The art and musings of Arizona artist Jeff Curtis otherwise known and loved throughout the world as JEPHYR!
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Memorial Day Remembrances And A Pastel Pencil Photo Study Of A Rabbit
A Young Patriot At the 2009 National
Memorial Day Concert At The US Capitol
Hope you are doing well and (if you're in the US) enjoyed your long Memorial Day weekend — and were surrounded by family and loved ones.
If you are a US military service member — or had or have one or more in your family — thank you for that service.
And to all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect this nation — I honor you — and offer gratitude to each family member and loved one for that sacrifice as well!
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With Memorial Day in mind — I'll share a few photos of my Grandpa and Dad.
I'm not sure what kind of military service my Grandpa did — but recently found photos of him in a Doughboy style uniform (possibly during or just after World War I).
Composite - Photos of my Dad and Grandpa
My dad served in the US Navy during World War II — and related to his
time on the docks — he succumbed to mesothelioma many years later.
Mesothelioma is a lung cancer caused by Asbestos exposure, Learn more about it here.
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Repaired this photo of my Grandpa in his Doughboy uniform - probably taken around 1918 or 1919.
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And A Recent Pastel Photo Study From My Sketchbook
Pastel Pencil - Photo Study - Copyright 2020 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
Thanks as always for stopping by my corner of the world.
As mentioned in my last post, I feel a recharged after taking some time off over the last couple of months from drawing / painting every day.
And since the governor of my state has relaxed his Covid-19 'stay at home order' - I've FINALLY been able to get out to do some drawing as well.
Today, I put the finishing touches on the pastel pencil attached below at a local coffee house — and it's felt good after several weeks to be looking at something besides my same ol' walls.
Not to say that I haven't been getting out at all.
In fact, since the first of the year I've been walking almost every day — and thankfully our governor declared that exercise was an 'essential' activity.
So I've been able to continue walking around my neighborhood and having a few 'social-distancing' appropriate conversations with other walkers — which as been really nice.
Still, it's been great to be able to go to a coffee houses or restaurants in just the last week or so — and sit and do some work outside mi casa for a change.
Anywho — I was looking for something to draw — and came across an old pastel pencil of the little birdy that I had started LONG ago — and decided to finally get around to finishing it today.
I used an awesome photo as a reference — so a big thank you to that photographer!
Pastel Pencil Birdy Photo Study - Copyright 2020 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
As I just wrote to my niece (who has 3 kids and is always kept busy looking after them):
"I know mommas work their fingers to the bone and don’t always get acknowledgement for all their hard work — so I hope you are feeling a special warmth and Blessing from your family and the Lord today!"
So if you're a mother too — whether your kids are grown and out on their own — or you're still wiping noses and bandaging scraped knees — I hope you feel loved and appreciated today!
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I've been feeling a little recharged in the art department myself after taking some time off from drawing and painting all the time.
Recently and somewhat naturally I began making art again — and I feel refreshed by taking that time off.
In my last post I shared a pastel pencil portrait I did for a nephew — that kinda got me started again.
Just finished a quick birthday pastel pencil portrait sketch for my nephew.
His family had sent an Easter package to me — and his momma and he and his siblings had each done some awesome color pencil sketches they'd enclosed for me.
I was planning on sending my nephew a birthday gift and at the last minute — inspired by their great artwork — decided to do a portrait of him to include with it.
So the night before I had to send his gift package out, I sat down and drew sketch of him using pastel pencils (you can see a few along the bottom in the photo below).
Anywho — thought I'd share a photo of my draw'ring with y'all too.
Birthday Pastel Pencil Sketch - Copyright 2020 - Jephyr - All Rights Reserved
The News has been quite unsettling recently and I'm sure no one needs to be reminded that it has been filled with endless Corona Virus reporting.
If you have been personally impacted by it in any way — then I honestly pray for you that you will feel peace, and that you and your loved ones will be healthy and well.
Since there are many other sources of news that you can turn to — unless I feel I can add some important information about it — I'll keep my blog posts here a light and entertaining oasis away from all that.
A Screen Capture From The Animation 'Carpark'
Funny Short Animation: Carpark
With that in mind today you will find a very amusing, well-crafted animation called Carpark from the folks at Birdbox Studio.
Though the entire video is black and white — the characters and background designs are stylized and very appealing — the animation is smooth and well done — and the sound track is perfect.
I won't give anything away about the story-line — but it's very relatable and offers a funny pay-off in the end.
