Messing around with Photoshop

This is just something quick I did in about half an hour.  Just messing around with different image filters and brush strokes, This was a photo of a dead tree I took photos of at the beach in Lover's Key State Park in Bonita Beach, FL during Easter of this year. I have different photos that I have yet to adjust but will post them up later on.

Working Header

So you might've noticed I'm tinkering around with my header and have it showcase more of what I do.  It's still a process and not really liking the size, I might have to drop it down a smidge or two. I've been working on my sketches a little bit more and have been filling up my sketchbook.  There is one thing I will probably post but I think I might try to mess with colors on it before I put it on. Since I've never used Photoshop to color any of my sketches and drawings I figured I would give it a shot. Also I think I might do my best to save up money to buy a wacom tablet.  I know if I use more of illustator and work on logos then I can utilize the tablet amognst other things.  Also I have some ideas I wanna create and submit to sites like Ript and Teefury and see if they like. Who knows I might get a shirt publish and bring in a little extra dough.  But since I have no money I gotta start saving my pennies, hmm maybe I'll sell some of my action figures and statues on ebay to get some dough. If I do I will post up my auction postings to see who is interested in buying my junk.

Quick Character Concept

This is a sketch concept I did the other day.  For some reason I was thinking of the characters from Brink and I remember watching the American Ninja finals.  They had some contestants who did free-running and parkour and I thought, hmm they could be street ninjas.  So I figured I would draw some type of concept of what a modern street ninja would look like. I am planning more designs with different looks and styles.  I need to pickup a magazine and see what most people wear when doing parkour and/ or free-running.  I still want to implement the face being covered to hide their identities.  And also figure out how I can blend the traditional ninja attire into it.  And should I still have some type of ninja weaponry?

'Brain-eating amoeba' kills third person

'Brain-eating amoeba' kills third person

So the news have been posting about this Brain Eating Amoeba and has killed about three kids. The sad news about this is that this isn't new to me. I remember when I was younger of a case like this and a kid I new died from this situation. I grew up in a trailer park, hard to believe I know and in the summer times the pond in the middle of the community would get filled up with water from the rain. So naturally on the hot summer days the kids would jump in and splash around and such. Over time and actually when my family moved out the pond was getting to get filled up with garbage and such by the residents. And a kid decided to swim in the pond during one of those hot summer days. And that rare amoeba crawled up his nose and he did shortly after. At least that is what I remember about it. When I was a kid I didn't think much of this or any kinds of rare germs that could kill a person. Hell I was the type of guy that drank water from the hose, but now as I get older I see the dangers in the simplest things. And for some reason I thought it was one of those things that was almost fictional, but after seeing the recent news it made me realize it wasn't. It still is weird but I'm sure this won't be the last time of hear of something like this happening.

I have converted!

I have actually created a Facebook page.  I did my best for so long to not create one, but I found that I needed to get information.  And like any first user I check it on a daily basis and post little bits here and there.  I am still working on trying to create a network for my art and designs. I need to figure out how I can post this to link with my Facebook and blogger site.

This little sketch is one I did the other night. My friend posted a sketch of Michelangelo from the Ninja Turtles so I figured I would draw one of the turtles. But instead of his traditional ninja attire I decided to draw him as a samurai.  I had Samurai Champloo playing in the background and it inspired me.

Recent upload

Here is one the photos I just posted up on my deviant art page.  If you like what you see please feel free to comment on it and also check it out on deviant art.  You can also check out my newly developed profile on deviant art http://thabmg60.deviantart.com/ and my Flickr account as well http://www.flickr.com/photos/thabmg60.  I am currently brainstorming right now and will begin to do sketches to work on my website.  Any ideas are always helpful so feel free to drop a line.

Osama Bin Laden Killed

So I was playing my Xbox las night when my friend sent me a message to turn on the news.  At first I thought he was on for some reason but there was a special report.  It looks like Osama Bin Laden was found and killed by US military forces.  I stayed up all night hearing the Presidents speech and watching people's reaction all around the country.  This man truly did horrific things and not just to the US but all around the world.  I do hope that the families of the victims from this man's carnage can find some peace now knowing that he is dead.  A part of me does worry and expects retaliation from his Al Qaeda followers seeking out vengeance; or worse that some zealot decides to step up and carry on in Osama's footsteps. But right now I am happy that justice has been brought towards the individual responsible for the 9/11 attack.