nov292011 Well, I made it just in time to put up a November update. But unlike I assumed during my last update, I didn't need to push all the way into December to finish this first section. In fact, it's done now. Ready. Complete- for your reading pleasure (hopefully). So click on the button to the right (That's our main character, placing a little bit of acid into his mouth, FYI).

I started outlining notes for this project back in January. Although I didn't begin seriously working on the project until late summer, I am a mere 18 pages in, of what will most likely turn out to be a 100 - 120 page project. If I see this all the way through, it will literally be a year or two until I can expect to see the end. Let's hope this is worth it.

I have a large website project on the horizon that will have most of my attention through the coming weeks. But I will slowly begin laying out Part 2, and hope to have it up sometime this Winter.

oct242011 This project is going a bit slower than I originally anticipated, due to an influx of freelance work and other side projects.

But it is still moving along. By the end of October I should be halfway through Chapter 1. I am now realistically hoping for a December time-frame to finish up this first batch of work and post it online.

In the meantime, this is the first full page spread of Chapter 1.

Oh yeah... and I forgot to post anything in September. Oops.

aug302011 As predicted last month, the Preface & Introduction are complete.

I have decided I will not post them until Chapter 1 is ready to accompany them. I anticipate having the 8 pages or so for Chapter 1 complete in October (fingers crossed) or myabe November. Regardless, there will be monthly updates.

In the meantime, here is a glimpse at some finished artwork.

jul272011 Four days before the deadline I'm getting this post in. Here is my progress report:

1. Outline/General research complete. (Started Jan '11)

2. First draft of 16 part script written. (Started Feb-Mar '11)

3. Draft revised, now considered working draft. (Completed Jul '11)

4. Preface/Introduction thumbnails and sketches complete. (Completed Jul '11)

5a. Release finished Preface/Introduction? (Est. Aug '11)
5b. or Release finished Preface/Introduction with Part 1? (Est. Sep-Nov '11)

...Decisions... Decisions...

jun132011 ac • count • a • bil • i • ty [uh-koun-tuh-bil-i-tee] - noun

1. The state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.

At least once a month. From now on. Updates on a forthcoming project. Today: Collage of notebook, writing drafts, source material, and inspiration.

sep062010 And here we are yet again: another site redesign. Not major. But not minor, either. The layout isn't much different. But hopefully some kinks have been worked out that weren't all that technically correct about the 2+ year old version 6.0. Fingers crossed, at least.

Also adding another tattoo that I hurriedly drew a few months back that has yet to be used in any fashion. Why do people keep asking the agnostic to draw Christian crosses for them?

jun212010 As always, it's been another 6 months since I've last updated my site. Usually, that means I've fallen into some sort of unproductive funk (or, actually, that I had temporarily found myself in a brief moment of productivity, and finished a piece or two worth uploading.) NOT SO, today. For the last 6 months, I have dedicated much of my free time to putting together a complete, 24 page, sequential "Graphic Essay" (I believe I coined that term). I wrote the script nearly a year and a half ago, and am proud that not only was it able to see the light of day-- but that I was able to stick with it over the last half year and actually see a project of this size through to the end. That's a good sign for things to come.

dec082009 Deviant Art, of which I am a member, holds a whole bunch of contests that I normally have little interest in and don't bother entering. When I ran across the Wacom Bring Your Vision to Life contest, though, I was intrigued, because: A) The prizes were cool, and (more importantly) B) I found the subject to be of particular interest. Below is the statement submitted to Deviant Art with the piece:

So the Wacom contest really inspired me to look at my "dreams" in a few different ways. There are the aspirations-- things that I feel would bring me happiness and a sense of fulfillment if accomplished within my life.

Those are, however, defined within the construct of time-- limitation on our abilities to succeed in these endeavors-- whether they be societal limitations (i.e. which careers are valued; finding a compatible spouse...), or biological (i.e. the ability to conceive a child; health issues as your body ages...), etc.

Regardless, time (i.e. Saturn) consumes all these goals with the eventuality of death, which is directly chained to the construct of religion and otherworldliness within the same plane as our collected aspirations.

My ultimate dream would thus be an ability to transcend happiness and satisfaction based purely on physical accomplishments, and find a peace of oneness with my surroundings, and thus, myself. So that, regardless of specific pursuits, I can find joy within life in and of itself, with a greater understanding of the universe I belong to, and thus, a greater acceptance of the many aspects of it which are out of our collective control.

sep052009 So a friend approached me to work on a cover-up tattoo design, which would incorporate a Guardian Angel in some way. More so out of obligation-- but slightly because I didn't mind the subject matter-- I decided to go ahead and put together a few concepts for him.

Additionally, while sketching out the tattoos, I ran across the project that I had started on in May of last year (see about 5 posts down), which was going to create a large collage of classic movie sketches, set against a backdrop of the lit Hollywood sign. It never quite came to fruition, as it was going to be quite the undertaking. The first sketch I made was the Gone With the Wind one I posted then. From there I made about five or six more-- none of which I was ever completely thrilled with-- except the one of Marlon Brando's Don Corleone: The Godfather.

aug112009 So it only took eight months, but I finally have my design portfolio up and running. Other than that, I have done nothing of any artistic value whatsoever. I worked on a 60 page personal print project for quite a while, and also helped my friend get his site up: Dodgers Rumors. But other than that, I've been completely unproductive. Having wrapped up a couple unfinished projects now, I hope to add something of interest here soon.

feb072009 So sometime in late January, I noticed a posting on an art blog about the New Yorker's annual contest, to redesign their original 1925 cover of Eustace Tilley, a character developed for the magazine. I didn't win anything- but no biggie. I whipped this out within a couple days.

I've also been spending quite a bit of time trying to get my design portfolio up and online. I'm almost there. In addition, I just recently finished completely updating my Flickr account, which I'm going to use to showcase any photography from now on. It's way easier than the process I used to go through to upload photos.