The entire video is less than a minute and a half and offers a small dose of much needed light entertainment.
My Weird Dream - Joe Biden Crashes His Car Into Home:
I've posted about other dreams I've had here — but only when they really stick out in my mind or stay with me long after I've awakened.
I'm not suggesting the dream I had today has any significance — but will share it as much to simply document what it was — and because it was very vivid and has stuck in my thoughts since I got up.
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Edit: After typing it all out and thinking a lot about it — I now feel like I have more insight into my dream — and decided to offer my interpretation about it below.
Whether it turns out to be some wild imagining my mind created while I slept — or something "prophetic" — only time will tell.
But I've felt led to not only share it but offer an interpretation of it as well.
The part I remember began after a much longer dream I can't recall now — but here's where my memory of it picks up:
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I was with a large group, some family and others (maybe cousins), and we had stopped at someone's home.
Later, were all leaving — but I was delayed saying my "goodbyes" and was the last one to head outside — and by the time I got out to the street everyone I was with was gone.
I'm kinda laughing about this part as I type it — but Joe Biden was waiting for me at the curb — in a new, very expensive, white sports car with his driver's side window down.
I'm in no way a car buff — but I could hear the throaty, powerful engine and see the sleek design — and knew it was one of those ostentatious, status cars that people of conspicuous wealth own.
The image I digitally composited below is very close to what I "saw" in my dream.
"Joe Biden Waits For Me Curbside In A Car Similar To The One In My Dream: A $900,00 Ferrari 599 GTO" *
* Please Note This Is A Computer Manipulated Image — And NOT An Actual Photo From My Dream 😁
For some strange reason, Joe Biden and I seemed to know each other — and he told me the people I'd been with wanted me to ride with him and we'd catch up to them.
I felt apprehensive about getting in a car with him (worried about how safe it was because of all the news reports about his recent daily blunders and gaffes — and questions about his hazy metal state) — but I was also a little put-out at being left behind without a way to get around — and so feeling like I had no other choice, I reluctantly decided to accept a ride with him.
* Find examples of Biden's odd behavior and numerous public blunders at the end of this post.
VERY Fancy Diagram Of The Crash 😊
Joe Biden Wrecks His Car Into Home
I started to walk around the front of his car but right as I got to the front bumper — the engine ROARED — and I was just barely was able to jump out of the way as he drove off at a HIGH rate of speed.
I watched the back of his car RACE up a steep street (like the ones in the little mountain town where I grew up) — and realized that he had the gas pedal on that powerful engine completely to the floor and he was flying up the street utterly out of control.
He got to the top of the road in mere seconds — and then went sailing through the air when he hit a T-intersection — and crashed right into and through a home that sat there.
As I ran up the street, it was obvious the entire front of the house was completely demolished and I could see right inside it. There were smashed furnishings, broken wall and window frames, and glass and debris everywhere — and I could see the the back of the wrecked car stuck in a second floor kitchen area.
My Digitally Composited Image Above Looks
A LOT Like What I "Saw" In My Dream
When I got to the home I found a dazed family inside — and also all my own family and friends — who had pretended to leave me behind and had parked just out of view at the top of the street.
I told everyone what had happened — and about that same time I learned that an infant girl had been killed in the crash.
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The home Biden crashed through was occupied by a LARGE, extended, working class family — and there were many others there milling around after the crash.
Then, I noticed that several women in the family busied themselves seating some very fat, whiny toddlers around a table to feed them.
In my dream, it seemed somewhat normal that the kids still wanted to eat — but it did seem a little odd to me that life just went on for the adults in the family.
So, the women were trying to seat four or five, loud, crying, and squirming kids at a table right below Biden's crumpled car — with their home in utter ruins around them.
Then I noticed the women were strapping the kids into their high chairs to keep them seated — and observed more closely one woman putting a leather strap around the wrist/forearm of one of the kids — which was in turn secured to the arm of the chair the kid was in.
That's when I woke up.
Weird, huh?
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My Dream Interpretation
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I think my dream has several layers and here's my interpretation of their meanings:
Joe
was driving an expensive, powerful car that represents his Presidential
aspirations and ambition to be elected to the the most powerful position in the world.
The expensive, ostentatious car also represents that his campaign is funded and supported by wealthy donors and a very well
oiled Democrat Party "machine."
My apprehension getting in the car with him is related to numerous examples of his odd behavior and public gaffes — that some say is due to more than just slips of the tongue.
