Putting back the Shizzle in Beef

Snacks

2010-05-27T21:17:00.003-04:00

I went back home to Florida in late April. I brought some Japanese snacks for my family to try out. It was some dried fish and other seafood "jerky." So I made a video about it. And I also tried some crazy alcoholic drink.

Hanami

2010-04-12T02:49:00.004-04:00

Some friends and I went to Tsurumai Park last weekend for Hanami (picnicking under Cherry Blossoms). There were a lot of people scattered everywhere. The day was sunny and a bit warm. I decided to download Hipstamatic for my iPhone. It's a cool app Marlow had told me about months before. I fiddled around with it and took a few photos. I should have taken pics of the food too, because it was magically delicious.

Castle Crashers

2010-03-29T21:59:00.005-04:00

I'm finally getting around to editing some video from December when Rachel came. It was castle week for us. Rachel and I went to Inuyama, Hikone, and Nagoya Castle. Marlow and Antonette had already been to those before (maybe not Hikone). It was windy at Inuyama as you will see. I didn't take much video, which sucks. But at least I'm getting around to posting it!

Natto

2010-03-29T07:23:00.006-04:00

Back in December, Rachel came to visit Antonette and Marlow. I'm really late with this video among others. So we went to Oasis 21 to have sushi at the rotary sushi bar (don't know the name). Like any other foreigner visiting Japan, she had to try natto.

Hounen Matsuri (豊年祭り）

2010-03-28T10:16:00.007-04:00

I went to the Penis Festival aka Hounen Matsuri (豊年祭り）this year.

From Wikipedia:

Hōnen Matsuri (豊年祭?) (Japanese for "Harvest Festival") is a fertility festival celebrated every year on March 15 in Japan. Hōnen means rich harvest in Japanese, while a matsuri is a festival. The Hōnen festival and ceremony celebrate the blessings of a bountiful harvest and all manner of prosperity and fertility.

It's held every year on March 15, regardless of the day of the week. This year it happened to be on a Monday. And it being held on a Monday meant that everyone had to work. So, I went by myself. Anyways, I took a few pics.

Year One

2010-03-17T00:45:00.000-04:00

No it's not about Batman. It's about my first year in Japan. It's been a year since I've been in Japan. It's been an amazing year. I've been to a lot of cool places and met interesting people. I have my own place too. I've learned how to read Hiragana and Katakana (although I really can't write them correctly). I'm currently studying words, grammar and Kanji. There's a lot more but it'd take me forever to type. Here's to another year:

-- Post From My iPhone

Okazaki visit

2010-02-22T22:26:00.000-05:00

I went to Okazaki this past weekend which is about 30 mins south of Nagoya by train. We had some tasty udon for lunch at this popular place I forget the name of. We stopped by Okazaki Castle to add another castle visited to my list. They had some katana blades; some whole, some with only the blade remaining. They looked really gorgeous. Unfortunately they didn't allow photography inside but I did manage to snap some outside. They also had a Hiroshige woodblock print too. Pretty amazing day.

-- Post From My iPhone

Castle Week

2009-12-26T23:30:00.004-05:00

The past week, I visited three castles along with some friends. It was my first time going to any kind of castle. My favorite was Inuyama Castle which we went to first, followed by Nagoya Castle and Hikone Castle. The weather was crappy when we went to Hikone Jo and I didn't take pictures heh. Rachel from Florida came to visit Marlow and Antonette. So, here are some pictures!

Back in October...

2009-12-10T09:21:00.002-05:00

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Originally uploaded by juanlduarte

It was Halloween. So we had a Halloween Day at work and here is a pic of the kiddos:

And here is a short clip:

Nagoya Festival 09

2009-11-09T09:15:00.006-05:00

I'm over a month late posting this video. It's a tad bit long coming in at 10 minutes. But yeah, it was pretty cool. I have pictures to post also, but I haven't even begun to edit them. Not only that, but I also have video and pictures from the Osu Kannon parade/festival that was a week later after the Nagoya Festival.

