Old Snake

Huzah! My first Corel Painter...painting. I always wanted to draw/paint this Solid Snake poster I had. I'm really loving the layering options for the program...

Hummingbird

My hear beats with the strength of 100 pistons
I tremble, I shiver
To every word, I merely quiver
Like an arrow, bolting hither and thither
Soaring high, soaring fast
Feeling happy
For as long as it will last

Dream 01

I once had a dream that took from David Cronenberg's The Fly with Jeff Goldblum. In it, he didn't become a fly creature. Rather, his baboon had fused itself with some DNA from Goldblum's character "Seth Brundle." I was following Brundle through the hallway leading up to his studio when we hear a loud banging on the door. He opens the door to find the baboon jumping wildly about. Bug eyed, Brundle puts his hands out and attempts the calm the crazed primate.
"It's okay, it's okay," Brundle says.
I merely stand by watching in amazement. In the dream, we have assumed that Brundle hasn't spent clearly enough time with the baboon. This leads to Brundle pulling out a deck of cards. He slaps the deck in the palm of his left hand (with his right, of course). He pulls a table up and calls for the baboon to sit across.
"Alright. You wanted some buddy time? You got it."
He pulls a stool over and sits himself comfortably atop the metal seat. He spreads the cards out on the table, preparing the cards for a round of Texas Hold 'Em Poker. The baboon screams wildly and jumps up and down on his appropriate stool. In the meantime, I'm off to the side...observing.
I'm telling you, this was one weird dream. BUT! It was AWESOME! I mean, c'mon. Jeff Goldblum...doing his thing...in my dream. It didn't make much sense to me, but I couldn't give a baboon's ass as to who cared.

That's it.
More dreams to come. I'm still waiting for that Liam Neeson dream...

Green

I believe I've had an epiphany. And it took a figurative slap in the face to figure it out. I don't know how many of these epiphanies I've had thus far, but they're wonderful. It's 12:06 right now, and I'm not frightened...No, not frightened; peaceful. Maybe it's the movie I just watched. Maybe it's that Green tea I just drank. Maybe it's the fact that I haven't done wrong this week. Maybe...who knows? I just feel...good. I wish it were morning. Well, it is. Technically. But you know what I mean. I wish I didn't have to sleep. I have this feeling inside me, and I want to do something with it. All of a sudden, ideas came rushing back to me like a stream of consciousness. I feel awake. My eyes are open and I want to see.
In the meantime, just a lil somethin' somehtin' I drew up while waiting for Kung Fu Panda -- WHICH -- by the way, is fantastic.

Patchwork

This was assignment a while back. I took various photographs of my area and combined them into one piece. The idea here is patchwork.

Apocalypse Pleased

This not-having-a-mouse-or-wacom-tablet thing is driving me nuts. I had to keep working...
I originally wanted to make a self portrait. I ended up inking it and fiddling around with it in Photoshop. Apocalypse Please was playing at the time...the half-tone effect reminded me of the visuals used for the song in live shows as well...funny.

Update 01

Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. It's been over a week since I've last posted. Sincere apologies, all around. I spent the last week at home with family. In about a week, school will start again. Here's the rundown on what I'll be up to in the near future...

I. I ordered a WACOM tablet and Corel Painter X Bundle; got a pretty good price for them, too. Corel Painter arrived, but the WACOM has yet to arrive. Much to my dismay. It's holding up my schedule!

II. I've started to get back into drawing. Funny, I'm going to an Art school and I found myself working. There's a difference between working and drawing. Last quarter, it was mostly working as opposed to drawing. I plan to make up for the lost time and keep with it. If I'm going to fulfill my hopes, here, then I'll have to step it up.

III. I have a piece that's waiting to be completed. However, I can't continue until the freaking WACOM arrives...

IV. I'm in waiting to figure out two situations: my financial aid and The Dark Knight. With the former, I'm nervous to see whether or not my loan request is approved, allowing me to continue forth with my education. Secondly, I've already purchased tickets for The Dark Knight at midnight on Friday. Technically, it's Saturday morning. But I couldn't give more of a damn to care. Problem with that one is, I'm more than likely scheduled to work that night. And I need to figure out how I'm going to work this out.

All in all, I can only do what I can and wait for the rest to reveal itself....