Unfortunately, Master Mind started off as a sketch. I just started getting more and more into it. I need to stop working on such thin paper all the time. But there he is, the Butler, in his dutiful ways. He serves the one and only Master Mind.
I love rain. There, I said it. People seem to hate rain in Los Angeles. I think it has to do with the fact that people don’t know how to drive in the rain. I, however, love the rain and all it brings. I love the smell of wet concrete and I love the way the rain feels falling on my head. One thing I love most about rain is that it brings fresh snow to Angeles Crest National Forest, which happens to be about a 15 minute drive from our apartment. Depending on the weather and elevation, it could take up to half an hour to see some snow, though. That happened to be the case this morning, but my wife and I were more than happy to drive and listen to “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me” on NPR.
Mirva Playing in Snow
We drove a wet and windey road this morning. With mist clouding our view and nothing but our instincts to guide us some of the way, we found a spot where others seemed to have gathered a bit. It was probably because of the snow coverage, but I’d like to think it was similar to the end of Stephen King’s “The Mist” - at least the movie version (I won’t spoil it, but take my word for it). Families surrounded us, wearing their heaviest coats and beanies, large enough for the coldest of temperatures and on tight enough where the only flesh you could see was their noses. Their arms were barely touching their bodies as they waddled through the snow and to their cars and home, just as we did.
Other Happy Things
Our friends Dorian and Donovan (twin brothers and amazing artists), came over today for a drive, a movie and some food. We ended up watching Kung Fu Panda and taking apart owl pellets. We found so many different skulls within the pellets. I can’t wait to put them back together into a reanimated undead mouse! The world shall pay for it’s ignorance MWAHAHAHAHA!
Undead Mouse Inside!
I also discovered that I can’t draw the human figure like I used to. I will be focusing on that for a while. I need to be able to do it well for the next drawing I plan on doing. I will have more details on it later and also some rough sketches.
I have been playing too much World of Warcraft and I will be stepping away from it for a short while. No completely though; I plan on playing it for a few hours a week, but that’s about it.
I will be working on a few design projects coming up this week as well.
Oh, and I also happened to like this band/video a lot. I just discovered them today.
A while back, I think it was August of 2008, I wrote about a couple of projects I had been working on. I said I’d have some information on the site about them soon, but never really got around to it, but I promise this time, I will have it. You know how I know this? Because I am about to tell you about them.
Daniel Graves of Aesthetic Perfection wanted me to do the album artwork for his 2nd release under Out of Line Records. With the success of his first album in 2005 titled “Close to Human”, I was excited to work on the new album, “A Violent Emotion”. However, I wasn’t just doing the design work on the album. I also did the photography and merchandise.
Here’s a view of the album artwork:
I also worked as set designer for a short film entitled “The Mourning Sun” by Kenan Alsarabi. It was pretty fun and we got to hang out with some really good people for a few days.
Unfortunately, the film is still in post-production and probably won’t be ready to see for a couple of more months. All I can show you from the shoot and set are some pictures my wife and I took from it all.
See all the photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robot-vs-monkey/sets/72157606794483477/
I’m working on some new things all the time and I’ll post random things here and there. If I posted all the odd things I’ve made or worked on since August, you’d be reading a lot more.
I can’t forget that my wife and I got a new kitten. Her name is Mina, and we love her, so say hi to her, if not to me.
It’s pouring outside, or at least it was a few minutes ago. It comes and goes, though. I’m sure in about 10 minutes, I’ll be checking to see if there’s been any flooding, but most likely there won’t be. Just like the a storm, I come and go on blogs. I think the longest I’ve stuck around anywhere online was on a forum some years back. I had never touched a forum before that ordeal, nor have I have every felt like I’ve been part of a forum since.
Here I am though, with my very own blog (once again). I always say I am going to update it, but we all know I don’t. I post something and come back a year later and say “Wow, I can’t believe I’ve been gone as long as I have, but I promise to post everyday.” I’m not even going to bother this time. I’m just going to write when I feel like it, and not think about when I will post, because for all we know, it could be sometime next year, when I come to find myself surprised that I haven’t posted in a year’s time.
Oh, but please don’t get me wrong; I keep up with the internet and all it’s new thingamajigs. I am on multiple sites around the web. I’ll have them listed on the sidebar as soon as I figure it out a bit more. I plan on customizing Wordpress as time goes on. I still need to put up my artwork and design work (really, what good is a site called artofarmik.com, without any art?).
So, I will leave it at this for now, but I will get back with more info tomorrow…or whenever I find time.
