. Maybe one is desperate for a baby and the other is desperate to get rid of a baby.Maybe someone should start a website where these two groups

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I work evenings and nights and so my wake sleep/cycle is different than 90% of the rest of the world, and because of this I often end up sleeping in the day. On top of this I often have to sleep in the living room instead of my bedroom due to noise and other irritants.The down side of this is that usually someone else will come in and turn on the TV and wake me up. And these half heard and seen

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alkyds, mdf 32 x 18 inchesI've always been inspired by those old carved signs you see in Chinatown with characters painted in red. My city doesn't have an area you could call Chinatown but I've seen enough photos and movies to have the colors and images embedded in my brain.

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alkyds, plexiglass, stainless steel, vinyl, mdf 13 x 16 inchesI've always had the fascination of images seen through a foggy surface. I think it is a sci-fi influence but I also like the idea that there is more going on behind the surface than we can see.It's hard to get the whole effect in this photo since you loose the third dimension, but I've attached a piece of frosted plexiglass to the

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As I've mentioned before, I've been out of the art scene for a few years, due to dealing with depression and a mental block imposed upon me during a bad job experience that went on way too long. So this may be old news but I just read about a feature of the Saatchi Gallery's website called Your Gallery in this month's issue of Artnews.It's a way for artists from around the world to talk and share

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I agree that people shouldn't have to live like this in America but during this video most people are saying that they are happy. If people aren't happy they would find somewhere else to live.Right now the unemployment rate is 4.9%, the lowest it has ever been. This means that there are plenty of jobs out there. Now I agree a lot of those jobs might be something you don't want to do, but in some

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Since I forgot to post yesterday , today is a two for one special. I mentioned line rider previously as a fun game but this kid has taken to it's limit. And the second video is for my brother. Cotton Eyed Joe is his theme song!

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I have a theory that every decade there is one movie clichè that defines that movie as from that era. I have noticed several contenders for this decade, like cup dropping, but I think I've hit upon the right one.This will go down as the era of teeth brushing. Every single movie and show these days has somebody brushing their teeth at some point in it. It's almost as if the Dentist Mafia (the

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This is a project I've been working on for the past few days. It started out as an idea of adding some interesting light to my room, but then I started sketching and this popped into my head.The original plan was to make something out of copper, but I had some old aluminum laying around and not a bunch of copper so I reversed the color scheme.I cut out the shape and then I had to start bending

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I hope he shaved first.

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Yay! Finally a colored pencil drawing that I like. I was at the art store a while back and bought a colorless blending pencil. I was unsure if I wanted to use it since I didn't know what it would do, but I decided to try it out and I have to say I really like it.It allows you to push down the tooth of the paper so you get a more complete coverage of color and at the same time you can use it for

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Since I had to start displaying my cookie sheet because of the heat mark that resembles Virgin Mary and couldn't cook up a decent post, I've decided to distract you with a game. And it so happens to coincide with my latest painting , kind of.

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I just finished watching the Prestige DVD, and I thought it was a cool show, and then I remembered this video. I love real magic and I've seen a ton of magic.I like being accosted on the street by people who want to put me in their TV shows without compensation.And I really like it because I'm not an actor. Have you seen me act? Trust me no one would mistake me for an actor.But I'll tell you what

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This sign sums up what the corporate motto should be. Now if only we could all be as mindless as these upstanding workers. Imagine the bliss that would prevail in all of serfdom.(via Can't Get Enough Futurama)

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The corporate world is designed to make you fail.I believe that the more people know and learn, no matter what their area of interest, the better off the world is.I wonder how many great ideas, inventions or breakthroughs have been ruined when someone is sitting at work and just barely gets an inkling of something great and then someone interrupts and slams a folder down, drops off a memo, rings

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This is the first painting I've completed since I decided to go more abstract. I was trying to use concepts that I like, fading color, crosses, and shapes. The idea of bright light shining into a skinny yet vast area has been an icon in my mind for a while now.I'm not quite sure what it means yet, but usually after time has passed I'll pull out an old painting and all of a sudden I'll understand

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It's a new easel! Yay!Well after many years of using home built jobs I finally have an official easel. I still think that fancy equipment doesn't mean you make great art, but just look at it in all its stained and varnished glory! (Excuse me as I grab a Kleenex to wipe my eyes.)"How do you afford your art lifestyle?" You might ask.Well due to unforeseen circumstances, a.k.a. my boss thought I did

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This dinner is a lovely tarragon chicken baked in a phyllo dough shell. But, as you can see from the two versions one is more attractive than the other.The bottom photo is a straight shot without any post processing. It looks fine but it lacks that pizazz that jumps out and says eat me now!So how do we get the desired effect?You can do it two ways. If you have a filter system you can use a

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