Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Just experimenting...
Just toying around with one of the Amazon widgets here - something I've been trying to figure out recently. And just to keep this interesting, here's another piece of old artwork for a potential December Sun manga book that I just haven't gotten around to working on yet.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Joe Tech
One of the sites I frequent when I use Entrecard. I think the articles are interesting, and who knows, maybe I'll win this slot machine someday...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Web Speed Test!
I just checked out the speed of my main site (dscomic.com) over at loadimpact, and looks like it didn't do too badly. I was half expecting it to crash with all the images having to load...
Here's some more miscellaneous art from the garage... a big, strange robot...
Here's some more miscellaneous art from the garage... a big, strange robot...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
More garage sketch goodies
Sketch I found for a title called Tzedek that I illustrated a few years ago. More pages available here.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Election Day with silly lyrics
I put together a stupid video of an Arcadia video, but with silly misheard lyrics and images. Here's the video, and with it the silly lyrics as I've heard them in the song.
I gotta lou to the day
Opening eyes in paleo fingers
Chetah and chetaling(?) away
citys aslay
she teething his minstrell
fully enraged shes mean and she wrestles
Sew wrestlers sew wrestlers indeed
Olive and you as they say
rumors arive but yellow is tri-force
My guard is by the way
Are you aware you'll be an aboeba?
makin' your saber behavior look evil
sues my tying but say
how'd you fit in in with this fruitland of duty?
Max and a big surprise
Your smile something new
pull my shot off and play
We sacred and bound to suffer the heat ray
pull my shot off and play
Were coming up on re-election day (I understood that!)
stretching my lung down the way
take you're a vacation scratching my bod-A
use your into it and play
Mayberry have more playtime with money
Max and a big surprise
pull my shot off and play
I'm shaving myself to suffer the heat ray
pull my shot off and play
We're coming off on re-election day
(creepy woman talks now)
Viles and bodice let us trance down in
cut-off murmors and sound of clown hands and skin
carried fervor it tangles trams
horsey
tide
save him some tide to slip away
you can die!
Uuuuuuuuh...
Shootin' be askin'
Whiiii....
Wild ant schemin'
Could be my election deh
Max is a big surprise
You know, something new
pull my shot off and play
We're coming off on re-election day
Owww
Re-election day
(why isn't the song called "re-election day"?
I gotta lou to the day
Opening eyes in paleo fingers
Chetah and chetaling(?) away
citys aslay
she teething his minstrell
fully enraged shes mean and she wrestles
Sew wrestlers sew wrestlers indeed
Olive and you as they say
rumors arive but yellow is tri-force
My guard is by the way
Are you aware you'll be an aboeba?
makin' your saber behavior look evil
sues my tying but say
how'd you fit in in with this fruitland of duty?
Max and a big surprise
Your smile something new
pull my shot off and play
We sacred and bound to suffer the heat ray
pull my shot off and play
Were coming up on re-election day (I understood that!)
stretching my lung down the way
take you're a vacation scratching my bod-A
use your into it and play
Mayberry have more playtime with money
Max and a big surprise
pull my shot off and play
I'm shaving myself to suffer the heat ray
pull my shot off and play
We're coming off on re-election day
(creepy woman talks now)
Viles and bodice let us trance down in
cut-off murmors and sound of clown hands and skin
carried fervor it tangles trams
horsey
tide
save him some tide to slip away
you can die!
Uuuuuuuuh...
Shootin' be askin'
Whiiii....
Wild ant schemin'
Could be my election deh
Max is a big surprise
You know, something new
pull my shot off and play
We're coming off on re-election day
Owww
Re-election day
(why isn't the song called "re-election day"?
Labels:
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duran duran,
film music,
misheard lyrics,
video
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Landscape
Captain Beard!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
December Sun Holiday issue!
I know what these figures mean! I need to write a December Sun Holiday issue! Who cares if it's goofy!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Yay! This site hasn't been banned yet!
I just checked it with the Google Banned Checker tool, and this site hasn't been banned!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Why TRON is my favorite movie ever #3
Another thing I love about Tron is the spiritual aspects of the film. There's an interesting 1-1 ratio of Tron computer characters to their individual "Users", the User being basically the equivalent of a God to them (even in the subtitles, the term "Users" is used in upper-case, which I thought was clever.
