Day 2 - The Blue Pill

The 365 Day Challenge, Day 1 - TIME for an ADVENTURE

Not too long ago, I had been kicking an idea around in my head.

I was stagnating and it was alarming. I needed something new. Something that would force me to get off my butt, get creative and get better. I needed to get a little extreme about it.

Enter the next year of my life: The 365 Day Challenge.

For 365 days I pledge to create 365 new works (photos, videos, drawings... anything). For 365 days I pledge to improve myself as a visual artist across any and all mediums. For 365 days I pledge to work harder than I have for the 365 before it. For 365 days, I pledge to finish what I start today.

In one year, I will look back at the image I post today and I will confidently reassert what I am already so sure of: That in one year this will serve as the worst image I post during this challenge. Because it will only get better from here. On that day, though, I will be incredibly proud of this work. Not because there is anything about it that I like. But because it was symbolic. Because it will mean so much more than just another piece of Adventure Time fan art on an internet that is disturbingly inundated with such. Because it will mark the beginning of something wonderful for me.

One down...

Harold Ramis: 1944-2014

The Ghostbusters were my Fab-4. The original film was my first fanboy obsession. Since its release, I really believe that no film has successfully straddled so many genres.

Today, Harold Ramis passed away. Ramis was a large force behind that film as well as many other classics from an era gone. His skill at crafting the most loveable of losers is one of the reasons my friends have a hard time discussing entertainment with me. After all, how can Hollywood skate by with such dreck when one man alone managed to give us Animal House, Caddyshack, Stripes and Ghostbusters? How can so many directors allow so few on screen dimensions when Ramis coaxed the best out of the notorious Chevy Chase for the manic Clark Griswold? Or saw fit to give Bill Murray room to breath excellence in Groundhog Day?

Ramis was a shining example of a great creator of character. Whether it be as writer, director or begrudging actor; he was inspiring, consistent and true. The world is a poorer place without him.

Inanimate Objects [2-22-2014]

Sometimes when you're bored and things are slow, you've got to make a little project for yourself. So I did.

Thanks to my wife for marrying a guy weird enough to say "What are some of your favorite things in the house? Ok. I'm going to take pictures of them. Bye!"

PS - On an unrelated note, The LEGO Movie was great.

 

 

Dinner Party, Murder Party - Movie Poster [1-28-14]

Dang it's been a  long time! These droughts really help you to appreciate when you're busy.

So a few weeks ago I had the supreme pleasure of being invited on set to help out in the making of a short film. Do I even need to tell you how excited I was? It had been a VERY long time since I was around a production like that.

More recently that film, entitled Dinner Party, Murder Party, spawned its very own IMDB page. To celebrate the coming together of another work of art, I voluntarily decided to create a nice little teaser poster.

Pleased with the result, here it is for everyone to enjoy!

Also, please be sure to check out the IMDB page for Dinner Party, Murder Party here and like the Facebook page here.