SwiperFinger Puppet
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Still going...
It's been a while since I've posted puppets that I have made, I know... It's been alot from the collection since October.
But there are some coming soon! I promise!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Commercial Break... Here's a good way to spend your money...
Click the picture above to see 7M3 live...Seven Mary Three is one of the only real rock bands left out there... Forget about Cumbersome... If 7 Mary 3 is a "grunge" band, then so is Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Iron And Wine, and Willie Nelson...
Do yourself a favor and pick up this live CD... Or even their last studio album "day and nighdriving" which was the best album of 2008
And also... In case you've been under a rock:
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Rowlf the Dog - The Collection
RowlfI got him when I was a kid. Probably one of the best likenesses of a Muppet in toy form
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Influences...
In 1996 I went to Dragon*Con in Atlanta with the hopes of breaking into the comic book industry as a writer/artist. I was more interested in puppetry, but cartooning and writing were something I felt I was pretty good at, and I love comics, so I figured I should give it a shot. Clearly after my life took a different direction and I did follow that puppet dream instead. But at that convention I was at a panel where a few of my favorite comic type people were discussing their work.
James O’Barr (creator of The Crow), Tim Bradstreet (amazing illustrator), and John Shirley (screenwriter) were discussing the work they do. At that time they were all tied to The Crow. Mr. O’Barr was the guy who wrote and drew the original comic, Mr. Shirley co-wrote the first movie based on the comic, and Mr. Bradstreet was doing cover art for the current comic, which was an adaptation of the second Crow movie.
During the panel another artist who I can’t remember made fun of yet another artist for being too much like one of his influences. And James O’Barr shut him down and said; “There’s nothing wrong with that. I think it’s important to embrace your influences.” (That's a bit paraphrased, from memory)
And that really stuck with me.
So many “artists” I know try to deny what influences them, or be so different from their influences that they embarrass themselves in the process, and I don’t understand it.
So with that in mind I’ve never shied away from admitting what influences me, as a writer, a puppeteer, and artist. So I wanted to take some time and share some of them with you…
Each picture is a link to that artist, or work/character(s), or a great fansite… And I’m sure I’m forgetting something/someone, so maybe later I’ll do another post on this theme.
James O’Barr (creator of The Crow), Tim Bradstreet (amazing illustrator), and John Shirley (screenwriter) were discussing the work they do. At that time they were all tied to The Crow. Mr. O’Barr was the guy who wrote and drew the original comic, Mr. Shirley co-wrote the first movie based on the comic, and Mr. Bradstreet was doing cover art for the current comic, which was an adaptation of the second Crow movie.
During the panel another artist who I can’t remember made fun of yet another artist for being too much like one of his influences. And James O’Barr shut him down and said; “There’s nothing wrong with that. I think it’s important to embrace your influences.” (That's a bit paraphrased, from memory)
And that really stuck with me.
So many “artists” I know try to deny what influences them, or be so different from their influences that they embarrass themselves in the process, and I don’t understand it.
So with that in mind I’ve never shied away from admitting what influences me, as a writer, a puppeteer, and artist. So I wanted to take some time and share some of them with you…
Each picture is a link to that artist, or work/character(s), or a great fansite… And I’m sure I’m forgetting something/someone, so maybe later I’ll do another post on this theme.
