Another Kirby Animated Short

is in production. Below is a style frame. more to come.

Seventh Day of Christmas

Seven Swans a Swimming

Sixth Day of Christmas

Six Geese a Laying

Fifth Day of Christmas

FIVE GOLDEN RINGS

Fourth Day of Christmas

Four Calling Birds

Third Day of Christmas

Three French Hens

Second Day of Christmas

Two Turtle Doves

First Day of Christmas

A Partridge in a Pear Tree

RED ALE

It's friday and if you're anything like me, it's the perfect time for a lunch beer. I know in the times that we find ourselves in, people are more likely to stay at their desks, keep their head down, and try not to get fired. However, sometimes you have to do something wrong, to feel alive. Life is to short to worry if your boss can smell booze on your breath. Granted if you're a doctor, or crane operator this may not be sound logic.

For the rest of us, enjoy yourself it's later than you think.

World of Blog

I was watching the movie "Julie & Julia" the other day, and started thinking my blog was a failure. I realized quickly how melodramatic that sounded and then considered that the medium of blogs is dead. People have been writing blogs long enough now, that just about anything you can write about is being written about multiple times over. It's gotten to the point that most blogs just re-post what they've found on other sites. I'm not trying to be critical of this, but where does it leave us in this world of blogs?

I for one will not stop looking at blogs any time soon. I just wonder about things like, how does one get their blog to stand out in an over saturated market? What is the point of looking at blogs other than to kill time? What's the next step in the evolution of internet social sites?

It's been over three years since I started this blog. I took a hiatus about a year ago, and that probably turned off a lot of the readers I may have had. Still, it bums me out that no one has commented in quite awhile. I guess I should be thankful that I do have one person following my blog. No, they're not my mom or someone I know, so that's something. So to the one follower I have,
Thank you.

schematic drawings

I love schematic drawings, so formal and functional. Yet, at the same time contain so much aesthetic beauty.

Winter Riding

Well it's cold out, and today I pulled out all the stops for my ride into work. Two jerseys, a jacket, full gloves, cap with ear flaps, and booties. You know it's cold when the booties come out. They look so funny on, kinda like I only have socks on or they are connected to my tights.

ARM

a blog about life, death, love, hate, wealth, poverty, racism, just a few things that's been running through my head.

No one's going to tell you how to do it,

but there's plenty of folks that can tell you what you're doing wrong.

going green

use the following imagery* on all your corporate media and watch the green dollars flow in:

Wind Turbines
Reusable Bags
Solar Panels
Green Plants
Bicycles
Wind Turbines (you can never show enough of these)
Globe
Recycling Bins

*note, there is no need to actually have or use any of these products. Showing the illusion of these things is good enough.

plug-ins & FX will kill you in the end.

It's that time of the week again

What the hell are you still doing at work?

It's a Blog Eat Blog World

I'm just trying to introduce some new blood into the www.

Less Than 20/20

So, I've had some kind of eye infection since monday. The last few days I've not been wearing my glasses. It's been a while since I've gone sans glasses, and I like the fact that everything farther than three feet from my face looks like an expressionist painting. If only my eyelids weren't swollen and sore this might be a pleasurable experience.

All I want for Christmas

The Good Die Young,

The Special Live Forever.
update: these things never sound as good the next day.

I go beans out!

StopWatch

From the same project as the gavel.
Another look that never made it off the ground.

Occlusion

Another occlusion render that didn't make the final cut.

Everyone is a hipster

some people just have an easier time admitting it.

Shakey

Manhattan

It's Happy Hour somewhere. Get out there and enjoy your weekend.

Off the High Horse

So, last week I posted a little jab at Atlanta and its high toxic levels. Well, it seems like Oregon is on a top ten list of it's own.

Ambient Occlusion

I wanted to post my own example of AO before it's too passé. The look is right on the cusp of being over done, as FOX has be using this style for some of their bumpers this season.

Wedding in Super-8

Our friend Leah shot some super-8 of our wedding. She had it digitized and made this movie. I love it.

Armless, Transgender, Imaginary Character

Monday Morning

Riding in to work this morning, I did a manuver I like to preform every now and again. Coming down the Broadway Bridge, I can see if a train is going to block my route to work. If there is a train, there's a set of stairs just before I get off the bridge, that I can take to avoid the train. Sometimes (like today) there is a crowd of bikers right behind me, so a sudden stop on a narrow bridge is not advised. What I like to do is wait until the last second, feather my brakes just enough that I can kick my rear wheel around and to the left. At this point I'm almost facing the entrance to the stair and its just a matter of taking whatever momentum I have left, and sliding into this space, in front the stairs that is just big enough for the bike. I'm out of everyone's way without much fuss.

After I did this today however, I was walking down the stairs thinking how close those bikes behind me were and how much I must have scared the shit out of them. At first I kind of felt good about it, like "yeah I'm a bad-ass". But, the more I thought about it the more it seems like a stupid move. First off, the pavement was slick with rain, and whipping my rear tire around like that could easily cause me to slide out. Second, any of the cyclists behind me could have plowed over me and taken us both out. Third, If I don't stop in time, I'm basically going down three flights of stairs.

Now, it may not be that dangerous, especially compared to what a lot of other people try to do on bikes these days. But, for me it seems a bit sketchy. I think that tells me a lot about myself. Gone are the reckless days of doing anything without a second thought. It's almost like the older you get the more you realize how fragile life is, or maybe you realize how long it's going to take to heal.