Chunichi Dragons vs Hanshin Tigers

2009-09-29T10:48:00.007-04:00

I went to my first professional sporting event ever. And of all places, in Japan! My friend Jonathan had an extra ticket and invited me. So without thinking twice, I took him up on his offer. I learned some cool things about Japanese baseball: each team has a band that plays while they are at bat. Aaaaand, each player has their own special song the band plays. Another thing is, unlike American baseball, if a ball flys out to the crowd, a staff member comes and gets the ball back. I don't know why. My camera wasn't fully charged so I was only able to get a few seconds of footage.

Osaka Mexican Festival

2009-09-22T06:12:00.007-04:00

I went to Osaka to their annual Mexican Festival on Sept 6th. I've been lazy about uploading video and pics but I got one done! We arrived there around 2pm and started to sample the food and beer (mostly beer). I had Texas BBQ, a tamale and some tacos. The food was alright. I was expecting the food to kick my ass in the spicy department but it was tame. At any rate, here is the video.

24 Hour Television

2009-08-30T03:00:00.001-04:00

I don't have a TV, but I kinda wish I did. There is some festival thing going on today in Sakae, but it started on Friday. It's some TV station here in Nagoya and they are broadcasting from the TV tower area. They have music talents performing and other booths are set up around the area.

--Post From My iPhone

Photos from the river in Gifu

2009-08-24T11:08:00.003-04:00

I finally imported and enhanced the photos I took during our trip from Nagoya, Aichi to the river in Gifu. Rudy and Takako from Desperados make a cameo. Unfortunately, I don't remember the river's or town's name. I didn't take many pics from different spots because I didn't want my camera to fall into the water. That would blow. Here are the pics. Enjoy.

It's been a month since I posted.

2009-08-24T07:40:00.003-04:00

I haven't been doing a whole lot. I do have stuff that I photographed/recorded from June to August. I've been slacking in posting videos or pictures. But I am drinking my coffee as I type.

I went to a river about 1.5 hrs away from the city with 2 new friends. A couple weeks ago, I went to a Tex-Mex bar in Nagoya called Desperados. I stepped in and was greeted by Rudy, the owner. Sitting at the bar were 2 other guys, Antonio and Saul. All of them were born in Mexico. We started to talk and after a few beers, we all took some shots of Tequila as Mariachi music played in the background. I've been back a handful of times. Last week, Rudy and his wife Takako invited me to the river. So we went yesterday. The river is between some mountains I don't know the name of. Heck, I don't know the name of the river either. But the water was freakin freezing and I couldn't swim against the current. It was a quite spot, although one family was there. However it wasn't crowded like other areas of the river were. We were there for a couple hours just enjoying it and chatting.

Since meeting new friends, I've been invited to Saul's daughter's bday (which is my younger brother's too), which falls the same day as Mexico's independence day; going to a Mexican Festival in Osaka the first week of September and going to some Lowrider show in October. I've met some other cool dudes at the bar as well which are people that have been here for more than 10 years. I'll post some pics/video soon.

Oh look

2009-07-26T04:37:00.001-04:00

Now you can kind of locate me. Marlow let me know about this nifty app. I still need to work out the kinks on displaying it properly.

GPS tracking powered by InstaMapper.com

Behemoth

2009-07-11T06:47:00.001-04:00

I'm sitting across one of the tallest Japanese girls I've ever met, and frankly I'm quite turned on by it. jk

I'm afraid to snap a picture.

-- Post From My iPhone

Some Sundays are lazier than others

2009-07-07T11:33:00.004-04:00

Last Sunday, I spent some time in Osu Kannon. They have this arcade shopping area. And it's not like videogame arcades, but just a bunch of shops and restaurants. You could probably spend the whole day. We saw some ice carving and Fatblueman perform at Shooter's.