There are many, many spiritual aspects to the film, such as the Tron character entering the chapel-like IO tower and communicating with his User (almost as if he's offering a prayer) and the Sark/MCP characters are very similar to a marxist government persecuting the believers (Sark openly tells the video game characters that they should abandon their beliefs in "the Users", and even the guards who work for Sark make jibes at a User-believing game character, calling him a "religious nut".) Even the Ram character takes consolation, at his death, in knowing that Flyn is a validation in his belief in the users.
And of course, the Flyn character, a human in video game character form, has some messianic parallels, including his act of self-sacrifice at the end of the film to free the world from the bondage to the MCP (sin?)
There's plenty of the in the film, making for some interesting parallels.
There are many, many spiritual aspects to the film, such as the Tron character entering the chapel-like IO tower and communicating with his User (almost as if he's offering a prayer) and the Sark/MCP characters are very similar to a marxist government persecuting the believers (Sark openly tells the video game characters that they should abandon their beliefs in "the Users", and even the guards who work for Sark make jibes at a User-believing game character, calling him a "religious nut".) Even the Ram character takes consolation, at his death, in knowing that Flyn is a validation in his belief in the users.
And of course, the Flyn character, a human in video game character form, has some messianic parallels, including his act of self-sacrifice at the end of the film to free the world from the bondage to the MCP (sin?)
There's plenty of the in the film, making for some interesting parallels.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Why TRON is my favorite movie ever #1
I'm going to start a new, inane series here, posted whenever, about why Tron is my favorite film ever. When I say that, I mean simply in terms of escapism, special effects, music, lighting, and corny acting. All of these are critical to make a film a favorite, and TRON exceeds in all of these.
Here's arbitrary reason #1: I love to colors of TRON and, namely, the cool violet twilight glow that always seems to be going on in TRONland. The IO tower lights are also pretty cool tool.
I told you it was all arbitrary.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Old, strange "Reformed Fruit" art
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Cool visitor globe thing
Pretty nifty globe widget thing. Not very practical if your blog is a mostly dead one like this one is. Oh well, it's still fun to watch.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Apples!
This is the logo I put together for my nutritional musing blog. I took it from a clipart disk of freebie images.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Hollywood
My depiction of the HOLLYWOOD letters. I wish Hollywood would hurry up already and make me a lucrative offer to my December Sun character, so that I can retire...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
More fun stuff from the C drive...
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Yeay! This blog is worthless!
As of today, according to this widget, this blog is worthless! Yay!
My blog is worth $0.00.
How much is your blog worth?
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Bright as Yellow
The Innocence Mission remain one of my favorite bands ever, and here are some of their videos...
View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com
View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com
Cool widget about cars
I don't get into cars, or Range Rovers, for that matter, but I thought this was cool, since it makes me feel like I work security in a parking garage...
Monday, July 20, 2009
San Diego comic con 2009
One of these days I might make it to San Diego for the annual convention, as part of my December Sun book. I've been looking at the convention site, and it's a sensory overload just looking at the site, without even setting foot on the convention floor!
One of the cool things being offered is a limited edition fine art print of TRON concept artwork. I've seen some of this on the jacket to the TRON dvd, so it's cool to finally see the full image. TRON is one of my favorite films, as both a remarkable scifi film, a corny film, and an all-ages film, all rolled into one!
Someday San Diego, maybe. But mustering the resources to get out there is another thing entirely.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Entrecard and ALMOST hit 300 drops, until...
Billy Leavell's "Ray Rocket" meets "Archie" part 5
Page 5, the final page of the Ray Rocket saga. Shameless usage of David Bowie (with nod at the end of the story). I think I was just really big into his music at the time or something...
Labels:
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comics,
david bowie,
inking,
pencils,
ray rocket
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Billy Leavell's "Ray Rocket" meets "Archie" part 2
Page 2 of the Ray Rocket story. The art now goes into a faux-Archie style... not a very good faux-Archie style, but hey, I was jus having fun. Archie is one of those few comic titles you can find on the shelves of Walmart, and I've wondered if I could ever draw something like this professionally (the answer: no.)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Billy Leavell's "Ray Rocket" meets "Archie" part 1
This was in a one-shot, all-for-fun story and it was a fun exercise in drawing characters I've never drawn before. I'll be posting more pages shortly...
