Wednesday, February 23, 2011
A Few More Pieces of Art
Monday, February 21, 2011
Peekaboo Wacom Sketch
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Jack Sparrow Painting
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Art Test
Before I start uploading any major art or photos, I wanted to do a little test and see how some of my artwork looks on the blog. Still experimenting with the blog, and seeing what possibilities I can do, and I do have upload these graphics to get an idea how it would come across on a blog page. Just a little experiment. If it looks well, then I'll try to see what all I can do to manipulate and put more art and photos on the blog. Hope you enjoy the art.
A pen and marker rough sketch of a girl I made up.
A mural that I did in Southwest Georgia.
A computer graphic sketch of a beagle puppy that I drew with my Wacom Tablet straight into the computer.
Well, that's it for testing out how the artwork looks on a page! Will see about doing more in the future. :-)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Film and Media Day
Film and Media Day is going on right now. There's still a couple of hours left for the casting calls, but the whole thing is open until 4:00pm, today. They will be doing casting calls for The Avengers new movie that will be filming soon in New Mexico, Breaking Bad, and other films and series.
You can go to http://filmandmediaday.blogspot.com/ for all the details.
I'm not going to be able to make it due to work, but there will be other casting calls. This day will be a little different than most because alot of major directors, special effects people, actors, etc, will be there to teach you how to do things such as makeup, how to be an extra or stand-in, and various other things. Check out the site, and if you live locally, hopefully you will go, or you are already there! Have fun! :-)
You can go to http://filmandmediaday.blogspot.com/ for all the details.
I'm not going to be able to make it due to work, but there will be other casting calls. This day will be a little different than most because alot of major directors, special effects people, actors, etc, will be there to teach you how to do things such as makeup, how to be an extra or stand-in, and various other things. Check out the site, and if you live locally, hopefully you will go, or you are already there! Have fun! :-)
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Spiderman Wears a TuTu! :(
Okay, I love comics~especially Marvel comics! :-) I guess it's part of being a guy that you buy so many of them growing up! Being an artist didn't help matters, either, when wanting to learn to draw like my favorite comic artists. I've followed all of the comic book based movies and TV series since the '70's even though the technology wasn't there to do it right, like it is today! :-) I even watched the poorly made Spiderman on The Electric Company, and it was good for a laugh, but hey, you're reaching young kids here, and it made kids want to learn morals and use of different words in vocabulary. The Saturday morning cartoons of Spiderman were pretty good, even with the corny jokes Spiderman would say, and I tolerated the '80's version of the the Spiderman live action TV series. I prided myself on being so knowledgeable of Spiderman while I was growing up, and soon got to where I could draw him pretty good, without a picture to go by. I even like the new versions of movies related to Marvel comic book heroes, for the most part~some better than others, and some are done extremely well! :-) You watch alot and do alot for one of your favorite comic book heroes, hoping to find that one chance they will do it right, like in the comics.
Well, just when I was having respect for the comic book, television, and movie industry for doing such a great job, for the most part, on how their heroes were depicted on the screen~ then I hear a rumor: Spiderman is on Broadway. NO! It can't be! Please tell me this is some warped tale by an extemely bored journalist! Please! :( It can't be true! :( Then, I found out it was true. Then, I found out it premiered last month. I was speechless for what they had done to one of my favorite comic heroes, and wanted to go beat up whoever was responsible. Pathetic! What were they thinking???! They weren't! I can see it now, "Spiderman does The Sound of Music!"; "Spiderman vs.'Cats!'"; "'The King and I' and 'Spiderman!'" Whoever does the marketing for Spiderman on this deal should lose their job! Star Trek wouldn't do Broadway! Star Wars wouldn't do Broadway! Batman wouldnt do Broadway! ~Certain genres just don't belong on Broadway, and I love Broadway! :-) Camelot, West Side Story, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Oklahoma, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, etc, those BELONG on Broadway~~NOT Spiderman! :( Critics are hating it; it's having a bad run, so bad that it's the joke and punchline of Broadway; it's had tons of problems, including injuries, setbacks, etc. It's been plagued by nothing but problems since it began! Pull it already! Spiderman is dancing and singing! He might as well do a ballet and wearing a TuTu! Doctor Octopus and the Green Goblin might as well learn to do the Polka while you're at it. Spiderman has gone from a great super hero to the laughing stock of heroes. Please, get this crazy show off Broadway before it does more harm to the character we grew up with! ~~It's a good thing they're doing a new series of movies that are darker and bolder with Spiderman at the theaters, soon! He's going to have to do something to come back from this pitiful mess he's in now! Even the Electric Company Spiderman wasn't this bad!
