The Middle of the Night

     I still have to figure out what I can and can not do on this blog.  I feel slightly restricted, even though it is set for 18 and over.
     For me, it is that whole thing how you can be 18 and kill people if you are in a war, but you can't see naked women on a website until you are 18, but hey, you can have a drink at 21.
     I'm 42, I've seen a lot in this world.
     I feel that certain rules are psychologically imposed on me by the powers that be.  It's not only me that it affects, but people who see my art.  They wonder if it is ok or not for me to get so close to the lines of decency.
     Art has no morals.  It is art. 
     The viewer brings his or her morals to the table, though.

     So it is the middle of the night.  I've been making videos on my David Lovins 67 youtube channel.  I'm getting hits here and there, it is a lot of fun to build a youtube channel from scratch and watch it grow.

     I've made 70 cents on this blog so far, haha.  That really isn't very good pay for the amount of work I've done now, is it?

     I've been doing lots of pencil drawings, pen and ink, and marker comps at the cafe lately.  I realized I had to make my art louder and brighter for anyone to notice.  I like the pencil drawings, they are more like an intimate whisper.  Adding color brings some emotional value.
     Most people can really relate to cartoons.  It taps them into their childhood, and reminds them of who they used to be.

     A lot of web stuff I am seeing is just great.  People are able to retool and rethink old movies and media, and add voices, and make modifications.  It is really a revolution in communication.
     As an artist, more people have been able to see my art more than ever in my life before, so that makes me happy.

     I want to start drawing some sexy women again.  I am looking forward to it.  I still have thousands of drawings laying around that I have never photographed.  I did them before I even had a digital camera.  I have drawings that I did before the digital camera was even invented.

     It is really cool that I have the means to make a drawing, and put it on the web within an hour.  That is rad.

     I'm drinking a beer right now.

     I tried to sleep, but woke up.

     Yup, I'm liking the marker comps.  I love the bright colors.

     I want to get back to drawing some naked people.  Now, here's another thing about the web.  Let's say I absolutely agree about not putting any nude photographs on the web.  Ok, assuming that it is alright to put drawings of naked people up, because it is art.  Well, what if you are good enough to make drawings that look like photos?  See the dilemma?  Anyway, they leave it up to you, I just don't people bitching about what I do.

     So the S.F. Giants won the World Series, and that is an amazing thing, but it is business as usual.  Now that baseball season is over, I have to find some work.  Yikes.

     San Francisco is a great city, but it isn't always to live here.  Most of the jobs are service oriented, like hotels, or restaurants.  I'm not too crazy about working in a restaurant again, that is for damn sure.

     So if I can get some sleep, I can get to the coffee shop in the morning and get some drawing done.  I have lots of ideas that I am brewing up.

     Ideally, I want to make a living as an artist.  I have to become a better business man.  My brother has been doing some computer coloring and processing on some of my images.  We are a good team.  It wouldn't be bad for us to get an agent.  If we aren't good enough to get an agent yet, then we will work hard until we are ready, whatever it takes.

     Anyway, my beer tastes good.