— Find several examples — including videos, and links about that below —
In my dream, Biden completely lost control of the expensive car — crashed it — and destroyed a
home (which represents that he is "behind the wheel" of his campaign and will ultimately cause some kind of terrible "crash" in the run-up to the November 2020 election).
An infant was killed — which is another representation of a death-knell for his Presidential hopes.
The home was occupied by a large working class
family — ordinary people whose lives just went on after the
crash — folks who simply needed to attend to their kids and get on with
their day to day lives.
Their reaction to the crash represents that most people are far to busy with their lives to truly stop and fully understand party politics, candidates, and elections.
Their loud, overweight and
unruly children represent the current state of way too many people in
the US — who live in abundance but still whine and complain and expect everything
to be done for them by the government and others — even when their home (nation) is destroyed around them.
Being strapped into their high-chairs represents a kind of attachment (or slavery) to their own desires and demands.
Biden suggested that his efforts would put 720 million (US) women back in the workforce (The Last Census found there were approximately 94 million total women of working age in the US - https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf.
He declared during a recent Democrat debate that, "Nobody should be in jail for non-violent crime." (But has also said more people should have gone to jail during the 2008 Financial Crisis)
During a recent campaign stop Biden said he was running for the US Senate and if Democrats don't like him they should "vote for the OTHER Biden."
While visiting New Hampshire he told reporters, "What's not to like about Vermont."
Biden suggested that people should, "Play the radio — and make sure you have the record player on at night."
He said, "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."
During a campaign stop Biden declared, "We choose science over fiction, we choose truth over facts."
He shared a very creepy memory about kids rubbing his hairy legs — and added that he loved kids jumping on his lap.
Biden weirdly reminisced about "Corn-pop," a bad dude wearing Pomade in his hair — and straight razors scraped on the ground and left to rust in rain barrels. (The video shows his complete word salad during the telling of this story)
Biden claimed in a campaign speech to have worked with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping on the 2016 Paris Climate Accord. Xiaoping left office in 1992.
He began to say Margret Thatcher was the chairman and leader of the party in Germany — and couldn't identify the leader he was referring to. Thatcher was a British leader from 1979 to 1990.
The video is cued to start at 42 seconds:
Anti-Trump "progressive" liberal Shaun King Tweeted about Biden's recent speech blunders:
Biden Has Been Aggressive, Argumentative, and Foul Mouthed During His Campaign
Biden has also been very aggressive and argumentative with people — calling a 21 year old woman a "lying dog-faced pony soldier" when she told him she'd been to a Democrat caucus:
In the last few days, he got into an argument with a union worker about gun control and told him he was "full of sh**" and called him a "horse's ***" — and then challenged him to fight by saying, “Don’t try me, pal — do you want to go outside?”
During that same exchange he mistakenly called the semi-automatic AR-15 rifle an AR-14 and seemed confused about the difference between semi and fully automatic rifles.
In other videos he's shown a complete lack of knowledge about the guns — something that should be considered fundamental to enacting laws related to them and the 2nd Amendment.
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Joe Biden Confused His Wife And Sister During Campaign Speech
During a recent campaign speech he confused his wife for his sister and vice versa.
Joe Biden's Cringe Worthy Story About His Hairy Legs And Enjoying Kids Jumping On His Lap
Here's a shorter video of the cringe worthy story Biden relates about kids rubbing his hairy legs — and that he "loved kids jumping on [his] lap.":
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Biden Mangles His Own Name - Calls Himself an 'Obiden Bama' Democrat
Video of a recent speech where Biden proudly declared he was an "Obiden Bama Democrat":
Seeing Biden mangle his own name — should be very concerning to anyone seriously considering his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States.
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Biden Fabricated A Story About Being Arrested In South Africa
During several speeches and campaign events he claimed that 30 years ago he was arrested, along with a United States UN ambassador, when he went to to protest Nelson Mandela' imprisonment in South Africa.
Biden was forced to admit it never happened — but only after people began looking into his story, and the former UN ambassador told the New York Times, "That's a lie."
The next video shows Biden making the false claim about his "arrest" during a recent televised Democrat Debate (cued to start at 1:35).
The video goes on to reveal that there are no press reports or any records about it — and no one else has corroborated his story.
