New Mono Art

MONO: Pen and Ink Digital Study

MONO：ペンとインクデジタルスタディ

New Mono Sketch

Soundtrack to the invention of this image: NIN - "Ghosts" (album)

Cary hates it, so I'm off to a good start.

Ustream

Currently I am the only animation broadcaster of my kind on Ustream.

This all started when one day I wanted a way to broadcast videos straight from my video PC Hard Drive straight to an internet server. That technology to broadcast from your desktop to a worldwide online server that connects to Windows or something of that nature...does not exist.

So I pursued the next best thing. Online uploading hosts with algorithmic playlists.

I tried Glomera first, but their website retired from business.
Then I tried wirecast. Hard to figure out. Plus it doesn't protect your videos from skipping.
Then I tried livestream, but if you subscribe to them, they don't let you have an autopilot playlist the way their trial website does.
So, eventually I ended up going with Ustream, which is the best option for broadcasting video collections online.

I also switched from Google Sites to webs.com, because Google Sites uses content censorship without consulting webmasters or the people providing them content. Bad move.

SMILE! You're on Pervert Camera!

Ephebophile and Autogynephile? Yes. Geezer Pedophile? No. I do not believe so.

Yet Another Hidden Offline Journal, Now Made Public...By ME: The Only Trusted Distributor...of ME.

Art Manifested: An Art Journal....

The Quest and Search for Inspiration:

[This is a journal where I gather theories and methods and concepts about art-drawing and do my best to solve the creative problems plaguing me...

It's not easy to find inspiration, energy, and enthusiasm when you're older. Not inside yourself anyway. You must turn to people, places and things outside yourself and your current surroundings for inspiration: The right drawing, the right music, the right software and art supplies. The right TV shows and movies, the right online videos, the right DVD, and the right location. Inspiration will not seek you. You must seek inspiration. You must find those hidden treasures, in your room, on your desk, in your libraries and collections, that makes you WANT to draw. The things and people that build up that creative desire. The bohemian desire for self expression. Everytime you look at a piece of paper and can't think of something to put down, you must mark the occasion. Write block where the blocked creativity on the page happened. Maybe you're not looking at a potent enough spot to draw channeling energy from. Maybe there's no spiritual creative visionary pathway there, so you look elsewhere. Keep that up and going. And don't leave your best drawings out. If you want to keep drawing, you must use reverse psychology and TRICK yourself into drawing by convincing yourself you're drawing "terribly" by leaving really crappy artwork out. That way topping yourself won't feel as challenging, even when it is!

My technique is improving. Layering, full page compositions (fully layered page details) is getting easier. The answer is simple. When I draw, I keep drawing until my hand hurts. No quitting on the drawing or session. It's a spiritual exercise. I know drawing draws from the bank of my soul, as yes I am channeling my art spiritually with visionary energy, but that's why I need to keep persevering in my studies. Do I really have that much soul to give? I only use a small amount of my true mojo and soul and spiritual energy and power in my drawing because a little goes a long way.

But back to my point. I'm filling up  entire pages with composition that covers the entire gridded page, without even thinking about it. I'm not leaving as much white space on each page. I'm progressing in a draftsmanship fashion similar to Hiroaki Samura. Now his art looks amazing, but even he admits his art looked simple at the very beginning of his career, and that he left a lot of white space, and was embarrassed by it. Not that that matters now. It doesn't really affect or influence how people view his art now. Now, when people think Samura, they think realism and violent, well choreographed and filmed-&-edited Edo-Samurai action on the page.

The Gridded Page works wonders for proportion and detail and cities and architecture. Gridded paper can add structure to a full page composition that might otherwise not be there. Best part is, Gridding Increases detail power and soul. And the blue lines organizing its composition are invisible to scanners. It never picks the grid-lines up. From now on, I'm doing EVERY sketch on bluegrid proportion paper.

That last one was drawn on grid paper earlier today....

I drew 4 other drawings similar to that one today also, but haven't scanned them....yet.

I find grid pages help me improve in one of my weakest areas: Proportions.

Grid paper helps with scaling and proportion. It can help an artist autocorrect his art as he draws it...

The grid itself doesn't show up in a black and white art scan.

It's all very SCIENTIFIC....lol.

I guess today WAS the day I was destined to finally return to form, at least in terms of artwork.

Post-Apocalypse: A Trip Downtown on New-Earth

I never was much of a cartoonist

But I am a GREAT broadcaster!!!

Good Grief Charlie Brown. Are you ever gonna draw a cartoon again?

 Ever since I began running my own online TV networks, I've been far too negligent with my design and illustration comics and animation work. I guess I always ended up just kind of feeling it was easier to succeed as a filmmaker online than it is to survive as an artiste designer online, even when you're a really good one. It's too damn competitive.

I still am drawing though. So there's THAT glimmer of hope I suppose.

-JM, 

Out

First Hire.....

Man. Thank god for freelance programming sites.

Fortunately, After getting numerous responses to my job opening through the freelancer site, both rejecting AND accepting my offer, I found my first ever employee. I hired him to get part of my current technology up and running.

Ahhh. It's good to be the boss...