tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116593532024-03-07T22:39:48.193-05:00Post Modern Ennuiart for pete's sakePost Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1154365685245905792006-07-31T13:06:00.000-04:002006-07-31T13:09:06.903-04:00Before me lay a bag of Miss Vickie's Chips. They are lime and black pepper flavored and presumably delicious. The front of the bag reads "From Our Farm to You." I'm overwhelmed. The thought that it should say "From Our Farm to Your Mouth" is unrelenting. Still, I shall crunch the chips until they exist no more and in their place, satiety.<br /><br /><br />I viewed A Scanner Darkly this weekend. There was one show in Fairfield at 9:50 to choose from. Erin and I decided to choose the 9:50 show in Fairfield. I think there were around five people total in the theater and three of them showed up late. Have you ever been one of the only two people in a theater when the Jimmy Fund begins it's prerecorded effort to solicit your funds from your pockets? Well, let me tell you something. When the guy with the can shows up, it doesn't take much coaxing to get Mr. Washington to cross the chasm between your pocket and a slotted aluminum cylinder.<br /><br /><br />Gmail's spell check wonders if "Fairfield" was indeed intended to be "Garfield." That, my friend, is good comedy. Likewise, Gmail knows not its own name. Sad. Perhaps, Google should have named it "Garfield."Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1144695015041940262006-04-10T14:48:00.000-04:002006-04-10T14:51:52.490-04:00Surrender<a href="http://static.flickr.com/54/126504102_42abf12dd1_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/54/126504102_42abf12dd1_m.jpg" border=0></a><br />... with every fiber.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1142911802301721032006-03-20T22:08:00.000-05:002006-03-20T22:30:02.313-05:00What the Hell?<a href="http://static.flickr.com/42/115616853_a5aea9bdc2_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/42/115616853_a5aea9bdc2.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />This is an all Adobe Illustrator, all vector experiment. I'm scared. Click if you dare to see this dancing, tuxedo clad monstrosity any larger. <br /><br />Or run. Run away before you need to dance too.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1142394438286017372006-03-14T22:25:00.000-05:002006-03-14T22:57:00.213-05:00π<a href="http://static.flickr.com/46/112701446_fffb14b446_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/46/112701446_fffb14b446.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />Apparently it's Pi-Day (The date is 3.14). I saw it on <a href="http://www.digg.com/science/Happy_Pi_Day__3">Digg.</a> Who the hell knew? <br /><br />That's neither here nor there. Enjoy the return of <a href="http://www.classicgaming.com/pac-man/">Pac-Man</a> and, of course, sleep well tonight under the watchful eye of the first Italian super hero (to my knowledge anyway) The Eggplant Parmagiana Hero!Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1142305319135218892006-03-13T21:52:00.000-05:002006-03-13T22:01:59.136-05:00Loss for Words<a href="http://static.flickr.com/55/112226968_b326931122_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/55/112226968_b326931122.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />Yeah. I don't know what to say either.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1142304680562991162006-03-13T21:44:00.000-05:002006-03-13T21:51:20.576-05:00Cat's in the Cradle, Silver Spoon, The Moon... All That.They're photos sure, but we've been over this before.<br /><br /><img src="http://static.flickr.com/51/112227242_ce31eb22df_m.jpg" border=0> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/38/112227590_285e0b02a5_m.jpg" border=0> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/56/112227977_da5a42b44e_m.jpg" border=0>Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1141441851555442792006-03-03T22:09:00.000-05:002006-03-13T22:03:28.196-05:00I've heard you<br />Take a bow<br />For now<br />Your tinder is smoldering<br />Release<br />Black out<br />And follow<br />And burn<br />And burn and flutter away<br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/37/107429227_91be94af51_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/37/107429227_91be94af51.jpg" border=0></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/52/107429205_5bc1ba035e_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/52/107429205_5bc1ba035e.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />I sat in one meeting this morning and another this afternoon for about an hour and a half combined. The second page here shows the fruit of those two meetings. The first two thirds of the first page were done this past weekend as I enjoyed a venti Starbucks Mocha Valencia, the final third was done just an hour and a half ago. <br /><br />There are times when I've thrown song lyrics into these posts. They've all been fairly random and included simply when I had nothing to say, but sketches to post. Sometimes they might have captured my current mood. Other times they were simply running through my head. The words above are my own. They might suck. I'm really not sure, but I just felt like writing a little since I haven't done it very much in many years. Do they have anything to do with these images? I don't know. Probably not. Maybe. I don't know. They weren't completely random. However, I'm not talking. Draw from them what you will... or a blank. Whatever. Hope you enjoy the sketches. I know. They're kind of creepy. It's okay. You'll get over it.