Painting of The Fat Zombie Guy from 'Plan 9', Stormtrooper, Magic, and Other Stuff

     I might as well start with this image.  It is my painting of the fat guy zombie from 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', a horrific movie.  I have it on VHS.  It is a hideous piece of crap as a movie.  Real hard to watch.  There is a good movie in there, if it was edited, it would be more tolerable.  Just the Christian agenda part makes me more disturbed than any other part of the movie.  The film was funded by a church, so, just how that goes.  Anyway, all the information about this movie is on Wikipedia, and I'm sure most people have seen 'Ed Wood' with Johnny Depp, so you can watch that, too.
     The painting isn't exactly done, but it is good enough to put in my next art show.  It gets the point across, which is all I care about.
     Small details on a painting can take just as long to put in as the first 90% of a painting.

     Here is a good picture of a Stormtrooper that I got from the web.  I needed a good photo for my Stormtrooper painting, and this is a great one.  It shows all the detail of the helmet and armor that I needed.  I like this photo so much, I might make a painting of this.

     So, these two pictures represent where my head is at right now.  I just got home from playing 'Magic The Gathering' with friends.  It is indeed a 'gathering of minds'.  We have fun playing cards and talking smack.  We get our laughs in, and have a drink or two.  It is good times.  We've been doing that every Sunday for three years.  Nice to get out of 'the house' and be social for a little while.  Good to have some kind of consistency in life that is scheduled.  I find it has a grounding effect.  Also, it is a nice way to end the week, and to start a new one.

     We avoided the piano player tonight, which was good.  Hard to play a nice, quiet game of cards when you got a piano pounding in your ears three feet away.

     Anyway, it was a good night, I got in a couple of wins, and some losses, too.

     So, my dream is to be a full-time working artist.  I figure if I write it down enough times, that the chances of it actually happening are increased. 

     I make a lot of videos and put them on youtube.  I figure if I make enough content and put it out there, eventually someone will notice my work.

     I am looking for a job, but I don't know exactly what I want to do to make money.  The art business hasn't exactly worked out for me so far, but I got to keep trying, and I will.  There is nothing else I want to do except paint pictures, and play some video games along the way.

     Wish me luck, please.  Thanks.