Even the far left The Young Turks Channel on YouTube called his claim a "crazy, absurd lie" — and that his campaign has finally "had to fess up" and admit that Biden "was not arrested for trying to visit Nelson Mandela at a South African prison during apartheid" after Biden "used the claim at least three times" — and "there is no evidence of the incident" and "his campaign could not justify the use of the word arrest" or "why Biden added that Mandela personally thanked him."
The Young Turks go on to say, "This isn't 'one random slip of the brain' — Biden has been exaggerating or wholly falsifying his behavior during the civil rights movement for decades now."
"Biden is trying to rewrite history when it comes to his civil rights record" — he is "trying to white-wash what he's done" and "lying about it makes it much much worse" — because "he wasn't actually in those fights."
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This is just a small sampling of many.
While it isn't my intention to purposely offend or make anyone angry — I do feel like I was given this dream and an interpretation for it — and felt led to share it.
As I wrote in my last three posts (1-15-20, 1-22-20, 1-27-20) — I've gone through ten years worth of old digital paintings on my PC and am publishing a few that either haven't been shared on-line before — or where uploaded but then taken down for one reason or another.
The ones below that are marked (WIP) — are "works in progress" that were never fully completed (but I reserve the right to finish them someday : ).
Let's get to 'em:
Eagle Photo Study - Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
Cartoony Character Design (WIP) - Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
Cartoony Character Design Study (WIP) - Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
Grackle (Photo Study) - Copyright 2011 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
Cartoony Character Design (WIP) - Copyright 2016 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
As I've shared in my last two posts (1-15-20 and 1-22-20), I've gone through a decade of old files while cleaning up my trusty old PC — and have been sharing some of my old digital paintings that I found.
Some have never been shared publicly anywhere before — others were posted and removed for one reason or another.
Anywho — here's another group in no particular order:
Old Man Photo Study - Work In Progress - Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ This digital painting is from the "works in progress" file — and I was using an awesome photo of an old guy as a reference,
As said in other posts — if you know the photographer for this one or any others used as a reference — please let me know in the comments or drop me an email — and I can add a credit or link to their site if they'd like.
In my last post I shared a number of my old digital paintings that I'd found while going through a decades worth of old files on my trusty computer.
Today I'll share a few more — some that were finalized and others that were (still are?) "works in progress."
It's been interesting to look back through my own work — hope you enjoy the trip too!
Anywho — here are a few oldies in no partic'lar order:
Wasp Photo Study - Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ I found a GREAT macro-photograph of a wasp and set about digitally painting it. The wasp's head was in sharp focus in the original photo — but the photographer had artfully used bokeh or depth of field — "the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens" on the wasp's body.
At first I was tempted to paint the image as it was in the photo and then the idea of adding some other kind of body came to my mind.
I tried a few different options but when I began painting the tux (using a photo reference) it just felt right.
Hairless Cat Photo Study - Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ Someone posted a GREAT portrait of a hairless cat I used as a ref to paint this study.
Thank you photographer-person! It's an EXCELLENT image.
BTW — as I wrote in my last post — if you know the photographer for any of the references I used for any of these images — please let me know in the comments or by email — and I can add a credit and link to them if they'd like.
Dragon Concept Close Up View - Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ I created and digitally painted the dragon above first and slowly expanded out from that as you can see in the next image/view of it below.
One day while working it — I was zoomed in a bit and kinda liked the close-up view you see above as well.
BTW — I added the yellow/orange moon long before the we saw the series of Blood Moons a few years back — but I liked the effect
it had on the painting and later it took on a more symbolic meaning as well.
Joel 2:31: “The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes”
Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ Though this Dragon painting still remains in the "works in progress" file — I like the
idea enough "some day" I might get back to it and finish it off.
Copyright 2012 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ Had a client a few years ago who I did a book illustration for — an ant character — and did this digital painting study in preparation for that using an incredible macro-photo as a reference.
I've been cleaning up my trusty old 'puter because I need to transition to a newer OS — and have gone through a decades worth of old files - deleting a ton and backing up MANY others.
It's been a time-consuming pain - made worse by the fact that I still LOVE my current PC and wouldn't even consider a transition if it wasn't going to be supported anymore.
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The upside has been a nostalgic journey through ten years worth of old letters, images, and files, etc.
In that process I came across tons of old artwork — some that were finished and other "works in progress" that I ran out of steam on for one reason or another.
So today I'll share a few of those in no particular order.
"Ganny" - Copyright 2011 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ Ages ago I found a photo portrait of an older woman and loved her sweet looking expression and decided to paint this digital portrait of her.
I got this far before moving on — but really enjoyed the process on this one.
