Flagstaff, AZ. The peaks on fire. My photo assistant Poof doesn't seem too worried.
Flagstaff, AZ. The peaks on fire. My photo assistant Poof doesn't seem too worried.
Cool video
]]>Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
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Been some time since I've updated my blog. I've been everywhere and now I'm back, well almost. I spent most of October traveling to Greece and Turkey. It was an amazing trip, and I have 57 GB of photos that I need to process and post. Ahh!
Initially it was a two week trip through the islands of Greece with a stop in Turkey, touring all the major archaeological sites of ancient Greek and Minoan civilizations. But never one to just relax and take a vacation, I turned it into a work trip as well.
I arrived in Athens four days early and booked with 11 models. Only had time to work with three; models Sheila Baum, Lina Ulrich and Sarah D. If it weren't for the two fellows that had their pants all the way down while openly masturbating a few feet away from me and Sheila, I would say it was a complete success. However, when five more men gathered round I knew it was time to pack up and get out. Must have picked a bad location in Athens, luckily nothing besides being a little scared and very creeped out happened. Should have done a 360 panorama of the scene, but I didn't want to engage my attentive audience of masturbating bandits.
On to my seafaring voyage, it was very strange and exciting to be living on a boat for two weeks, constantly moving with no solid ground. Each day brought a new island to explore with only enough time to make a mad dash back to the boat before it left you behind. The tour guides were amazing and taught so much about language, history, gender roles and the overlaps between today's religions and the ancient myths.
On the boat I picked up some nasty respiratory infection, and being stubborn waited until it was really bad (4 weeks of fighting it with vitamins) before seeing a doctor. Right now I'm catching up on all the TV I missed, taking mounds of antibiotics, sipping codeine, resting and impatiently waiting to feel well enough to be inspired by all that was seen.
Here's a few snapshots from my iPhone:
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Yeah, I know it's lame to complain about being busy, but I have been beyond busy. Crazed, headless chicken type madness.
It's wonderful, and I have so many new projects that were completed over this last month that I need to get on my site. Websites, print ads, photography, plastic dresses and lots of new personal work.
Loveliness coming soon.
Oh, and there is no hell. I checked.
]]>Go see the show at the Co-op. It's up for the whole month of August.
More info at the Artists' Co-op Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102475916447&ref=ts
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Daily Nonpareil
Why does self-promo feel so icky? Guess it's better than telling you what happened to my dog yesterday.
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I'm very excited to invite you to the Artists' Co-op Gallery this Saturday night, the 1st 7-10pm, for an evening of free fun, fabulous food, friendly faces, and whatever else starts with an f.
Oh yeah, there will be some awesome art there too!
More info at the Artists' Co-op Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102475916447&ref=ts
The show runs through the month of August. I'm featuring a whole bunch of new work that's not even on my site yet, plus some oldies but goodies. Hope to see you there!
]]>My latest piece, a work in progress. Sketches and experiments.
original photo
retouched
experiment 1 - fairy big eyes
different colors
some tribal, sacred geometry thang
great texture, but still not right
Then I thought about what could be going on in the background? Maybe she should have a guardian or maybe she is the guardian of some sort of species in the animal kingdom. Regardless of the power structure, she needs an animal friend. Then the animal went on her face, and it got all Zoobilee Zoo on me.
really quick sketch, depth of field is wrong, scratch this
current version
I posted this all to give it some space and let it breathe. Come back, keep trying. I can't see the forest for the trees at this point. If I continue to go this direction, then I need to render the fur better. A lot of times I get to this point and then just give up or get distracted and don't come back. I would like to finish this one though.
I love when other artists open up on their process and show their sketches! Here it is, all out in the open. Good, bad or otherwise. Would appreciate any and all feedback.
Had the opportunity to shoot with the beautiful and bright Alexis from Select Model Management. I'm aching to to get to these images! Inspired by the work of Brian Froud
I'm hoping my freelance schedule clears up a bit, so I can start on this illustration. I very excite!
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