I really wanna find an art class i can take like once a week, preferably at night and preferably a figure drawing/painting class. I feel like ive lost touch with the fundamentals of my art and I struggle to translate the ideas in my head onto paper because of this.
I love my art and I always welcome improvement on everything I do. But lately i feel as though ive been slacking when it comes to my art, these are the dark ages of me as an artist but I feel a Renaissance approaching where I am painting much more, tattooing much more and in turn this all makes me feel so much better about myself. I place all the blame for this artistic renaissance on my new house and being around another artisticly driven mind more often.
Art Plans:
- Go to some life drawing workshops, they are scheduled on Mondays at the sketch club from 630-930 which works perfect.
- Collaborate with chris on some sketches towards the couch painting of the skyline.
- Do LOTS more tattoos, especially working on Mattys sleeve more often.
- Explore the idea of a set of pieces based on Mucha's women but more modern. This would accomplish 2 things, help acquire a style that of Mucha and to decorate the house better.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
DUBAI
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Once again Dubai is pretty much gonna take over the world at some point or horribly fail. One or the other
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Hectic!!
Lately ive been able to actually plan out whole weeks with things to do, it seems to make my week go much faster if i have everything Im going to do that week all planned out and sometimes even entered into my phone haha. I dont seem to have backup plans though, like if something falls through I just end up sitting on my couch watching tv, eating cheezits, and making sure Lux doesnt eat my cheezits.
See Im a relaxed kind of guy, i like relaxation after ive worked 10 hours each day. Im not a fan of things stressing me out, like overactive dogs (why I want a Great dane) or people who wanna rush everything thats going on. Take it easy people, theres plenty of time to get these things done, and the longer we take the better it will be. Anywho, im not too sure if this new way of having my week jampacked with potential plans is good or bad. One the one side it is super productive for me and like i said it makes my week go by much much faster. On the other side it kinda stresses me out and for some reason it has me going to sleep at like 12 o clock when i have to wake up at 630 each morning. I dunno... Im gonna let it play out for a little while and see how this goes, mayeb after June itll get a little easier.
Speaking of June, that whole month is going to be busyyyyyyy/relaxing?? i dunno lets take a look at my schedule:
All of the days outlined in red are the ones that I will be WORKING on the stage crew, this means i will not be getting my regular income as a bike messenger although i will be getting a few checks during the month of June probably not much though. I will be in Lehigh Valley, Reading and Philly for the 2-8 setting up those races, then i go back to work as a messenger that Monday for 2 days haha then that Wednesday which is in green I am traveling up to New York to see Conan with Chris, Cait, and Chris' friend Brad. The very next day I get in a station wagon with Jorge and a few other messengers and we make the trek up to toronto for the Messenger Worlds http://www.cmwc2008.com/ where I will be able to drink legally and basically have an awesome time with messengers from everywhere in the entire world for a weekend. this trip is represented in blueeee. I get back on Monday night hopefully after the 12 hour drive from Canada to Philly and then I go back to work at 7 the next day where I work as a messenger for the next 4 days. The very next week is the tour of PA where we do the whole stage crew thing from Philly to Pittsburgh in a few different stages. I get back to Philly on the 30th only to go back to work Tuesday. This is all my vacation... even though its work Ill still be glad to get away from the normal 7-5 grind each day.
Im a busy busy busy man
If your trying to hang out call my secretary she'll try and pencil you in.
See Im a relaxed kind of guy, i like relaxation after ive worked 10 hours each day. Im not a fan of things stressing me out, like overactive dogs (why I want a Great dane) or people who wanna rush everything thats going on. Take it easy people, theres plenty of time to get these things done, and the longer we take the better it will be. Anywho, im not too sure if this new way of having my week jampacked with potential plans is good or bad. One the one side it is super productive for me and like i said it makes my week go by much much faster. On the other side it kinda stresses me out and for some reason it has me going to sleep at like 12 o clock when i have to wake up at 630 each morning. I dunno... Im gonna let it play out for a little while and see how this goes, mayeb after June itll get a little easier.
Speaking of June, that whole month is going to be busyyyyyyy/relaxing?? i dunno lets take a look at my schedule:
All of the days outlined in red are the ones that I will be WORKING on the stage crew, this means i will not be getting my regular income as a bike messenger although i will be getting a few checks during the month of June probably not much though. I will be in Lehigh Valley, Reading and Philly for the 2-8 setting up those races, then i go back to work as a messenger that Monday for 2 days haha then that Wednesday which is in green I am traveling up to New York to see Conan with Chris, Cait, and Chris' friend Brad. The very next day I get in a station wagon with Jorge and a few other messengers and we make the trek up to toronto for the Messenger Worlds http://www.cmwc2008.com/ where I will be able to drink legally and basically have an awesome time with messengers from everywhere in the entire world for a weekend. this trip is represented in blueeee. I get back on Monday night hopefully after the 12 hour drive from Canada to Philly and then I go back to work at 7 the next day where I work as a messenger for the next 4 days. The very next week is the tour of PA where we do the whole stage crew thing from Philly to Pittsburgh in a few different stages. I get back to Philly on the 30th only to go back to work Tuesday. This is all my vacation... even though its work Ill still be glad to get away from the normal 7-5 grind each day.
