aesthetik--the art of chowmeingott. hoping for SOME semi-regular updating...

2011-02-21T08:48:00.000-08:00

Governor Walker...I've created very quickly might I add, a new state flag for you.

Been reading of all that's been transpiring in the land of curds and whey. Very saddening, but also laughable. Hence the new ~~Walkerland~~ I mean Wisconsin state flag. If you want a copy of the image without the watermark be sure to email me. Thanks.

2011-02-14T18:11:00.000-08:00

Good Lord, it's been too long away from my creative endeavors! Tsk, tsk. A bit dusty in here. My situation as of 2008-2010: at one of the world's WORST places of employment. In fact so bad, on my exit interview I was so overjoyed that I was leaving, I cried something fierce. No more punches to the chest. No more of my boss talking smack about my wife. No more getting cornered and getting screamed at for DOING MY JOB. No more fear of retribution. NO MORE WORKING FOR FREE. A granite block had just slid off my back. No amount of money could woo me back into that dark place. Being in this 'place' set me back further than anything that has happened to me in my life.

So creatively speaking, drawing for these past two years was next to non-existent. I was taking the stress home, and in fact it affected every aspect in my life. Taking a new job this past Thanksgiving, I've finally started to sketch again. Laura says my mood has changed. Thank heaven.

In November my good friend Matt helped me outline three parts of my story. Solid State is back on. One that I've longed to draw (and to hopefully see in print). I've just sketched some roughs the other day. I'll scan this stuff soon.

So come back. I've missed you.

2008-05-07T21:38:00.000-07:00

Ah, the season of skateboarding with my son at the local skatepark. I feel old. It's like my dad said to me one time, while we were downtown--' I feel like a teenager trapped in an old man's body. I can't even run anymore!' I cannot keep up with the little kid who got into skateboarding because I couldn't stop talking about how much fun it is...even falling! I notice when the instructor is waaaaaaaaaaay younger than me and when I ride around (mostly half-pipe), I can only do a run every few minutes, and then catch my breath. Also I am the only dad there riding with his son. The ones I talked to didn't even skate when they were able to even! So, much respect to those who are still keeping it alive.

My current ride is a Dogtown Reddog Worst Case Scenario (thanks Joe)Indy 159's(?) and some Spitfire wheels. One gripe--the lack of softer wheels in most skateshops. Most are in the realm of a 99a-101a durometer--waaaay too chattery for street skating IMO. Whatever happened to those 90a-95a wheels? Also the sizes are very small too--56mm-58mm? Anyone remember those 67mm Powell T-bones? Those rode like Hell!

Skate to Live--Live to Skate. I don't feel so old anymore. Hopefully art soon enough.

2008-04-21T21:36:00.000-07:00

wow. i love when i get views and i especially love getting replies to my posts. fa reals. but when people decide their too scared to post who their identity is along with their two cents it only shows the lack of maturity, no, cowardice of people who have shortcomings in other ways (inadequate penile length and/or girth? ED?) and their only way to show their disappointment in themselves is thru posting anonymously and attempt to get someone cheesed with comments.

and i quote:
'I have see better...not only in general but from you as well!! '

like many of this person's 'posts' (for lack of a better word--they are just a bunch of look-@this-stuff-i-spent-hours-on-a-couple-years ago-but-i'll-lie-and-tell-you-it's-a-fresh-piece-I hope ya'll digs!)
lol. trying to call me out in some weird fashion. and there's been one person who has accused me of trolling. lmfao! hmmm. oh, and this isn't.

so, bravo. did you really feel much better after that comment? i can feel the anger in every letter. oh btw, it's seen. grammar and spell check works wonders for the english as a second language folks...and if you weren't so chicken you'd have left a real identity. til then g'night :P

2008-02-27T00:56:00.001-08:00

holy crap! two posts in a day (or so) :) got home from work and scanned and posted another piece. enjoy. or not :)

another concept for another part of my story --unfortunately i haven't decided which part of it i should start with....peace.

2008-02-26T14:25:00.000-08:00

geez. busy as all get out. sorry for no scans, but here is some stuff from my slate of things to post so here.

my site is kind punk rock themed so...laugh along
my soon-to-be front page. take several copier jams, photoshop for the type and color tweak...and there you go a cool image..

next up my banner link for others to download.

one more for y'all to peruse. my business card for 2008.
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so laugh, whatever... hopefully soon though--drawings soon.

