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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:22 AM
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What is your art?
I do a lot (or did before I went back to school) of community theatre. I like to do everything: act, direct, build sets, lighting. I think I'm good at what I do, and I enjoy it. I don't get paid for 95% of what I do. I do it for the love of theatre.

What is your art?

The first person who says Garfunkel gets :spank:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:24 AM
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1. Carney.
:yoiks:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:24 AM
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2. Seriously, I'm not an artist.
A little photography, but I don't know enough to practice it as art.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:27 AM
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6. I think everyone is an artist
Like I said, I don't get paid. I'm certainly not good enough to be a professional, but I like what I do.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:30 AM
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10. My problem is lack of focus (no pun intended).
It's hard for me to stick to one thing. My brain is all over the map. I think anyone can practice an art and become reasonably proficient. On that I agree.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:34 AM
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15. I know what you mean
I would love to draw, write, do photography...just not enough time.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:25 AM
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3. Mine. Leather burnings.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:27 AM
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7. Did you do that?
That is really cool.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:31 AM
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11. Yep. Each piece takes about 80 hours of stippling.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:33 AM
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14. that's certainly dedication
I would have trouble doing anything for 80 hours !
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:40 AM
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17. I put my obsessive compulsive disorder to good use ha ha
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 08:36 PM
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94. That's amazing!
:yourock:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:07 PM
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121. Beautiful . . .
I've wanted to incorporated leather or suede into some of my mixed media painted collage work, but have so many materials that I haven't yet gotten there. Thank you for sharing these beautiful images, graywarrior. Wa-do.
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Lilyhoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:29 PM
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123. WOW! Awesome! nt
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:26 AM
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4. i like to draw


here's some pen and ink sticky doodles
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:28 AM
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8. Wow...I really like those
that's pretty impressive.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:31 AM
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12. this is my latest
computer generated...no pen or ink used...just digital image work courtesy of ms paint...

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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:27 AM
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5. I write.
Mostly fiction, but also essays and articles. Writing is my major so I'd better be good at it, right?

I'm also an extremely amateur photographer. And when I say amateur, I mean I just started in April, so I'm about as amateur as it gets. :rofl:
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:29 AM
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9. I wish I had the patience to write
I get frustrated too easily and give up.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:37 AM
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16. If you're interested you should take a few writing classes.
It's amazing how some good teachers can get your creative juices flowing.
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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:50 AM
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78. Just not where I live.
*giggles* :D Show us something, I bet you're good.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 03:45 AM
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97. Mutley here can handle her business alright, you all should read her stuff
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:32 AM
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13. I draw (though nowhere near as often as I'd like)
And I do a lot of vector illustration, I love that stuff. (http://subvertanddestroy.deviantart.com)

I've also started dabbling in the worlds of painting and photography.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:53 AM
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20. I try to dabble in lots of stuff
just not enough time :)
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Dastard Stepchild Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:31 AM
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24. woah... that is a link to your work?
Impressive!

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:33 AM
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25. Sure is...
Thank you!
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Dastard Stepchild Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:35 AM
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26. No problem...
It's great.
I'll pass the link to some pals that I think will appreciate it.

Sadly, I am not visually artistic. But I can turn a phrase when need be. :)
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:39 AM
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27. Awesome, please do!
And that's cool. :)
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Dastard Stepchild Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:43 AM
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28. Sooo....
This is probably difficult to answer in a quick, messageboard type way, but...
How do you go about making that kind of art? I've seen other examples in the past, and I've always been curious. Now that I have such an artist cornered, so to speak, my curiousity is getting the better of me. :)

Do you use photos and then manipulate those?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:47 AM
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30. I use a photo as the base image...
Use that to trace an outline. Then I add colour and shading and other elements as I see fit.

I use a Wacom Graphire3 graphics tablet and Adobe Illlustrator.
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Dastard Stepchild Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:55 AM
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31. I see....
I can picture the process. You get great results from your work.

:thumbsup:

Thanks for humoring me!
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 09:01 AM
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32. Haha, you're welcome
I've only been doing vector graphics since January actually (I got my graphics tablet for xmas). So I'm still learning really, developing my style and technique, etc. Glad you like my stuff though, always nice to get complimented on my work.
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:24 AM
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117. That's really good!
And I love deviantart.com You can find some really cool art there...

Khash.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:39 AM
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118. Thanks
Yeah, DA is a great community. Lots of good art and lots of cool people.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:50 AM
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18. here's a song i wrote...
two republican senators got drunk and got the police called on them...turns out they were having and affair, i actually won an RAB award for this tune last year....



G BM C D7 G
TWO LOVERS CAN MEET IN JUNEAU’S SPOTLIGHT THINKING WE DON’T
C D G BM C
KNOW…DON’T KNOW…LISEL AND TOM SAID THAT THEY’RE JUST
D7 G C D G
FRIENDS THINKING WE WON’T KNOW…WON’T KNOW…THEY’RE
EM G
DRINKING AND A FIGHTING NOT THE BEST POLITICAL PLAN…LISEL
EM BM
CALLED THE COPS AND TOM IS THINKING WHAT A…OH MAN, BUSTED
C A
TONIGHT…LIKE A REAL SAD SONG…THEY GOT THEY’RE HANDS CUT
G C
SHE DONE HIM WRONG…NOW WE ALL KNOW…CALLED THE COPS ON
D G C
HER LOVER…WE ALL KNOW…CAUSE THEY BLEW THEIR
D7 G C D7 G
COVER…NOW WE KNOW…MARRIED BUT NOT TO EACH OTHER…IN
BM C D7
JUNEAU…LISEL AND TOM SAY IT’S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS BECOUSE
G C D G BM
THEY ARE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES…BUT THE MAN ON THE NEWS
C D7 G
TOLD THE WORLD ALL ABOUT IT…WE’RE TALKING MAJOR
C D G EM
SLEAZE…SHE’S SUCH A TEASE…LOVERS FIGHT AND ARGUE THAT’S NO
G EM
MAJOR ISSUE…WHEN THEY DO IT ON OUR DIME I NEED SOME EXTRA
D C
TISSUE TO CRY ME TO SLEEP…MARRIED BUT NOT TO EACH
A
OTHER…SHE CALLED THE COPS ANDTHEY BLEW THEIR COVER…YES
G C D7 G
WE ALL KNOW…MARRIED BUT NOT TO EACH OTHER…IN
C G
JUNEAU…YOU KNOW…OOOOOOOOHHHHH….








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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:52 AM
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19. That's great!
serves them right...family values, my ass. ;)
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:04 AM
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21. mostly music, some poetry, speechifying
check my sigline for a music link. i've really gotten back into it in the past few months. it's very theraputic to say the least.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:12 AM
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22. What I like and what I do are two different things
I love television. When I worked in a studio for 8+ years in L.A., my favorite jobs were with the TV group. I am a bit of a TV expert with extensive knowledge of TV, most especially the late 50s, the 60s through the 90s.

As for what I do, I write and photograph. I've been writing poetry since I was in about 3rd grade, with the usual childish innocence in my writing back then. I've written two novels, one as a hobby, and the other which I would like to market and get published some day. The only writing, however, I've done lately has been in long posts on boards like DU, which, at the very least, still keeps me going.

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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:29 AM
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23. i shouldn't attempt portraits from photos...
guess who this is supposed to be...

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 09:59 AM
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39. Looks like leftpeoplefinishfirst...
:shrug:
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 10:03 AM
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40. yeah
it's certainly not the first time i've posted this particular sketch...not a great likeness...but it is nice drawing...

