I smell a t-shirt.

Lil guy slammed into our deck glass door. I went out and got him back on his feet. Gave him a pat on his head. He was dazed pretty bad. I say "He", because only men can be pilots.

Hail. In October. Hail.

Wait 5 min.

We're eating at a local Chinese buffet type place. Mind you, one I enjoy. And I happen to look between our booth chair and the wall. This photo documents what I saw, and what I pass to you to interpret at your discretion.

Holy shit, it's Glenn. I've worked with this cool guy at least 20 different companies over the past 342 years. I'm out of my element at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and low and behold, I run into the man again. Do you understand the odds? I'm roaming around a foreign country and I run into a guy a know at a bar.

What does this prove?

Bars are the hub of a civilized world.

I had too.

So I'm out in L.A. for business. My comrades and I are roaming Hollywood, we wander into a gift shop. Joe spots a young starlet pair - no doubt dressed to get attention. They were exploring something near the ground, and who - I ask - who am I to refuse a plumber's crack photo?

New Photos from the June shootout have finally been posted...

I'm 95% set on the design for business cards. Double sided, full color. Its hard to minimize your career aspirations on a 3.5 x 2 inch piece of paper. I'm not set on the term 'multimedia artist'. I wonder if there's a buzzier word out there for my kind of folk.

While these photos weren't technically taken with a camera phone, they were taken with a web-cam. Specifically a built in iSight, which a few steps above the average web-cam. I played with the novelty program on the new Mac Book called Photobooth.

4th of July celebrations, and we're in Tim Horton's Brockport. Plump lass is in front of us in line, and behold - we get the gift of ass. I think she's wearin' a thing - otherwise it's a kong sized wedgie.

Um...yeah

A bud of mine, Tim Fressie asked me to help him out on a fathers day project for his dad. He has this old (from July 1954) photo of his dad, and grandfather. Originally he asked if I could restore it, and clean up his dad / grandpa - possibly even as an illustration. I suggested (or maybe he did?) that we could comp him and his two sons, Riley and Liam into the photo. We match the angles and lighting of the original photo in our bluescreen room, and shot Tim and then the two boys. I cut ou the shots and combined them into one final composition displaying 4 generations of Fressie men.

Questions I'm asked while sitting at the Mandaly Bay Starbucks working..

1. Are you an artist? (as it's very plain that I'm working on an illustration on my Powerbook.)

2. Do you do this for a living (Whilst my Powerbook, and Wacom tablet are being used as well as a sketchbook and project notes are also on the table.

3. Do you have a business card. (no) I'm and artist, not a business man.

4. Isn't it hard working with all this noise? (No, I enjoy the chaos.)

5. Do you draw animals (only the most brutal and ignorant, people.)

6. I have a cousin that draws pretty good too. (I don't give a fuck).

This is of course a fantasy. No one has bothered me yet, and I'm insulted. In my insane vanity I really crave the attention that I most surreally deserve for being gifted. Sure I've had a few gawkers, but no one has said a word to me, well except, "Do you get a wireless connection here?". (No, and I'm dying to check how many more views my flickr account has received....). I'm sure though that these peeps would ask me any of these questions, if they weren't so humbled by my presence. Of course there is a conference going on for Graphic Designs (which my company is to cheap to pay for their star designer to attend). And everyone knows that graphic designers are insanely jealous of illustrators. Font this biatch!

Erica had an idea for a bubble gum shot. I had to combine elements from a few different photos to get the final product. I'll post the recipe up soon. It turned out to be a pretty cute shot.

I enjoy a silly none-sense comedy once in a while. It's fun to step away from reality and into a slapstick world. So with that in mind, we enter "Date Movie". In the spirit of "The Naked Gun" legacy - I enjoyed it. It was a guilty pleasure, and I ain't afraid to say it out loud. It's no Golden Globe winner, but that's the point. It's just meant to be fun. no crying, no deep thoughts - just an escape from reality. The main downside to parody based films is that the shelf life will dwindle as people forget about the current event references made. I'm a firm believer that it’s good to see a movie that doesn't take itself seriously. Date Movie takes nothing seriously.

I've meet some pretty cool folks through Model Mayhem over the past few months. In my ever present need for faces (and bodies too) Model Mayhem (http://www.modelmayhem.com/) has proven very helpful. Well, it's more of a vessel - the models have been the real help. So as I send out feelers trying to lure models into my lowbudget photo shoot world, I came across a lady named Adrienne who happens to be model, as well as a photographer. ( Like Christy, she's talented on either side of the camera lense). She invited me to a 'shoot out' where a bunch of models run around in different outfits and underwear while photographers shoot a ton of photos. Christy and I went to our first one this past Sat, (6/3/06) and it was a blast. I look forward to the next one in July.

