Facebook break...

It's official again. I'm taking a break from Facebook. I can't really find anything constructive to tell others about myself that will be worth the finger typing energy. My boycotting comes pretty close to completely deactivating my account but some of my friends can only reach me by facebook.

so if you wish to catch me, you'll have to track me down on tumblr

random commissions

My sisters have been bugging for me commission pieces. Not that it would take a long time to complete thing because what they would was rather simple. It amounted me to putting in actually work to complete them. Over the last couple of weeks that is what i created for them.

my youngest sister, Courtney wanted a wolverine drawing for her boyfriend. Therefor i found the grittiest drawing that i could find of him and put my own spin on it.

I'm proud of my pencil drawing because this is the first one in a long time that i actually completely focused on a drawing. Not just simply drew a sketch and threw me hands up and claimed it to be complete.

Macho Man and the birth of INTER

This piece came about in a very interesting way. I wanted to a tribute piece to Macho Man Randy Savage, the former spokesman of Slim Jim. I blogged before about me being a huge wrestling fan over the years. When i mention that i'm one to most people they almost always comment that 20 years ago or more is when they were really fans but they grew out of it. Well i'm one of the few that didn't but that is another story.

Macho Man passed away due to a heart attack after a car accident on the same day that the world was projected to end. This sparked a lot of savior style artwork proclaiming him to be Christ-like. I'm not here to comment on it religiously because everyone has their own beliefs even if it's not to believe at all. I simply wanted to go another direction. I drew inspiration from graffiti artwork. A fellow artist that i met lent me a dvd that he owned on the graffiti movement. Over the years i've been a closet graffiti artist. I remember sitting in church with my cousin, LJ spelling out our names in block form on a piece of paper. I wanted to create something that is probably more commercially acceptable and mixes the 2 genres.

No piece would be complete without the tag or name. I chose something a little different for my name, Inter. So one day if i even get a t-shirt design or create a line of clothes for myself Inter was be my name which is short for Intermission. Still i feel that is a whole other topic.

Where is the modesty?

I love old photos and i especially like the grittiness that can be viewed in black and whites. As i do quite often i found this photo on tumblr and i was drawn to the image. The female is pale skin fights through the background and her silhouette gets lost in the shadows. The vintage woman is something that i yearn for currently. My definition of a vintage or timeless beauty is a women that is attention grabbing in its truest sense. She's pretty and sometimes powerful but doesn't always need to over stimulate the male eye into proving how sexy she is. Simply by the way she carries herself others can tell by her personality that she simply is that way. Somehow all those things are gone long and lost in an era of a sexually aggressive society. Is modesty really a lost art?

Good Morning Daddy (pic & sketch)

This is one of the more emotionally jerking sketches that i've done in some time. I will never go into great detail on what i feel or felt at the moment when i began it. However i can tell you that i crossed a whole spectrum of emotions. Honestly i believe it was good to confront my feelings and deal with the problems because it isn't always as easy and simply as we would like it to be. So even on a Tuesday like this, when the weather is warm, the sun is shining, and the wind creates a slight breeze i'm aware. I know that everyday is but a journey and begins with 1 step and it's to late to turn back.

Noir Pop Art Phrase ONE Part 2

Since i didn't make it out to drawing one of my free Tues nights i stayed at home to paint. I went over all the yellow and brown i had used to block in the image with black.

Unhappy with the idea that i would take simply black with enough to get the image down. I began actually painting it. So my idea goal is to be completely done with the 1st phrase close to the middle or end of next week. It's going to take me putting time and effort into doing but it can happen.

Noir Graffiti project : phrase ONE

The past month i've been inspired by graffiti artist that i know. Whether it's a completely unknown artist or someone that my friends know, I'm move by the expressive strokes and my ability to attempt to create so free form pieces. About 20 years ago anything was possibly, my mind wasn't limited by any major restrains. However know i struggle with creativity but i feel so trapped into going with the norm. Therefor i think graffiti is a easy way to branch out a little.

Which brings up to my latest project, i came up with the grand idea that i wanted to turn a board of wood into a a piece of art. At work if shelves are damaged we generally throw them away. I found a board that would've been discarded by normal standards home and tucked it away some years ago. Little did i know that this lightening bolt of inspiration would hit me and gave me an idea. Only with a slight concept in hand of what i wanted things to look like, i began to paint on the board. Sadly enough it will have 2 stages of painting. The photo realism stage then the creative graffiti stage to follow but i'm still moving at a pace. Not the quickest of paces but i'm still moving.

Scarlett Johansson

It's no mystery to anyone that i have a crush on Scarlett. I'm not sure if it's her eyes, full lips or her curly hair. Maybe it's even a combination of it all. this is a sketch i did sometime last month but have been to lazy to post