the first moderatly successful photoshop coloring of one of my pics- im really stoked at how well it came out. i didnt finish it i was trying to rush it in time before work. -n8 gee
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Friday, December 23, 2005
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
finished!!!
sometimes i love painting, just like life, mostly when all the pieces fall into place, i finished this piece. it was absed on a sketch i was doing during music appreciation class, while listening to wagner's triston and isolde, about these two lovers proclaiming their love for one another, originally i had planned to work the piece more but after starring at it for a week i decided to just put some finishing touches on it. personally i love it and wouldn't want to change it fearing the inevitable screw up. the picture doesn't do it justice so if you ever get up into my neck of the woods come checkit out, i'll post the original sketch soon, below is the new painting in the same figurative strain, i just started. --- in both these pieces i'm interested in who you relate to and why-- post away-n8 gee
Friday, November 25, 2005
psycadelic!!!
jory took this pic of me at they warriors game with his fucked up phone, its all f-ed up he cant take normal photos, probably dropping it in beer didn't help
Sunday, November 20, 2005
pos pone due to intoxication
round four of the Hacienda open was schedualed for tonight, but my esteemed colleages were ripped out of their minds and passed out early, i played catch up, but as we all know playing by youself is not nearly as fun as with friends, WAR girls that talk wwwaaaayyytoo much! and wear outfits that are soo skimpy you ask whether they got that shirt at a discount (due the fact that it hardley covers anything!!! go ducks/Av's/ i hate football/sunday, the most boring stimulation of the masses. if only hockey was boring enough to NEED CHEARLEADERS!!!!
found in my room!!!!
yup i found thtid in my room, i wasn't sure they existed around here, its my scerpian, i found him/or her in my walk in closet while puting away my clothes. pretty much the most freaky thing ive ever seen, its still in the bottom of the pint glass, i fed him tortillas, dont know if he will eat it yet, its a toss up on its name: either william or reggie, i'm not sure yet, crazy huh???
Thursday, November 17, 2005
ooohheelllddd s-cool
oh yeah you know whats up, blast from the past, dreaming sweetly, thinking about what great futures my life would hold. i was in third grade during this picture, and yes it really is a polaroid, Nason invited me to his birthday/ sleep-over, needless to say i was the only sleep over guest, and look at the blanket (foreshadowing anyone?)
Friday, November 11, 2005
Monday, November 07, 2005
n8ssouthprk
checking out matt's blog (http://antigenius.com) is was cracked up by this site he found where you can make your own southpark characters, this would be the way i would see myself on southpark, maybe i'd join a boy band called pen-15, hahahaha,(inside joke) check out the site its hilarious- http://www.planearium2.de/flash/spstudio.html
Monday, October 31, 2005
Sunday, October 30, 2005
ween '05
yup, aight gonna do anything cool for halloween, i have the worst day in my school career with 4 mid-terms on a holiday, so i will be totally burnt out. just threw this pic together real fast, its kind of a shout ou to Jory, " how you doin" well wish me luck, and happy hallow days ahead. -n8
HalloweenOldskuel
happy ween!!!
this is a pic i did for the lady a couple a years ago, i hate it compostionally but i love it for sentimental reasons.
this is a pic i did for the lady a couple a years ago, i hate it compostionally but i love it for sentimental reasons.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Thursday, October 27, 2005
after Mucha
so today i was in the library at school and i checkedd out a couple of books on one of my favorite artists, the father of the Art Nouveau, Alphonse Mucha- the book that i was most excited to see was a book about his lectures on art. and the opening to the lecture really caught my attention, and summed up a lot of things that guide my life and though process, so i'm gonna transcribe that part--- it hits a lot on the head about life and not only art, i hope you enjoy it-- the pic i posted is my own butchery of the mucha style, ya dig- n8
The aim of art is to glorify beauty. And what is beauty? Beauty is the projection of moral harmonies on material and physical planes. On the moral plane, beauty addresses itself to the refinement of the senses through which medium it reaches the soul.