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 10:05 AM
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41. Indeed
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:46 AM
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29. linkletter? (WARNING)
Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 08:48 AM by northzax



I warned you. but you had to open it, didn't you?
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 09:19 AM
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33. water color and pen and ink....
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:48 PM
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52. man, that's amazing
i've always admired people who can do visual arts-- mostly because i suck at them! :P
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Lilyhoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:31 PM
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124. Very Nice!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 09:20 AM
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34. I can paint, act, and write.. a bit. No muscial talent whatsoever, though
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Bassic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 09:51 AM
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35. Music
I'm a bass player in a band. Compose some of the riffs and write some of the lyrics.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 09:53 AM
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36. Photography!
I like to express my inner self by taking photos of hot chicks in bikinis...

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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 09:53 AM
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37. here's another song i wrote....
one of the oldest massage parlors in Anchorage was busted...a rolodex was confiscated...and has never been made public...

AM C D F
There is a house in old spenard
AM C E7
They call the chateau
AM C D F
Where many a poor boy has paid for sex
AM E7 AM
They’re lonely but have lots of dough
AM C D F
The police have busted the building
AM C E7
They have the Rolodex
AM C D F
With the names of the johns in thick black ink
AM E7 AM
We know who paid for sex
AM C D F
Will we find the story told?
AM C E7
Or will they cover up
AM C D F
The names of the men who paid for ho’s
AM E7 AM
A girl’s got to make a buck

(REPEAT FIRST VERSE)




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Akoto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 09:55 AM
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38. Voiceover
I provide the vocal work for commercials, radio, animation and other projects requiring it. It's both my trade and my love. :)
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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:55 AM
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80. Oh my GOD jealousy.
X_X Besides comic-book-author and librarian, that's my dream job. DREAM JOB I SAY.

Have you heard of Michael Bell?
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LeftHander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 10:06 AM
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42. Modern Rock
Original modern rock....

http://soul-amp.com

Subcribe to our Podcast and follow the band.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/SoulAmp

Blog http://Soul-Amp.blogspot.com

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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 05:37 AM
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62. what is a podcast
heard the term many times...but i still don't understand what it means...
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 10:29 AM
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43. I paint
I'll post some pics soon
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 10:44 AM
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44. Music
My degree is in Music Composition. I play piano.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 11:02 AM
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45. here is my first attempt at computer generated art....
i still want to fix the eyes...but the error is part of it's charm...

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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:57 AM
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81. Eee.
*hides* That's scary. But I fully appreciate how difficult it is to draw computer-y alone, I was scannerless for a long time.

^_^ Good job.
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 11:15 AM
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46. Writing, graphic design, drawing, photography...
I like doing all of those things but lately I can't seem to finish anything. I lose my inspriation somehow and it fizzles out. Pretty lame.

I might try combining all of those things into a graphic novel. Perhaps it will help.

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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:02 PM
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47. Photography
http://www.maggister.com/photo.htm

Hasn't been updated in awhile
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 05:17 AM
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61. very nice photo's
your black and white work is nice...will you post more? you must have a lot more work?

do you do your own developing? do you have a darkroom setup? what kind of camera do you use?
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 03:58 PM
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90. thank you
Yes, I have way more photos that I haven't put up or don't have, given away, etc. I use a Canon AE-1. I developed + printed all the darkroom photos (and the film from which they came) personally. The only darkroom access I've had was my past two years in high school, and I'll have access at college, but I'm hoping to build a darkroom in my house for when I'm not at school.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 04:54 AM
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100. have you given thought to large format photography?
Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 05:06 AM by cleofus1
the drawbacks are the cost and the bulkiness of the equipment...but your vision seems to call for it.

for more information go to this website...

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 08:36 AM
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108. Not really...
Large format photography costs a lot, it's even more time consuming, etc. Maybe at some point that'll be the direction I'm going, but right now I'm too impatient for it ;)
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:15 PM
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48. kick
:kick:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:24 PM
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49. Jack of all trades
and master of none.

I draw, sing, quilt, write....

The only drawings I have online are bird drawings for the California Bird Records Committee. I drew the kittiwake in my banner. Meh.
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Chemical Bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:47 PM
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50. I make pottery and play a little guitar.
Actually I kind of alternate. I threw some pot 2 years ago, and will again when I get the itch, but clay removes the calluses on my fingers, so I usually only play guitar. Not that I'm any good, but it's fun. I threw pots all through school, but didn't get a gitbox 'til I was 30.

