Tech Vs. Me Round....who knows..

so im sitting here trying to crop and fix a pic i scanned into the computer of a drawing for a friends birthday. everytime i try and make a move to spruce up the drawing, the screen tells me, " error: cannot make adjustments for ......so and so reason." I think that honestly technology is out to get me. any kinds, all kinds, i get something techy i kid you not it breaks or has a malfunction within a week. all i want to do really is just scan in a pic so i can show ya'll but the problem with that too is that i dont have a decent and/ or larger scanner so i can scan pieces that might be 11" x 14" or a bit bigger. so right now i have to resort to using a crappy lil digital camera to try and get something and the camera keeps shutting off on me....i have a great respect for those who can master these monsters of machina, but i give in.....for now. But as what to what i was saying earlier, i do need a bigger scanner, something that can scan in nice large pieces, so if anyone knows anything about one, please let me know. And i hope to be able to put up this drawing for ya'll to see soon. its been a fun piece to do and once i get it up i'll tell ya more about it. till then...

My 1st solo art show!!

On February 23rd, at 10 am i paced back and forth in front of the UAF gallery, eagerly awaiting my fate in the hands of my professors. it all came to this, " do i pass and become the bearer of a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree? or do i have another semester of attempting to graduate?" I was called back in and....I had passed! I was so relieved to know that all the stress from the previous year was behind me.
For those who don't know, I have been working for the last year on achieving my B.F.A. and having an art show is only my work. My show was consisted of works that were re-tellings of famous and some not so famous tall tales. Let me tell you, this show had consumed my life, every waking moment I was in the studio, working furiously to pump out my work. In the end my work paid off, with 12 paintings and 7 drawings displayed, i was finally going to show the fruits of my labor.
That night i had my opening, and it was amazing! i didn't leave the gallery the entire night, just because i had people constantly coming up to me and wanting to congratulate me. i was so grateful to see my friends and family, it really meant a lot that the people i care about most were there. the whole night lasted about 3 hours and by the time we closed the doors, I was wiped. I honestly couldn't have done any of it with out my beautiful girlfriend, so thank you for everything, even though i still say it all the time. after that night my show stayed up for about another 2 weeks, it was amazing. I'm kind of sad that I had to take it down, but i did get pictures. overall i sold 8 out of 12 paintings and 5 of the 7 drawings, so not bad for my first real time as an accomplished artist. With the show behind me, I'm looking to the future, i currently have 8 commissions set up so i will be a busy man, but that wont stop me from taking more. so please don't hesitate to contact me. Again to those who came to my show and also to those who supported me, thank you so much!

hey...long time no talk...

so i made a blog and....i dont even use it... how messed up is that? i have been playing more on my deviant art site as of late and just dont know what to put here. i will have a new blog up after my finals though. but a recap of some of the things that have been goin down for me are: i got the presidents choice award at the presidents show! i got the student choice award at the student art show! i am gettin a cabin! ( yay no more couch sleeping!) and im goin to homer for christmas to hang out with my girlfriends family! *gasp wheez* so theirs a recap. i know i keep saying ill put art up and dont worry i will. later!

challenge beaten!

all right so this is the comic that i created for the 24 hour comic day, its basically about jeff, an old roommate of mine that i think was perfect to write a comic about. now i plan on redoing this, ya know cleaning it up and and maybe trying some photoshop on em. but please let me know what yall think

yay for sleep deprivation!

so this past saturday at noon to sunday at noon, myself and 19 other artists participated in the 24 hour comic challenge, basically meaning i stayed up for 24 hours and had to create a 24 page comic in 24 hours. we went in with no script and no prepared work. And it stayed true to its name as it truly was a challenge. but out of 20 people only 8 people( including myself im proud to say) finished the challenge. so go us. im puttin a couple pictures up of the event and when i get my comic back ill place some of the pics up, but to those who competed around the world, i salute you, this was probably one of the best things ive done in my life.

skull scarabs!

so these are two pieces that i have done for a guy, he's gonna be puttin this stuff on his site soon enough, ill let everyone know about the link, but this is what I got so far,




















the skull scarabs!
























mighty barbarian slaying skull scarabs!! ( dont really have a title for it)

happy anniversary!

so today was Rhiannon's and mines 1 year anniversary! ha ha we had a blast today, she worked part of the day and i had to go paint, wait...thats not the blast part. rhiannon was sneaky enough to leave an awesome card in my jacket today and also left a copy of...IRON MAN!! haha, i was stoked, possibly one of the best movies made in a long time. anyway she left me things here and there through out the day, but i got her back after she got off work. i was hangin out in the living room and when she got home we talked for a bit and then i asked ker really nicely to get me a nice button up shirt from the drawer. she was kinda reluctant, but did it anyway, so when she went and opened the drawer, waiting for her was a copy of sex and the city( not as good as iron man, but hey, not my kind of movie) a deck of go fish cards with impressionists painters and their work on them, a bag of white chocolate raspberry truffles and 2 of these scent diffuser things that she really likes. she came back in to the room and gave me the shirt and acted like she didnt see them. we both started cracking up cause she wasnt expecting it. she also surprised me with a new memory card for my phone and a box of whoppers! (the best candy ever!) and then i drove her out to the turtle club, the best prime rib place in town and had a nice dinner and had an awesome time. their was this old eccentric lady their that was walking around asking people if they had a dog, she stopped by us and asked and then went on to this big table next to us and asked them if they had a dog. they replied yes and she said that she had a giant piece of steak that she couldnt eat and wanted to give it to their dog. they said sure and thanked her, where she proceeded to ask what their occasion was. a guy there had just turned 22 and they were celebrating, ya know just a big ol family having a good time. well she turns over to the kid and says " 22 ....bastard" jokingly of course, but it cracked the whole place up!! overall the night was awesome, we both had an awesome time and im looking forward to many more anniversaries, and rhiannon i know your gonna read this, so lemme say I love you baby and can't wait for next year.