ROSE

I've been absolutely fascinated with the wealth of information found on ctrlpaint.com and their unmatchable tutorials. As someone who has been using Photoshop for about 8 years now, I honestly want to start applauding as I'm watching them.

So while i have about 10 more pressing projects I should be working on...i just felt like sitting down and drawing a pretty girl. I was just practicing gesture, form, line quality, and texture when i suddenly realized i liked where i was going with this...

I've never been accused of being sentimental

whoever this chick is was my reference

MUTHA F*CKIN' TEXTURES?!$!#!?

So mad at myself for needing Toonhole.com coloring tutorial to realize that my illustrations could look A MILLION times cooler if i added a simple watercolor texture over them. 

*FACEPALM*

I will probably now have to redo them ALL, but for now...

Happy Valentine's Day!

REVISED!

SAMSON VS. SNOW SAMSON

Hi! I'm snow Samson!

"What is this abomination..."

"Mooooom....what the hell"

DON'T MAKE LOVE...MAKE ART WAR!

On nothing more than a plea for inspiration via facebook, i inadvertantly and unapologetically started an art war amongst my friends.

I said that who ever posted a drawing of me on my page, i would in turn draw a portrait of them...yet somewhere along the line...we lost control. All of a sudden merely commenting on one of the pictures made you a target of a satirical cartooning. Friends that weren't involved at all suddenly were being dragged in and make fun of as well. 

I gladly will take credit for the hilarious chaos!

Here is a taste of the ones I recieved and my illustrated retorts. Most of them probably warrant some kind of an explanation, which is precisely why I'm not giving any!

1. Morgan vs. Melissa

2. Morgan vs. Ian

3. Morgan vs. Daniel/Gerald

 4. Morgan vs. Carly

5. Morgan vs. Kreg

6. Morgan vs. Ciao

 

7. Morgan vs. Lindsay

8. Morgan vs. Cesar

MORE TO COME!

SO MUCH TIME, SO LITTLE TO DO...

Scratch that...reverse it.

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I've been keeping busy and some really exciting things are happening, 

but unfortunately not much i can share just yet because they are actual jobs, not just me fuckin' around. IMAGINE THAT!
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But also...as i am slapped in the face with the cold NYC winds and fighting hibernation, I am putting together a personal winter to-do list and setting deadlines for them with actual rewards and punishments. Last time I lost a bet with myself, I ended up shaving my own head, so

I WILL TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY!
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This list will include but is not limited to:

1. Boobie Trap Cartoon

2. morgue-anne.com website revamp

3. Morgue Anne cartoon and/or comic strip

4. ES&D Apparel
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Just have to make the schedule and come up with the rewards system
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MWAHAHAHAHA
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But just so this post isn't boring... 
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I did made this video tribute to my favorite softball league in the entire universe though.

It will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps make you want to play softball.
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NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST

What can we ever truly understand without experience? Life has taught me many things...good, bad, beautiful, and ugly and I'm rather ambivalent about trying to answer what any of it actually means. I would be much more interested in discovering the method behind the madness. Not why things happen, but how. As much as i want to believe in pure chaos, coincidence, and free will...my actual experiences would have me believe in something else. Not a god, not a conscious puppeteer, definitely not predetermined fate, but that space and time is being woven in a certain direction based on every single thing you do or don't do. That each choice you make alters your destiny and your life is an infinite spider diagram of destinies to choose from. I've always felt a certain magical quality about when things happen, or when opportunities arise, like you are sending out a beacon of energy into the universe and it is responded to at just at the right time for you to accept it. Maybe part of the magic is being aware enough to recognize such things. But moments like that leave me in absolute awe of how beautiful and enchanting life is.

So i was at some really lame bar the other night and in mid conversation that I had no investment in, I see this guy out of the corner of my eye wearing a tshirt with a terrible clipart graphic of a shoe on it and it said "Not all those who wander are lost".  I was a little mesmorized, completely lost where i was or who i was talking to, and smiled. I couldn't place the quote but i knew that i had heard it before. It was just weird, like in that moment I felt that i was meant to read that and that something so slight, so seemingly insignificant, and so easily overlooked had affected my mood for the rest of the night...and still thinking about it. I could rant about all that this quote made me think about then, but it all kind of ties into the same philosophies behind following your heart and believing that it will lead you someplace worth being.

Having finally looked it up, very pleasantly reminded that it's from Lord of the Rings :-)

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

 

So inspired, it will now live forever on my arm:

MONSTER MINI GOLF!

Not only is mini golf awesome...and i shot 1 over par...but i was sooooooo impressed with these black light paintings. I think i spent more time taking pictures than playing. I'm in love.