Remember Sam?

From this journal:

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In a nutshell; her mother was murdered last October by the father of Sam’s youngest sibling. The piece of crap woman beating coward, poor excuse for a man then fled to North Carolina and intentionally walked in front of an oncoming freight train. Sam is the cousin of my step-daughters, or the niesce of my wife’s ex-husband. Sam and her two younger siblings had been staying with her Aunt, who moved back to Connecticut with her two daughters to accommodate her sister’s children.
As you can imagine there were some personality conflicts, some growing pains and some ruffled feathers. Sam and her aunt were not getting along at all, and Sam found it difficult to carve out her own niche in that environment. Really not anyone’s fault, just the way it turned out. My wife and I decided that she should come stay with us. We already have two girls, a 17 YO about to graduate and a 23 YO college grad who is here off and on. We have the experience, and the space.
Our goal is to give her a little guidance and direction for her senior year of high school, providing her a stable, settled environment, and trying to knock the chip off her shoulder (or at least whittle it down a bit).
You may recall from the link above that something Sam said to me sort of got me out of a period of artistic inactivity, since which time I’ve cranked out several quality works. I hold her indirectly responsible. She’s also a fairly creative girl and I hope to get her a DA account.
She’s a nice, cute, bright kid who seemed like she was on track to being a successful adult when life kicked her in the metaphorical nuts. And in spite of it all, she only lost a little focus, and isn’t that far from getting it back. We need to show her that given her circumstances she can probably write her own ticket to any college and to a bright future. We just need to edge her in the right direction. You may recall from the link above that something Sam said to me sort of got me out of a period of artistic inactivity, since which time I’ve cranked out several quality works.

Introducing Beaux

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Beaux is five month old red/tri color Australian Shepherd who was born on Christmas Eve. In the six weeks we’ve had him he’s given me an excruciating leash burn halfway around my calf that left a permanent scar, busted some blood vessels in my cornea, jumped up and hit me in the groin dozens of times, brought home a bug that gives him explosive diarrhea and introduced it to our other dogs and cats, chewed up several pairs of shoes and proven himself to be not easily trained.
He’s a cute, funny little guy who we have no doubt will turn into strong, handsome, athletic, intelligent dog just like our other Aussie, but man is he testing us. We have to constantly remind ourselves that our five YO Aussie, Tifa, was this bad or worse.

Wish us luck.

Thanks.
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Weight Loss Update:
1/6/09: 282.3 lbs
4/05/09: 256 lbs
This morning: 258 lbs

Yup. I went up. And that’s after working hard for the past two weeks. Sort of lost my way for a while, but I think I’m back on the right track.

See why I need to lose weight: [link]

Help My wife and I ‘Walk all Over’ Breast Cancer:

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ABOUT MY ARTWORK

If you don't give a crap about my life as an artist, feel free to stop reading now, I realize I can be a wordy SOB.
All of my work is pen and ink (why do they call it pen AND ink anyway?). Specifically, India ink. I used to work in pencil, and will occasionally do something in just pencil, but I have grown to love the contract and sharpness I can get from ink. Everything starts with rough pencils and is eventually embellished with Micron graphic pens. I used to use Penstix, but they tend to fade over time while the Microns hold up very well. They also come in better line depths and also a variety of colors, which I started experimenting with not too long ago.
I also wanted to make everyone aware that I do commissions (both pictures and cases) if anyone is interested. You see my style, you see what I’m capable of. If you are interested, please contact me. I also want to let you know that many of my originals are available for sale. If you are interested in anything specific, please let me know. This applies to both of my accounts.
Hey look! New Stuff! (click the little picture to make it a big picture)
What else am I working on? I’ halfway done penciling a really cool picture involving a DA model, am considering an anniversary sequel to one of my other pictures, and still waiting for the right time to begin that epic breast cancer awareness pic.
I recently uploaded all of my Custom Computer Case Mods. Here’s one now: . Find our why: [link]
On Saturday, January 28, 2006 (my dad’s birthday), this picture:
was chosen as a Daily Deviation. It was recommended by and selected by .I wanted to express my gratitude to both of those deviants and to all the members who commented and faved this piece who I didn’t have a chance to properly thank. Lame as it may sound, it was one of the most gratifying, important, and proud moments in my life as an artist. Recognition by one’s peers may be the most sincere compliment and artist can receive.

My best work:
Which is not only a masterful piece of art I would hold up to anything ever produced by any artist, but also is touching tribute to someone my entire family loved dearly.

Some others I consider to be among my best:



I also very much like the abstract pictures that come straight from my imagination:



And let me shout out to my Amazing, beautiful, lovely, CANCER FREE wife by sharing some of the overly sappy, lovey dovey pictures I drew for her that always seem to come out pretty good:



Make sure you visit my kid’s gallery. She’s a recent UCONN grad who needs to upload some of the amazing stuff she’s done in the last few years:

Also, say hi to one of our family’s real-world friends:

I also wanted to mention a few pictures that either didn't live up to their potential, or just simply suck:



And I would be remiss if I didn't throw in a few nudie girls, big boobed babes, and scantily clad super heroines:



Later!