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[Nov. 20th, 2009|02:39 pm] |
Their's are the skies all dark with bombers,
and mine is the peace we knew between the wars.-Billy Bragg I made a stamp of a bomber out of bike tire innertube. Never did that before, but I think it turned out okay. This is a remake of a crappy illustration I did back in 2004 or so. "Between the Wars" is one of my favorite songs. Better make sure the honoring illustration in question's worth it, right? |
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| Jump for Joy over Nothing! |
[Nov. 15th, 2009|04:27 pm] |
 Oh the good memories over stealing some good memories!
The Carraway Punk's named after the character Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby, who stated that people always pegged him for a listener and would just come up to him and start talking. It was both a blessing and a curse, because while you meet interesting people, your friend might end up dead in a swimming pool*.
So The Carraway Punk is a receptacle and collector-by-nature of stories (he's a walking funnel!). And sure, people give him some interesting stuff to work with, but others just like hearing the sound of their own voices, so he ends up listening for hours about the makeup some woman bought at a CVS or something.
ALSO: I found Craig McCracken's dA page, so for the past three days I've been drooling over the same twenty-something drawings he's put up there. Makes me think about putting new stuff on my own dA page; since biggername artists feel comfortable posting there, so why shouldn't I? At the same time, dA IS a frikkin cess pool... so I don't know.
*(Yes, I know that's not what The Great Gatsby's really about.) |
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[Nov. 1st, 2009|04:57 pm] |
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| | "So, what? He programmed his robots to hate us too?" | ] |
I was one day late for Danielle's Haunted Rooms Project. Sad face! I guess I'm all set for next year.
It's a little basic, I know, but it delivers sufficient amount of creeps.
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[Oct. 29th, 2009|06:01 pm] |
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| | The Savage Love podcast | ] |
Just a little songbird I quickly drew up for a sign. I work at Whole Foods Markets now, and it's reeaally nice to work at a place that actually recycles. Plus I get to draw and look at typography all day.
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[Oct. 7th, 2009|06:32 pm] |
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| | "we can bring back the old days again" | ] |
( What the Ef is that? You have to click to know. )
I love the vintage cards that sewing needles used to come in. My cousin gave me a sewing kit years ago, for graduating high school, and it had one of them in it. So I'm going to get some needles that aren't already mine, put them this one, and send it to her.
( Other small projects behind the cut. )
My put my Mad Men lighter in my etsy store. Go buy it!
Exciting times! I've got a few other ideas too...
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[Sep. 23rd, 2009|02:09 pm] |
 Ono 2.0 is just as scary and short as the real thing. |
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| Short desktop meme. |
[Sep. 23rd, 2009|01:25 pm] |
* Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper. (Poster's note: or not.)
* Explain in no more than five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
* Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!
Watermelon nights are calling, just as soon as I start stalling. Watermelon nights will be here, so sing along! Watermelon nights are racin' through the streets without a trace, and watermelon nights will be gone before too long. Oh, but don't be sad when the nights are over because Watermelon nights come back every year!
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| It's merely herbal. |
[Sep. 8th, 2009|05:48 pm] |
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| | "still when I think of the road we're traveling on..." | ] |
 Really, I try to keep near a "fire" idea and away from the "smoking" idea, but right now I'm too addicted to Mad Men to care! That the first season of that show is packaged in a big Zippo Lighter is amusing. It's only too fitting to paint a Mad Men themed lighter for my Etsy store. This is the "Joan Lighter" in my head, but it could be any dangerous woman, really. I vow to inch myself towards more daring product photos. The ole "plain white background" does the trick, but it's pretty timid for the amount of character I try to put in my lighters. Some people on Etsy make these great clear, colorful product photos, and I don't know if they know they're doing it or not!  Yeah. This is what I was talking about. I'm going to see 9 tomorrow! Woooo-aho! So far this summer I've seen Star Trek, Up, Transformers 2, Harry Potter 6, and District 9, so this'll be cinema visit #7 (because I saw one twice). Then there's Fantastic Mr. Fox and Where the Wild Things Are, and that's it for 2009 movies. Well, maybe I'll see Inglourious Basterds and Ponyo too. I've never been to the cinema so many times in one year ever. |
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[Aug. 23rd, 2009|02:11 am] |
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| | "nobody's caught the bouquet" | ] |
 Looking through some old drawings on my harddrive, I found this little gold nugget from three years ago. Somebody bought the original at an auction. I'm still not a fan of squirrels. |
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| No thanks. I never touch the stuff. |
[Aug. 20th, 2009|12:43 am] |
Here's my theory. Last New Year's, I decided that instead of doing art art art and trying to improve myself from there, I'd ease up on art art art and try living soley for other people instead. Maybe I wouldn't get anything back, but at least I'd be doing other things rather than locking myself in my room every night drawing shit that no one would care about anyway, and then crying about that.