<br /><br />-PME-Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1141098056688998242006-02-27T22:09:00.000-05:002006-02-27T22:40:56.700-05:00Will Draw for Coffee<a href="http://static.flickr.com/45/105587039_097e755985_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/45/105587039_097e755985.jpg" border=0></a> <br />There's something grotesque about this rendering that's both the worst thing and the best thing about it if I may critique my own work... and I may... it's my blog after all. Here's a plug for the book I took this pose from, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078948045X/qid=1141096610/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9535299-7158341?s=books&v=glance&n=283155"> Anatomy for the Artist </a>. It's pretty good if you like quality hardcover books and, honestly, who the hell doesn't? <br /><br />Well, besides you. <br /><br />Book hater. <br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/50/105587086_ca309c73f7_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/50/105587086_ca309c73f7.jpg" border=0></a> <br />And here's a Post-It collage. That's it. I hope you're happy.<br /><br />I had visited <a href="http://www.drawn.ca"> Drawn! </a> earlier and been guided to <a href="http://www.davidho.com">The Art of David Ho.</a> Disturbing, sure, but I'll be surprised if I don't own one of his prints in the near future. I love this stuff.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1140153390960480572006-02-17T00:09:00.000-05:002006-02-17T00:16:30.973-05:00IT IS NON STOP!I don't care if it is 10 minutes into Friday. This post still counts as three days in a row with new stuff. This one is just to prove a point. The point is that Conté Crayons make everything look richer. Here's a detail of a woman's neck and good ol' Master Shake. Next time I post, I'll have moved off of Williams Street.<br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/24/99901927_18b0a2ecca_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/24/99901927_18b0a2ecca.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />Don't get used to this. The well is dry for now.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1140059489776702812006-02-15T21:53:00.000-05:002006-02-15T22:12:36.426-05:00<a href="http://static.flickr.com/35/99902150_9e8f93370f_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/35/99902150_9e8f93370f_m.jpg" border=0></a><br />My apologies to the late Charles Schultz for greatly aging Charlie Brown and Linus. I can't explain Master Shake making an appearance except that I just got <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B5XOR0/qid=1140058748/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9535299-7158341?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130"> Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Vol 4 </a> which I've been watching and enjoying quite a bit. <br /><br />Please bury me with all my stuff because you know it's mine.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1139973682460766192006-02-14T22:09:00.000-05:002006-02-14T22:21:22.480-05:00Something Awful<a href="http://static.flickr.com/29/99902285_fed545678c_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/29/99902285_fed545678c_m.jpg" border=0></a><br />There is so much wrong with this, but there are small things here that I like. I won't say which is which, but I will say that for the most part, I don't like it. However, I'm posting this anyway in the interest of some kind of bizarre honesty with the four or so people who actually view this page. Also, I've been drinking. <br /><br />I'll have more soon. I've got a small cache to post from for the next couple of days. <br /><br />Also, I've been drinking.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1139278671587031542006-02-06T21:00:00.000-05:002006-02-06T21:17:51.603-05:00<a href="http://static.flickr.com/28/96544931_b5ce9087a0_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/28/96544931_b5ce9087a0.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />in pitch dark i go walking in your landscape broken branches trip me as i speak just cause you feel it doesnt mean its there just cause you feel it doesnt mean its there-radioheadPost Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1138158387934456712006-01-24T22:02:00.000-05:002006-01-24T22:06:27.946-05:00Post-it Modern Ennui<a href="http://static.flickr.com/34/90872847_dc90498132_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/90872847_dc90498132_m.jpg" border=0></a><br />Q*bert and Pac-Man. Tag-team champions of the world.<br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/16/90872800_5e9771b3c4_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/16/90872800_5e9771b3c4_m.jpg" border=0></a><br />some shlub.<br /><br />I'm going to bed.