Thoughts... or the ramblings of a fool

Slave to the machine

Dagger — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:15:57 +0000

Drawing has always been my primary artistic output. When I hold a pencil in my hand, I feel like the weight of the world is lifted from me even for a little while.

Since I’ve been a freelance illustrator/pin-up artist now, I needed to find another hobby that does the same thing.

And photography has been that before.

Photography is what it is again.

Three Amigas

Dagger — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:21:06 +0000

Trying to simplify my style. Or trying to recapture my Jim Lee/ J.Scott Campbell days.

The Vampyre Jerremi

Dagger — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:36:33 +0000

For those wanting to draw my comic book alter ego.

Charlie Sketch #3: White Corset Roughs

Dagger — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:10:07 +0000

Its a brand new year.

Charlie Sketch 2: Pin-up Charlie

Dagger — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:21:05 +0000

Charlie poses for another shoot for Joey.

Untitled Sketch #1

Dagger — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:28:48 +0000

Part of some sketches I’m doing for the re-imagining of my main site, Farlow Studios.

If I Didn’t Love You

Dagger — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:16:21 +0000

Tina Arena wrote this song not for someone, but for something; her music. Most of the time, I feel the same way with my art. Granted mine have been called by the so-called “art-world” the lowest form of art, its still art. And its mine. Sometimes I would think if all this aggravation, frustration, and misery is worth it.

So good
When it’s good I wanna spend my whole life lovin’ you
But I’m tired
And you don’t know how close I’ve come to leaving you
You try my patience
And you race me to the wire
It takes every ounce of my will and desire
If I didn’t love you
If I didn’t love you like crazy
If I didn’t love you baby
As much as I do
I’d just walk out the door
I couldn’t take it anymore
I wouldn’t put up with what you put me through
If I didn’t love you
It’s hard
But you won’t give up ’till you
Push me to the wall
But I know
You’re the only one who’ll be there for me
When I call (oh yes you will)
I can’t help believing
That it’s worth it somehow
Cause I’ve worked too damn hard
To wanna give up now
If I didn’t love you
If I didn’t love you like crazy
If I didn’t love you baby
As much as I do
I’d just walk out the door
I couldn’t take it anymore
I wouldn’t put up with what you put me through
If I didn’t love you
If I didn’t love you
Nah, If I didn’t
If I didn’t love you like I do
When you love someone
Nothings black or white
When the riptide runs
There’s no wrong or right
I’ll sail with you but I’ll refuse to drown
So don’t you take me down, down
Take me down down
Don’t you take me down, down, down
If I didn’t love you
If I didn’t love you
I’d walk out that door
I don’t need it anymore
Need to put up with what you put me through
If I didn’t love you
If I didn’t love you
If I didn’t love you
If I didn’t love you like I do

I’d walk out that door
I’m not comin’ back no more
No more

Beowulf… in 3D

Dagger — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:21:21 +0000

When I was in junior high, we were given the task of writing a book report on the story of Beowulf. Not that that moment began my love for fantasy stories (I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons since I was 8), it did add to the fuel to my love for storytelling.

Being a fan of Neil Gaiman’s written works (Sandman, Death: The High Cost of Living, Mirrormask, Stardust), I wanted to see what treatment he made to this classic Anglo-Saxon lore.

I watched it on digital 3D last night, and there’s not much Gaiman changed to the original core plot. Some elements of the movie deviated from the original, which all came together in the end of the movie. They [Gaiman and screenwriter Roger Avary] did, in the beginning of the film, established how Beowulf will be portrayed. To me, it set the whole predicament of the movie, and I wasn’t really surprised at the end of it.

As a gamer, the CGI movie would sometimes take me for a loop. I kept looking at my hands seeing if I had my game console gamepad with me. I felt at times like I was playing a Final Fantasy game.

But overall, the movie was good. The story was treated fairly in my opinion, albeit if one reason for it being all CGI was to convince the public that there has been great advances since Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, I didn’t see it yet.

Watch it. Enjoy it. Don’t expect it to be anything but a fantasy movie.