“Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biological state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.” ~ William S. Burroughs
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“Chilin on the moon-beach… Just watching the sea of night” ~ A. Behr
A space man in a big hulking suit on a desolate and moon-like planet floats through the cosmos thinking about his place in the universe…
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“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survive by bending with the wind” ~ Bruce Lee
Step into the bamboo jungle…
“You’re a good egg just a little cracked…..” ~ my grandfather
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You have just entered into a dimension of shape and form that can only be explained tectonic shift in perspective. The Cornea of your third eye has been pierced by my sharpened pencil. Don’t mind that, its completely normal. At least around here… Welcome to the Jay Zone. It’s time to play…
So what do you see guys? Am I crazy? Have I finally lost it? Does this look like Denver the Last Dinosaur? Save me from this shaky limb with your own thoughts. Drop a comment like it’s hot. This Green pencil creation’s life depends on it.
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I don’t know what your Grandpa looked like, but this kind of reminds me of mine. As a kid he was kind of a gentle giant, a prankster, and yes, even a cool monster when he wanted to be.
The big chin especially brings me back. Can’t you just picture this cool monster popping out its teeth and scaring the grand kids. So Grandpa!
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“We’ve got to risk implosion. We may explode into the biggest fireball this part of the galaxy has seen, but we’ve got to take that one in a million chance.” ~ Captain Kirk in ‘The Naked Time’
In the year 2010, Space Travel was possible. . . . But not very far.
Boldly going where no man has gone before was just a dream. There was no Mars. . . . no Jupiter moons. . . . . no the wannabe planet Pluto.. . . .
Who thought we’d have flying cars by now? Raise your hand. . . . . I know I did.
(Shakes a clenched hand up at an imaginary comic book thought bubble. This jittery phantom of a thought balloon lingered like an electric smoke cloud above my head, with a bit of static like an old lit television, bleed through from an ancient dead channel in a parallel Universe. It was the opening credits of the Jetson’s. . . . .
Starts singing the theme song like a kid again, “Jetson’s meet the Jetson’s” . . . . Coughs…… clears throat . . . . “ pauses….. Quickly looks around to see if anyone is watching while imaginary bubble disappears like a phantom.)
Anyways….. What’s really important is I have a new post to show you today. Something retro. Something new. Something 2010.
It’s my take on a Captain Kirk-like character design. Not exactly Kirk, but I think it has the feeling of that type of character.
Let me know what you think and Tell me how you imagined 2010 as a kid? How did you see your heroes? Any heroes that maybe you came up with when you were kid? Any sketches you wanna share????
Anyways I hope you enjoy. Until next time. . .
Beam me up Scotty!!!
Lest my homeboys (and girls) forget the Z and where it dwells… I hope you are all still chillin’ with me.
I was just trying to lay something down and homeboy up there was the character design.
We’re all still rockin’!
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In Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, Siddartha comes to realize there is no such thing as time. Upon the realization it is said, “Nothing was, nothing will be, everything has reality and presence.”
Today, we have a little something different in the form of an experiment not only in pencil, but in time as well. With the help of my friend Richard Gluck and his awesome Canon 5-D, I was able to document the process of today’s sketch. I asked Richard if he could time-lapse my sketching. I knew he could, but he suggested that we animate the sketch instead, taking shots of the drawing little by little. The effect was to remove my hand and pencil so it wouldn’t cover up the drawing. It could use a little more contrast, but this is my first attempt and it would have been a little longer too if my drawing hand had not knocked the camera out of place. It’s a Buddha Journey.
There is truth and wisdom to Siddartha’s concept of time, but today it does occur to me that if there is no time, there is no sketch-lapse. Reality though… Maybe?… Presence, surely. I hope it gives you something to wrap your mind around.
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