hellomightydog

Making an honest effort at painting in photoshop. Thoughts so far?

The shows went pretty well. I even got time to make a custom cassette case for my mix!



I'm riding a surge of productivity. Got a new drawing buddy AND yesterday Ryan and I just sat and talked about some ideas that I was fond of. Tonight I'm going to participate in my first comic jam with more than 2 other people, including strangers! YEAH!

I find this video inspiring:

I have to be quick about this because I have a lot of work to do today, but:

1. I have a painting in an auction preview tonight at the 621 Gallery. Buying it will help them keep their doors open a bit longer! So do it! (The actual auction is Nov. 14)

2. I have a few drawings AND a mixtape in the Autonomous Workshop show tonight. Can't buy these. I might easy the prints of the drawings later, but for now, you can check out some low-res versions and download the mix here! A bunch of my friends have pieces in this show as well.

3. Cave Creatures tonight at the BFA Warehouse. Aww, it's Lee's first performance piece. Cute! Me and some friends are going to have a lot of fun. This involves some of the following: hidden cameras, guitar, Lil Weezy, The Magnetic Fields, fruity loops, Twilight, Lost, and some markers. We seriously practiced for like 6 hours last night. Come check it out if you're in Tallahassee!


Also, that sculpture I painted that I posted last week garnished ~$50 for Big Brothers/Big Sisters! And the winner was "super excited" to have won it. Raddddddd.

I'm bleeding friends like a motherfucker on this site. I'll attribute that to the fact that LJ is dying and totally not because this blog is an exercise in vanity.

Me and these guys threw a halloween party this year! It was my favorite party we've thrown yet.

( Tons of photos here. )

Rejected book cover.

I'm sad to say that art has taken a back seat to everything else recently. I'm still working, but I know I could be working harder. I don't know. I have a lot to do and none of the motivation to do it. I feel like I'm going through the motions.

I've been working on some pieces for a really fun show for November's First Friday. I'm also going to have a painting in the 621 auction AND I'm doing a collaborative performance with Jose and Tamar at the BFA Gallery. Tonight I need to finish painting a sculpture for a Boy's and Girl's Club fundraiser auction…and I need to start / finish 10 illustrations for a client this week. Couple my lack of motivation with the fact that there's a show I want to go to tonight, my Mom's house for dinner tomorrow, Breann coming in to visit on Friday, getting the house together for a Halloween party on Saturday…I'll probably have to cancel my Thursday attendance to the weekly video game session I've been having with some people. It's a loaded week.

I finally got to participate in a Tallahassee bike race this past weekend. Tons of awesome memories. It was Halloween themed, so I had a costume and shit. You know. There were a few keen checkpoints (such as the Zombie Apocalypse Obstacle Course, and this reverse bobbing for apples thing that Ouikut had.) There was a "Skaryoke" checkpoint where you had to sing Halloween/Punk songs while a live band played. Creeping through a graveyard looking for candy. And oh! Krank It Up (our bike co-op) had a couple of bikes to ride, one of which was a tall, fixed gear. I'd never ridden a tall bike or a fixed gear, but I owned that shit. I spent most of my time in the race with Aaron Amodt and Mike Harrington, but we called it a wash early on account of Aaron's busted tire. I think we still did about 10 miles, which felt good.

I am pretty stoked to be throwing a Halloween party.

My roommates and I made a halfway improvised comedy album. Check it out?


http://horriblehorribleness.bandcamp.com

I made this for my ex-girlfriend before we broke up:



For the record, I am definitely, definitely, definitely over it. That's not what this post is about. I can look back on the whole situation with clear thoughts, ones not muddled by emotion, and I can surmise this: from now on, when I devote myself to something, I damn well better be sure in regards to it's certainty. I'm not even just talking about relationships, this also can be applied to art, business, etc. Lots of wasted effort.

I used to be a process person, but now I'm starting to think that the end result is just as important. It's funny how I'm just now (post art school) making the connection that art is an allegory for love and vice versa.

It feels selfish, somehow.

I was recently asked to recount my favorite memory of snow. Here it is, if you're interested.

Musically, my parents raised me on The Beatles and The Doors. We didn't have TV, so my first discovery of rap music occurred while riding the bus to school. The driver would often play the contemporary pop music station, B103.9. This is when I first heard of Snow. His 1993 hit "Informer" was commanding the charts. Even though I could not understand the wily Canadian's fresh rhymes, his rhythmic prowess captivated me and opened me up to a completely new genre of music.

I drew a guest strip for Joel Watson, who creates the often side-splitting webcomic Hijinks Ensue.

Here's one of my recent favorites...





FUCK IT HERE'S ANOTHER.






Joel's going through a rough time right now medically. A short while ago, he started producing the comic full-time. As in "full-time job". So why don't you head over and give his strip a read and if you like it order a damned book already.

I know I've written about it before, but I find surprise immensely more inspiring than mystery. This is why, in my opinion, my once favorite-tv-show-of-all-time Lost has grown stagnant; when the show was based in reality, every strange thing that happened was surprising. Now, everything in that show is a fucking strange thing and nothing is surprising. There are no more crazy turns because crazy is the norm.

Well, thankfully for me, reality is very much still reality and we don't have to look to the television to find surprise. All it takes is a few zany people to prankishly break the norm and I'm inspired. baron_von_aaron sent me this link a few minutes ago about a food cart in Kashiwa, Japan that does just that. If you have 3-4 minutes, give it a read.

http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

http://calamityjon.livejournal.com/1152962.html?mode=reply



Howwwwww come on the weekends my body thinks going to bed at 3 am and waking up at 8 am is ok? And howwwwww come my body thinks getting a solid 8 on the weekdays is total bullshit?

New show flyer:



Tonight should be fun. Hanging out with Bayou then comedy open mic on campus then to a party? Justin Peterson?!?! Maybe.