Bill
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LeftyDarthBrodie Donating Member (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:47 PM
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51. writing, editing film/video
nothing professional yet. Someday hopefully
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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:58 AM
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82. Those dudes...
Who made Saw the movie were fresh out of college, I think...I bet you could do something great with those combined talents. :D Do you screenwrite, or what?
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LeftyDarthBrodie Donating Member (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 08:21 PM
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91. Working on it
As much as I'd like to achieve success now I felt that the "twist" in Saw wasn't as shocking because it was unjustified by the rest of the film. In order for a "twist" to work for me you have to be able to go back and watch the movie or just think about it afterwards and have the twist make sense. IMHO, Saw didn't achieve this.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:52 PM
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53. i'm in theater as well...
lighting tech, admin, scheduling, script notes, yada-yada :hi:

http://www.sagfoundation.org

http://www.californiamusicaltheatre.com/index.cfm?page=1138200
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 06:58 PM
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54. fiber art, dyeing, tie dyeing, batik, marbling (silk)
a number of really evil DUers have my tie dyes (cat woman, NYY fan, ulysses, scgop is evil, even mike malloy.... and his "very attractive" wife). from 2000 to 2005, i did about 1,500 of them. i taught a class in how to do them in the local high school.... and ran into a guy wearing one at the food lion last week who said his wife bought it for him last year... i sell them at the pet grooming store and sporting goods outlet in town so that is where she must have bought it.

it was pretty funny, i was walking down an aisle at food lion and around the corner came the guy wearing the shirt. i recognized it immediately as one of mine because of the patterns and it had a breast pocket (my signature style).
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:00 PM
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55. I draw & write my own comics.
My favorite artists are Jack Kirby, Dick Sprang & Dick Ayers.

I've been building on the same character since I was about 15- for 18 years or so.

I really need someone to help me with the inks though-never quite perfected it.

I bang out country songs plus 50s & 60s rock & roll on my gee-tarr from time to time as well.

Mostly I work & politic.

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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:00 PM
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83. Jeaaaaloooous....
A lot of the comics I read are drawn and inked by different people...and then colored by different people as well...Jhonen Vasquez does his own though, and so does Roman Dirge, (I think.) Got any links, I'd love to see some of your stuff.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 02:35 PM
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89. When I get a scanner, I plan to post episodes in the DU Comics Room.
I have yet to "computerize" anything yet- but I'd love to start doing the colors by computer in order to simulate the dot matrix look & avoid hand lettering...I need a Wacom pad I suppose...

If you like old DC & silver age Marvel, then you may like my stuff- I hope to have somthing to present soon enough...
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 10:32 AM
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126. I thought you got your name from the mysterious Dr. Fate....
Anyway, I was a big huge Kirby fan until Niel Addams came along with Batman and Green Lantern....
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stlsaxman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:03 PM
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56. Music and Words...
Here's a recent lyric...

THEY GOT A JOB

don't talk back to your teevee set
the corporate sponsors are listening
they know who you are from the internet
and offer a city that's glistening
and don't ever doubt for a minute
they know what's good for you
does it make you feel secure
make you feel secure
when Archer Daniels Midland says
we grow enough food to feed the world

never take for granted what they shove in your face
and don't get sick unless you're able to pay
cause the health care industry has congress in it's pocket
you trust a politician who can't pronounce so-cial sec-ur-i-ty

he's got a job and you don't
he'll eat tonight and you won't

we sail around the world in front of teevee sets
seeing all sorts of people living life without regrets
and our brains will burn from things that haven't even happened yet
then we close our eyes.... and we close our minds....

