Sunday, August 31, 2008

Latin titles are not pretentious...or are they?


I find this question to be the key to whether or not my new idea will have a foothold in the land of pending projects or if it'll just camp in the brainstorm queue until the drawing table is ready. The title I've been batting around was suggested by my grandfather actually. One day, while sitting in his truck parked alongside the road outside a hardware store, I unloaded the idea upon him and my uncle. They seemed mildly interested, and as I told them of my need for a title my grandfather told me of a name which had always impressed him.

He told me a story of a time when he was a boat carpenter at a marina on the east coast of Florida. He was working on a project and a boat passed through with the title, "Non Oblitus." His curiosity got the best of him and he felt compelled to ask the shop manager what kind of title that was. The shop manager mused that it might be some Caribbean saying, and he thought it meant something like "Lest we forget." My grandfather apparently never forgot the title and, after I had explained the idea and the reasoning behind the story, he thought such a title might be fitting.

After that day I spent some time researching and found that it was in fact, as the spelling indicates, Latin. The meaning was about the same as my grandfather's previous boss guessed, and after some thought in regards to the application to my overall idea, I decided to seriously consider attaching it to the project.

What project, you ask? Well, we'll get there, faithful reader. Please keep checking back, and maybe, someday very soon, I'll be able to unveil this exhaustingly well thought out idea. Until then, here's another drawing of mine to add to the collection. Enjoy!

Sunday, August 24, 2008

A grand plan...or how the ideas came falling out


I would like to keep up a regular series of submissions to this page, if possible. I'll try and have some new bit of doodling up every chance I get along with some random writings.

My hope is to work my way up from idea scribbling to an actual work structure where I produce finished pieces, or at least drafts. This blog is intended to provide exposure as well as an outlet, all the while giving me a chance to spill out ideas and bits of my creative progress.

This is the record of how I, hopefully, will climb out of aspiration into professionalism. Yes, kids, that's correct! Another pretentious blog about a personal process. Yay!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Work week over...time to work!


I try, in my every day life, to fit as much "Artistic Development" time in as I possibly can. It's tough, let me tell ya.

I generally find that my best bet is to watch people, view perspectives, and study as much artwork as I can see in a given amount of free time. There's a lot to take in, and, true, there are much more formal and educative ways to go about developing these things, but I'm stubborn.

I'll conclude this little jot with a drawing. Why not? That's what this is for, right? Let the games begin!

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Beginning...hopefully of a long, fruitful journey

Well, I'm taking this step in a direction that, for me, lends some credibility to my aspirations. For a while now I've hoped to get off the ground with my jalopy-like talent in the field of illustration. Maybe one day I'll give birth to a comic or graphic work that some might enjoy. We'll see. Until then keep checking up on me here.

Let's all wish the foundling Arrow-Eye Studios some luck!