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beatnik

We have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger.

About Me

For as long as I can remember I have loved drawing and painting. I have never been incredibly good at it, but I love it and the last few years I have been specifically focusing on improving. I'm not going to get all fanboy here but a lot of the folks at Massive Black and on conceptart.org have inspired me to seriously look into my art and where I want to go. The best part about drawing is the more you do it, the more you learn and the more you improve. There is always room for improvement! I've always surrounded myself with artists, musicians, designers, and creatives in general. I like people with a positive outlook and a passion for what they do. I don't give a shit if it's gardening or playing a damn fiddle, just have some passion for SOMETHING! Life is too short to sit around watching tv or moping around for what "could" have been. Wishing for better job, a better car, a better life. For fuck's sake get your lazy ass out there and DO IT. No better time than the present. Oh yeah, I also have a rediculously uncontrollable fascination with boobs. ;o)
This is my first attempt at video editing with Final Cut Pro. I got the video with my dv cam and made a short movie from Hep Cat Boo Daddies cd release party .. width="425" height="350" ..This is some more practice with Final Cut Pro. Subject matter happens to be a couple of my favorite things, foosball and beer!

My Interests

Art, music, travel, outdoor activities, and beautiful women... not necessarily in that order.

I'd like to meet:

Well I'm always up for meeting new people so.... if you're interested in art, photography, live music, biking, traveling, dogs, martial arts, da vinci, blues, alternative, the beach, fishing, kayaking, camping, boating, ninja turtles, snorkling, the ocean, classic cars, or any of the above, we'll have something cool to talk about.

Yes, I've been a Cubs fan for over 20 years so I can handle pretty much anything life throws at me ;)

Music:

john lee hooker, cake, pink floyd, modest mouse, oingo boingo, buddy guy, miles davis, string cheese incident, eric clapton, jimi hendrix, cure, church, depeche mode, crazy fingers, violent femmes, janes, primus, crue, p funk, souxie & the banshees, morrissey, talking heads, DMB, jack johnson, BT, astral, zepplin, santana, widespread panic, dead, doors, bob marley, reel big fish, cherry poppin daddies, 311, white stripes, toadies, love and rockets, replacements, thrill kill cult, madness, r.e.m., pixies, squeeze, material issue, muddy waters, the faint, the samples, flametrick subs, james, louis IV, dinosaur jr, aretha franklin, hep cat boo daddies the killers, incubus, lifehouse, pearl jam, nickelback, U2, no doubt, bush, albert collins, harry connick jr, less than jake, rancid, save ferris, pixies, beastie boys, run dmc, shivaree, new order, 10,000 maniacs, april march, buju banton, bowling for soup, bodeans, rolling stones, aerosmith, slim harpo, alice in chains, radiohead, johnny winter, jimi hendrix, etta james, janis joplin, chili peppers, rage against the machine, specials, yellowman, third world, bonnie raitt, mighty mighty bosstones, chemical brothers, les claypool, danny elfman, van morrison, robert johnson, bonnie riatt, bb king, clash, keb mo, johnny cash, smithereens, charity von reverend horton heat ... this could go on forever....

Movies:

blues brothers, galaxy quest, airplane, pulp fiction, incredibles, my blue heaven, sin city, napoleon dynamite, ray, friday, fight club, shawshank redemption, doors, clerks, mallrats, night of the living dead, nightmare before christmas, edward scissorhands, beetlejuice, (pretty much anything tim burton) taxi driver, james bond flicks, matrix, finding nemo, nightmare on elm street, team america, super troopers, national lampoons vacation

Television:

Discovery channel, Simpsons, Alias, NYPD Blue, and King of the Hill, Hunger Force (meatwad pwn3z) LOST, Family Guy

Books:

Drawing From LIfe, comics, Stephen King, National Geographic, Randy Wanye White, misc art masters

Heroes:

Da Vinci, John Lee Hooker, Matt Groening, John Kricfalusi

and pretty much any artist who is living their dream of earning a living through their art

My Blog

repost of first blog

Driving every day seemed to warrant a reposting. I felt better reading it, so what the hell.________________This whole blog thing is kind of fun. I mean where else do you get a chance to type stuff th...
Posted by beatnik on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:28:00 PST

From Your Bartender

I've seen this email floating around for a while now but since I've been back behind the bar again on the weekends, this seems worthy of a blog. As time goes on I may even add a few items to this list...
Posted by beatnik on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:08:00 PST

DeltaBlueDesign.com

Hello all. I've finally been able to put a site together with my past work for a place to send clients for samples. I'm still learning about art and design in general, but it has stuff from the past f...
Posted by beatnik on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:14:00 PST

Hep Cat Boo Daddies CD Release Party!

So the new Hep Cat Boo Daddies album has been in the works and the cd release party is coming up Dec 9. I have been fortunate enough to hear a few tracks and I can say the new cd is going to fucking ...
Posted by beatnik on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:30:00 PST

HotFish tees now available at Cabelas!

Click here to visit the Cabelas website :DProduct Description: No doubt about it, this is hard-core fishing wear for the hard-core fisherman. Striking images of game fish with attitude appear on the ...
Posted by beatnik on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:46:00 PST

LA trip, Gnomon Workshop/Getty/Ashes and Snow

Ok so I just got back from another trip to California, second trip to LA. It was primarily for a workshop at the Gnomon School, but I managed to squeeze in some playtime too. The workshop was sweet ht...
Posted by beatnik on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:18:00 PST

HotFish at JC Penneys!

HotFish will have eight designs in the new spring JC Penney catalog. Very exciting time for us, now we just have to wait and see how things work out with the sales. Please keep your fingers crossed fo...
Posted by beatnik on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:50:00 PST

Ft Lauderdale Sketch Group!

I know, I know, I've been talking about this for at least a year now. BUT... the Ft Lauderdale Sketch Group is finally a reality. I have leased out a small warehouse/bay for us to meet, and also arran...
Posted by beatnik on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:46:00 PST

Kohls

Well wish us luck my friends. We just shipped 79,000 t-shirts to Kohls Dept Stores. If all goes well they could re-order and then things could get REALLY crazy! It's an exciting time for us and we're ...
Posted by beatnik on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

9 Things I Hate About Everyone

1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is? ...
Posted by beatnik on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST