merry christmas yall.

This painting is a result of a really interesting project.

I owed a favor to somebody and they called it this christmas.

The request was to paint a "christmas" card, and upon my asking, the person who wanted it didn't tell me to stay away from any particular issues or imagery. So I took all the liberty I wanted and just painted santa and a couple little CMYK elves (it was for a printer).

Funny thing was that the printer didn't get back to me in a timely fashion and by the time there was only half a day left before they needed to print the cards - they finally wrote me an email saying "Ok well I like it but my boss needs it to be more non denominational, he is Jewish..."

When asked what I should do to make it right for her and her boss, I was told (and I'm quoting all of this from email) "Shit I am not sure either maybe throw some Jewish shit in there..."

I was pretty offended. I'm not jewish but to just throw around culture like it's a bag of garbage is not really my style. I don't like to hear people belittle culture like that.

At that point, I realized that I was dealing with a person without class, so I just painted a bonfire over santa and called it a night. I still liked this version, and I hope it doesn't offend anybody. But the next time this woman calls asking for a favor for her work i'm going to have to say "Shit no...maybe you should learn some more politically correct shit."

Oh well... Shit, you live and you learn.



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is it a crime?

¿to draw black and white silhouetted naked chicks all the time?

if it is, then I am guilty...

exhibit A.


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and now for something.... completely similar....

I didn't think I'd have time tonight, but I put on some buckethead and painted. it was an older album but damn was it good.

if you haven't checked out his music, he's just damn good. that's the only way to put it. pour yourself a nice tasty white russian and listen to it now!!! are you still here? the genre isn't my fave, but then again, he can play damn near anything. and I do so respect a good musician.



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inspired by a shooting star...

This one rounds out my pinocchio series. there are several other characters from the movie, but I think Jimminy, Pinoc, Geppetto, and the Blue Fairy are the "classic ones" for that. There's the fox and the cat, stromboli, and the whale, as well as the jackass kid, but I'm gonna stick with these four then move on to... say.... ¿Aladin?

who knows, I have enough work lined up to keep me busy till 2010, but i always find a way to slack off just long enough to paint fun stuff. (*__*)



*i added tags, so it's easier to search out these disney inspired pictures. sometimes this blog is like a unkept closet and that should help a little.

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