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1136522020348668882006-01-05T23:27:00.000-05:002006-01-05T23:33:40.360-05:00<a href="http://static.flickr.com/37/82815849_141719dad7_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/37/82815849_141719dad7_m.jpg" border=0></a><br />Just messing around for a few minutes with <a href="http://www.alias.com/eng/index.shtml"> Alias </a> Sketchbook Pro. Check out the <a href="http://www.alias.com/glb/eng/community/image_gallery_details.jsp?itemId=6900001">gallery </a>on their site if you want to see what can be accomplished with this software. I'm in awe.Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1136518300504984752006-01-05T22:03:00.000-05:002006-01-05T22:35:44.070-05:00<a href="http://static.flickr.com/41/82783120_ae0b1524e1_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/41/82783120_ae0b1524e1_m.jpg" border=0></a> <a href="http://static.flickr.com/43/82783157_c8ddd81417_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/43/82783157_c8ddd81417_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />so glad to see you well overcome and completely silent now with heaven's help you cast your demons out and not to pull your halo down around your neck and tug you off your cloud but i'm more than just a little curious how you planning to go about making your amends to the dead -a perfect circle<br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/42/82783139_b6953fea9b_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/42/82783139_b6953fea9b_m.jpg" border=0></a> <a href="http://static.flickr.com/40/82783111_0ec30df424_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/40/82783111_0ec30df424_m.jpg" border=0></a>Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1135897086714174762005-12-29T17:56:00.000-05:002005-12-29T17:58:06.743-05:00Last of the YearChances are this is the last time I'll be posting in 2005. Happy New Year. Have some stuff. Big stuff comes to those who click.<br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/34/73706188_39bc934a98_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/73706188_39bc934a98_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/35/73706229_f3dd77e03e_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/35/73706229_f3dd77e03e_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/34/73706239_eceffc0d3a_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/73706239_eceffc0d3a_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/20/73706310_76819d5a4a_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/20/73706310_76819d5a4a_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/35/73706302_3d06182c47_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/35/73706302_3d06182c47_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/20/73706270_c287221e4a_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/20/73706270_c287221e4a_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/34/73706321_f2077c54a9_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/73706321_f2077c54a9_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/38/78908498_7349538ef4_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/38/78908498_7349538ef4_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/41/78908482_f6509c336c_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/41/78908482_f6509c336c_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />That's all you get from me until '06... now go check out <a href="http://rocknoats.blogspot.com">Le Musée des RocknOats.</a>Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1135138648057078012005-12-20T23:00:00.000-05:002005-12-20T23:17:28.066-05:00"Baby, I'm a fine artiste. Baby, I deserve to be kissed."-R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders<br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/35/73706174_703822a457_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/35/73706174_703822a457_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />I ended up in conversation with someone just yesterday at the local Starbucks. I began drawing in my Moleskine and the guy sitting near me noticed and asked "Are you an artist?"<br /><br />I said yes.<br /><br />I may as well have thrown in that I was a mechanic because I pump my own gas. <br /><br />My apologies. <br /><br />~PMEPost Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1134860614605325162005-12-17T17:54:00.000-05:002005-12-17T18:05:27.283-05:00What a shame...More from the Moleskine... It's been awhile, I know. I'm sure the both of you reading this will get over it. Remember. Less is more. Now let's all sit back and watch this poor bastard get smashed in the head with an errant baseball. <br /><br />~PME<br /><br /><a href="http://static.flickr.com/27/73706203_90337aa885_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/27/73706203_90337aa885_m.jpg" border=0></a>Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1131685275744828692005-11-10T23:41:00.000-05:002005-11-11T00:01:15.756-05:00Digital<a href="http://static.flickr.com/25/62055936_ede6cc5629_o.