daydreaming, actions, people, mind-expansion, drawing, painting, sculpture, experimenting, all art forms, word-smithing, fits of hysteria, metal-smithing, reading, skippin around, scrawling by desk-lamp, riding around westy at night, stickerin streets, stitchin stuff(badly!), jammin, enjoying tunes, gettin my jive on, rhymin, singing my heart out, a bit o tinkling on le olde geeetar, bass/percussion/whatever else falls by my clutches, writing, thinking, breathing, blinking......?? Y'know...humany kinda stuff..get my jist. ........................................................'Sha lom' Acrylic & mixed media on canvas...................................................... ............................................................ . here's another slide-show of some o my sketches n such other journall-y like tidbits...
People who like the same sorta stuff as I do, and people who don't in the slightest, well, more so anyone with words or ideas to share, laughs, stories, poetry, doodles, music, art, or just random stuff & things.......ye-ah. Or...anyone interested in...illustrations, poster-art, wearable art, paintings or sculptures (commissions welcome). If you would like to view more examples of my work, please send me a message, I prefer not to show it all on here, as this is more a personal page, and hey; what's life without a little mystery? Or mittens, they're handy too, maybe not character-building so much, but yeh, practical. (? ..I don't know either) All images on this page (including slideshows) are copyright (Skitl a.k.a S.Elston 2000-2008) and cannot be used without given permission from the artist... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. a
makes the world go round....................................................... .......................... Well, almost every genre but to name a few well-knowns... ...Radiohead, Bjork, Manu Chao, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, That 1 Guy, Monsieur Camembert, The Clash, Jason Webley, Beastie Boys, Hendrix, Jane's Addiction, Miles Davis, Edan, De La Soul, Ozomatli, Diz 'n Bird, Madlib, Jill Scott, Coco Rosie, Edith Piaf, Ani DiFranco, Erykah Badu, The Specials, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, MF Doom, Pixies, Lamb, Little Birdy, Rage Against the Machine, Gorillaz, Coltrane, Crowded House, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin, Portishead, Billie Holiday, John Frusciante, Tool, Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Air, Tribe called Quest, Zulya, Cat Empire, Jeunae Elita, Kafka, Mr.Laneous, Susy Blue, Kooii, Dynamic Thrills, Doch... lotsa local Brissie bands.....the list goes on.........and on....and yes, on.....
Jasper Morello... ... .. ..Donnie Darko, Waking Life, Dancer in the Dark, Chocolat, Stylewars, Pulp Fiction, Lost Highway, 4 Rooms, Charlie Chaplin films, Requiem for a Dream, Napoleon Dynamite, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Baraka, ShortCuts, Girl on the Bridge, Amelie, City of Lost Children, Frida, The Princess Bride, Being John Malkovich, The Jacket.....thats all I can think of right now..... .. .. ..
Rarely... .. ..
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Magic For Beginners, (anything by Kelly Link), Perfume, Waiting For Goddot, lotsa art-type books..Ummm..The Picture of Dorian Gray, On the Road, Hitch-hiker's Guide, Ninevah, Hystories:Hysterical Epidemics & Modern Culture, Stupid White Men, KissKiss, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar......Anything... whatever I'm reading at the moment...the god delusion...for now..
those little tiny creatures we've never even imagined that chill out at the bottom of the ocean, devoid of light, glowing in incredible psychedelic style, with only the carbon-based energy that they suck from heat pockets in the ocean floor.. Oh yeh... and she/he whom invented aforementioned toe-socks.