black and white drawing,

so in this piece I used a 3b pencil an a white art pencil, if you notice I didn't let the two colors mix. I started with the shapes then when I was sure they were right I added the shadows ie: shading. after that I used the white penci to add the highlights. took me a few hours in my drawing class. hope you like it :)

best present ever? the white ranger!

So this what I got for my friend. last week he was talking about power rangers and I wanted to get him something cool that was power ranger related. So i got him a white ranger with his sword and I may get him a red ranger gun that I got. dude we are both super nerds lol.

new character! goth dude

so I drew this guy in class and I perfected him, though I will do another with the proportions even (no gaint head!)
so this guy is called goth dude, I have fleshed out most of his personality in my head and I know what his first action scene will be. hope you like. basically based off voltaire.

music tuesday: science of selling yourself short-less than jake

hey people sorry I didn't update much last week I was really busy but this week I will be posting new things,music stuff and movie stuff. so back to the music, this week I picked another ska band that I loved as a young one. Less them Jake was one of the big ska bands of the time even though it wasn''t part of the California ska explosion. This band got lots of public notice in the late 90's with the song all my best Friends are metalheaeds. that's the song that I would recommend to people who want to get acquainted with them but I picked a different song for you now because I think you guys are more hardcore.lol
If you ever saw digimon the movie you ill remember them from the soundtrack.
so the science of selling yourself short is a really sweet song its about teenage problems that can get out of control, as we can all relate. this song is really smooth the song is slow and steady and is really helped by the horns. the horn section for me coupled with the lyrics just make the song really hypnotic and entrancing making you hope that the song like those awesome teenage dreams from the past won't end so that you won't have to face the world.
well I hope you liked this song and keep tuning in for more updates.

covers better then the orignal tuesday: come on eileen- save ferris

I'm a little sad about using this song for today's song of the week because I actually wanted to write a whole post about this blog but I always forgot so I will synopsis the band and what they do, later I'll make something more complete. but now I will talk about just one of this bands song, come on Eileen.

First lets talk a little about the band,save Ferris, who were a huge thing in the late 90's in so cal (southern California: the land of my existence). one of the many ska bands that rose and fell in that time and place in the world. they were one of the many that didn't make it because of various different reasons, like changing the style of music or disbanding to tackle different projects. that's where save Ferris is categorized..

now this song is probably the most known song and also the most mainstream. This also in my opinion is one of the greatest ska cover songs ever (that's something to write about). This song just has a great fun loving energy that the original didn't have to this level. also the added horn section actually complements very well with the speed up tempo, and finally I want to talk about the main singer Monique Powell who puts out all the stops in this song she just puts this song over the top and makes it great, she has what very few musical artist actually have, the ability to sing! best example in this son in particular is the end where she keeps here voice at super level for a real long time with her last "Eileen" she puts all her effort , and i love it.

the invisible life: SKETCHES

quick before i sleep these are sketchs for my comic the writers gonna pop by and tell me what he thinks

rad music tuesday: the aquabats- demolition rickshaw

so this week I decided to play a song from what is in it true soul my favorite band I am of course talking about the aquabats! yes I can remember listening to the aquabats when I was as young, probably the age of five! the aquabats and reel big fish are the two major musical influences from my childhood. so instead of playing you one of the classics that everyone has heard like super rad, magic chicken, playdough, pizza day or the other classic i want to play for you one of my more resent favorites from their album charge!!! demolition rickshaw



the charge album was to some fans a major departure from the bands previous work in that it has less ska influenced sound. though there aren't as many horns they still have the sound and style that fans have come to expect and love from the band, with crazy lyrics and awesome stories with kickass beats and hypnotic rhythms. you may argue that it doesn't sound ska but it does definitely sound like the aquabats.
this song in particular is so smooth but with chaotic spastics sounds that are moving in all directions. This song has some my favorite lyrics from any aquabats song and are sung in a way that it makes it like a story is being told. whenever i hear it I can imagine everything moving fast and the fun keeping everything slow as the day comes to an end on a perfect california summers day.
I wish I could have put up a track from their EP "radio down" that came out last week but i couldn't find it on YouTube. the EP is very good and sounds classic, i don't know how to explain it. well see you next week