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Tech, Trek, and Diminishing Paycheck

Wed Nov 11, 2009, 3:06 PM
So my son had a great bday party with his friends. Spent about 2 hours at Chucky Cheese. But yo know it reminded me of when I grew up and how much society has tried to get kids to be 'active' and not 'zombiefied' by games. To that I say boo. I was reminiscing with a friend about how Showbiz used to have rows and rows of games. The classics along with the new hotness. Our exercise was running from game to game, and even faster when Dragon's lair was free. We ran from game to token giver with a freedom and effervescence that belied our youthful exuberance. It's fun now for the kids I'm sure but back then our imaginations ran free, eating ghosts in Pac-man to dodging the light cycles in Tron to jumping from vine to vine in Jungle Hunt. Man those days are some of the most imaginative and equally artistic of any era and I one day hope to find an old arcade and take my son and show him what it was like to be a gamer in the old days. And also to live a bit of my childhood. Hey everyone needs a bit of that. The tech that powers todays games are marvelous things. But in some ways the experience can't replicate those days and nights in one big room with games from wall to wall.

EDIT: I forgot to add why I mentioned Tech in my 3 topic titles. I had to replace my old Canoscan n650u scanner this week. Not becuase it doesn't work or broken, but because there are no 64 bit drivers for Win7 or OSX. *sniff* That scanner has been my mainstay for 6 years and I hate to replace it. Which begs the question. Is there any piece of harware you've had for so long that has worked so well that you were willing to replace newer hardware or software just to keep using it?

So drawing that Trekcast piece really helped me dive back into the artcycle. And I have to admit a touch of gratefulness they mentioned it on their show. I have nothing but respect for them before I drew the image (and the fact that they talked to Chase Masterson...rowr!) and to hear such great comments on the piece just raises my respect for them more. Plus one of these days I'm going to have to find out how to make a Warp Core Breach just so see how much I can't hold my liquor :)

There's never a good time to lose income. And certainly not now. The economy sucks Jabba balls. And being self employed can be a blessing and a curse. Losing 4 Barnes and Nobles stores is exactly that curse. They were happy with the work but sadly with the economy diggin into things they have to cut somewhere. Sad things its about 3.5g's of a loss anually. So time to circle the wagons, dig in, and buy those 30 packs of Ramen noodles. If you close your eyes and add some garlic it's almost like you're in Olive Garden ;)

  • Mood: Angsty
  • Listening to: Snoop Dogg and Johnny Cash
  • Reading: Game Over-How Nintendo Zapped An American Industry
  • Watching: Up!
  • Playing: Crysis
  • Eating: Papa Johns
  • Drinking: Pepsi

Devious Info

  • Interests: My son, zombies, art, video games
  • Favourite genre of music: Anything that moves me
  • Favourite artist: Scott Williams, Gary Martin, Tom Palmer
  • Favourite style of art: Old Skool inked work
  • Operating System: Mac OS X Leopard
  • MP3 player of choice: iPhone
  • Favourite game: Crysis
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC, Wii
  • Favourite cartoon character: Road Runner and Coyote
  • Personal Quote: I hide my son's initials in almost every piece of art I draw
  • Tools of the Trade: Winsor-Newton Sable series 7 size 3 inking brush

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:iconfa773nang37:
Thanks for the fav :wave: nice ink work by the way.

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Stay off of drugs and dont drink and drive
:iconinker-guy:
Thanks! Your work is awesome :D
:iconfa773nang37:
Thank you!

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Stay off of drugs and dont drink and drive
:icon4k1:
Thanks for the support :D Nice sketches you have here!

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-Aki-
:iconinker-guy:
My pleasure! Your photos are awesome :D
:iconlordwormm:
Thanks for the favs! Who'd wanna be saved by a GL critter huh?
:iconjhames34:
Thanks for faving that thingy of mine.

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Art so thick, you can stand a fork in it

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:icongranados602:
Thanks for the fave!

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Dying is easy , living scares me to death !
:iconkriezna:
:wow: speechless...

but i can type...

great inkworks man...:thumbsup:

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HENSHIN....!!!
:iconinker-guy:
Thanks! you have some great art in your gallery as well! :)

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