I saw the movie “The Bank Job” last week. It was a good, complicated British crime movie set in London in the the 1970’s. This illustration looks nothing like the movie but was inspired by the scenes of London. I also wanted to experiment with color as I’ve trying to to getaway from my standard blue, orange and gray.
I saw Rambo 4 recently and, although I wasn’t expecting much, I was not very impressed. It was by far the bloodiest Rambo movie and it was alto the shortest, 77 minutes without credits. I also didn’t really like the use of real footage of dead women and children in the beginning of the of the film. It just seemed to be in poor taste to use the images as entertainment for a Rambo movie.
This illustration is a quick shot of the main scene from the movie. For what seems like 1/4 of the movie Rambo has a large gun which he uses to literally cut people in half.
A long time ago my family bought a small cabin from my grandfather in the small town where my dad grew up. Before we bought it my grandfather told us a little story. Apparently the previous owner did not believe in banks and and asked my grandfather where he should keep his money. My grandfather told him he would hide it in a cream can (they were farmers) and bury it under a fence post. The man died years later and he had no money in the bank and nobody knew where all his money went.
So after we bought the cabin, we got a few metal detectors and tore the place up. We found nothing. I’m pretty sure we got conned. But it was fun looking for the “canned” money.
Its been a while since I’ve created a new product but I took a little time today and drew up my latest idea. Based on the Dickey (the fake undershirt that makes you look like your wearing a turtleneck) the Rapper Dickey has fake underwear sewn into the top of the pants. This way you can have your pants down low but they wont fall off because the under wear is holding them up. Yeah, its a stupid idea, but thats the point.
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Sometimes it feels like there are just not Enough hours in the day
I also decided add some color into my “foggy” illustration for this weeks Illustration Friday topic. I like it, but I also I also like the cool and quiet nature of the original.
I updated the illustration a little. Added some more texture and changed the colors a little. The other image was way too flat. Its still a little dark, but I think I like the new one.
I watched a great documentary this weekend called I like Killing Flies. Its about a restaurant owner in Greenwich Village who has been in the same little spot for around 30 years. The thing I noticed the most was the textures in the kitchen. every surface had 30 years of wear and they all blended into one mass. It almost became like an organic space as each little nook and cranny becomes filled with something. And even though it was filled with stuff leaving only enough room enough for him and a few helpers, He knew were everything was and everything had a specific place. It was a very cool space and after being there for so long, it became a part of him, and him a part of it.
This is the way I feel most days.
One of my favorite things is coming home from work, and finding that my wife bought me a new bag of Sour Patch Kids.