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The Final Disposal of Comcast

I read an article recently about how even when folks lose everything in these hard times, one of the top ten things they will still spend $ on is an internet connection.

True that. I'm not quite the starving artist yet, but I'll pay for quality internet service. Was offline for a few days due to transitioning from Comcast to Clear. (Also dropped cable TV - one less distraction.) It was odd but sort of freeing. I know, only a few days but it's amazing how dependent we are. BTW Comcast is ... the devil. Asbolutely the devil.

Anyway, back online with some more work. Finding one of the more difficult tasks in this whole freelancing thing is keeping yourself positive... believing that your art is not the most terrible thing out there. After going through a year's worth of Juxtapox mag's that had been piling up, I was inspired and yet completely bummed out. Since I've been ACTUALLY drawing for hours on end these days (as opposed to just THINKING about it), my eye for what I like and appreciate has changed. Ya know, Juxtapoz is full of low-brow, sometimes cheesey or even trashy art. Don't get me wrong, that's why I love it! I'd flip through it when one would come in the mail and brush it off. Yesterday, something clicked and the art looked like masterpieces to me. It's harder to think "hey, I could do that" when you're actually trying to do something and not succeeding. Taking almost two years off from drawing/painting/etc wasn't a complete vacation. My eyes still saw and learned and gathered information. But I learned if you're not practicing the final step of following it through with your pen, it doesn't really matter. You can be the best artist you want in your head. The challenge is making it come out.

I believe it's for the best. I have to see my art for what it is. To not make excuses for it. To not push meaning on to it. It'll take time, but it's all good. I feel like I'm in the right place. It's the first time I've spent more than 4 hours in one sitting!

"Who would have thought that the one thing that would save this company, would be work? And pancakes?" -Michael Scott, The Office
(just substitute waffles for pancakes)

Next week's mission: ...uhh figure out a way to bring in some Benjamins. Syrup ain't free!






Study for new piece "Eye to Eye"...













More progress on "One of These Things"

One Done in One Week

So I realized I totally miss the daily grind of my day-to-day job, and wallowed in sadness all week.
Sike.
Here's some more updates.
Need to find a monster scanner... But the Baby Owls are finished:

Chuggin' Chuggin' Along

More progress on the owls...

Start of a few others, but in really boring preliminary stages.
See..?

The stink eye from Sonny. I'm interrupting his quiet place I guess...

Baby Owls

Progress made today:

First Day on the Job

Recently, I left the corporate world. A world of restrictions, frustrations and limitations. Also, a world of $. (Not really, they don't pay Flash designers that much.) After two years of growing and learning, I am now on my own. This will be a life experiment of sorts, to see if I got what it takes. Will I finally explode with creativity and solutions and color and glee all over the walls... or will the police find me, buried in blank canvases, The Office dvd still spinning, half-eaten by wild dogs covered in syrup: Death by Eggo Waffles..??

Hope not.

Here we go. For reals this time.

Studio = apartment dining room. (My better half is unbelievably sweet and tolerant...)


BTW, this is a sweet link where artists upload pics of their studios:

http://www.on-my-desk.blogspot.com/

And got to work on a new owl piece. Hoping to finish by tomorrow.

Phoenix Tattoo

Beginning stages of my bro's tattoo design...

Shrimp

"Studio" space is sort of cleared off... and I starting work on a shrimp sketch.

Back and Unafraid

I guess since blogging has really become supercool and everyone's doing it, I'll get back into it again. For instance, one of our papers at JRC launched Blogtown -- peeps in Chester County who want to blog. Really good writing and frequent updates. (And I designed all the headers. Does that count as new art?) Check it out:

http://blogtown.dailylocal.com/

Looking back on my previous posts, I realized the stuff I was doing on my own WASN'T so bad after all! And much better than the ____ I make at my day job...

Pop! Pop! Art Show

Flyer for the art show, Pop! Pop! which will be in Fort Lauderdale, FL June 20th.
I'll be there.


If I can produce something in the next week or so.
Ideas are welcome.

baby's gettin bigger...

Psuedo-New Art!

Here's some sketches from the summer studio in Langhorne, or just random things from the room. Santino (Corleone, the decided name for the bunny :) as been defecating on anything and everything. It's just a matter of time until he gets into my portfolios. So I might as well scan all the art I have while it's in its 'pristine' state...

But he looks so darn cute when he poops, how do you say 'NO'? ;)

The New Baby

Well, you're prolly thinking, dang girl you've been posting so much cool art lately, why don't you take a break and tell us more about your personal life?! Sure, Dear Reader, you got it.

Below are pics of the newest (and poopiest) Addeo. And he's still officially nameless so if you wanna shout out any suggestions, that'd be great. Because honestly I prolly won't even consider them, but laugh at what silly thing you came up with. With that said, the possibilities are as follows:

-Santino (hello--Godfather. so when he misbehaves I can call him 'Sonny')
-Santiago/Pedro (Mexican accents are fun to do with animals)
-Usagi (samurai bunny from TMNT)
-Shooter (for obvious reasons)
-Thumper (just kidding...)
-Pasquale

19th Annual Nutcracker

Yes, it's the 19th anniversary of the ladies going to the Nutcracker. Grandmom held in the highest regard, obviously. :)

"Very much fun!"

Goofy Sketches

Some stuff I did on the (long) trip to Florida...

I realized the extent of my laziness today.
How often I update my blog: approx. twice a month
How often I update twitter: every ten minutes
How often I update my website: ONCE A YEAR

My only New Years Resolution: fix up thenikkinoodle(.com)!!


...oh and I guess lose weight...

...and find a place to live...

...and get me a man...

>>oh also, too lazy to scan... three cheers for photobooth again<<

I gived in.

Maybe it was Kevin Cornell joining... or maybe it was the restless November darkness... or all the garlic I ate at dinner but yes...

...I'm blogging about my first footsteps as a Twitterer... or Tweeter... Tw*tter... w/e
I know... it's awesome.