Experiment - thin acrylic

Crying

The inevitable has happened.

Music Blend - Jero

Didn't have time to work on the experiment (napping and adventuring was had) so instead I thought that maybe once in awhile I'd showcase my odd taste in music.

Today, you get African-American enka (1940's traditional Japanese ballads) singer, Jero.



Inheriting his love for the melodramatic genre from his Japanese grandmother, he's the first black enka singer in history and has won over not only the older enka audience but brought in a younger generation of fans.



He didn't understand the actual words of the songs growing up, but said that he could still feel the "heart" behind them and thus fell in love with it. I think that for both music and art, breaking language barriers and having the feeling behind the work move the audience is the greatest achievement.

Experiment - Day 2

Transferred to 16 x 20 canvas and changed orientation. Still debating acrylic v. oil...


I think her expression somehow became more... kind? Yeah, I'll run with that.

Something Old, Something New

I have a terrible habit of leaving artwork at not quite "finished." So in an attempt to fix this, I'm going to be trying out a new thing to bring together my drawing and painting styles. The sketch is a rough concept I'm using for this experiment.

Next few days will be pushing it as much as possible with progress posted daily.

Adulthood

Sometimes you just need to draw something silly. (And if you know where that hat is from, you earn +5 nerd points)

Recently I've been doing "grown-up" things like working, worrying, and general stuffiness. I tolerate it for a majority of the day, then go home to be silly.

Put on my mismatched pajamas, read my weekly adventure comics, and watch my favorite band take off their pants on stage. On a good day, I'll go out with friends to drink, then play on the park swings after hours. On a great day, the bats come out just after dark.

Or if it's a raining, we stay inside and play a video game. Usually it's one that involves hitting monsters for gold and experience. Yelling at the TV is not required, but it seems natural after kicking a giant in the shins.

And if I must go solo, there's tons of fun to be had around town. Zoos, aquariums, museums, galleries, parks, forests, caves... I want to see them all.

So maybe I'm not really a "grown up" by some people's standards. But those people can stuff it, because there are adventures to be had and I refuse to miss any of them.