"Kiefer" - Copyright 2011 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ Was watching the movie Flatliners and captured an image of Kiefer Sutherland during a scene and digitally painted this using it as a reference.
As I recall that original reference was monochromatic — but I was also kinda in that artistic "phase" at that time as well.
"Snail Photo Study" - Copyright 2011 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ Found an awesome photo of a snail in a natural environment and really loved the lighting on it and tried my hand at capturing it in this digital painting.
"Jesus" - Copyright 2011 - Jephyr - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ A photo study / digital painting of an image of a statue of Christ I found online.
In the original photo, the statue was either stone or concrete in natural light — but as noted above, I was in a "monochromatic phase" around that time and went with this greenish color scheme.
Photo Study - Copyright 2011 - Jephyr - All Rights Reserved
^ ^ ^ This 2011 digital painting, I used as a reference just the "portrait" section of an amazing photo called "Strength."
BTW — I'd love to give credit to whoever took the original photo of the old man.
So if you know the photographer for this one or any of the other references I used (unless otherwise noted), please let me
know who they are and I'd be happy to add a credit for them and link to their web-site(s) or social media etc.
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That'll do it for today — although I may share more older images that I found in the archives down the road.
While I don't personally agree with a lot of his politics — there is no question that Steve Cutts is doing some amazing artwork and animation.
Below you'll find his newest video — uploaded to YouTube on New Years Day 2020 — called The Turning Point.
Screen Capture From The Turning Point by Steve Cutts - Found Below
The video's description on YouTube states:
"The Turning Point' explores the destruction of the environment, climate change and species extinction from different perspective. Music by Wantaways. Created in After Effects, Premiere Pro, Clip Studio Pro and Cinema 4D.
Written, directed and animated by Steve Cutts."
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From an artistic stand-point, Cutts' character designs and backgrounds have a unique, unmistakable style — while he takes viewers through dense and complicated scenes that could otherwise easily become confusing and muddled if not for his amazing ability to flow seamlessly through them.
His use of "cute" animal characters often contrasts with the animations stark message — while conversely humans are shown suffering from the adverse conditions they find themselves in.
Cutts leans towards the use of monochromatic colors and then splashes some scenes with reds and yellows, etc, to create a very appealing and dynamic look and feel.
Various Scenes From The Turning Point by Steve Cutts
Over-all this animation is extremely well done — and again — though I don't agree with everything Cutts espouses — and his work tends to be very "dark" — there is no denying his talent and skill.
If you take a look — please keep in mind this video shows scenes with some cartoon violence and is not presented for anyone under 18 years of age.
It's hard to believe that we're almost through another year and 2020 is just days away.
Hope you have a wunnerful Christmas Day and all the best in the coming year.
Below you'll find a bluegrass take on two traditional Christmas Carols — O Come, O Come Emmanuel & Come Thou Long Expected Jesus — by The Petersens.
The Petersen Sisters From The Video Below
From the video's YouTube description:
"The Petersens are a family band performing full-time in Branson, MO. The band consists of Katie Petersen on fiddle, Ellen Petersen on banjo, Matt Petersen on guitar, Julianne Petersen on mandolin, Karen Petersen on bass, and Emmett Franz on dobro. Visit their website at www.petersenband.com to learn more about their family."
While looking for something to share here for this Christmas season, I was happy to find a video/animation produced by Dan Stevers called The First Coming.
Published in November 2015, the two and a half minute video has a lovely music track under a rich and powerful voice-over re-telling the "Christmas Story" in poetic but unmistakable terms.
The colors are vibrant and the background and character designs are very stylized — and in the end the entire video is quite moving.
Screen Captures From The Video Below
As you'll note in the images above and in the video itself—there is a watermark in it indicating it is a "preview" — but in my opinion it isn't obtrusive or distracting.
The video's description on YouTube offers a link to Stevers' site where you can find out more about purchasing it along with his other work:
Recently a headline grabbed my attention—and when I read the article it sounded like a Twilight Zone episode or perhaps the plot for a wacky TV sitcom:
An "artist" taped a ordinary banana to the wall of an modern "art" exhibition using a strip of duct-tape.
Then, an "art" patron promptly shelled out $120,000.00 for it.
THEN—a "performance artist" came along and ATE it.
Yep—a regular old banana sold for $120K—and then someone ate it.
