This here work was done in pencil!
I haven't painted in about a month and a half and it's starting to get to me.
I'm tired, and debated with myself whether or not to bother with making the obvious Bush bashing comments, but hey he's our president, and it's like Britney says-ya gotta listen to your president! Over the last couple of days my brain's been mush. Perhaps it's the up coming move (context=wife and I going to Chicago) It seems that tends to be my style when things start getting gritty, shut-down, enact the auto-pilot feature, and freak out later.
But on a good note, my 30th birthday has come and gone sans any sort of "life-crises." A lot of people have asked me whether i've lost my shit and seem dumbfounded when I tell them no. These life markers we set for ourselves can be traps and pretty much result in nothing but high blood pressure and an unnecessary sense of dissapointment. What the hell, I was angst ridden enough as a teenager, why carry that crap over into my adult life. Of course one could argue that i'm still a kid, and quite frankly I wouldn't disagree. So anyways, no deep ruminations here about my life so far. No words of wisdom or clever insights. Just brush your damn teeth, wear comfortable shoes, and look up at the clouds kids, and your ass'll be fine.
25 comments:
Very very nice work... :)
Hey
these pictures are fantastic!! you are highly talented.
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Matt
good stuff :)
WOW! i am so glad i stumbled onto your site. The cover of your sketchbook with the crow just blew me away.. it would fit perfectly for the kind of stuff i write.
feel free to check it out. dreamwriting.blogspot.com
and keep it up, would love to see more!
Great pictures and good writing.
Hey Eugene --
If I send you a picture, what's it cost to get a pencil sketch of me?
What about mje dressed as batman? (j/k)
:-)
I just discovered your blog. Nice work. Ill be in and out to view your latest.
What would you charge to sketch a picture of a photograph, scan it, and email it to me?
One of the things i've been wanting to work on with my oil paintings is to loosen up and let the paint itself express a representation of things without being too exact and photorealistic. This is a hard stuff for me. I came from a school that at the time really pushed it's students to try to accurately represent what their eyes were seeing. In a lot of ways this helped me to observe. In other ways I feel like I got bogged down in a sort of "hyper-observation," where I felt the need to record exactly what I was observing.
This was so interesting! I don't paint, but it does tie in to my interest, which is writing - there is this conflict, whereby you want to represent what's "real" on an absolute surface level (the way people really talk, look, think) and on the hand to play with it and do interesting things. Hyper-observation's a good word.
Love the paintings.
your pictures are great! i really like the sketchbook covers. i wish i could draw like you! keep it up!
You are a very talented person and your drawings are phenomenal; however, I am extremely upset at the negative critisim directed towards our President of the Free World; our Commander in Chief. You are poking fun at a man who lets you feel safe at night and who also helps protect America so people like you can make such ill-minded drawings.
your drawings are supreme.
your style (drawing, less writing) reminds me of a decent book i read recently--the bid artist by howard norman. he's probably better than i think he is, since i generally hate people who are still alive.
but everyone likes your stuff, clearly. i'd be interested to see figurative work (not just heads).
done any of that? your line is amazing. i'd love to see how you do a spine or hip or shoulder.
I can't wait to be 30. I think it'll be super sweet.
RE: "Whiteboy" You got it wrong it isn't bomb, it's Democracy. Unless of course you are against people making their own choices. Your work is mundane at best, but your self-description is accurate. Your brain is mush, your talent mediocre. That I agree with that part of your post.
You have 'mad skills', man. From a fellow artist, I can appreciate your gifts -your sense of humor- thanks for the breath of fresh air . Got some stuff on my blog. Please feel free to check it out if you hav the time.
People get upset when you talk about their Bush...
The Bush defender comments are too funny. Nice work as always, Mr. Eugene.
You should totally put up a photo of Goldman's painting, and show these people what's really behind Blogger.
You should also come over and scan more stuff, so you'll have things saved up till you can get a new scanner.
Keep it up!
Great artwork eugene!>!
Well, damn. I didn't realize that I should be feeling safe at night, thanks to Junior. I'll have to work on ignoring what makes me feel not safe about having him as my President.
very nice work, but not very good !!
i like this picture.
Nice drawings. It's way cool to be driven to draw and keep it going. Most people aren't that focused, myself included.
Keep it up,
Toos
Know he's our president -- but recent news is making his harshest critics look more credible.
Weeee... The pics are just too cool.. Lalala..
I love your sketch very very much.
It's so beautiful and interesting.
Do you do that by hand or computer?
How to make the surface so clean...
Could you teach me?
I love drawing, too.
I've put some of my artwork at my MSN's Space in my personal gallery...
you could take a look if you like....
http://spaces.msn.com/members/chiouboya/
Thirty? A cake walk. 40? Not so much. 48? Quuite frankly I'm about ready to join Hunter S. and Papa Hemingway, which really makes me wish I had written something instead of talking and thinking about it for 30 or so years. I like your work. A lot. I don't usually ... well, I don't bullshit people, so if I think their stuff sucks, I'll say so.
Check out my blog if you have the time, Boozytunes@blogspot.com and if you think it sucks, it's okay to say so. I could use some constructive criticism.
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