The expression of beauty is by emotion. The person who can communicate his emotions to the souls of others is the artist.
To communicate with the souls of man the artist must address himself to the senses of the body.
To arouse the interest of the senses, to awaken them to speech, the artist must know how to charm. This charm consists in the perfect harmony which should reign between the media of communication employed and the faculties of senses which he addresses.
This harmony between the suggestion of the artist and the sense is memory, the first condition of beauty. The second condition is the perfect harmony between the suggestion of the artist and his emotion. The third and last is that this emotion should have for its inception a moral both virile and eternal. The work which fills these three conditions is awork of art. Its creator, the artist himself, was formed by the sentiment of altruism. It is impossible for him to enjoy egotistically an emotion; onthe contrary he will find no peace until he succeeds in communicating the emotions of his own soul to the souls of others, even at the price of laborious work, and his greatest joy will be that of seeing other souls also vibrating with the happiness of his emotion. The value of the emotion to the artist is proportional to his moral evolution. He who is enveloped in dust will inevitably see but dust, but to him who elevates himself to the mountain tops, immeasurable fine days are open.
The aim of art is to glorify beauty. And what is beauty? Beauty is the projection of moral harmonies on material and physical planes. On the moral plane, beauty addresses itself to the refinement of the senses through which medium it reaches the soul.
The expression of beauty is by emotion. The person who can communicate his emotions to the souls of others is the artist.
To communicate with the souls of man the artist must address himself to the senses of the body.
To arouse the interest of the senses, to awaken them to speech, the artist must know how to charm. This charm consists in the perfect harmony which should reign between the media of communication employed and the faculties of senses which he addresses.
This harmony between the suggestion of the artist and the sense is memory, the first condition of beauty. The second condition is the perfect harmony between the suggestion of the artist and his emotion. The third and last is that this emotion should have for its inception a moral both virile and eternal. The work which fills these three conditions is awork of art. Its creator, the artist himself, was formed by the sentiment of altruism. It is impossible for him to enjoy egotistically an emotion; onthe contrary he will find no peace until he succeeds in communicating the emotions of his own soul to the souls of others, even at the price of laborious work, and his greatest joy will be that of seeing other souls also vibrating with the happiness of his emotion. The value of the emotion to the artist is proportional to his moral evolution. He who is enveloped in dust will inevitably see but dust, but to him who elevates himself to the mountain tops, immeasurable fine days are open.
Monday, October 24, 2005
boxofood
hey sorry i havnt posted in a while, if you know me then you know that lifes been a little in upheaval. on top of my massive schedule, and to make matters worse my home internet connection has been down for what seems like forever. well matt came up to my house today and made himself the offical third friend to visit my crappy cramped chambre, and blessed me with his tech-knowledge and got me a little bit connected. which is a whole lot more than i was before. so expect alot more art postings and maybe even just a few dim-witted comments in the future. -n8gee. p.s. my crappy hockey team plays at 7:30 this week tuesday 10-25th
Monday, October 03, 2005
Hockey Update
wow did we ever get killed last week, well this tues. and next the games are a little late 10:30
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Game two
thanks for the support at game one, tonight's game 2 and it is also at 9;00 if anyone wants to show up see ya there. ps- dont be shy you can come around to the side where the benches are, just be on the lookout for flying pucks
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Friday, August 19, 2005
mmmm beer :)
finished the label for my first batch of beer, MadCap Marzen, had some fun with it. now before you ask, i took the name from one of the comic characters i created about 10 years ago, Madcap is an adjective, meaning to behave or act impulsively, or rashly. the original character is this crazy commando who goes around with fishnets, and tu-tu, clown makeup and two pigtails. i went with the jester type girl because sex sells, and nothing goes with beer better than a sexy girl sitting on a jackin the box, go ahead and take what every twisted metaphor and go with it, i haven't tasted the final product, but i intend to soon. on another note, school started back up. my books were outragously priced, like 500. yeah no kidding, music appreciation is cool, my teacher is a comic book fan, french is cool, but i'm probably the only one in class who has never taken french before, my history class is easy half the time i don't even have to go we have scheduled off days for personal study, and pre-calculus sucks ass, i do enjoy that i have absolutely no idea what i'm doing. overall alot on my plate yet i enjoy the challenge of the journey. later -n8 gee
Friday, August 12, 2005
I Dropped the Ball!
first off
well last night i had a once and a lifetime experience, and i dropped the ball, literally. we went to the A's vs Angels game on Weds. night and we sat in the first row on the railing next to the right field foul pole. the game was great. and in the 9th inning the Angels Steve Finley his 9th homerun of the 2005 season. and it bounced right of my left hand and back on to the field. Now already i've heard it all. first people say- why didn't you use two hands, the answer is i tried, but i had to lean infront of this guy to my left and could only get one hand on the ball which was a straight shot at me. it wasn't a high flyball that came down to us it was a line shot. second people tell me why didn't you have a glove?-- ugh one of my greatest petpeves is a grown man with a glove at a game. my general rule is that it is okay for someone under 18 or over 50 to use a glove, or ladies if they want (their allowed to do anything) but if your a guy in your prime wearing a mitt and catch a foul ball or homerun you better give it to a nearby kid or you should forever be marked as a spineless worthless piece of $#it. thinking back i wonder if i had caught it would i have kept it or thrown it back (because it was a homerun from the opposite team) and i'm not sure, i think the energy of the event would have made me kept it, or baseball tradition and energy from a crowd of 45 thousand, on the night of the A's first rise to first place, pride of that might have made me see if i could put the ball in the infield or try to one hop it.
secondly
school starts on monday, yeah i'm two semester's away from going to art school, totally exicted about the future.
third
i bottled my first batch of beer today, it'll have to wait a week or so before its done, and carbonated, i'm working on a cool logo for my first batch.
lastly
this is a drawing from my sketch book i did earlier in the year, did you know that if you click on it you get to see it on the flicker website where you have the option to see "all sizes" and you can get a bigger pic
well good night keep in touch
n8 Gee
well last night i had a once and a lifetime experience, and i dropped the ball, literally. we went to the A's vs Angels game on Weds. night and we sat in the first row on the railing next to the right field foul pole. the game was great. and in the 9th inning the Angels Steve Finley his 9th homerun of the 2005 season. and it bounced right of my left hand and back on to the field. Now already i've heard it all. first people say- why didn't you use two hands, the answer is i tried, but i had to lean infront of this guy to my left and could only get one hand on the ball which was a straight shot at me. it wasn't a high flyball that came down to us it was a line shot. second people tell me why didn't you have a glove?-- ugh one of my greatest petpeves is a grown man with a glove at a game. my general rule is that it is okay for someone under 18 or over 50 to use a glove, or ladies if they want (their allowed to do anything) but if your a guy in your prime wearing a mitt and catch a foul ball or homerun you better give it to a nearby kid or you should forever be marked as a spineless worthless piece of $#it. thinking back i wonder if i had caught it would i have kept it or thrown it back (because it was a homerun from the opposite team) and i'm not sure, i think the energy of the event would have made me kept it, or baseball tradition and energy from a crowd of 45 thousand, on the night of the A's first rise to first place, pride of that might have made me see if i could put the ball in the infield or try to one hop it.
secondly
school starts on monday, yeah i'm two semester's away from going to art school, totally exicted about the future.
third
i bottled my first batch of beer today, it'll have to wait a week or so before its done, and carbonated, i'm working on a cool logo for my first batch.
lastly
this is a drawing from my sketch book i did earlier in the year, did you know that if you click on it you get to see it on the flicker website where you have the option to see "all sizes" and you can get a bigger pic
well good night keep in touch
n8 Gee
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
awesome!
