So I'm writing this from the local library because our neighbors wised up and secured their wireless network. Which sucks but isn't that horrible. We should be able to get our own internet going pretty soon. So in the meantime I'm without email, hell I can't even get on Gmail here or at the Black drop. Actually I wanted to be cool and use their internet thinking that I'd be able to get access to my email accounts. It was a no go.

 When I try to get to gmail I get a message saying that the....okay just figured it out! See my computer had the wrong time when I started it up.

So resetting the time allows me to get on gmail, but I still can't get to sent to my email program. Which is simply mail. which comes with every mac. This sucks.

SO yeah I might be out of touch for a little bit, but I'm going to try and check my email at the library every few days as time allows. Its a drag to have to come into town to use the net...but at least I can do that!

Oh I also finished the latest thing that I'm working on...but I'm going to wait until I have internet access at home before I post it. The reason should be clear when you see it.

Later.

No really I hate it. I wish that getting a day job were more like getting an art job. Just letting the work speak for itself. But no....you have to do and say things that are so full of shit. I saw this article on phrases that will hurt your resume. And it just made me want to vomit. So now I have to pretend that I'm an actually human being, not a willing slave or a robot? All so that you can hire me to ...act like a robot? You can read the article here.

One of my LJ friends hughferriss has a new art blog here. The first two pages of his comic are fuckin' sick. It makes me want to go back to the drawing board. He is teaching motherfuckers how to draw, I already thought that he was a great artist but now he stepped up to grand master status. So what are you doing reading this??? Go check it out!

We just got back from the artists commune where a replica of tokyo was burnt to the ground with fireworks. And I also fired off my first roman candle. Much fun was had....although we should have had some alchol. Then I would have felt better about grown men getting excited about a bunch of fireworks.

Someone I know is shaking her head as she reads this....

If any of you fellow cartoonist what to see what professional comic art looks like up close check this out.

But if you aren't on Deviant Art you won't be able to see the last post I don't think since its tagged mature.

A superhero that looks like he could have a sex life....

BTW this isn't my art.


454 by ~WhilcePortacio on deviantART

I was reading this thread on Deviant Art where the artist in question was asking if Obama was the " Change and Hope" that we who voted for him wanted. For me while I'm pretty upset about the whole bailout thing and the deficit, I also understand that it takes money to make money. If Obama doesn't spend money to try and fix the economic infrastructure of the country then it won't be fixed. So while I'm not thrilled at least I feel like he is trying to do something. I doubt McCain would have done this much if he had won the election. Also the economy is a huge problem that one president isn't going to fix by himself. Just not gonna happen. McCain again wouldn't have done a better job. I promise you.

Now one area that I feel Obama has gotten right? Foreign policy. I think Obama understands that the cowboy shit is over. That day is done. Sadly G.W. Bush has really drained us militarily. That is just a fact. Also this fool borrowed a bunch of money to basically get revenge for his daddy. Punk ass bitch. Now maybe I'd have some respect for him if he HAD actually done some real cowboy shit and took Saddam out at high noon.

Now McCain on the other hand? That fool would have been looking for more money to "win" in Iraq. And Iran? I shudder to think about what he would have done. Obama played that they way that he needed to. McCain would have been looking to start another war. Or he would have been talking some real cowboy shit and have set back Mid east/American relations. We need to create allies, not enemies. Some people are gonna hate us regardless, but let that be because of what is in their hearts and not a reaction to our conduct. Obama seems to understand this.

Obama has also been busy cleaning up Bushes messes. Again I believe that McCain would have just fucked things up even more.

So yeah I think that I'd give Obama a solid B+. I mean I don't really know of any other politician that would have done a better job overall. Or at least someone who could have won the election. LOL.

Honestly if I really had to pick some one I would have voted for Sid Haig. Seriously, this man actually told you what he would have done. You can watch here.

I'm posting a lot about that fool. So I found this article with pictures of some of the crazy shit that MJ owned. Check it out.

I feel no need to listen to Michael Jackson. I just don't, I didn't listen to his shit while he was alive, you know?

I did not know that Billy Corganbillycorgan was on LJ. I know a lot of people hate him but I like a lot of his stuff. He has made some really good music along with some bad music, but who is perfect? I'll have to check it out later.

P.S

R.I.P Micheal Jackson, yours was a sad, tragic and fucked up life.

So I'm reading this forum and these idiots are bashing classic metal albums. Fuckin' sub genre creating classics. Fear Factory's Demanufacture and Seputura's Roots. And it just makes me think how the "underground" people are just sheep along with the kids watching MTV. Execpt for them something starts to suck when more than 10 people know it exist.

And what strikes me as really funny is that I come off that way to some people. I remember rolling around with my then new buddy L. at the 2008 New York comic con. You can see some pictures here. I was telling him about all of the comics that I was into that he had no idea about, then I brought him over to the Oni table to show him Scott Pilgrim ( soon to be made into a movie) and he said " I feel like a sellout, hanging around you." And then back in the late 90's my buddy Phil, would say that I'd buy all of the comics that no one else would buy when I went into the shop he worked at.

But really I just like what I like, I personally are happy when artists that I like are able to gain a larger audience. I just don't like the mass produced bullshit, so sue me.

