t-rex infection

my friend dave has been playin a lot of t-rex lately and now the songs come bouncing into my head anytime silence lingers. i heard that if you can get the tune caught in another persons brain that it will leave yours. i actually like t-rex, so i'm not that upset if it sticks around, but let try a little experiment shall we.

this is a pretty glammed up version of "hot love", full of glitter and backup singers. i love the backup singers. also look at how many tambourines there are! so, time to stand out in the rain and catch something.

from uncle

thats right, i'm going to be an uncle. this along with the infestation of gray hairs that have invaded my thick mop, i'm beginning to feel a bit old. although a lot of this has been offset by the constant misjudging by strangers of my age and the bubblegum toothpaste my dentist gave me after my last visit. who restricted this flavor to children anyway (picture me in shadow, like the old frosted flake commercials).

if you haven't deduced it yet. my sister is pregnant and about to give birth within the next few weeks. this pregnancy came with a baby shower that i was unable to attend, but i heard went splendidly and with crafts. the craft being decorate a bib for my soon to be nephew. my mom thought i should participate, i have no clue why, i guess she thinks i'm creative or something. so, i was sent one of the bibs. well unlike those at the party who had a limited time and artistic arsenal at their disposal i had quite the opposite. with all the free time i've been "enjoying" lately i decided to spend some of it coming up with a small illustration that i took the effort to silkscreen onto the spit up/drool catcher and this is what bloomed.

jimmy carter says "yes"

i watched a documentary recently called off the charts about song poems. unbeknownst to me there has been studio bands cutting tracks for people that mail in their lyrics since around the 1950-60's. these amateur lyricist have taken the time to read those small advertisements in the back of magazines and newspapers to discover for a small portion of money they can see their musical visions come to life with the potential of chart topping success. this method of musical rearing has produced some very beautiful car wrecks.

take this song for instance written by waskey elwood walls jr. and played by gene marshall. i believe waskey is the man rockin out to this funky owed to our 39th president. i really dig his thumb moves.

enticed? the rest of the documentary can be viewed here.

dental work

anyone who has spent much time around me these past few years since school are sure to know of my dental woes. they have become my equivalent of an automotive investment. spending what sometimes has felt like equal miles on the road and in the shop.

maybe it is the looming of my regular six month check up next week that has spark such an image to pounce from my head. whatever the case lets just hope this depictions holds no insight into my near future. my fingers are crossed.

boring cheetah. how about glasses?

i bought this second hand t-shirt not to long after i moved to portland. i was pretty neutral on the cheetah graphic and was more drawn to the worn in feel of the shirt. with only a six dollar price tag i went ahead and made the purchase.

since then each time i've worn it things have felt a little eschew, like i borrowed the shirt from a friend because i ruined my own ensemble falling in the mud. what could remedy this i thought. then one day after retiring the shirt for sometime i had an idea, lets just go with an old classic defacing and give the cheetah some glasses or a mustache. so, i grabbed a silk screen tapping off a section into a shape resembling glasses and voila! a new sophisticated jungle cat was set loose.

chain art

this is an ink drawing i did yesterday downtown at the half n half. a great place i might add to grab coffee and some afternoon sunlight. while i was there had a very humbling moment as a little girl, around the age of 10, sold two cat illustrations for $60. i will admit they were cute drawings and quite witty, but as people hovered over top of me admiring her work i could help not to think of purchasing one of the pieces so that i might go outside and burn it. i guess i'm just envious.

i might discard my own drawing, holding it from its original purpose of being sent off as part of a chain art exchange. the idea is that you make a piece of art for a recipient who's address you receive in an email. you then take the sender of the emails address (different from the person your art will be posted to) and email the chain letter with rules off to more people. i don't know if i'm explaining this very well, but in the end everyone who participates should expect a handful of art delivered to their doorstep.

its a neat idea, i just haven't been very good about getting my stuff out in a timely manner. especially now that i have the urge to redo it. in any case enjoy the potential final/rough draft.

farm life

i haven't put up a sketch or illustration in a while and i'm a little disappointed in myself. i'm
constantly applauded for my creativity and drawing ability, which i don't exploit enough. i tend to be modest, but i'm writing a blog whose partial purpose is for such things, so modesty is already sitting in the back seat with its head leaning forward.

the last few days i've been thinking about trying to keep the medium i use appropriate for the style. i think i fall back on the computer way too much and sometimes working in illustrator or photoshop just doesn't make sense. this current image definitely lent itself to vector art, but from here on out i want to start exploring other mediums. i'm not going to guarantee this, seeing how pledges of the pass have fallen at the wayside. i do feel desiring it enough will bring about real results and right now i'm feeling energized. regardless i hope to at least get more sketches and illustrations scattered amongst my entries.

now, take it away merle!

i don't think the guitar player in the back realizes he's not plugged in.
it sure was nice of them to make him feel like part of the act.

drowning in the fourth of july

we may not even be close to seeing organized firework displays, but that doesn't matter. i was watching this video last night and the whole thing seemed to sit right next to my feelings at the time. maybe i shouldn't be so impatient and wait till march 4th to post this, but does everything really need to be so perfect.


Galaxie 500 - 4th Of July
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it holds stuff

well, after a month and a half of working as well as ignoring it, my first attempt at bag construction is complete. if there is one thing i've learned from this experience its that my sewing machine doesn't like being force fed four layers of pu coated nylon fabric.

today was the backpacks inaugural run. i believe it will do the trick, at least until i get around to making a revised style. after many broken needles, one that almost went in my eye, and extracting every ounce of worth from my seam ripper, i feel a lot has been learned. for now i'm gonna give the sewing machine a rest.