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Precinct
I found this while doing some background images searches for a comic I'm drawing now: this is actually pretty cool. It's a site advertising off-Hollywood sets that can be rented for films, such as hospital, airplane and police station. Pretty cool, actually. So if you're making a low-budget film, you could just pay to rent the studio for your police scene. Check it out... link
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
There I fixed it
I site I've been enjoying, with a lot of very silly do-it-yourself work, is There I fixed it. So many of the entires are hilarious, and, sadly, could have been things that I would have thought of doing as well. Worth checking out.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Fun flash game! (if Flash was working properly on my PC)
Problems galore with Flash on my PC lately. Ah, maybe it's all for the better, as Flash apps just tend to be huge time drains. Here's a Flash game that I bet is fun, if I could get it to work properly...
Rolly-Polly Robot
Somewhere I've got notes stored away for an elaborate shooter game, and this would be one of the characters in it. After having drained a considerable amount of soul energy into 3D shooters over the years, I've got a number of ideas that I would love to see incorporated into a game someday. I've written some stories and designed a handful of characters that, if December Sun ever takes off financially (hahahahaha!) I'd make the investment to see this game into reality (if only for the purpose of making a game that I'd enjoy playing.)
For now, it's just an idea in the back of my mind...
For now, it's just an idea in the back of my mind...
Snake Island
Creepy stuff over at National Geographic (I'm mixed on my opinion of NG. I think they do some good stuff, but I know I've read some questionable things about some of their reports in the past, plus seen an example of bad photoshopping they did with an image, but I'm getting off topic...)
Snake Island, or the small Brazilian island of Queimada Grande, is a freakish island uninhabited by humans, but instead populated by venomous golden lancehead vipers. Per NG's statistics "there’s one golden lancehead here per square meter (1.2 square yards)". So you can't step somewhere without stepping on one.
This is an island I'll avoid.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Top Jobs and Career Trends
No idea where my job is going lately (actually, it's going offshore) so I find articles like this one on top job trends to be handy and informative.
Here's another handy article on dream jobs (but alas, the list does not include "super hero"). Being a film critic would be fun, but it would probably drain the novelty of watching films away (plus for every decent film, you've got to sit through a dozen turkeys.)
Here's another handy article on dream jobs (but alas, the list does not include "super hero"). Being a film critic would be fun, but it would probably drain the novelty of watching films away (plus for every decent film, you've got to sit through a dozen turkeys.)
Expanding Gummi Bears?
I found this disturbing image on this site, featuring a gummi bear as it appears after soaked. Creepy to consider what one's stomach looks like after eating a bag of these things.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Treasure Island, Florida and the Ramada Inn
Years ago we stayed at the Ramada Inn of Treasure Island, Florida. It was nice, and had a great view of the ocean from our room. I wish I could go further with the images, but Google Streets will only show the street. The Ramada was nice, although the individual working at their gift shop was extremely rude. Ah, the little things I remember.
I think we ate an an IHOP on the island, and one of the things I recall, beyond just how pleasant the environment of the town was, was the number of loud motorcycles roaring past outside, almost all the time. Not sure what the deal is with loud motorcycles, but there seems to be a connection with beach areas (I noticed this with Galveston too.) If I can find my St. John's Pass images, I might post them here.
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I think we ate an an IHOP on the island, and one of the things I recall, beyond just how pleasant the environment of the town was, was the number of loud motorcycles roaring past outside, almost all the time. Not sure what the deal is with loud motorcycles, but there seems to be a connection with beach areas (I noticed this with Galveston too.) If I can find my St. John's Pass images, I might post them here.
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Disintegrate
This was an illustration I did for an art class back at Florida State, ages ago. I was as FSU for a couple years studying art, liberal arts, and the general dehumanizing feeling of being in courses with tons of other people. I actually didn't think very highly of FSU, and a large part of why I transferred to Cameron was for smaller class sizes, and to study from teachers who actually gave you the time of day (and didn't just delegate this task to teaching assistants, as happened at FSU.)
Just ranting...
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