2008-02-21T23:33:00.000-08:00

happy new year, late. been fricking rewriting my story. ever feel like whatever you do has to be perfect before going to the next goddamn step? that's me twenty-four, seven.

i am going to start keeping this cobwebby place up to date. i promise. a sketch a day is what i can do, even though it has been lately (chaotic) hard to keep anything up-to-date.

so yeah tommorrow. i'll start scanning the stuff in the am.

til tommorrow, peace.

2007-08-12T21:25:00.000-07:00

Wizard World. Was okay. Got a cool print from a friend. Got Kow Yokoyama book! Got Spectrum 11 for 7 bucks. Got Frezzato book for 3 bucks. Got to Catch up with a few friends. Missed some. Shook hands with a jagoff. Cleaned hands quickly after. Life much better now since accident.

2007-02-28T01:57:00.001-08:00

been away along time. creatively as well. sometimes life just gets in the way of everything that one can enjoy...

but anyways enough about that. a new movie from russia, with love :)

mechenosets or sword bearer you can view the trailer here

a bit bloody, and waaay violent. you can't find it yet, well, legally that is :(

hateful youth a sfx studio run by artist christopher shy also founder of studioronin. a visual feast and a look behind the scenes of one of their latest comic releases, the last bondsman... and ooh some scale models kitbashing those new(er) gigantic revell-germany uboots! schwing!!!

and speaking about the scale modeling thing, especially sci-fi (and a hobby i myself i'm getting back into as well)...
starship modeler

and somewhere between all that mish mash is where my creativity has been lying. in a state of flux. in this mish mash of genres, lies imo, an interesting idea. more soon. fo sho! feels good to just post even ;)

2006-09-02T21:35:00.000-07:00

ah yes. time has come to show some of my work. here is a couple of newer sketches :) enjoy--c'mon don't be shy fire off a crit or a shout :)

here is erikka drawn more realistically (?) . she's from a story (an idea at least ten years old) that is awaiting an update. what kind of update? well for starters, i've thought much about the story, and i want it to have much more meaning mostly to me.

and here is Erikka as she stands (in my vision of her at least)...

i'll tell you more soon. i promise. i just need to get another story out on the side and here is the first pic:

oh well back to the drawing board. these are a little more finished--maybe some rougher stuff next time :)

2006-08-18T00:48:00.000-07:00

So yeah hey--it has been a looooooooong time since i posted here. i was flip flopping between LJ and here and decided one is good enough. (and i picked the better looking one at that too.)

Just getting back into the whole drawing thingy. I promise I will post some new sketch stuff and all that. Fer real!

But for some eye candy:

Saw the trailers and when i bought this I wasn't let down. Check oot these foreign films:

here

und here

Very nice imo. Casshern was made as Skycaptain was--all digital backlot as they call it. A remake of the 1970's anime with the name Casshan. Lots of anti-war undertones...

Nightwatch was a russian book trilogy that, once hollywood caught wind of this matrix-styled horror film, someone there quickly gave money for the sequel Daywatch(which I have and is technically better but the subs break down for some reason :( )-- damn, life goes on...maybe a better copy next con.

A plethora of stuff seeps into my consciousness and influences what i want to draw. How else can I say it? And I'd be a fool not to mention things either. (Sure there are plenty of other films floating around my house!!!)

Til sketch and drawing dump zero hour, adieu.

2006-03-09T09:55:00.000-08:00

so here i am on my wifes Mac. its not that i have anything against macs--i had one way back in the nineties. but i am wanting to draw on the run like my wife surfs while shes in the kitchen and such... Then I saw them damned tablet pcs, and on msn this new doohickey:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732808/

kinda like a psp, huh? except how would one draw on that tiny screen? Even with those tablets now the screen is way small. gonna have to wait until they bring out those 19 inch motherfers :)

and on a lighter bouncier note:
you thought shockwave had been pushed to the limit check this out. heh. make sure you try the ff and the extreme activity/ excercise :)b2b has another meaning now :)

2006-02-28T13:29:00.000-08:00

hey. new. not much to say but primarily i'm a dad. number one. then sole provider. number two. then artist. want to move being an artist to number two.

here's some black and white line art for a space marine concept that got into a sketchbook that came out last year from a studio i was once a part of. enjoy and crits whatever light em up.