pardon me redux

First of all, if you bought the Tucson Roller Derby DVD and saw that I wasn't credited, don't flip ...it happened but my omission was an oversight that I was apologized to for, and I thank Bitclone for pimping the hell outta my art. I also thank Kim Kysar for her total support during my stint as poster boy. I got real bitchy with the original version of this post. Jumping to conclusions I spewed off about the omission on the dvd without asking the reason why I wasn't included in the credits. I thought about it a bit and realized the only people I was upset at was the Roller Derby "art committee." During the gig they were a big thorn in my ass about the violent content but a few of them were gracious about recieving some of what I consider is my best work. I suppose to me it seems pretty cold that they didn't seem to value the work I did while I was churning out posters, but in their defense I never said yes to being paid and it was my mistake to assume I would get any recognition at all. Reason I ddid it was because I hated the season one posters and I wanted to help pimp the cool idea of rollerderby. I had hopes that the uber-hip Rollerderby would give me a public shout out and send a little recognition my way for the hard work I did and possibly get someone else interested in working with me. When in reality they sold out of the posters I did and I didn't see jack. The only thing I have to show for it are 2 of my posters, a DVD, and the programs from the show with xeroxed copies of thank you cards signed by a few of the rollerderby girls, and it hurt me quite a bit.
I have to choke back the bile when I say it, but another person who hurt me dearly was dead on when he warned me about doing work pro-bono (coincidentally he did pretty much the same thing but he worked me to death with very little pay and snubbed me with an email laced with personal attacks. But that's a different story.)
What were the reasons for them giving me no props when my art is concerned? Not a clue. Am I mad? Not really. Hurt? I feel like they kicked my teeth in. I sweated over creating the best artwork I knew how to do and all I got was the "that's a good little monkey...now make another one" treatment. Well, as for the whole situation and the prior, I can chalk it up to experience and say one thing to the "art committee" in closing:

Beware the fury of a patient man.

bleh 3 - the Reckoning

yep, more stuff...like x-mas but better.


Experimenting with graffitti-esque styles...I could have done this one better, but it was a sketchbook piece before I scanned er. you like?


..one of 2 pix done for my wife for her work. This one is the "hamster of retrobution" who appears when someone does something mildly stupid.


...and here's his big brother, The "Hamster of Ultimate Suffering".

...what can I say? I'm a weird guy. More soon.

bleh 2

more schtuff ...Because I like you.


Awhile back me and my best friend Caz brainstormed ideas for sculpted toys, this was a little sketch I never inked cause it seemed too static. Maybe I'll redo it sometime.


Old pic I never had the time or patience to scan. This was back when I was into making hotrod art. Best engine I ever did.


...fondue hat out of hot cheese. Can't bring myself to explain since I don't have an answer for it myself.


Favoritest pic I ever did. A troll with a bat on his head from the Caz sculpt sketches. Caz, if you're reading this please make him reality.

bleh

...y'know it really sucks when your free time happens when you got the plague...anyways, enjoy.



..recent one from the sketchbook. Made originally for Electric Frankenstein but never used or inked till now. Sal if you're reading this, she's all your for the taking.



..Can't remember the inspiration for this one, but I think my wife had a hand in it. T-Shirt worthy material for sure.



...Valentine's Day. Both of us were not in the mood for traditional valentines day b.s. so I sketched this lil bugger. First anatomically accurate drawing I did in awhile.

...more soon.