had such a great day today, after i got off work i hauled ass to oakland with spencer to go to the a's game, we met up with chantel and her dad, and had great seats, plus after ward, elton, spencer and i met up with kaui to see our first teamsleep show it was off the hook. well it's 3:11 in the morning and i have to get up by 8:30 so good night. -n8Gee
Friday, July 15, 2005
mmmm beer!
went up and visited the folks this week in Bend, had to hit up the breweries, you can't fade the stuff up there, it was great, sorry you couldn't make it (or maybe i just forgot to invite you?) oh well -n8
Thursday, June 30, 2005
tiger
we went to marine world today, it was great- anyone who knows me can imagine what happens to my pale pastey white skin after a day in the sun. - i had'n been to marine world more than once since the merger with six flags and even that was over 5 years ago. there are alot of things that they improved upon which i believe were and are a promising changes, yet they have other things, which i don't agree with like the main one, get the rides away from the animals- for crying out loud. anyway
it was kilo's girl's b-day so we rocked it - the coasters are sweet, i found myself, a seasoned veteran roller coaster tycoon champion looking to improve the park and rides, and lines at the same time going oh i made that same sort of mistake building one of my first parks. heh heh
-sorry for the geek out.
we then went to the A's game and watched the 7,8,9th innings at 5th row, it was sweeeeeeet! -n8
it was kilo's girl's b-day so we rocked it - the coasters are sweet, i found myself, a seasoned veteran roller coaster tycoon champion looking to improve the park and rides, and lines at the same time going oh i made that same sort of mistake building one of my first parks. heh heh
-sorry for the geek out.
we then went to the A's game and watched the 7,8,9th innings at 5th row, it was sweeeeeeet! -n8
Monday, June 27, 2005
Sunday, June 26, 2005
NINJA! NINJA!
well i was thinking of the past yesterday, and well, remeber when ninjas were cool, with the popularization of anime and classic kung-fu movies, they dropped out of the mainstream, well i think that they still are cool. comics, b-movies, ninja turtles,gi-joe, well every thing had them, and man they were the coolest thing since sliced bread. all the cool kids were ninjas for halloween, well i wasn't, (yet thats probably explains alot) i was just remembering how cool they were/are. some of my favorite comics have wolverine or daredevil battling hords of these beings of supernatural skill and mysticism.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Redgirl part duex
i said i'd post the original sketch, scanned in real pretty, the way it really looks- yowza - n8
ideas
well, though i've always got crap i should be doing, i was wondering if anyone had anything that i could draw in my ever-long procrastination, any ideas would be great and i will post up what i draw. please nothing too lude, but i think we can all have some fun with this -n8 gee
Sunday, June 12, 2005
hello again
i've been house-sitting this weekend for my aunt and uncle in S.R. which is a nice change of pace, yet i get homesick for my own bed after a while, you know, no matter how crappy your own bed is compaired to others its still your crap, anyway this is a sketch i took a pict. of with my camera phone, i'll post up a good scan when i get home sometime. -n8
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Oakland 5-4 win in the 11th inning
not only did the A's break the slump for my b-day bash but we also got to witness the nail biter win in the 11th inning, thanks to everyone that made it , sorry to those who were un able to make it. -n8
the game
celebrating my b-day, we loaded up the cars with friends, brews, brauts, hoping for bats. we had sweet seats and got to catch a great game.
Sunday, May 29, 2005
oh my
there is not often that i get a feeling of a great single issue of a comic. when i was about 15 the x-force issue number 24 was one of these issues, i read it over and over, yet every time getting more out of it. well, i found another, i picked it up on weds. EXCALIBUR #14 by Chris Claremont and Aaron Lopresti. now just to ring my own fan-boy geekdom but well i'll let you know i've been a big fan of aaron's work for a couple of years, as well as the fact that i thrive in any of the the webs that Claremont writes whether it be comics, novels, or articles. I just want to let you know that if you can pick up any single issue this year it has to be this one. if your a fan of the x-men genre (which at this point in my existance they should be considered) get this one. you get a insiders gift of what goes on in the psyche of xavier, magneto,and dr. strange. its a must read/must own for any real fan of the comic industry. though it is just a set up book for the House of M series thats coming out (with the art of Oliver Copiel-whom iv've been pushing on everyone as the next big thing) its much more than that- a look at prof.X's past with ties to magneto and wolverine, as well as his friendship with the sorcerer supreme.-the one question i wish would be brought up in the x-men theater in an objective point of view/ by either prof. X or Mags in which they like any common sensed citizen would relize that there are more than one side to an arguement, and that the other point is very valid. if you get a chance to buy any comic this year make it this one, and if your a friend of mine who didn't like it or wasn't enlightened by my recomendation i'll buy it back from you. -n8
Saturday, May 28, 2005
It's MILLER Time!