So I go places that offer free stuff, like poi spinning class, or the annual Boston Skillshare. Places where people are (and I'm not naturally sociable IN THE LEAST). I ask people lots of questions. I don't expect them to ask any about me in return. Why would they care? And who cares why? I'm learning a whole lot of crap for free.
Eight months into the experiment, and I talk to my brothers more than the usual two times a year, I've put my work in a gallery show, I've done a few art trades, and I'm making my neice's Holloween costume. I used to think that living for art would be the key to making more art, but I've found that the actual key is living selflessly for others. I'm making more art than ever. And people care about it. AND I can spin poi, bitches!
What does that have to do with this inked drawing of Joe Paradise? Uuuhhmm. I thought I had a good tie-in, but I lost track of it, and don't feel like erasing what I've written.
Joe Paradise is the only "coolness" character I know of who doesn't like coffee. You'd think he'd be all over that stuff like a lampshade, but he won't drink it for anything!
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| Cheers! |
[Aug. 19th, 2009|02:59 am] |
 A little accordion book that I made for my niece. 
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| Looking for signs of life in my own life. |
[Aug. 17th, 2009|03:06 pm] |
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| | "as low as this" | ] |
Lots of things: running, learning German, sewing, fighting with ghetto people, asking Whole Foods if I can design stuff for them... someone put the rest of Joe Paradise up on YouTube, so while it took four years, I finaly got to watch the whole thing! Thumbnails, sketching, and designing too, but no going to finish on anything!  This is tiny in my sketchbook. The efficiency's appealing. ( Two more... ) |
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| Quick question. |
[Aug. 13th, 2009|03:36 pm] |
Which webpage design of mine do you like better?
Aaayye?
or
Beeee?
Some feedback would be greatly appreciated! If you have better ideas too, I won't bite if you say them.
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| Godzilla. Fast, reliable remodelling since 1954. |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|07:32 pm] |
Dude. I sold both my lighters, and had to paint up another!
What I love about this one is that you open it, and the guy breathes fire:
I'm the worst copy writer ever, but if you want to see the etsy entry, you can go here. Uh... you can buy it too! I'm bad at advertising too!
In other news, I'm finally getting Internet installed in my house, so no more of this freeloading-off-the-library's-wifi shit. I'm jumping off my butt in excitement! It's been WAY TOO LONG.
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| posting fastly |
[Jun. 27th, 2009|02:53 pm] |
A new painting's coming and it's of a dream that my roommate had of us moving to 42 Essex Street even though that's not where we're moving to and we had the moving truck and stuff but there were zombies everywhere and we had guns and Seth Rogen was with us and so we had to pack up and shoot things and argue with parents all at the same time. I wasn't there, because it was a dream, but apparently it was madness.
Thumbnailin'!
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| Jess & Em! Freelance Ripoffs! |
[Jun. 17th, 2009|11:11 pm] |
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| | "I only like women who play the guitar." | ] |
This little doodle is ridiculous. Everyone knows that I can't drive. |
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| moving carnival |
[Jun. 2nd, 2009|01:49 am] |
posting before i forget it. i'll edit this entry later. somebody tried to break into my house the other night (while i was right in the living room), and it's fucked with my head and sleep schedule ever since.
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| SHEEP STOMACH STUFFED WITH BEEF AND BOWERY! |
[May. 23rd, 2009|01:10 am] |
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| | "he's the day watchman" | ] |
woooooo painting!
anyone out there have a transcription of that really long insult that the scotsman shovels out onto Jack when they meet on the bridge? quick searches don't bring it up for some reason (probably because it's so syllablically nonsensical).
woah. i tore through the entire DVD of Sam&Max in three days. it's very loud inside my head right now.
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| Aaaahhh. Safety. |
[May. 18th, 2009|07:37 pm] |
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| | We say, "Miss Thang, you got it goin' on... you is gaaawgeouus". | ] |
Just a few drawings that I used as coloring test subjects. Poor things.  Goofy mouth. |
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