Long overdue

2009-07-06T07:28:00.006-04:00

On June 14th, we (Yukiko, Jenn, Marcel and Nancy...Marlow too) had a surprise birthday party for Antonette (even though her bday was June 13th). Marlow took her out on a day long...date, while I worked my magic getting things set up. Yukiko gave me a hand by buying these slick paper balloons and candles which you'll see in the video. It was amazing. We had chocolate cake and Cold Stone ice cream. Here's the video:

Art in Nishiharu

2009-06-17T06:19:00.001-04:00

I teach at a community center at least once a week. They have an art show done by student artists. An artist named Hayato had a whole wall to himself. This is my favorite.

-- Post From My iPhone

Pit stop

2009-06-05T22:42:00.000-04:00

We took a 10 min break. I grabbed some lunch...

-- Post From My iPhone

On our way

2009-06-05T21:19:00.000-04:00

We are going to an onsen in Nagano. We are on the bus.

-- Post From My iPhone

Common

2009-06-04T19:43:00.001-04:00

It's common to see people try to catch some Zs on the train.

-- Post From My iPhone

2009-05-25T11:05:00.001-04:00

Test test. One two

-- Post From My iPhone

Mobile post

2009-05-25T11:04:00.003-04:00

Mic check one two

-- Post From My iPhone

Kid's Kabuki

2009-05-17T09:16:00.004-04:00

Two weeks ago, we (Marlow, Ant and I) went to Tarui in Gifu Prefecture. Our friend Yukiko invited us to her hometown during early April. We got there a bit before 11am. They had a Kid's Kabuki show. I'm not familiar with Kabuki theatre but according to Yukiko, they use an older Japanese language and she didn't understand many of the words. I told my Japanese coworkers about the show and they even admitted that they didn't understand most of the dialogue when they had seen Kabuki before. There were three shows but we only stayed for one.

Afterwards, we met Yuki-chan's obachan (grandmother). Marlow, Ant and I got Yuki-chan's grandmother and parents fruit baskets. After the short visit, we then headed to Yukiko's house. They prepared for us a delicious lunch.

We had some American food (hah) like chicken wings and mini pizzas and other Japanese cuisine. It was all very good. We then headed for the mountain close by. We visited two shrines. The air smelled so funky fresh. I hope to go back and go hiking. We walked a bit up the base of the mountain and it seemed like a nice climb. Anyways, after we did some exploring we came back for dinner. It was magically delicious.

So, on to the Kabuki show. And here it is:

pics

2009-05-09T23:37:00.002-04:00

Here are some pictures from the previous week and Yukiko's Birthday. I really didn't edit them. Ok, I didn't do any editing. I'm looking to get a point and shoot camera in a couple weeks so I can do my thing with its. Anyways...here is the slidecho. Enchoy.

Takeshima

2009-05-05T00:23:00.005-04:00

When I arrived here back in March, we (Marlow, Antonette, Yukiko and Mike) went to Takeshima near Gamagori. At the island, there is the Yaotomi Shrine, which is known for good luck in giving birth and marriage. A path was created around the island so people would walk around it. On this particular day, for some odd reason, it happened to be really windy.

Out in Nagoya City

2009-05-04T00:25:00.010-04:00

When I came here, I knew nothing. Now that I've been here for over a month, I still know nothing. But I'm trying to know something. And one of those things is video editing. I've been weaksauce lately with getting things going. Anyways, the first week I was here Marlow, Antonette and I went out somewheres. Low-Low handed me his camera so I could record. So I did. Here is a little piece of the glory, so you can just taste a little bit of it eh.

Oh Snap!

2009-05-03T13:17:00.004-04:00

It was our friend Yukiko's birthday April 30th. Her friend Nanako set up a special dinner at her friend's cafe. This is my first time using iMovie so I just messed with it seeing what it had to offer. So, we got her stuff and things like that.

Guess who got a j-o-b?

2009-03-27T05:22:00.002-04:00

This guy!

I've been here for almost 2 weeks and I already got a job. It's nuts. I'm very fortunate, thankful, and lucky to have such amazing friends like Marlow and Antonette. It's because of them that I'm here and have a job. I owe them a lot.