i went golfing today with Travis and Mike, out at Croakmont, a great day of sun and fun for the B-day Boyz, and i even got a couple of pics of Mike,(whose as big if not a bigger beer-snob than i am) drink'n the ole' MGD plastic bottle, when i took the first pic he was trying to hide it, but then he guzzled proudly. -n8
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Friday, May 20, 2005
johnny justice
got super bored in my speech final the other day, while listening to the others in my class give speeches i took a flip through one of my sketchbooks, and it had this copy of a bunch of characters on it done by one of my fellow GelatoCafe members Jason Ossman. Ive already done a sketch of his characters(which isn't finished) and i started drawing this one.which i finished today at the laundry mat. the characters name is Johnny Justice. i really like jason's character designs, they like others art often does inspires me to give my take on his characters. if you feel like checking out his stuff its on the gelato cafe site, linked at the bottom, then you just go under pictures and find his name. or check out his blog http://jasonossman.com- cool deal see yah later
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
DUM DUM DUM DUM DE DA DUM DE DUH
going to see episode 3 tonight at midnight - cant wait yet saddened that there wont be another -n8
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Friday, May 13, 2005
adventures in GRINGOLANDIA!
the news that one of my favorite teachers is retiring, ive taken only two of his anthro classes but enjoyed them throughly, he's one of those storyteller type teachers who mixes in a ton of dry humor that keeps class on there toes, he refers to the USA as gringolandia an humorous name that i dig, it would be a fun name for an online strip-maybe showing people just how ubsurd our everyday adventures have become. Maybe i'll do a couple in the future- n8gee
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
mmmmmm... beer....
well i'm going beer tasting with some of chantel's friend's tomorrow, should be sweet, school's been hell/well not really/ just that about this time with every thing coming to an end/by the way my speech class sucks ass/there's just alot on my plate/i made this image for my english research project/ we had to have fliers for our presentation/ i did it in illustrator during my art history class/ i checked out some awesome web pages tonight/ by some really awesome illustrators and conceptual artists/ one in particular was great- the one by doug chiang-he's one of the head illustrators over at ILM, his site has his personal project stuff/ if you get a chance check it out http://www.dchiang.com/ he has some awesome trailer sort of things i think for a video game that are just awesome/if you haven't already you need to go and pick up the "TEAM SLEEP" album it went on sale on tues. it's finally here something like 4 or 5 years in the making, well worth it/ the song EVER is of the hook/ you can listen to the album on their myspace page go check it out http://www.myspace.com/teamsleep - well i'm just chillin gonna read some comics, and pop in the movie that rachel my fellow bartender at work lent to me BOTTLE ROCKET, its supposed to be great i cant wait -later -n8
Monday, May 09, 2005
hahahhaha
here's a little something that i found on this artists web site, is just wrong/yet so F^%*ing hilarious
http://www.rondomingue.com/dumbcop.wmv
-n8gee
http://www.rondomingue.com/dumbcop.wmv
-n8gee
Friday, May 06, 2005
Friday, April 29, 2005
"The Council" designs
here's one of the character designs for a book (someday) with a buddy of mine (Ed), the character's name is "the Voice" (working) and all i know is that he has vocal powers and is supposed to be a indie/emo rocker type. -n8gee
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