Well tonight I have a meeting with the art director for Robert Morris Magazine, I'm going to be working on there cover art on one of their issues. I think it's a pretty big deal to have my artwork on anyone's magazine cover. If this works out this could be a stepping stone for me to do other big jobs.

Also, Resident Evil 5 comes out tomorrow and I have the day off...yay.

Sorry to say that my comic strip Gunpowder Green (the treefrog samurai) will be put on hold for a season.:

Recently an ol' AIP (Art Institute of Pittsburgh) buddy of my tells me that a up and coming African American Magazine is starting to service and they needs an artist. He's been doing some writing for the mag for sometime and recently he calls me up and tells me, hey would you be interested in doing illustrations for a magazine they need someone that can use PS and can draw some hip-hop things.

Well since recently I've been all about pride in my race I'm like hells yeah I do it. I don't know all the details, but I have to take a look at there stuff to get a feel for if I can do it.

As soon as my buddy gets all the details I'll get set up with a phone interview. The best part is I can do this job here in the burgh and not have to move anywhere or quit my day job, thx interweb!

Ello, Ello everybody how you've been? I just thought I'd do a lil Blogging about what's been going on in the 16-bit slice of heavenly hell that is my mind.

Recently I've been really obsessed with dreadlocks (even though there's nothing dreadful about them, I personally prefer just calling them locks) I've faving a lot of random pics of locks on DA.

So far I've had mine for about 3 months and I really can't explain the feeling I have spiritually ever since I've had them done. So if you're thinkin about getting locks I say just do it, it's nice just waking up in the morning and not worrying about what you look like or having bedhead or frizzies. Just wash up put on your clothes and walk out the door.:content:

My daily life of things has been going pretty good for me I think. I've been keeping myself busy and trying to be more sociable physically and on the net.


I'm still going to my oil painting workshop every Tuesdays. I'm in no rush to get my painting done when I'm there it's just something I like to do do to break up the sketching,inking and coloring in PS. Also I like to talk to other artist, it seems like other artist are the only other people that I can talk to on the same level sometimes.


I've turned my local coffeeshop Affogato into my art studio away from home. I love drawing there it reminds me of Cheers I go there so much I know just about everyone that walks in and they no me. I almost wish there was one of those random clapping sound FX when I walk in.

Recenlty I've uploaded a pic named the Treefrog Samurai, it inspired me to work on a webcomic called Gunpowder Green. It's pretty much about that frog walking around getting into fights with random things such as birds,spiders,snakes,mice and other forest animals even some mythical ones.

The things that'll make it interesting is I decided to keep him scaled so he's bout 4 inches high or so. So the things he fights that are small to us will be like monsters to him.


I don't have the time to get real detailed with a story and dialogue so I decide to set the mood using Haiku's.


It's a bi-weekly 1 panel webcomic I'll post first day of spring on a variety of sites with myself and other guest poets. So the mood of each panel really depends on the who's writing it.


Also just to keep in mind with how traditional Haiku's are written along with the seasons changing. The environment in the panels will change along with the seasons. I figure spring was the best time to start since it symbolizes the beginning of new life.


Well wish me luck hopefully this webcomic idea won't be another idea I lose interest in, heh.

Well it's Friday also known as Steeler day at work today. I think I'm going to make it my goal now to custom make a Steeler shirt that's all Punk Rock style so I can sport it at work.


One thing that weirds me out about office life is that most people around you are so predictable.


Someone ask me today how I was doing today and instead of replying the typical "I'm ok a and you?" I say, "I feel Weasel Crap Coffee" they chuckle and reply, "Well at least it's Friday"...WTH I know they mean well, but it's really weird on a Friday if you retort any sarcastic negative humor response the answer you will always get is, "Well at least it's Friday" It's like a mathematical fact or something


I'm pretty sure this response well be said no matter what negative you say will be:

Hi <your name here> how are you doing? + I feel like god excrement = Well at least it's Friday

Also I notice no matter what if you put "other then that I feel great" after ANY sentence the response will be "well that's good"


EXAMLPE:
Hi <your name here> how are you doing? + I just crash into a truck full of babies and cuban cigars, but other that I feel great = well that's good


(NOTE: If it's a Friday the answer also might be well that's good, at least it's Friday)


It's truly weird stuff, the likely hood of these responses occurring I notice is in the morning, try it sometime.

Just thought I'd update my journal


So over the weekend on Friday I was invited by my friend Lunchbox to this place called Sing Songs.
It was my first time going there I enjoy the music and the company there a good bit. I think what I like best about the no-smoking laws in some bars is I don't have to worry about smelling like god awful cigs when I go to these places. I kind of wished I could've spent a hour more there getting to know the people that came with Lunchbox they were pretty cool and nice. I get very shy around new people sometimes, it takes a couple hours if not meetings for me to open up a conversation.



Most of last week though I've been off my anti-depressants and have been feeling a bit weird I'm very lightheaded and dizzy all the time. I'm like getting no help from my doctor WTF!


On Sat I hung out with another one of my friends Kingjder we went to an bar/resturant called Fatheads (one of my favorite restaurants in Shittsburgh BTW)I got a Voodoo Killer Burger(da-dah-daaaaaaa)That Voodoo killer burger was great, but it was really painful to eat after a while the ranch, hotsauce, redpeppers and jalapeños made it everything it promised. It was really freaking tasty but yeah, I don’t see myself ordering that again.


After that KingJder came over to my place and we played some Streetfighter 2 Turbo HD on the xbox360...OMG that game opened my eyes on how spoiled we are with the 2D fighting games that are currently out; the game mechanics are waaaay freaking sweet in comparison. Wow I really do appreciate the SFA and the CvS Series a lot now. I totally forgot in the old SF2T you can lose a match in less then 10 sec and stuff is super-cheap. It was a nice trip down memory lane and the sprites are way cool, I’m just confused on how I ever played that game; as kids we must have use a lot of imagination or something. My guess is, that was the best when it was out and there was nothing that could compare.
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I also bought an easel for me oil painting that was on sale for 60 bucks I saved $24...yippy skippy! (haven't heard that in a while)


I played a bit off WoW too and watched THE Nardia sequel last night, I had mix feelingS about that movie. I like it because it was a fantasy movie, to me no matter how bad a fantasy movie is I always appreciate it when comes out. For the most part I thought some things were dumb, now I’m sure that the book was freaking awesome or whatever; but the way that it all happen was a bit of a “WTF-BOMB”

I'm not sure if any of you know, but I've been growing locks in me hair. So far I think they look pretty cool, I'm not planning on having them clumpy and down to my ass so don't get that idea. So far I'm really diggin them it's kind of nice not worrying about your hair so much when you wake up in the morning. I did some a lot of research on locks most of the rumors you hear aren't really true (like there dirty and smelly) it really depends on how you take care of them.