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Tom Hanks ~ Still waiting on that bus

Jul 9, 2011

Tonight I’m posting the finished product from my study of Tom Hanks which was on my previous post. It’s kind of a part 2 of “A Parody” with Obama on the bench. The original file is huge. I did it large in case it needs to be printed. The open PSD is 1.41 GB in size but this iMac handled it like a champ. My Cintiq 21″ wacom came in towards the end of this manipulation so I didn’t use it much on this one. The next caricature will be done on the Cintiq for sure. It’s an awesome piece of equipment. I didn’t realize it was going to be so big and heavy. I ordered a table mounted adjustable arm for it today. That way I’ll be able to lean back and relax in my chair while I work. Well, it’s getting late. Goodnight folks!

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Tom Hanks ~ Work in Progress

Jul 5, 2011

Tonight I’m posting a work in progress of Tom Hanks. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with him yet. This was just practice and for some reason, I’m having a hard time with him. I wasn’t sure if I was going to post him, but I decided to let you see it all, good or bad. I’ve gone back and forth with the direction I’ve taken the exaggeration and still not pleased. Maybe fresh eyes in the morning will help. I’ve also posted a promotional video for one of my favorite movie’s by Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump.

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I’m going Mac and not coming back!

Jun 28, 2011

My new 27″ iMac came in today. The Wacom is still on backorder. I have one more delivery tomorrow and I’ll assemble everything after that. I hope it all goes smooth. I think I thought of everything… 🙂 I’m sure something will come up that I need. I hope to get it up and running, get all my files transferred, backed up and archived so I can get to work. It’s going to be awesome. While I’m waiting to put it together, I’m working on my movie project. This movie has turned into quite a complicated project. It’s a morph movie, but I’m trying to get creative with it and morphing not only faces but also crazy stuff happening in the background. It’s a mass of dots and triangles right mow. Gets a little frustrating at times but I think the end result is going to be something new and different and hopefully worth all the time. I’m going on 4 months with this thing. Well, just wanted to let everyone know what I’ll be doing for the next couple of days. Wish me luck. Goodnight all!

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Weekend at Conan O’Brien’s

Jun 27, 2011

Tonight I’m posting a full caricatured manipulation. It’s been a while since I’ve done an all out situational manipulation and this is really my thing. I need to take the time to do more of these but it’s 2 days work so it’s hard to squeeze in at times. I did this one to submit to the online contest for the “COCOMoCO Museum of Conan Art” put on by Conan O’Brien. I assume the winner gets their image on the show like the Stephen Colbert contest a while back. I had a lot of fun with this one. There’s a lot of craziness going on. I even made a special Conan O’Brien beer in case there was an issue with showing a brand like Budweiser in the contest. Well, it’s getting late. Goodnight folks!

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Jessie Smith of Loose Screw Tattoo

Jun 25, 2011

Featured Artist – Jessie Smith of “Loose Screw Tattoo”

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As I have mentioned in the past, I am a lover of art of all kinds and mediums. Today I’m featuring one of the most creative and diverse artists I know. Jesse Smith of “LOOSE SCREW TATTOO” is a well-known and well-respected artist internationally and especially in the Tattoo community. Jesse is in my opinion the most innovative, original and talented tattoo artists I have ever seen. His work is so different from what we normally think of when we think tattoo. This is true art in every since and this guy is the best. I would be proud to wear one of his creations and am thinking seriously about making it over there to get one.

I have the pleasure of knowing Jesse personally and the honor of calling him my friend. Jesse is a humble man as you can see by his bio. Jessie is a world-renowned artist and is also one of the nicest people you could hope to meet. This seems to be a refreshing trend among the tattoo community. I’ve never met a nicer bunch of artists and I have had enormous support and acceptance for my own work from this totally open minded, art loving group of people, so I had to include a sampling of the best of the best. Below are some samples of Jesse’s work, his bio, his links, which you will definitely want to visit, a short video of Jesse in action as well as directions to his shop. Be sure to click the images to view full; they’re incredible. The images are large and very detailed so it make take a bit to load, but it’s worth every second.

Take it away Jesse!

Born of fickle nature, Jesse has scoured the corners of the earth in search of something to fill his creative void. From an early age it was rather obvious that he was a little off. A master of many mediums, Jesse was once spotted decorating the wall beside his crib with the contents of his diaper. It was then that his creative adventure would begin.

Jesse has conquered many other mediums, the latest being the tattoo machine. At the age of 21, Jesse stumbled upon a fella’ named Carlos who had just been released from jail. He enjoyed Jesse’s art and soon taught him how to build a ghetto gun. From there Jesse consumed every minute of his life learning as much as he could about the art of tattooing.

While steady crunchin’ along in the tattoo world, Jesse decided to move to Richmond, Virginia to seek a Bachelors Degree in Fine art. In December of 2004 he received his degree and hit the ground running. Since then he has been published in dozens of tattoo magazines and has also won a ton of awards for his brilliant use of color. He still lives in Virginia and tattoos in the back of his own tattoo studio, “Loose Screw Tattoo” located in the heart of Carytown, in Richmond, VA.