Im a busy busy busy man
If your trying to hang out call my secretary she'll try and pencil you in.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
productivity
I love that my new home is influencing me to be productive. Ive started drawing a bit more, mostly for tattoos but the ideas are coming out super original and in my own style which I love the most. Currently im working on 2 things, a treasure chest in a very traditional style, with some realistic looking skulls balancing each side of it out and im also working a joke piece. The Joke piece is for a guy who has nothing but humorous tattoos all over his body, I dont think he has a single serious tattoo on his body. Well this one is two zombie Harlem Globetrotters, one with a fro and sideburns and one with a fro and a moustache. One of them is going for the layup and one is going in to block the shot and the numbers on their jerseys are 6 & 9. This one i havent been working on as much because the persons tattoo appointment isnt set in stone yet where as the treasure chest tattoo is part of an ongoing sleeve im working on, maybe ill have some pictures up soon.
Anyways, this is all becasue im in a very relaxing environment in the new house. I feel good things a comin!
Anyways, this is all becasue im in a very relaxing environment in the new house. I feel good things a comin!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Love, a fickle thing?
This is something I think about often and always wanted to write about. The topic is young love.
Its a weird topic to talk about to say the least, some young people these days are very willing to open themselves up to these feelings and then there are many who have never even felt that way about another person and believe that these feelings cant exist. I personally am part of the first category, Ive opened myself up to a few girls in my past and its always wonderful when you do. For those of you who have no clue whats its like to "love" someone other than your family its quite hard to put into words, you cherish everything about the other person, you enjoy their warmth, their kiss, their laughter and when you look them in the eyes you feel trapped in that moment with them forever. These feelings are what i live for, as you can see im a romantic. But theres the harsh truth that you can love someone and that person will not be the person you grow old with, thats just not how it works and this is the reason why people ask
"Is it better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all?"
I dont know how I feel about this, the heartbreak is always the hardest part of noticing the two of you aren't meant to be with each other forever as true "soulmates". As a matter of fact is anybody true soulmates? With 6,668,006,437 people on the planet as of this morning couldnt there be more than one person that you could have these feelings for? Of course there could. Why does one need to look so far down the line when spending time with someone, couldnt you just enjoy each other in the time you have whilest still in love? Why does everything need to be so focused on the future when no one knows if they will see tomorrow.
Life is the one that is fickle, not love.
Its a weird topic to talk about to say the least, some young people these days are very willing to open themselves up to these feelings and then there are many who have never even felt that way about another person and believe that these feelings cant exist. I personally am part of the first category, Ive opened myself up to a few girls in my past and its always wonderful when you do. For those of you who have no clue whats its like to "love" someone other than your family its quite hard to put into words, you cherish everything about the other person, you enjoy their warmth, their kiss, their laughter and when you look them in the eyes you feel trapped in that moment with them forever. These feelings are what i live for, as you can see im a romantic. But theres the harsh truth that you can love someone and that person will not be the person you grow old with, thats just not how it works and this is the reason why people ask
"Is it better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all?"
I dont know how I feel about this, the heartbreak is always the hardest part of noticing the two of you aren't meant to be with each other forever as true "soulmates". As a matter of fact is anybody true soulmates? With 6,668,006,437 people on the planet as of this morning couldnt there be more than one person that you could have these feelings for? Of course there could. Why does one need to look so far down the line when spending time with someone, couldnt you just enjoy each other in the time you have whilest still in love? Why does everything need to be so focused on the future when no one knows if they will see tomorrow.
Life is the one that is fickle, not love.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Iron Chef Justin
I watched Iron Chef on saturday (sidenote: I love having cable now)
I discovered a few things:
1. Food network makes me hungry as hell
2. I can't cook, but i wanna learn so bad
3. Goat heads when they are skinned look really creepy
Someone teach me to cook?
I discovered a few things:
1. Food network makes me hungry as hell
2. I can't cook, but i wanna learn so bad
3. Goat heads when they are skinned look really creepy
Someone teach me to cook?
Friday, May 9, 2008
Vermonster anyone?
Lately ive been wanting to get a group together and tackle a Vermonster from Ben & Jerrys. Whats a Vermonster You say??? Well its just one of God's greatest creations right before Jesus and right after the all you can eat steak dinner. Here are the ingredients to a Vermonster:
-20 Scoops of ice cream(4 1/2 pounds)
-10 scoops of chopped walnuts
-5 scoops of fresh whipped cream
-4 bananas
-4 scoops of hot fudge
-5 chocolate chip cookies
-2 scoops of m&ms
-2 scoops of reeses
-2 scoops of chocolate jimmies
-1 giant homemade brownie
They take all this and throw it into a bucket for your eating delight see below.