Sure, I know it's just a made-up comic book character. But if this keeps up, we'll see Iron Man on Broadway, too, and then others, and I don't think the fans could stand it. Scratch it off as a bad idea, like the New Coca-cola was, and start all over, again, with the Original Coca-cola Classic of Spiderman. I'm pleading for you to do this! The world is pleading for you to do this! Give Spiderman his respect back and stop his song and dance routine. Spiderman will have to keep his mask on to save face, if this doesn't change, and even then, he make still be a laughing stock from here on out, of super heroes. I'm still in disbelief of all of this. I have one word to summarize the whole idea of Spiderman on Broadway: "Stupid."
Well, just when I was having respect for the comic book, television, and movie industry for doing such a great job, for the most part, on how their heroes were depicted on the screen~ then I hear a rumor: Spiderman is on Broadway. NO! It can't be! Please tell me this is some warped tale by an extemely bored journalist! Please! :( It can't be true! :( Then, I found out it was true. Then, I found out it premiered last month. I was speechless for what they had done to one of my favorite comic heroes, and wanted to go beat up whoever was responsible. Pathetic! What were they thinking???! They weren't! I can see it now, "Spiderman does The Sound of Music!"; "Spiderman vs.'Cats!'"; "'The King and I' and 'Spiderman!'" Whoever does the marketing for Spiderman on this deal should lose their job! Star Trek wouldn't do Broadway! Star Wars wouldn't do Broadway! Batman wouldnt do Broadway! ~Certain genres just don't belong on Broadway, and I love Broadway! :-) Camelot, West Side Story, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Oklahoma, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, etc, those BELONG on Broadway~~NOT Spiderman! :( Critics are hating it; it's having a bad run, so bad that it's the joke and punchline of Broadway; it's had tons of problems, including injuries, setbacks, etc. It's been plagued by nothing but problems since it began! Pull it already! Spiderman is dancing and singing! He might as well do a ballet and wearing a TuTu! Doctor Octopus and the Green Goblin might as well learn to do the Polka while you're at it. Spiderman has gone from a great super hero to the laughing stock of heroes. Please, get this crazy show off Broadway before it does more harm to the character we grew up with! ~~It's a good thing they're doing a new series of movies that are darker and bolder with Spiderman at the theaters, soon! He's going to have to do something to come back from this pitiful mess he's in now! Even the Electric Company Spiderman wasn't this bad!
Sure, I know it's just a made-up comic book character. But if this keeps up, we'll see Iron Man on Broadway, too, and then others, and I don't think the fans could stand it. Scratch it off as a bad idea, like the New Coca-cola was, and start all over, again, with the Original Coca-cola Classic of Spiderman. I'm pleading for you to do this! The world is pleading for you to do this! Give Spiderman his respect back and stop his song and dance routine. Spiderman will have to keep his mask on to save face, if this doesn't change, and even then, he make still be a laughing stock from here on out, of super heroes. I'm still in disbelief of all of this. I have one word to summarize the whole idea of Spiderman on Broadway: "Stupid."
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Here K.I.T.T.Y. Kat! :-)
So, as many of you know, 2 Sundays ago my car died on me. I had it for 3 years and it was running great the day before. Fluids and everything were fine. Then it barely made it home from church that Sunday. Well, I took it to the shop and they said, it would cost $1,100 to fix it with the framework, axle, and everything~but the engine was fine. Well, it was an '89 Toyota Camry and it was great while I had it, but I knew I'd be looking for a new car this year anyway. It caught me by surprise, so I wasn't really prepared to go out and buy another car. All I wanted was 4 wheels to be able to drive somewhere and get to work.