A Photo Of The "Work Of Art" From A CBS 4 News Story About It
It doesn't seem right to give any of these "artists" publicity, so I've purposely omitted their names and the name of the "art" gallery—but because it's almost impossible to believe—here's a link so you can research it for yourself.
The same day, I read another article about an "art" patron shelling out $45,000.00 for gummy bear sculptures. (see photo below)
Yep, you read that right.
An "artist" has been making large sculptures of gummy bears—and people are spending thousands of dollars to acquire them.
I'm not exactly sure where the line begins to buy one—but if you have a lot of mad money laying around and want a gummy bear sculpture of your very own—here's a link so you can find out more:
It'd be easy to get off into the weeds and spend a lot of effort explaining the reasons why "art" like this is prized by certain people with a LOT of money.
But the late, raunchy comedian George Carlin may have said it best, "....it's a big club, and you ain't in it."
The video below is from one of Carlin's performances where he lays it all out:
The people in power don't want you capable of critical thinking—they want you just smart enough to run their machines.
And while he focuses only on America—it's the same all over the world over.
But be forewarned if you view this video—it's filled with crudeness and profanity, and isn't for the faint of heart.
Thanks for stopping by.
If you want to purchase my latest work, "Dirty Cotton Sock," it's available for $532,000.00 (plus shipping and handling of course).
I've been using pastel pencils again and am working with them on an somewhat involved piece I hope to share here soon along with some other new artwork.
Until then.....
I ran across a cool animated music video by Sturgill Simpson — for his song called, Sing Along—and have embedded it below, along with the lyrics underneath it.
A Screen Grab From The Video Below
While I'd change some of the words to better reflect my tastes and beliefs—the anime/animation in the video is pretty engaging and the music track adds to the imagery.
I've been wanting to do some animation of my own that would have this look and style.
Anywho—have a look/listen—and as mentioned above—check back soon for some new Jephyr artwork!
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—Please note: While not explicit—this video contains some briefscenes of cartoon/animation violence and implied sexuality/nudity .
Words can stab as deep as night
And cut like razor thorn
Bitter air and winds of spite
Like the cold of winters scorn
Leaves may fall on sleeping ground
But the wind sweeps them away
Like hurt lovers in the final round
What once was in now decay
I can't go on living alone now that you're gone
A single strand of spider's weave
Just dancing in the sun
Please don't turn around and leave
You are my only one
Compromise is made out of peace
But history is made out of violence
After the war of words has ceased
All that's left is the deafening silence
I can't go on living alone now that you're gone
You done me wrong so here's your song
Now sing along baby
Well, I know you know that you're killing me
But its worth it just to see you smile
Tell em' to carve my name in the barstool baby
You know I'm gonna be here a while
A single strand of spider's weave
Just dancing in the sun
Please don't turn around and leave
You are my only one
I can't go on living alone now that you're gone
You done me wrong so here's your song
Now sing along
I have tons of new work to show and am looking forward to posting some of that soon.
I also just updated my website's "Digital Art Links" — so you can easily see a lot of my digital paintings there as well as links to other media I work with.
Today — I'll share a new digital painting* I've been working on.
I posted the original idea I had for it LONG ago (2013) which I'll include under the final image here.
As you'll see if you compare the two — the main difference is that the character in the final piece "lost his wings." ; )
Anyway I put the final touches on it today.
I'm calling this one: "Da Boid."
: )
(click on the images to see them larger)
Da Boid - Copyright 2018 - Jephyr - All Rights Reserved
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And here's the original sketch.
I used a photo "filter" on the scan which gave it the grainy-swirly lines and look — and incorporated that into the digital painting.
Da Boid (original sketch with filter) - Copyright 2018 - Jephyr - All Rights Reserved
Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon!
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See other Jephyr! digital paintings—as well as links to other artwork at jephyr.com.
------------------------------------ * Painting digitally using a computer is much like painting or drawing in the "real-world" using oil, acrylic, charcoal, graphite, etc.
It requires computer painting software and a tablet interface — and those tools imitate paint, brushes, charcoal sticks, pens, pencils and so on.
I use the Wacom Intuos Tablet Interface which I've had for years and LOVE it!! ~
One advantage of using a computer is that there are no brushes to clean, no pastel or charcoal dust, no solvents or dangerous fumes etc — and revisions and edits are easy to make.
Another big advantage is that after the initial cost of the computer, software, and tablet — there are no paints, brushes, pens, paper, canvases, and so on, to buy.
I still love working with all kinds of media though — and am working at completing an oil painting right now.
