6.29.2009

digital entertainment

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goofing off again, drew some faces. then scanned into photoshop and tried the paintbrush. i can see why people like painting digitally, it's fun. i rarely venture away from flat colors, unless i have a real brush in hand.


i try not to spend time drawing "pretty" things for a lot of reasons, but sometimes it's hard not to. i'll doodle stuff out until i'm done goofing off and my mind has settled down then i can work on stuff that's meaningful to me.

teen titans

things to look at


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6.28.2009

comic lovin goofies

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getting ready for san diego comic-con so have a lot on my mind right now and too much on the plate. stopped to write this entry though because there have been some fun and goofy moments in the interim.

the week before thien rummaged the morgue and found an old "new" teen titans comic with marv wolfman writing and george perez on pencils. i totally forgot i'd even read the teen titans as a kid, but this issue made it all come back in a horrifying and somewhat comical (i mean funny) wave of nostalgia. i remembered the cover of this issue because beast boy was a cute koala on the cover.

i plopped down on the couch and read through the issue. i laughed my ass off. the dialogue was (is) so creative and hilarious. i mean, i'd love to have my own computerized voodoo fetish that can sinc with people's cell structures, who wouldn't? it's a fetish that you can spray! wait, did i get that right?


so one thing leads to another, as they say. over to comic relief and bought a stubby stack of trade paperbacks. robin, batman, batwoman, gotham central. i didn't know anything about these books except for what i've seen in the movies. that and oh! a 45rpm book record of Batmam vs. ManBat that i used to listen to when i was, like, eight.

gotham central was so good i read it front to back twice without putting it down. everyone who worked on that series has mucho talent, and i'm now a big fan. a few years ago someone joked that if i had married michael lark my name would be lark lark. i never thought much of it since i didn't know his work, but now that i do, i think i'd be fine with that name. thien says he finds possibility of being thien lark also enticing. in an alternate reality, pham. you'll get your chance.

though the kid in me would love to draw superhero comics (for myself or otherwise), i can't afford trying it now. mostly, i'm not all that good at it, though i could practice and probably get into the style of super-art eventually. but also, and in turn, this would throw a monkey wrench in the comic projects that i've got going on now, they're not supposed to look superheroey at all.

so for now and probably a long while yet, i'll remain a fan, one who is cheered up by superheroes and outrageous dialogue and the occasional innovative storyline. thanks to the hubs and my friends who keep me up to date with all the Marvel, DC, Transformers and all other non-indy nonsense going on. it's all good fun.

in between drawing toughies wolverine and punisher
jerome opena draws a kookaburra for me!
(guess where it's going!)
art + diversity = a good thing

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6.27.2009

mr. elephanter studies

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6.23.2009

this week

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drawing bats, elephants, fishie dispensers, teen titans, apes. all for different projects. this is about half the actual list. too much going on right now. gah.






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6.17.2009

6x6, 5x7 paintings in progress

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got back on the bat paintings, the finish line now in view


also a few more robots and animals


will be ready and for sale at san diego comic-con
if you want, holler before then

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6.13.2009

long story, a few more sketches

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thien thought i was drawing Panthro



cool vessel heads at the MET

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6.12.2009

East Coast trip

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planes cabs friends kids and baby wine and beer
MoCCA business parties Mazzuchelli old friends posers offal fireball icecream
hotter buying college buds birthday books pico pico baseball product launch and logos
family rental cars new england chowder old lyme jamestown newport mystic marblehead newburyport sleepy after sundown burger the 9A vs the 9
coffee MET unlimited ride plane forever traveling
cat meowed many times



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