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“The mysteries of creation are there.”
“Up in the sky?” “Up in the sky…..”
“Above the crowds, above the clouds where the sounds are original
Infinite skills create miracles
Warrior spiritual — above the clouds
reigning/raining down, holdin it down”
~ Guru (Above The Clouds: Moment of Truth)
Happy Passover everybody or Happy Pesach and I hope everybody has a Good Friday and good Easter this weekend.
Well….This little sketch is actually a smaller part of a larger sketch that I have been working on. Hopefully the rest turns out ok. I thought this part looked cool so I scanned it in to show you. I picture this guy much like the character Dr. Parnassus in Dr. Parnassus’s Imaginarium (Go see it!). This guru, floating on this little mysterious piece of earth sits quietly contemplating the meaning of the universe. Hope you like it.
Anyways I’ve been hoping to start a discussion in my last post. So if missed it or you want to check it out and join in……..Click Here
Also if you haven’t heard a little bit of news, Guru the legendary rapper of Gang Starr suffered a heart attack and fell into a comma a few weeks ago. Apparently, he is now in a stable condition. He is being pretty quiet about what happened. He is quoted as saying, “That’s something I don’t want to talk about. I don’t want to talk about the past. The past is the past,” Guru said, according to the press release. “It is what it is. It was great, but that was then and this is now.” A statement and a piece of advice….Very guru of him.
To read more check out this article.
And Now Here is the song Above the Clouds from the Album Moment of Truth by Guru and Dj Premier (feat. Inspectah Deck)
Love it!
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“He was born to be dead, but now he will live” ~ An Inuit Shaman
In my series of layout sketches and concept art for Jack Down the River, I ultimately settled on a different shaman character design (See Related Posts Below). This was my rough pass and it never went any farther.
The Other Shaman is more Mark Twain with a pipe and a straw hat. I can hear him telling Jack at some point, “to put that in his pipe and smoke it.”
It’s a lot of fun to keep things organic, loose, and lively. It makes the whole Shaman character more satisfying in some respects than if I had polished him up proper. Maybe you can see some connective tissue with ole Rafiki.
As always, If you have a thought, drop a comment. I want to hear what you have to say.
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“Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier to go to Mars or to the moon than it is to penetrate one’s own being” ~ Carl Jung
What reminds you the most of home? Maybe it’s smell? Anybody by chance, know what Mars smells like?
The fact is that once you leave home, often there is no going back. It is funny how far the heart drifts in the great expanse. You gotta be that rollin’ stone and put on that smilin’ face. Like the Joker said, “Why so serious?” Speaking of which where did I put my happy face pin? I think I lost mine in the theaters watching the Watchmen.
Ralph’s happy face emblazoned on his suit, I envisioned as a kind of an overly optimistic and happy A.I. that always puts a positive spin on any dire event in a hostile universe. I was thinking along the lines of a high-tech version of Wilson from the movie Cast Away. Pardon me on my third popular movie reference, but I still got one more for y’ah.
They say Forest Gump invented the smiley face or so Robert Zemeckis would have you believe, but it is totally intergalactic and yes, I just threw that out there. Come to think of it, Carl Jung must have totally taken over a small corner of my brain since he also said something about explaining the “symbol” (i.e. retro smiley face) as if you were a man from Mars.
Hope you like the new sketch. I drew it back at my old home. It kept me company on a real late night contemplating how things are never the same and yet there’s no place like home. Ohmmmmmmm…… why don’t you meditate on a little Bob Dylan now……
E.T. Phone Home:
You still here? Bless your heart! I’ve been thinking about tweeting or putting out facebook status updates with little iPhone snap shots of process work. I was even meaning to put this up to tease this post. Here’s the test and don’t forget to connect with me on twitter @SimianZ for future peaks of Martians and otherwise.
This creature is an alien in the spirit of that benevolent trickster spirit of Celtic tradition. He bellows that alien musical language and dares us lesser beings to understand his wise harmony. I know you all remember the melody from Close Encounter of the Third Kind.
I got sick over the weekend and in half delirious state watched a series movies including Harvey. Yes, I know this isn’t exactly Jimmy Stewart’s 6 foot 3 and 1/2 inch white rabbit Harvey, but then again who knows? The Pooka is a shape-shifter after all: to some a white rabbit and to others a trans-dimensional hopping goblin. Maybe we should check a dictionary…
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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent
will . . .” ~ Charlotte Bronte
The long dead English novelist who somehow knew the attitude of my pen and the freedom of being not. Either that or we can enjoy bending her words in my context to support me out on this limb.
It is possible to be without being. I can see it in the shadow of the bird and I hope you’ll ponder with me… Be Not, Be Free!
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Jack somehow (in a sketch to be created at a later date) has escaped the witch and is back on the river again.
This is a fitting drawing for my final piece as an Art Center student. Like Jack, I can look back at the many challenges and obstacles with a giant grin. It has been quite a journey for the both of us, but as always where one journey ends a new one begins.
Here are the usual process composition thumbnails:
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In the glow of the hearth’s light, the witch’s shadow caste upon the wall reveals a sinister truth. The inviting glow of a warm flame invites Jack into a well-played snare.
Who is to say what happens next? Will Jack succumb to a cute facade or will he see the truth in shadows?
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“The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I’ve been working on this character for my story that I have been showing you for the last week. I’m not sure if I know how I want her to look like yet in her true form but here is a bit of my process. Today’s sketch is just an idea. There is nothing set in stone as of yet. Below are some thumbnails and another sketch. I hope adding all these extras into each post makes up for the lack of daily sketches.