In the meantime of getting interviews for jobs, I've done the following: I've eaten Indian, Vietnamese, Chinese and of course Japanese food, had 2 mugs of Japanese beer with an Englishman last night, went to Karaoke, visited Takeshima (Take Island), learned how to use the subway and train system (I still need work on the train though), tried canned coffee, canned jello juice, other weird Japanese snacks, been to Central Park (underground shopping center), been asked by a prostitute if I want to sex her up (which I said yes to, jk), learned new Japanese words (ku=ward, shi=city, koen=park, dori=street, yatta!=i did it!, beeru=beer, toiletu=toilet, sakura=cherry blossom) and made new friends. All of that in two weeks. Quite a change from Ruskin. I do miss home, family and friends, but as the days go by, it gets easier and easier.

I might get an iPhone. I'm still not sure.

First Trip In Japan!

2009-03-21T01:45:00.002-04:00

Hi everyone. I'm in Japan right nows! Here is a slide show of a trip we had yesterday at a place called "Small Small Island." I didn't edit them because I don't know how to get them from iPhoto. Maybe next time.

Edit: We took the train from Nagoya Station to Gamagori to visit Takeshima. We made a new friend on the train and talked about videogames. It was reaaaaaaaaally windy once we got to Gamagori. The winds on the bridge to Takeshima were strong. Here are more pics from Marlow's blog: click heres.

New News

2009-03-03T15:20:00.002-05:00

Nothing new on the ZBrush front. In other news, I am going to Japan. I leave Monday March 16th and arrive Tuesday, in Nagoya. What? Nagoya you say? Isn't that where Marlow & Ant live? Absolutely they do. They've been gracious enough to put me up until I get a job and place. Risky move to go there with no job in hand. But like Dwight Schrute in that episode of The Office when he got fired, I am optimistic that I can find something. This is the liberty I've won for myself, Outer Eikawa.

I am f**king excited. It won't set in till I arrive at the airport.

Z Brush

2009-02-11T21:33:00.003-05:00

As I was doing my usual reading of videogame news, I came upon a Kotaku article about a small competition doing 3D Street Fighter busts. I tried 3D modeling once. A friend from Tennessee had written a small tutorial for GMax. I kind of what to try it again. I think I can make some sweet 3D renderings and beat Brody Condon over in the head with it. I hope I can find some nice programs for Mac.

Nothing New

2009-02-10T23:39:00.002-05:00

Nothing new, except for this:

Maybe something new soon.

Toronto Trip Video

2009-01-01T10:23:00.000-05:00

Here is a lil video I made of my trip to Toronto.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada from juan duarte on Vimeo.

Toronto

2008-12-19T13:04:00.005-05:00

I left from Tampa, FL Wednesday morning. Sitting in front of me were some Tough Guys that were from Jersey, Seth's hometown. jk. I was going to Charlotte, NC and from there to Toronto. The flight went smooth. We arrived there a bit before noon. I was surprised to see fog still in the area that late. It felt a bit chilly as I got off the plane. I chilled until my flight was getting ready to leave. I talked to Marlow and he gave me some pointers. I had talked to mma and bby in the morning while in Tampa too.

As I made my way to Toronto, I sat next to a gay named Curnie. He was an electrician by trade but worked at some power tools company. He was taking a bottle of liquor to his friends in the Toronto area. He was going to stay for 17 days. I peeked at his customs decleration form. That's how I knew his name and how long he was gonna stay. I'm esneaky sneaky.

I got to Toronto a bit after 4pm. I was trying to figured a way out to get to my Radisson hotel, which was next to the harbour. I'm in Canada so I can spell it like that. I got out of the airport and felt the coolness of the evening. It felt pretty good. There was snow, but it wasn't snowing. I kicked it a bit. I asked how much a Taxi would cost, and it was $55. Forget that. I went back inside and got some bus ticket. A two-way trip for $28 Canadian. Not freaking bad. I got to my hotel at 6pmish. I walked 15 mins from where the buss dropped me off to my hotel. It was a nice walk. I was looking at the buildings and breathing the cold air.