I'd never hate on something just because people started to like it. Although it drives me crazy when people have these weird fetishes, like with people who love all things japanese. I don't get that shit. I too dabble in some manga like Berzerk or Gunsmith Cats, but soem of these fools take that shit too far. Way too far.

I don't know why but I hate the odor of patchouli oil. Is it just me? The first time I came across the smell I thought that it was B.O. I guess maybe it was because I was surrounded by Deadheads... Am I the only one who can't stand that smell? I swear a person could have just gotten out the the shower and I'd still think they were filthy.

But hey its only my opinion. It really doesn't matter.

I thought that this was just really well done. Plus you can see it close up so I thought that it was worth sharing.

BTW I did not do this piece.


Aliens 2_2 and 2_3 by ~Spacefriend-KRUNK on deviantART

I found this really cool blog post by an art teacher wherein he draws all of the different types of art students he has taught. Check it out. Its really fun and sad at the same time.

Well I guess I'll start with the bad. Things financially suck. Let's leave it at that.

The fiancee and I are handling it as best we can, grace under pressure and all of that. I do have two job prospects though...but these people aren't moving quickly which sucks.

The good is that I'm working on four pieces as I write. One is pretty much inked and just needs a bit of touch up. I don't know if people are going to like this one as much as Last Shot but I still think its pretty decent. It gets the point across that needs to be gotten across. Hopefully some art directors agree at the publications that I'm trying to get work from. One I just started on and will hopefully have at least 75% done by the end of the weekend. I have another related piece that is just a layout but that I will be putting on the fast track as well for reasons that wil be clear soon. And last but not least is another portfolio piece that has been moved to the back of the line, I have the perspective all worked out though so its almost ready to go.

All of this makes me happy because there is nothing that I hate more than facing a blank piece of paper and having to start from scratch. I like to have a few pieces being worked on in various stages so that I can feel like I'm working on all of my art skills. Because if I work on just one piece it takes a lot of time before I get done with it and I forget the things that I learned about the coloring, inking and penciling. This way it isn't such a long wait, because I switch off every other day. Instead of waiting weeks to pencil,ink or color. Actually Pencilling and coloring take the most time. Inking is usually pertty quick since I don't have a lot of thinking to do. With penciling and especially laying something out there are so many choices to make and ways to go that I end up getting frustrated a lot of times. I need to find a way to enjoy this part of the job more since its really the most important part of the job. You can get away with sloppy drawing if you have a good layout, but the best drawing in the world won't save a bad layout. I'm looking at something I did where the rendering is a bit sloppy in spots but the layout works and that makes the piece work for me. But you know me( well some of you do anyway) I like to do the best job I can on this stuff. And ironically I think that makes me second guess myself too much.

But yeah that is what is going on with me.

Enjoy your weekends.

I was reading this article about dumping someone based on their taste in books. Honestly I sort of felt like it was elitist bullshit. For me reading is good enough. Honestly I find that a lot of people read "classics" so that they can seem intelligent to their peers. Its like when you go to an art museum and you see people look for the name of the artist on the plaque before they even look at the painting. Yes I fucking hate those people. I would see them at the MET all of the time and I just wanted to take a machine gun and mow them down. Or at least ban them from ever stepping foot into a museum.

I finally saw Clerks II. Honestly I liked it better than the original. Although that scene with Pickle fucker hit a little too close to home. Also I have to note that like Zack and Miri Make a Porno the sightly overweight average dude gets the hot chick. Although I must say that Dante ( Brian O'Halloran ) is better looking than Seth Rogan.

Yes, you fanboy or fangirl. How fucking old are you? Oh you are over 21? Then, great this is for you. I'm fucking sick and tired of hearing you bitch and moan about how your favorite fandom is being ruined. Yeah George Lucas fucked Stars Wars up. You know it and I know it. But you know what? There are much bigger problems in the world. Much bigger. The New Star Trek not doing it for you? Why? Because Kirk is still a macho jerk? Because the story is stupid? Because its sexist? Its fucking Star Trek...Kirk punches people in the face and fucks green skinned chicks. Actually he fucks hot chicks of all colors. But guess what? You don't have to submit yourself to the torture!

You can stop watching it.

I read an article where the writer was asking Pixar to make a movie with a female lead. And to not have her be a Princess. Well I do understand that. Its really not possible for someone to put a Pixar like studio together just so they can make an empowering movie for girls. Normally my thing is , if you don't like something then change it. If you don't like the fact that the only time you see a Hispanic woman in some movies is when she is the maid, then write your own movie. If it pisses you off that slobs like Seth Rogan* get to have the skinny hotchick, but you never see a woman about a size 8 in a positive light, if it drives you crazy that male actors get to have careers past the age of 40, THEN FUCKING DO SOMETHING. Create something that isn't offensive to you. You could make a movie that is what Kevin Smith did. And you could probably do it for less...

Real life is some much worse than a stupid movie. The next time you get upset by something fucked up in a movie think about this. Now how fucked it that? I don't know how that poor woman didn't come back with a machine gun and kill everyone in that office. Who would take being demoted lightly? Especially when you helped start the company in the first place.

I think I've said enough.

As an "artist"* I'm really in the business of marketing.

* I hate calling myself an artist. I think it sounds pretentious. But its easier than calling myself a dude who draws.