Well, it turned out better than I thought. We were looking at a 2005 Ford Focus and the bank was taking it's time approving a car that old. They asked if I wanted to try a newer 2009 Focus they had on the lot. I said,"Sure!" :-)
The 2005 was loaded, but this 2009 was loaded and had the new body style with the wide wheel base like the new Mustangs and electronic gadgets galore! I'm a tech, and I work currently in Television Production doing anything from running cable, working on projectors, computer work, video editing, staging, lighting and sound, etc. So, you'd think I'd be up to date on things. Well, I had no idea! :-) I'm way behind on gadgets and tech when it comes to cars. My '89 Camry had nothing as a gadget on it. This one has everything! :-)
Well, the first time I got in the car to drive it any long distance, I was in for a surprise. They had paired my phone with the car so I can talk through the steering wheel and speakers, and bookoos of other things. The car is STILL surprising me! :-)
Halfway out the parking lot of the dealer I hear a voice (a lady's voice!) saying, "Incoming call. Incoming call. Incoming call.", that kept repeating itself. My thumb accidently hit the right button on the steering wheel to answer the phone. The salesman, who was awesome during the whole process said, "Hey, James, are you there!" I had already jumped from the female voice as it came over the speakers and it scared me to death. Then I was still speechless when the salesman came on. I said, " Uhhhhhhh... ... ...yes?!" He laughed and said for me to take my time, I'd get the hang of it. He was just reminding me to give him a call before I came to visit the dealership the following Friday, as I left, and wanted to thank me. Then he said I was in for a surprise with all the gadgets and I could tweek them online. That was good. I love gadgets! I always loved the James Bond movies and all the gadgets and tried making replicas growing up! :-)
I'll tell more stories about how my car has caught me by surprise, later on. It made me think of The Transformers ~and how I needed to learn more about this car quick, before it got up and walked away on it's own. LOL I also thought of Knight Rider and how the car talks back~only in a lady's voice with mine! :-) See, I told you I was behind on car gadgets and their tech! LOL I'm still learning! :-) One of my friends, when I said the car reminded me of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider, said I should name it K.I.T.T.Y Kat, since it talked to me in a lady's voice and had a mind of it's own. I am considering naming it that! :-) I love my car, in fact, it's awesome, but it will scare me to death, driving, listening to the radio, and a woman's voice interrupts and says, "Say a command!" :-) ~~~Okaaaaay! :-)
Well, it turned out better than I thought. We were looking at a 2005 Ford Focus and the bank was taking it's time approving a car that old. They asked if I wanted to try a newer 2009 Focus they had on the lot. I said,"Sure!" :-)
The 2005 was loaded, but this 2009 was loaded and had the new body style with the wide wheel base like the new Mustangs and electronic gadgets galore! I'm a tech, and I work currently in Television Production doing anything from running cable, working on projectors, computer work, video editing, staging, lighting and sound, etc. So, you'd think I'd be up to date on things. Well, I had no idea! :-) I'm way behind on gadgets and tech when it comes to cars. My '89 Camry had nothing as a gadget on it. This one has everything! :-)
Well, the first time I got in the car to drive it any long distance, I was in for a surprise. They had paired my phone with the car so I can talk through the steering wheel and speakers, and bookoos of other things. The car is STILL surprising me! :-)
Halfway out the parking lot of the dealer I hear a voice (a lady's voice!) saying, "Incoming call. Incoming call. Incoming call.", that kept repeating itself. My thumb accidently hit the right button on the steering wheel to answer the phone. The salesman, who was awesome during the whole process said, "Hey, James, are you there!" I had already jumped from the female voice as it came over the speakers and it scared me to death. Then I was still speechless when the salesman came on. I said, " Uhhhhhhh... ... ...yes?!" He laughed and said for me to take my time, I'd get the hang of it. He was just reminding me to give him a call before I came to visit the dealership the following Friday, as I left, and wanted to thank me. Then he said I was in for a surprise with all the gadgets and I could tweek them online. That was good. I love gadgets! I always loved the James Bond movies and all the gadgets and tried making replicas growing up! :-)
I'll tell more stories about how my car has caught me by surprise, later on. It made me think of The Transformers ~and how I needed to learn more about this car quick, before it got up and walked away on it's own. LOL I also thought of Knight Rider and how the car talks back~only in a lady's voice with mine! :-) See, I told you I was behind on car gadgets and their tech! LOL I'm still learning! :-) One of my friends, when I said the car reminded me of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider, said I should name it K.I.T.T.Y Kat, since it talked to me in a lady's voice and had a mind of it's own. I am considering naming it that! :-) I love my car, in fact, it's awesome, but it will scare me to death, driving, listening to the radio, and a woman's voice interrupts and says, "Say a command!" :-) ~~~Okaaaaay! :-)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Blarrrg!
What is "The Blarrrg!?" Well, I was trying to think of what my blog was going to be about. I like so many things, and do so many things, so coming up with what I will do the blog about and it's name was pretty tough. I wanted to do an art blog, tech blog, cooking blog, just-for-fun-posting blog, special effects and film-making blog, history blog, etc. Well, you get the idea! LOL The possibilities were endless.