I checked in and went to my room. The hotel was nice. It looked elegant. My room was sweet too. I had a king size bed and free net. TV was crappy but I didn't watch much of it. I felt awesome to be in Toronto for a job, feeling like a grown up. I unpacked a bit and got online to check email and all that. I showered up and went outside exploring for a bit. I did take pics but I won't upload them till I get home. I'm stuck at the Toronto Pearson Airport at the moment. Some silly snow storm deciced to mess things up. I'll write the rest of my trip later on, since I have to go to the rest room.

Ok. It's Saturday and I'm stranded here till Monday. I'll try to make the best of it.

So, when I got in Wednesday, I went exploring for a bit. I didn't go far. I put on my sweet wool coat and went walking around. I was also looking for food really. Anyways, I took some pics of the Harbour and some small park. I went looking for hole in the wall for good food, but I didn't find anything. I went to a sub place called Mr. Sub thinking it was an independent place, but found out yesterday it's a chain. I had a "spicy" sub which was ok. I got back to my room with food in hand and started to study some grammar for the interview.

I woke up early on Thursday, so I could have plently of time to compose myself. I got suited up like Batman and was out the door by 8:45am. I walked for about 15 minutes to the building where the interview took place. On my way there, I took a picture of a sculpture. Then as I cut across the "park" where it was out, I found some yellow snow. I secretly pulled out my camera and took a pic. I made my way to the ECC interview building and got there around 9:15am. I told them I was there for the interview and my name.

John Barrie conducted the interview. He looks like a cross between Toby from The Office and Alton Brown fron Good Eats. The interview went from 10am-5pm. The first half was reading over the ECC booklet. The other half was the test, 1 on 1 interview and mock lesson. I think I did alright on the 1 on 1 and test. I did good on the mock lesson. John said he liked everything I did, except when I said " up up!" He said it sounded too authorative, but yeah I did agree. There were 4 of us total; 1 girl, 3 guys. Katie and I were in a group, and Rob and Brad were in another. They were rather stiff and dry. I ain't tootin' my own horn but man, really. Anyways, yeah that's it. We find out Jan 9th to see if we got in or not. I hope I'm in like Flynn. If I do get in, I won't leave till Aug-Nov.

So I was supposed to leave yesterday morning. But the snow storm changed that. I'm stuck till Monday morning. That's the earliest US Airways can get me to Tampa. It's kinda cool in a way. I went to Chinatown today. I got lost cause of the sun placement and being up real north, my senses were off. I did find my way there. It was pretty cold. I had no scarf or gloves. I ended up buying gloves but didnt find a scarf I liked. They had "robber" masks. I should've gotten one of those. I stopped by King Noodle Restaurant in Chinatown. I saw ducks hanging in the window and knew this was the spot Marlow & Ant had gone before. I ordered some duck and a shrimp disk. The duck was good, the shrimp thing not so much. I sat in a big round communal table. Parties of 1 sit there I guess. I didn't talk to anyone. I didn't want to be rude. I also tried to eat with my chop sticks, and I did, except when I had to take the bones out. I dunno if I would "offend" anyone or not so I tried to be sneaky. I would've stayed longer in Chinatown but I had to do #2. I didn't take much pics. I didn't want to be killed by the Triads. I stopped at the Chinatown Mall for a bit as I was rushing to get to my room so I could go. I stopped by a shop before I got to the mall and bought some tea cups. They look cool, but I dunno what I'm gonna use them for. They were a CDN $1. Not bad. I want to go again, but I need to withdraw cash. On my way back, I almost busted my ass. I began to slip until I grabbed on to a handrail. Thank God, otherwise I would've died.

I need to buy some of those winter boots, so I can parade in the snow that hasn't been walked on. But F that. It'd be a waste. I want to make a snow angel before I leave though. Maybe.

The sun is weird up here. Sunset is like at 5pm. Right now it's 3:13pm and it looks as if it was 5 or 6pm. It kinda puts a damper on my mood. I think I might go to some Thai place to eat tonight. It's supposed to snow bad tomorrow. There's a 24hr store across my hotel which is like a small supermarket. It's pretty cool. So yeah, that's about it. Pics when I get back to the States on Monday.

