Musical inspiration

Inspiration is hard. Coming off a Daft Punk spree I am looknig for new music to help me flow through the creation proccess.

I have added these 3 songs and more to my current playlist:
Help I'm Alive by Metric
Earthquake by Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah
T.H.E.(The Hardest Ever) by Will.I.Am

Scott Pilgrim VS the World has a great song by Metric titled Black Sheep. Of course the film version isn't the same as the true Metric version but they are both great songs.

Metric has a lot of good stuff. Check them out.

Organization

We are going to be spending some time organizing our blogs. This blog will be the main blog and the other will be where we will be posting anything related to our photography. Expect more art to pop up as well. I have been doing a lot of little things with my time in bahrain.

I'm Back!

I spent a good portion of my time today writing in the warehouse. I think this is the first time I have sat down to actually put into words from start to finish what I have in my mind for a novel.

 

 

I find it interesting how I have had this in my head for so long and how it can still change and evolve as I write it. I know most of the major plot events and what my objective is with the story but, at least to me, the world feels like it is going to be more incredible, more real than it was before. I am just writing what comes to mind knowing that I can come back and tweak things later. Its awesome. Its kind of like reading a book I already know the ending to but am not sure how it happens... ha.

 

 

I was thinking about how time passes for a reader today. What may take me a couple hours to write someone may read in a few minutes and yet so much can happen in those few pages. An author can actually use their words to make you feel the long drawn out journey of a character and rush you though a whirlwind of events later on just by how he fills the page!

 

 

I am feeling creative again. Its not a task to sit down and write or to draw. I look forward to it. I look forward to that passage of time.

 

 

Its very liberating.

Planking

Just got a new camera and Derek thought it would be fun to test it by planking.

I think this might be the start of something special.

Thank you Canon...

Design Many Robots

Here are my Designs for the Design Many Robots contest. They were due today (April 4, 2011)at Midnight.

This first bot is Crabby. Mostly he immitates the movements of crabs. I would guess tat it is a little bit territorial and thinks of itself as something bigger than it truely is.

The Second design is like a giant, firey trash compactor with legs. You know those movies where people and superheroes get sucked into planes? yeah... not so fun.

Let me know what you think!!!

Original Tron Helmet

I love the TRON movie from 1982. I always thought the Identity discs were cool but kinda cheesy looking. But the helmets a freaking awesome. Like most props of the past, the Tron costumes were put together from found items (example:the graflex flash used to make lightsabers). So when I found out that the Tron Helmets were made out of Cooper SK 2000/2001 Hockey Helmets I snatched one up.

This should be a fairly easy project; buy the helmet, clean it up, and paint it. The hardest part was forking up the shipping cost to get my helmet to the US. Good luck finding one in the US. All the ones I looked at on ebay were from Canada.

Here is my helmet. I bought it knowing that it was missing a side bumper. I intend to make two new bumpers.

I stripped it down and discovered that one of the two halves was in less than good condition. That shouldn't matter much on the finished product.

Roots

Well, its been a while since I posted anything but I got into a Pokemon craze with the help of some family members and decided to draw my favorite starter Pokemon from Pokemon Red, Bulbasaur.

Long gone are my days of Pokemon bliss. I could spend the better part of a few days trying to get the perfect Eevee, raise Pokemon champions in an hour at tournaments, and I am still convinced that in the summer of 1998 my friends and I were the first to exploit and understand the "box trick." That's right, my Mewtwo (long live Generation I!!!) is faster than yours and I didn't cheat.... technically.

I drew a small sketch and inked it but with no scanner available I opted to take a picture of it with our camera and edit it in Photoshop. It didn't take very long to draw. The inking is harder and I can never seem to get the smooth, flowing line I want, I'll have to work on that.

I love Bulbasaur partly because of his mild manner-ness. His Clark Kent qualities were apparent as he made short work of everyone early in the game while retaining his cute and quiet nature; a silent guardian type. It was always hard for me to watch him evolve at level 16... like he was losing his innocence.

There is no doubt that the Internet is full of cute big-eyed Bulbasaurs and I wanted to bring out more of his defensive and hostile (when aggravated) attitude. So I bring you this "Unleashed" version.

Picture yourself, an inexperienced, weak, over excited, little trainer, cowering behind him as you begin your journey in Kanto... damn Zubats!