They got a job and we don't
they'll eat tonight and we won't

a battle at the dinner table; daddy is drunk
out of work and hopeless in a desperate funk
momma weeps into her hands wondering what she ever thunk
as the television drones on with it's commercials in the corner



© Copyright 2005 by Dominic Schaeffer
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:05 PM
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57. Being obnoxious.
No, really...I have it down to an art.
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ChaoticSilly Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 07:05 PM
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58. Computer generated stuff
Some people may not consider it art, but it's still fun to me. Here's a couple of older ones I've done. They're not quite as detailed as some of my later ones, but I still had fun making them...

Inhibitions


Some Strings Attached
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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:04 PM
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85. That is...
Really really weird, and in a very good way. I like it much. ^_^ Keep this up, they're very pretty...I'd like the topmost one as a poster for my wall. XD
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 03:37 AM
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95. you must reply to this...
what is your set up and what kind of software do you use? do you need a suite of different programs? spill dude!~

oh yeah, that's some kick ass stuff...
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ChaoticSilly Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 08:26 AM
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106. Thanks, glad you liked them
The main program I use is Povray, an open source raytracer. I'm probably showing my true geek colors by using it because there's no modeler like there is in the so-called pro software like 3DS Max or Lightwave - it's all pretty much source code. There are some free modelers, but I never could quite get the hang of them. I also use Poser (the only non-free software I use) for models of people (or puppets) and the Gimp for things like adding my sig & manipulating some of the textures before rendering. I always freely give out the source code for my pics to anyone who wants (at least the parts I created - I can't legally give out the source code for the puppets in the 2nd pic since they are Poser models, though I can release the code for all the other objects in the pic).

I used to be a regular contestant at the IRTC (the 2nd pic took 3rd place in Dec 2003) which disallows any post work except for resizing or adding a sig, so usually my pics are usually the direct output from the renderer.

As for my computer - it's nothing special, though I did just upgrade from an 1.6 GHz Athlon XP to a 2.4 GHz Athlon 64. B-)
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 04:46 AM
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59. I play guitar and clarinet....
Edited on Wed Aug-03-05 04:49 AM by cleofus1
here's me in the band in 1976...I also do a lot of writing, mostly copy. But sometimes autobiographical essays.


I used to be a Band Geek

I used to be a Band Geek. I'm not ashamed to admit it...In fact I'm proud. It was a hard row to hoe, that I will admit.

I remember in our freshmen year we sucked big time! The band went to a parade and scored like in the 60's...the judges told us to please not come back until we learned to play our instruments! Talk about humiliation!

Later that year during concert season we were practicing and we just couldn't get this one passage right...though we tried and tried. Finally Ms. Briant, our fearless band director, broke down and started crying. She didn't leave the conductors stand, she just sat there tears rolling down her pale cheeks, finally she said softly, "I have given up everything to be here...". She paused and began to regain her composure...she looked up her eyes red, mascara beginning to run...she spoke louder this time, "every day I give you guys everything I have...everything!....and all I ask is that you try your best too...I don't have any life but this band...I don't even have a family anymore...just you...just you!" She then left the podium and walked to her office.

Her outburst was so unexpected and so powerful. Personally I was moved beyond words. I glanced around the room and looked into the eyes of my fellow band mates and realized that the majority of us would probably have marched over the edge off a cliff for her. Maybe a core group of us understood that she wasn't there just to pick up a paycheck....she cared, and not just a little, she cared with all her heart.

That was 1972, by 1976 (our senior year) we were competing and winning..scoring consistently in the 90's and being praised by judges for our musicianship...And every step of the way, every evolution of our craft, every epiphany of musical life was guided by this wonderful lady. Every now and then I still break out the old b flat clarinet and toot out a few tunes. When I play I imagine myself once again, wearing white shoes and a big furry hat. I daydream about whistles piping out in the cold misty morning signaling me. I begin marching...and as the drums beat in syncopated rhythm I bring my clarinet to my mouth in a stylized ceremony and I begin to play.

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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 10:35 AM
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128. I love the Clarinet and wondered why no one ever
tried to electrify it and add it to rock....
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 04:56 AM
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60. Cooking and writing.
:ih:
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 08:24 AM
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67. i'm hungry...
feed me...what's your favorite recipe?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 05:43 AM
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63. Linkletter
he so dreamy!
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BedRock Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 06:59 AM
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64. Audience
Humm, it would have to be appreciation and curiosity of all art.