So, I was just messing around with nonsensical words and out of the blue, with blog in my mind, the word "blarg" came out. What's that? I don't know, but I liked it. Blarg. First thing I thought of was Hagar the Horrible coming home for dinner and his wife, Helga is asking him how his latest raid went, and he probably said something like, "Blarg!" That could be bad, but funny! Then I thought, well, I can use blarg to represent all kinds of things. Maybe be a blog that's a smorgasbord of everything above. Maybe that's what it could mean. Then I thought, it sounds good but it needs more feeling. So, I thought, "Blarrrg!" Much better! :-) Say it three times and it sounds like something Monty Python would say! "Blarrrg! Blarrrg! Blarrrg!" It could be Charlie Brown got his tongue tangled as he tried to kick the football as Lucy was holding it, and instead of, "Arrrgh!" it came out, "Blarrg!" Now, this was getting interesting! :-) For that matter it could be a blog for pirates! "Blarrrg!" :-)
With that frame of thought in mind, although it was a bunch of nonsense, I figured out the title and how I would handle the blog. What I will try to do is include all I listed above, in the blog, and just post it off the top of my head. Art, recipes, movies, news, just my thoughts of the day in general, special effects, tech, etc. Pretty much any subject and be "blarrged." Blarrrg works with your imagination, too. It can include some of my art, sketches, crazy drawings and photos, and pretty much anything goes. I'll try to keep the feel of it light, even if I post a tech blog. It's just for fun, and this blog is only limited by my imagination and yours. I hope that even if you don't have much of an imagination, some of my descriptions, drawings, and sayings open it up for you. If you do have a good imagination, or a wild one like I do, I hope it's good for a laugh!
I wanted to have some art on the first blog post from "Blarrrg" but it didn't work out that way this week. Too much in working on basic design with my schedule this week. My next blog will change that though.
Well, welcome to "The Blarrrg!" Hope you like it and come back often! :-) I mean, with a name like "The Blarrrg", it's worth a peek now and then just out of curiousity to see what crazy thing I'm saying or drawing! :-) Got to run, for now! Thanks for reading! :-)
Hope to see you next blog~~or should I say "Blarrrg!" :-)
Jim
So, I was just messing around with nonsensical words and out of the blue, with blog in my mind, the word "blarg" came out. What's that? I don't know, but I liked it. Blarg. First thing I thought of was Hagar the Horrible coming home for dinner and his wife, Helga is asking him how his latest raid went, and he probably said something like, "Blarg!" That could be bad, but funny! Then I thought, well, I can use blarg to represent all kinds of things. Maybe be a blog that's a smorgasbord of everything above. Maybe that's what it could mean. Then I thought, it sounds good but it needs more feeling. So, I thought, "Blarrrg!" Much better! :-) Say it three times and it sounds like something Monty Python would say! "Blarrrg! Blarrrg! Blarrrg!" It could be Charlie Brown got his tongue tangled as he tried to kick the football as Lucy was holding it, and instead of, "Arrrgh!" it came out, "Blarrg!" Now, this was getting interesting! :-) For that matter it could be a blog for pirates! "Blarrrg!" :-)
With that frame of thought in mind, although it was a bunch of nonsense, I figured out the title and how I would handle the blog. What I will try to do is include all I listed above, in the blog, and just post it off the top of my head. Art, recipes, movies, news, just my thoughts of the day in general, special effects, tech, etc. Pretty much any subject and be "blarrged." Blarrrg works with your imagination, too. It can include some of my art, sketches, crazy drawings and photos, and pretty much anything goes. I'll try to keep the feel of it light, even if I post a tech blog. It's just for fun, and this blog is only limited by my imagination and yours. I hope that even if you don't have much of an imagination, some of my descriptions, drawings, and sayings open it up for you. If you do have a good imagination, or a wild one like I do, I hope it's good for a laugh!
I wanted to have some art on the first blog post from "Blarrrg" but it didn't work out that way this week. Too much in working on basic design with my schedule this week. My next blog will change that though.
Well, welcome to "The Blarrrg!" Hope you like it and come back often! :-) I mean, with a name like "The Blarrrg", it's worth a peek now and then just out of curiousity to see what crazy thing I'm saying or drawing! :-) Got to run, for now! Thanks for reading! :-)
Hope to see you next blog~~or should I say "Blarrrg!" :-)
Jim
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