Im not so sure about this because in the back of my head its saying "try and eat this yourself" but the logical side is like "theres no fucking way your eating that much ice cream" This would make the perfect challenge if it were maybe a little bit smaller in size, maybe 10 scoops? I dunno, but someday soon i wanna get one of these and slay it like the delicious dragon it is.
-20 Scoops of ice cream(4 1/2 pounds)
-10 scoops of chopped walnuts
-5 scoops of fresh whipped cream
-4 bananas
-4 scoops of hot fudge
-5 chocolate chip cookies
-2 scoops of m&ms
-2 scoops of reeses
-2 scoops of chocolate jimmies
-1 giant homemade brownie
They take all this and throw it into a bucket for your eating delight see below.
Im not so sure about this because in the back of my head its saying "try and eat this yourself" but the logical side is like "theres no fucking way your eating that much ice cream" This would make the perfect challenge if it were maybe a little bit smaller in size, maybe 10 scoops? I dunno, but someday soon i wanna get one of these and slay it like the delicious dragon it is.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Weekend Escapades
It was finally moving weekend!!!! Friday night after work we moved some of the bigger things over to the house in one trip, like the bed junk and some other boxes. As we were packing things in, my old roomate and a bunch of our friends were partying like there was no tomorrow which is kind of symbolic of my whole year at 1328. My roommates there were awesome I just can't live in a party house anymore, i love my quiet "me" time and I will definitely have plenty of that in my new home. the best part was when we came back from dropping things off and fireworks had recently been lit off inside the house, catching a trash can on fire and one blew up in Donovan's face. This made it feel so much nicer that i was finally getting out. Me and Melissa prepared for an early morning to make our way up to trexlertown for the bike swap to buy an unnecessarily large amount of bike parts, oh and to sell a few too! I came away from the swap with a few small things and this!
I absolutely love that this is now mineeeeeeeeeeeee, ill post some finished pictures when i complete it! The PBMA did pretty well at the swap also making almost 600 dollars off of shirts and other various merch.
Saturday we also finished moving the rest of my stuff, a very tired but veryhelpful melissa stuck through it so we can be done and i could get settled in all day sunday. If you seen the stairs in the new house youll be at awe when i said that i got my queen sized mattress up to the second floor all by myself!! Sunday consisted of unpacking, naps and hanging with Chris and Cait. The new house is amazing, theres so much potential in it to make it a real home to come back to at the end of the day. I think with the next check im gonna buy some painting supplies and paint the living room and my bedroom, not sure what colors yet.
Anyways, it was a super awesome weekend full of super awesome people and especially Melissa for being so helpful.
Cheers!
I absolutely love that this is now mineeeeeeeeeeeee, ill post some finished pictures when i complete it! The PBMA did pretty well at the swap also making almost 600 dollars off of shirts and other various merch.
Saturday we also finished moving the rest of my stuff, a very tired but veryhelpful melissa stuck through it so we can be done and i could get settled in all day sunday. If you seen the stairs in the new house youll be at awe when i said that i got my queen sized mattress up to the second floor all by myself!! Sunday consisted of unpacking, naps and hanging with Chris and Cait. The new house is amazing, theres so much potential in it to make it a real home to come back to at the end of the day. I think with the next check im gonna buy some painting supplies and paint the living room and my bedroom, not sure what colors yet.
Anyways, it was a super awesome weekend full of super awesome people and especially Melissa for being so helpful.
Cheers!
Friday, May 2, 2008
He say she say
Im sorry if this blog has become videos that im in love with, but if you have 8 minutes of free time then you should definitely watch this. Nature is amazing, especially life in Africa. At 3:30 it gets pretty crazy but then at 4:32 shit gets real. Its impressive how strength in numbers can overwhelm anything. But this is my video of the day enjoy it guys!
As for other things, today is friday finally and im gonna start moving my stuff tonight!! Then tomorrow is the swap and a super early start to the day so we can get up there to sell stuff for the PBMA and myself. I will be purchasing at least one thing tomorrow and thatll be the pursuit frame i rambled on about in a post a while back, its a strange occurance that the guy selling it will be right down the street from the swap!!!! Such a good weekend coming up, im gonna be so tired but so happy on monday.
Smiling is definitely something i miss, this week has been so great :)
Thursday, May 1, 2008
i kinda
want a pug named morrissey
or
a great dane named whatever
i really want a great dane, my new house may be too small for one
:'(
or
a great dane named whatever
i really want a great dane, my new house may be too small for one
:'(
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