I can not act, sing, play an instrument, draw, sculpt, write well...a not talent gal.

BUT I will cry during opera/symphony, eat a painting or sculpture with my eyes, hold my breath at the beauty of nature, and dance with abandon when the music plays.

So my art is being the audience, so to speak.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 07:34 AM
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65. well dear
I could not live without you...
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 07:38 AM
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66. Knitting, stained glass, writing
knitting is my #1 though, because it's the easiest and really satisfying for me...stained glass can be tedious and difficult, although the final result is great. writing, it's the expression of my passion for politics and human rights issues, but at times it's a struggle, being the perfectionist that i am, and given my hatred for drafts :P
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 08:59 AM
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68. gonna give this thread a kick


an old pencil drawing of mine
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:13 AM
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69. OK maybe you noticed
but i'm an arts fanatic...i love art and music and photography...so i'm gonna give this thread another nudge...



more post it doodles...the dog with the hat is an old cartoon character of mine named Jaime...
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:21 AM
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70. I'll keep it going
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:32 AM
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72. nice sketch!
who's the model:evilgrin:
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:48 AM
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76. Unfortunately
she was just a picture I saw in the newspaper.
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BeTheChange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 10:52 AM
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71. I dabble..
Edited on Wed Aug-03-05 10:54 AM by BeTheChange
I love taking pictures and now that Ive found some good online photo developing I can finally develop them all!



It was a May shower moving onto the South Shore of St. John


A bit after sunrise...

I mostly like taking pictures of things going on in nature or nature itself..
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 07:50 AM
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105. i mentioned it in another post
but your work seems to call out for large format camera's have you ever looked into it...it's a labor of love but the results can be breathtaking...
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BeTheChange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:44 AM
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113. I didnt see that...
I havent really looked into it.. I try not to take myself too seriously.

Dont go giving me any ideas!
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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:39 AM
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73. The most terrible artist who ever lived. :D
And I prove it. Heh. *shifty look*
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/19788305/
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:44 AM
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74. hey is that your stuff
be honest now!
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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:49 AM
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77. Yes.
I can't do anything that isn't cartoony. V_V It keeps me up at night, but I guess it's not too bad...

Still won't get me a job as a comic-book-author though....how I have lusted after that job...
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 10:41 AM
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129. I have always wanted to be a comic book artist
way back in the 60's, when Jack Kirby left Marvel to come back home to DC.....

And then, I discovered that Sex and Guitars went together a whole lot better than sex and comic book art, at least it did in the 70's, so here I am....

Still sexless in my 40's but I can play a mean blues riff.....

Drawing, not so much anymore....

But my accounting clients think I make the numbers sing and love me around April......
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:47 AM
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75. Vandeley
:D
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 11:52 AM
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79. Writing, Playing music and making sweet sweet love......
There is an art to everything
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:03 PM
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84. Yes there is!
That was really the point of my starting this thread.

:)
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BamaGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:34 PM
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86. Writing and photography
For a long time (about 4 years) I was only writing political essays, but now I'm writing fiction again.
I also dabble in photography. Mostly I do portraits for friends and friends of friends and occasionally help my dad with a wedding. If the happy couple wants some photojournalism I tag along. I don't do posed work. :P
I don't have much scanned right now. Here's two of my faves. My son a few years ago, and my husband and son when he was home on leave about a year and a half ago.







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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:36 PM
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87. doodles
I'm a professional songwriter, so doodles, pretty much.
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Democracy White Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 12:37 PM
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88. Drawing, like the ones below..
I also do some writing but I haven't gotten into the market yet.

Dee
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 08:25 PM
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92. My Art




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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 08:41 AM
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109. dude...I really like these!
:hi:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 02:59 AM
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125. Most excellent.
Edited on Sun Aug-07-05 03:00 AM by Heidi
This panel reminds me of R Crumb, whose I work lovelovelove. (Thank you for posting these samples, MrS!)



