Good Stuff

Got good stuff in the mail this week...

Awesome mug from Thabto...



And a t-shirt I designed along with a bunch of candy from Boca Sweets

Rant

When I was in NYC, I broke down and went to see a couple mainstream movies. Both were disappointments. But I didn't go into either one expecting much.

First, I saw Death Race. It had its moments, but was nowhere as good as the original, Death Race 2000. I blame the new way of movie making. Film all action sequences from 18 different angles, then do really quick cuts so no shot is on screen for more than a fraction of a second. You see a lot, but you really see nothing. The style does nothing for me, but apparently the kids love it.

Next, I finally got around to seeing The Dark Knight. I tell people that I really don't like superhero movies, to which they normally respond, "Oh, I don't really like superhero movies either, but THIS one is good!" I've heard that about X-Men, Spider-man, Transformers, and of course, the past two Batman movies. And I've been disappointed with all of them. I went into The Dark Knight with an open mind. People have been raving about it. And the movie just didn't do anything for me. I can't figure out why people love it so much. I didn't find the cinematography, story or acting to be anything extraordinary. It really baffles me why people think that this is such a great movie.

For me, there's just something that doesn't translate from the comic book page to live action movies, or even to cartoons.

Be Careful

Stuff I Saw

RGB VS CMYK

I Still Miss NYC

CarbonMade

My portfolio has been featured on CarbonMade.
Check it out.

Evilness Abounds

I just stumbled onto this facetious Fan Club card for a VP that I worked under at one of my former places of employment. He's the total corporate type, so we never saw eye to eye. At one point, he gave me a lecture about creativity. "Creativity is more than graffiti and cartoons." Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

I took out my frustrations by making Fan Club cards for everyone in the department.

Crackdown

At work, I'm creating an e-card where the user can upload their photo to a dollar bill. So the first thing I did was scan in some money. When I went to open the files in Photoshop, I got this warning. Really took me by surprise.

Paper Bags

Cell Phone Photo Backlog

Pray For Ice Cream

Another Portfolio Site

Another look at Dave Savage and some Savage Monsters.

Good Kids, Bad Kids

Savage Monsters For President!

Savage Monsters in Stereo!

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but every time I try to upload this, it drops most of the frames or condenses the play time to 12 seconds. I give up. I'm taking a nap.

Stuff I Saw On Silver Lake Blvd

All-A-Board at Monkeyhouse Toys

My first gallery show in LA is opening next Saturday, August 23. 4-8 PM. I have 3 boards in the show, one of which is on the promo card. Should be a good time.

Check out the Monkeyhouse Toys site!

Spaghetti Monsters

I did this at work a few days ago and it's been getting a good response from some of my coworkers. They've said that they like this "new direction" I'm going in. Kind of odd to me since the first drawing I did of a similar style was in 2001 or 2002. And of course it harkens back to the days of Basil Wolverton's spaghetti and meatball drawings.

Brief aside: Blogger says that harkens is misspelled. I suppose "harken" isn't in many people's lexicon. Just like "bumbershoot." Sometimes I hate the modern world.

Dead Boys Running Wild

No Fun At The Hoover Dam

Turtle Rage!

My pal John Coulter made editor's pick on Shirt Woot. Pick up a shirt for only $10!

Destination Earth!

Stop Driving Us Crazy!

Eyeball Pattern

Bad Patterns

This 'n' That

Toys and Work

Against my better judgment, I went out and bought a new camera. So far, I've only popped off a few shots. I'm used to a much bigger camera, but something more compact with more megapixels is what I really needed. The skate decks are still in progress. And the pics of my apartment don't show the squalor in which I really live.

Found While Out and About