Final Mission

2008-11-25T22:18:00.001-05:00

I've been real lazy with the blog and taking pics of my work. Here is a crappy slideshow of something I'm currently working on.

Killzone 2 Beta

2008-11-05T18:59:00.002-05:00

Just like I got into the Little Big Planet Beta, I also got into the Killzone 2 Beta! Sweeeeet!
This game was shown as a tech demo to see what the PS3 could do at E3 in 2005. Then when actually video of the game was shown, the public was let down. This has been touted one of the best games to be coming out for the PS3. We'll see how awesome it is. I haven't kept up on media regarding Killzone 2, but from what I've read people are impressed. I'm downloading the Beta in a few minutes.

2008-11-04T08:41:00.000-05:00

go vote!

gears of war 2
banjo kazooie: nuts n bolts
resistance 2

BETA

2008-10-07T00:32:00.001-04:00

I GOT INTO THE little big planet BETA! Currently downloading at 28%. And I didn't have to win one from a site, Sony e-mailed me a code. :)

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Due Dates

2008-09-30T09:59:00.001-04:00

I have my Thesis rough draft due next Tuesday! I'm barely on the intro. I need to work on it. I also have critique again in 2 weeks. I need to have 2 paintings finished. I'm working on canvas for one and panel for the other. Ugh...gotta get going on these.

What a week.

2008-09-25T14:40:00.001-04:00

Thesis class was sucking till we met today. Looks like the ball is starting to get rolling, and heads are going to fly. It's been a lackluster week. I'm looking forward to next week.

It's been 2 weeks since I updated.

2008-09-15T23:12:00.005-04:00

I was going to post some pics of stuff I'm working on, but my brother's camera is dead. Anyways I just took some of the one I'm currently working on. I used my MacBook to take a pic of it. Here's two pics. They kind of look the same but whatever. Man I hope I can complete this one and the other Metal Gear Gekko I'm still working on. They are due next Wednesday.

been thinking

2008-09-02T11:25:00.002-04:00

Lately, I've been thinking about Charlton Heston, the Wiimote, Ico (beautiful first gen PS2 game), gangstas, RoboCop, and Frogger.

I finally start painting today. I should be able to layout everything, I hope. I want to complete a painting per week, just working away. The worst part of starting to paint is actually starting it, laying out my paints and all that. I'm real lazy at times. Once I start, I get in "the fuckin' zone chief."

ok!

2008-08-27T22:08:00.002-04:00

I think I know what I'm gonna be working on this term for painting. I want to look closer into game in art, society, and politics. I think it's gonna be difficult, but I'm gonna try to find ways in which games makes us ask questions about what we experience and how they influence our way of thinking. Right off the top of my head, is the Metal Gear Solid series. Absolutely brilliant saga born from the mind of Hideo Kojima. It has ideals, politics, and consequences to name a few. I hope I can create some interesting art. I hope to bring the gaming realm into a different, more intelligent perspective.

Yeah, that's right.

Games in Art

2008-08-23T13:50:00.006-04:00

Every year, there's The Game Convention held in Germany, sometimes called Liepzig Games Convention. Anyway, an exhibit by Douglas Edric Stanley was on display showing the game Space Invaders with the Twin Towers in them. Here is a video:

After watching the video, I think it's rather nice. People have their opinions before actually seeing the video and just form their thoughts when they read Space Invaders, Twin Towers and 9/11.

A major gaming blog Kotaku wrote an article about the exhibit, which I think was a great read. However, the comments left by readers and stories from news outlets was less than thrilling. It was what you would expect. I left some comments on the Kotaku site. There were two articles written by the staff at Kotaku which I will provide links to:

Hands-On: Losing The Twin Towers With Invaders!

Taito Considering Legal Action Against 9/11 Invader Artist

I'm happy to see games play a role in art these days. I think as games become more mainstream, we will see more game related content integrated in art.

I woke up at 7:45am.