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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 10:44 AM
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130. Nick Fury..........
Great Stuff Mr. Scorpio........

Good action, good detail.....

Essential for a great graphic novel
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 08:26 PM
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93. I knit, I write, I think, I sing
but most of all my art is laughing :D
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 03:43 AM
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96. Film, Video and writing, plus I karaoke a mean tune or two
Worked on some short films, written, done lighting, been a AD etc.

I directed a music video and produced lots of other video projects.

Coauthored a novel, I'll write anything, short fiction is my forte', I can write poetry, pretty good at screenplays, any type of essay I'm pretty solid at. I'll write just about anything though.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 03:50 AM
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98. Musician, writer, broadcaster
I was a working musician in bands for a number of years before I quit because of burn-out; now I just do the DIY thing. I've written since I was a teen and I published 3 books of poetry on small presses in the early 90's, now I ocassionally write the odd short-story or two.

My station is pretty much my main thing now..
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 04:58 AM
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101. you should send me some of your poetry
Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 04:58 AM by Wetzelbill
when you get a chance. I'd like to check it out. Or any of your music too, etc.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 05:01 AM
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102. You got it
I've still got some of the poetry around here; I gave away all my published books to friends when I moved. I don't even have copies of them anymore.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 05:14 AM
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103. jeez, that sounds like me
I gave away all the copies of my book that I had. I don't own a single one right now, lol.
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uhhuh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 04:02 AM
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99. Singer/Songwriter, Poetry, Some drawing

This is my band:

www.myspace.com/avenueinoceania



It is obviously very political.....
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 05:32 AM
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104. Bluesharp. Slide guitar. Writing. Graphic Design. Humor.
I want to get further into these pursuits, and I'm in the process of ordering my life so these become priorities. :bounce:
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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 08:30 AM
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107. fiction writing
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 09:43 AM
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110. I paint.
This is a painting I made right after the 2000 US presidential election.


Banana Republic, 2000
45 x 50 cm, Mixed media on canvas
Private collection, Zurich


Banana Republic (Detail)


Banana Republic (Detail II)
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 09:49 AM
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111. you are a most accomplished artist....
do you have a websight?
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 09:53 AM
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112. Why, yes, I do.
But it's down right now getting a badly-needed facelift. (I haven't updated in about two years, so this summer's the summer for major renovations.)

(Thanks for your nice words, my friend. I very much enjoy your sketches. :hug: )
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 02:05 AM
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114. Linkletter
Nah, just kidding. I enjoy planting azaleas, sunflowers, peas and other things close together to form a miniature jungle. I've tried many different combinations to see what shapes I could sort of get out of it. I then prune the azaleas to sort of shape it up into something interesting.

Oh, yeah, also I play guitar every now and again. I used to play it every day, but my family gave me a hard time about it, so I sort of stuck them in the closet after 15 years of band after band with poor leadership and no direction. Right band comes along though, I may just tune 'em up and get my aching fingers back in shape. I think arthur is setting in or something.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:10 AM
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115. did this one tonight on msn paint
very limited software...but i managed a portrait of an old friend...

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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:18 AM
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116. Writing
I love it, I hate it, it drives me nearly insane. It's not a lot of fun, but I can't stop.

I also love to draw but any 2nd grader could to better than me. For a while I quit even trying. But my exwife, an artist, explained to me that it doesn't matter how good you are but how much you love doing it. So I still draw and it's still crap. But that's cool.

Photography. I find it endlessly frustrating. I can see what I want to capture on film in my head. Rarely happens. But that's really just a matter of working to improve my skills.

Khash.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:42 AM
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119. butt sculpting
every morning
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 07:52 AM
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120. Kick. (nt)
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Mr. McD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:10 PM
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122. Photography, music, and stained glass
Although I haven't done any major glass projects in a while.:)

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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 10:33 AM
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127. Home recording.
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