don't lose your head

because im about to lose mine.

all day

took all dang day...mostly because didn't have a clear vision of what i wanted to do for most of the day...and i'm not really that jazzed on it. but it works, right?

have fun storming the castle

today i drew a castle.... and why not...
when i was in england i remember spending hours just looking at castles. how much work went into them. the work of the hands of a thousand men...more even.
it would be a nicer thought if they weren't mostly built under pain of death... but i'd like to think they were built out of voluntary cooperation for the interests of everyone.
more research on my end perhaps.

i've been feeling that overwhelming sense of busyness day in and day out. no matter what i do or put my attention to, there's always something else that's being neglected.
i need the hands of a thousand men.

thank goodness for a lady like katie.

the yew norker

"Artist Bob Stake used Photoshop 3.0 on Mac OS 7 to create this cover for The New Yorker recently. I guess you use what you know… The video above shows Bob progressing through the design, it’s a nice glimpse into another artist’s process. The whole story and more details are here. Via Gizmodo" -iso50

i tried my hand at bob's style. took about 20 minutes to come up with my version. not spot on, but this was my first time. the video helped a bit to understand his technique. i watched the twice before hand and then had at my attempt without further help from the video. i only referenced the final product to try and understand the shapes he used.


definitely something worth dabbling in. give it a shot.

plenty more videos of bob at work. that guy is a mad man.
[video 1] [video2] [video3]

no time to say hello, goodbye!

busy as a bee. see what conclusions you can make from these few images.
shout out to mec z.

funday

photos from last week. on saturday i ended up riding to O.B. from hillcrest. had a burrito (bean, cheese, guac, fries) at nico's.

anyone remember quailman? you know, doug funny's alter ego. at anyrate, in a particular episode, quailman had to go toe to toe with ruelmeister. ruelmeister's diabolical plan was to speed up the rotation of the earth so as to eliminate saturday and sunday. in the end, quailman defeated ruelmeister and the evil deed was reversed by slowing down the rotation of the earth to add the 3rd weekend day: funday.

i could really use that 8th day...

kareem's bike graveyard
another spill

stephen wiltshire

this guy seriously has one of the most amazing gifts i have ever seen... truly beautiful.

take the time to watch these videos, you'll see what i'm talking about.

Stephen Wiltshire receives his Member of the Order of the British Empire award at Buckingham Palace for his artistic ability (2006).

more info and videos about stephen at his website www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk. you can order prints of his art too.