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/25/62055936_ede6cc5629_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />Yeah. It's been awhile. I know. Same as it ever was, you can click for a larger view... or not. I'm finding it fairly difficult to give a fuck. This is something I did rather quickly in Photoshop. I decided to dust off the <a href="http://www.wacom.com/index2.cfm"> wacom tablet </a>and try my hand at some digital art. Here's the proof that I suck as much as I expected. Still there's a darkness in this image that's just disturbing enough to post here where almost no one will ever see it. I'm finding it fairly difficult to give a fuck. ~PME<br /><br />"I can't remember how this got started<br />But I can tell you exactly how it will end"<br />-Nine Inch NailsPost Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1123969494402173652005-08-13T17:30:00.000-04:002005-08-13T17:46:46.403-04:00Dissatisfaction<a href="http://photos21.flickr.com/30803907_5243b905a2_o.jpg"><img src="http://photos21.flickr.com/30803907_5243b905a2_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />That word would describe my feeling towards this post. When I added the head to this pose, I got preoccupied with the features and lost sight of the big picture. That being the case, I ended up with a drawing of a figure that, while not being a complete disaster, has a disproportionately large head. What a shame. I would have liked to go back and fix it, but the hard edged style I was trying to work in made erasure unfeasible. I may take another crack at this pose at a later date. Click=big.<br /><br />In other news, I'm still not done with the project mentioned in the previous post and no, I'm no richer. <br /><br />-PMEPost Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1122512768752633542005-07-27T21:01:00.000-04:002005-07-27T21:06:08.753-04:00Wednesday<a href="http://photos21.flickr.com/29118421_e5692f2347_o.jpg"><img src="http://photos21.flickr.com/29118421_e5692f2347_m.jpg" border=0></a><br /><br />This will probably be the last one for a bit of time. I'm about to start a monstrous freelance design job that should tie me up pretty well through the weekend. I shall return (hopefully richer).<br /><br />-PMEPost Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1122339555633958832005-07-25T20:44:00.000-04:002005-07-25T21:04:00.220-04:00Weekend SketchesHere's the result of a Sunday morning at <a href="http://www.starbucks.com">Starbucks</a> as well as Sunday afternoon at <a href="http://www.center4creativeliving.com/realitycafe/">Reality Cafe.</a> <br />Just to reinforce how awful I am compared to "real" artists, browse on over to <a href="http://www.michaelhussar.biz">Michael Hussar's web site.</a> It takes a few clicks to get to the meat, but there's some amazing stuff to see once you're inside. His stuff is pretty dark and disturbing in nature, but man is it well done! An article about him appeared in the latest issue of <a href="http://www.juxtapoz.com">Juxtapoz</a> (which is, fairly obviously, where I came across his work). That's it for me. You know the deal. Click it big. <br /><br />-PME<br /><br /><a href="http://photos22.flickr.com/28612079_5808039810_o.jpg"><img src="http://photos22.flickr.com/28612079_5808039810_m.jpg" border=0></a> <a href="http://photos21.flickr.com/28612055_f6342df53d_o.jpg"><img src="http://photos21.flickr.com/28612055_f6342df53d_m.jpg" border=0></a>Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1121967390061275502005-07-21T13:32:00.000-04:002005-07-21T13:36:30.066-04:00You want a fresh one?<a href="http://photos21.flickr.com/27481507_dfc52fa4ed_o.jpg"><img src="http://photos21.flickr.com/27481507_dfc52fa4ed_m.jpg"></a><br /><br />Yeah... so it's a photo and not a sketch. I set it up and took it, so what of it?! <br />Keep complaining. You'll be next. <br />-PMEPost Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1121962786948918402005-07-21T12:04:00.000-04:002005-07-21T13:43:00.266-04:00Causing a disturbanceThis page causes me to be disturbed. Maybe it's the woman's eye improperly positioned on her face. Maybe it's that disturbing little man in the hat. Ever draw something and wish you hadn't? I have. <br /><br />I'm loving this red lead. Seriously. <br /><br /><a href="http://photos22.flickr.com/27481517_05108f8607_o.jpg"><img src="http://photos22.flickr.com/27481517_05108f8607_m.jpg" border=0></a>Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11659353.post-1121796534674755272005-07-19T13:50:00.000-04:002005-07-25T21:04:39.593-04:00I see red...Well, guess who did some sketching this past weekend. If you guessed me, you've won. I've no prizes to share, but I do have these two sketches from a Sunday afternoon at Starbucks. The new Gorillaz album, "Demon Days," is good to sketch to, by the way. While I'm at it, Static-X's and Dream Theater's new albums ("Start a War" and "Octavarium," respectively) are quite good too. I digress. You didn't come here for music. You came here for sketches. And chances are you came here because you know me personally and have for many, many years. Hell, if you don't know me, but visit anyway, leave a comment and say hi or give me links to other sketch-blogs you've enjoyed more than mine. I'm just curious to see how vast my audience is for this while finding other folks with more talent whose work I can look at and silently seethe with jealousy. Ah, yes... onto the sketches. Click for a larger view... like in the deal.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos22.flickr.com/27088111_7a39953f41_o.jpg"><img src="http://photos22.flickr.com/27088111_7a39953f41_m.jpg" border=0></a> <a href="http://photos22.flickr.com/27088120_074a921bf8_o.jpg"><img src="http://photos22.flickr.com/27088120_074a921bf8_m.jpg" border=0></a>Post Modern Ennuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380860403480150090noreply@blogger.com2