Straight Ink Drawing
January 14, 2003
I have found it quicker/easier/more challenging to draw with straight ink lately. Without the pencil. Here’s the latest example of this technique:
STRAIGHT INK: Spontaneity is the key for now.
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Mr. Bearded Six-Eyes
January 12, 2003
And then there’s Mr. Bearded Six-Eyes:
Farting Around
January 12, 2003
Quote on a friend’s email signature:
"We’re on this Earth to fart around, and don’t you let anyone tell you different."
—Kurt Vonnegut, jr.
Wise, wise words.
Thinking about Moving to San Francisco
January 11, 2003
I’m thinking about moving to San Francisco. I figure it will be a good New York substitute without it being New York. I want to go back to a big city with a good public transportation system. Also, I’ve wanted to live in a place with palm trees for a long time, and I’d like to live in a similar area as all-time artists Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud. I think they both lived somewhere in California, if not actually San Francisco. Also, I’m interested in suddenly accidentally becoming gay.
I have a plan, but no plan B or plan C. Once step 1 in plan A is complete and I have a plan B and C, I may actually be on my way to San Francisco!
Plan A
- Save $3,000
OR
secure a $30,000/yr web design job in the Bay Area - Rent a truck and drive myself and my computer to San Francisco
- Put computer and stuff in storage
- Get a room at the YMCA
- Find shared housing
- Find crap job if I don’t have web job
- Try to scrape up enough rent money to stay (repeat monthly)
And I’ll see how far that plan goes. Plan B and C should cover some of the worst case scenarios, like running out of money too damn soon or not being able to find any housing or work anywhere.
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LifeArt, Music, and Work
January 5, 2003
I was just reading some journal entries from people on the livejournal, and it inspired me to write another entry. Usually, I think of good things to write whenever my computer is off. Then I forget about them.
So here’s today’s entry of importance:
I’m trying to get some of my paintings back from a local tax business/art gallery here in Iowa City, and I have found that is difficult to do when operating on this damned night-work sleeping schedule, which I will hopefully not be talking about much longer. I overslept about a half hour on my day off and missed the (kind of) appointment I had with the owner dude, so I will see him on a weekday, I imagine.
Furthermore, my good friend from the Kansas City Art Institute sent me a good CD of mp3s for Christmas, and I would be listening to those. Iron Maiden, Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and Grob are always good for a quality listen.
The other day I was having trouble falling asleep, so I thought of all the shitty short-term manual labor jobs I’ve had in the past and present. It was a good technique to get me tired, and I do recommend it.
Christmas and New Year’s Eve
January 3, 2003
I see it has been a while since I’d have writtened in here. And I guess now the while is over for a while.
Since the holiday season has just gone by, I suppose I could mention Christmas- and New Year’s-related topics. The clever would write "holidaze" and that is alright with me. I will write a list in a businesslike manner:
Christmas:
- 7 days in Topeka, KS
- Completely flipped my sleeping schedule to be awake during the day
- "Lucky," the family cat, put to sleep
- Some grieving
- Many card games
- Met my mom’s boyfriend
- Got some good Boogie Down Productions CDs
- Turned 25 years old
- Got the digital camera I’d been saving for
- Sat around
- Nightly walks with the dog
New Year’s:
- Midnight, New Year’s Eve passed without incident
- Because I was stocking ice cream toppings at the grocery store
- Wrote ‘2003’ for first time on my rent check
- Long lost friends visit unexpectedly on New Year’s
- We go to a nearly empty bar
- Drink a beer
- Go to work
And that was my holiday season, boring or not. The 7 days off work did much good, though.
Current Desktop
December 14, 2002
My current desktop:
I like my desktop because it reminds me of when I used to draw things.
(Please see also the Recursive Screenshot)
Power Outage and Art
December 13, 2002
Yesterday was a bad day. Among other things (email outage during a deadline, etc.), I was visited by Jehovah’s Witnesses and somebody turned the power to my building off again. The power box to my apartment building has a prominent external switch that is unlocked, so whenever some drunk dude passes by at 2am, that dude can turn off the power to the entire shoebox building I’m living in. Then I have to find my flashlight, go outside, and turn it back on. One of these days, I’ll be working on some important project on my computer without saving regularly, and it will go all to shit. Then I’ll have to run outside and get my ass kicked trying to fight whoever cut the power and killed my project.
Otherwise, On and On is currently running on 51% content (as of this entry). I’ll see what happens to that once I finally redesign this site a little bit, like I’ve been meaning to.
While I’ve been on 4 days vacation from my job, I’ve been working on a painting for my sister for Christmas. She regularly commissions large paintings from me on subjects I would not usually paint (like flowers and Peanuts comics), but I’m trying to use these commissions to expand the "mainstream" commercial appeal of my style. I also did this while at an illustration internship for the Kansas City Star. I did some fairly boring family- and dog-related illustrations there. These types of illustrations help me draw and paint subjects other than skulls and bones and wires, for better or worse.
Also, I just watched Carlito’s Way, and found it interesting. I’m assuming it was set in the 70’s, with all the afros and mirror sunglasses.
Request for Time Off
December 6, 2002
Here’s something I do not like about shit jobs—I ask for 4 days off to catch up on freelance projects, and coworkers get angry because they have to work faster those 4 days, since I won’t be there. Nevermind the fact that if I didn’t take this time off, I’d probably quit. What the hell did they do before I was hired?
/selfish ass
The Fridge and The Fat Boys
November 30, 2002
William “The Refrigerator” Perry considers the possibility of collaborating with The Fat Boys.