2008-08-22T09:40:00.004-04:00

I woke up pretty early today, considering I went to sleep at 3am after watching The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I'm reading Alan Noon's blog. He worked on the Street Fighter: The Movie game for the Saturn back in the day. He still works for a game company. It got me thinking about me and my games. These days, I rarely beat games anymore.

The last game i finished was Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. I'm currently playing Turok on the 360. The game is frustrating at times. Few games really excite me these days, but I still want to play games in general. The feeling I used to feel when I was a kid about up and coming games is gone. I guess I'm not wowed anymore. I think that's because of the Internet. I read up on news every single day about the gaming world, from rumors, announcements to seeing video about X game. So it's hardly a surprise these days. It's hard not wanting to find out about what interests you. Sometimes I avoid any news about a game when it's close to coming out, so I can be marveled. I no longer subscribe to game magazines.

I'm looking forward to games on the 360 (Gears of War 2, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts) and PS3 (Little Big Planet, Killzone 2) this holiday season. The Wii is ok. I haven't played it since May. It's great for Nintendo games. Few 3rd party games shine on the Wii. I'll be bringing my 360 and PS3 to Japan with me, but I think I'll leave my Wii behind.

New Semester

2008-08-21T23:54:00.003-04:00

Since this is my last term at USF, I'm going to try to update my blog on a weekly basis. It can be with digital mock-ups of what I'm doing for painting class or video game related stuff amongst other things. With that said, I'm going to post an image of what I'm going to paint.

hey

2008-08-19T09:33:00.001-04:00

I'm still alive

2008-07-15T23:06:00.002-04:00

I'm still alive. That's all. Been busy doing nothing. Actually I have some photoshops done for paintings, it's just that the summer makes me feel lazy. That and working full time, taking a math course, and trying to get my TEFL certification done.

Work for this term

2008-04-11T01:16:00.003-04:00

I finally decided to get the pics from my brother's camera. Here you go:

Unfinished Dante & Vergil in Hell: I got fed up with this one. It's sitting in the house in this state:

I have this one completed, but I haven't taken a picture of it yet finished. So here is a WIP that was for R:

This was the first one I did for this term. My friend Marlow came up with the name, which is cool. Ryu-ssance:

Kevin

2008-04-08T14:10:00.005-04:00

Last night, I found out a friend committed suicide. I honestly couldn't believe it. I never thought he would end up in that situation. I checked his myspace to make sure my friend Jesse wasn't kidding with me when he told me the news. I saw the comments people left behind on his profile. It's crazy to think that something was bothering him so much he had to do what he did and couldn't get help. One of my goals in life was to attend E3. Because of Kevin, we were able to get into E3 in 2004. On his myspace profile under best vacation, it says: E3 2004.

Rest eternally.

April

2008-04-01T14:15:00.002-04:00

It's been a while since I posted. I stopped working on the DMC painting cause I wasn't happy with it. I have started working on 2 more paintings. One of them, I'm 90% redoing. It's a Rambo battle scene. There's too much to do and I don't have enough time. So I'm going to concentrate more on the central image than on the ensemble. The other painting I'm doing for a party theme show at Centre Gallery. I'm using the cam on my Nokia N800. Sorry about the quality. Here are WIPS for "One of dem parties": they are in reverse order

I've worked it more, but I haven't taken pics. For the next post, I hope to have some other pics of stuff I've done this term. I'm just too lazy atm to get the memory card from my brother's camera.

Painting WIPs

2008-02-18T23:24:00.004-05:00

Here are some pics I took of the painting in progress. I wish I could've started taking pics as soon as I got started. I'm no photographer, so deal with the glare. :)

It's gonna be a bitch trying to complete this in a week.

Hiii

2008-02-13T21:54:00.000-05:00

I decided to get my own blog after my homie Marlow and friend Mike created one. I'm currently working on a Rambo painting and a Dante & Vergil in Hell painting as well. I'll post the D&V WIPs soon. I should start documenting my paintings from beginning to end. I think it'd be cool to see how they evolved.

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