Merry Christmas
Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 9:29 PM | 0 comments  
Christy and I collaborated on our Christmas card this year. She penciled in a fellow holding a little lamb, I colored it in. Some folks got the printed card - others got an 'iCard'. Some got both. I was toying with the idea of sending the Episode III Nativity around as my digital card....but I felt some folks may not 'get it'. Usually I don't care if I offend people, but in the spirit of the holidays I decided to try and stay on the nice list.

Enjoy.

If you want to get next years card, make sure you sign up to be on the mailing list :-)

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-B
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A Star Wars Nativity
Saturday, December 17, 2005 at 2:52 AM | 0 comments  
It's that time of year again, and I feel like sharing a special photo just for all of you. It's a Star Wars Nativity scene! Specifically from Ep.3.....

Feel free to grab the big versions for your holiday drenched desktops....

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A 1024x768 version..



A 1280x720 version..


Have a nice holiday - whatever ideals you worship or entertain.

-B
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Meatwad
Monday, December 12, 2005 at 9:18 PM | 0 comments  
Sweeeeeet. Nuff said.

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Paint Monkeys, Inc. The Movie?!
Monday, November 28, 2005 at 12:04 AM | 0 comments  

Not really. But in the spirit of DIY I entered our fav lil monkey in an adult swim (cartoon network) contest. The prize is for a car, which would be neat-o groovy, but I took it as an opportunity to get off my ass and put an animation together. You'll see two links below, one is to view the submission that I sent to adult swim. It doesn't have any credits, or naughty words and had to be under 20 mb. The other link is an uncensored version, as I prefer to present Paint Monkeys, Inc. It's bigger, and better, and has naughty content that I removed for the sesitive Cartoon Network folks.

I doubt I'll win, as it's pretty offensive material. But, considering what I do see on the air - I'm on par. Either way it's done, and maybe someone will take interest and flip the bill for a full blown pilot episode.

Enjoy. Be patient, the files are big. Wear headphones. Update your QuickTime viewer as I use the H.264 (HD) compression scheme.

*Update* I moved the vids to my .mac site so the files would stream faster. You can also download them and share with all your lame friends that don't have high speed internet.





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Works update: Girls
Sunday, November 06, 2005 at 7:05 PM | 1 comments  
A while back I donated some work to an auction for GoArt!. They're a great organization, and I received a grant through them a few years ago. They help a large number of artist in Genesee and Orleans county by coordinating shows and facilitating grants and general arts integration. I've had the honor of being on a handful of grant review boards, and it's always great to help make some kind of an arts impact. Someday, I'd like to do more full time work with them, but for now, I have to work for a living.

Anyhow, I do like to help when I can. So I donated some work - more accurately the commitment to do work for the lucky bidder. What I was donating was a portrait for inclusion in my current series. Well, that was the plan...the winning bidder asked that her granddaughters be painted. Even though this isn't what my current series is about, and I normally don't do kids - I agreed since she donated a generous $300. I ended up getting photos of her, and her daughter in law which I will eventually use for the portrait series. More on those later.

For now here's the Girls;

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