So I posted some of the photos (I have more, I just haven't had time to do post production on them all yet) to my flickr site. Click on Samatha's pic to go to the set..

-B

London came by and struck a few poses for the pinup series I'm working on. Most of the shots are for reference, so not much is usable as far as model portfolio stuff. This one though seemed like it wanted to be displayed. I'll add sketches and updates as I work on the piece.

-B

Jason McElwain, other wise known as J-Mac to the rest of the world was at the corporate race I ran (walked...jogged partially) This past week with some other kids from work. I spotted him and just had to wish him luck and get a quick photo. What a nice kid! Thanks Jason! Guest Photography by Larry Conrow.

X-Men 3, The Last stand is one stand too much. I'm a big fan of the comics, and I've been pleased with the movies thus far. This (hopefully) last installment falls pretty short of even the low bar the previous two films set. I know comics have changed since I stopped being able to afford them but, man, I know my X-Men history. Making Juggernaut a mutant for the movie was my last straw. Now I can get geeky, but I'll end my 'barely even realized Juggernaut rant' with this; Making him a mutant was a poor story tool. Keeping him a non mutant meta-human would have made for an interesting plot devise at a certain point in the movie. (see? no spoiler..) Also keeping him a Meta-human would have expanded the possibilities in the 'Hollywood Marvel Universe'. I assume that's just too complex for the popcorn eating sheep, and it all needs to be wrapped up nice and simple. (Can someone explain the ending to me? PLEASE let it not be a tease for another sequel) Plus, simply just too many characters - most of which are made up for the sake of extra 'pawns' as Magento (Ian McKellen) put it.

Ian's portrayal of Magneto was lazy and frankly just going along for the ride. I'm glad Halle Barry showed up she genuinely seemed to be trying to act. Hugh, well is actually good as Wolverine. Lets hope his solo movie isn't too over blown. Get this, Kelsey Grammer plays a hyper intelligent classic literature quoting doctor. It's so good to see that he can stretch his acting boundaries.

The X-Men have more interesting nemesis than just Magneto. The hint of a Sentinel presence led to just more disappointment. Why bother? To get your core audience excited at a comic convention apparently. I really don't look forward to the Wolverine solo movie - or the Magneto solo movie. There's always Ghost Rider to look forward too...

I read the book about a year ago. All the while I thought it would be make a great movie. It moved fast, had fascinating theories, and pissed people off. What more could you ask? I knew it was going to be turned into a move. It had too. The novel was to me a glorified screenplay. So it was no surprise. It had a destiny. Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon...that was a surprise. I guess I was picturing...I dunno....well, not him. He did fine. He sounded nasaly, like he had a cold throughout production. Langdon (Hanks) is really such a 2D character any decent actor could have pulled it off. I'd say the most 'acting' that Tom had to attempt was being claustrophobic. And that was mostly some spray on sweat and wild eys. The rest of the movie, well frankly was boring. It seemed like they took the book almost verbatim. The DaVinci Code just read more action packed. Don't get me wrong, I liked it. I was just bored. I knew what was going to happen and when. And honestly once the big secret is presented, well...there's no turning back. I did enjoy how Langdon's problem solving was visualized. Ian was good as Teabing. The rest of the cast was forgettable.

Photos from a photo session with Bilqis (aka Bella). She's sending photos and a video to try to get on "America's Next Top Model". I've posted a selection from the best photos. I took about 570 photos all together and shot footage for a video too! Good luck Bella!

It's a photo of Christy getting her first tattoo. She went with a friend of hers to Physical Graffiti in Rochester.

Philip's erie portrayal of Truman Capote was the only real gravitational pull that this film could muster. I found the character study to be a distraction after a while. I get it, Philip is great. Stop rubbing my face into it. I get it that he's the center of attention at every social gathering. Very clever stories *I guess* since we're dumped into the middle of them just in time to hear Truman's great zingers. I guess thats part of the NYC society allure. If you want to see a great actor, then this is a movie for you. If you want to see a movie about an author's turning point in his career and life - well, that's this movie too. It's a brainy flick, not a popcorn tosser.

Under the tree, looking up at the tower. Makes for a nice desktop!

We have an ornamental Cherry tree in our front lawn. It blooms for about 2 weeks out of the year. Usually a windy day blows in and cuts the display short, knocking all the pink flowers to the ground and whisking them away.

I finally won. You can too! Use my referer link! It's easy, and free! linky (copy and paste): www.blingo.com/friends?ref=y91umm1neOfMDF_Wtv1MDf4_62g

I was researching a role for "My Other Left Foot"

Finally, the angle we all wanted to see.

This was an illustration I did prior to a job interview at Fisher-Price. I just wanted to show that I could do soft and cute illustration.