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TESS

Artist By Blood And Trade

About Me

TRUE ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOTHING BUT THE NATURE OF ONE'S OWN SELF BEING FULLY REALIZED.I am an artist working in comic books and general freelance illustration. I have done multiple collections of sketch cards including Shrek The Third and Hellboy:Storm of Swords, Lord of the Rings Masterpieces sets from Topps (1 and 2), Indiana Jones:Heritage cards, Indiana Jones 4 cards, and Women of Marvel from Rittenhouse Archives. You can also see my work in the March 2007 issue of Heavy Metal magazine. My curreny project is SABRE. Yes, Don McGregor is the writer. Ask me if you have any further questions!

My Interests

Being on the frontlines of Change.--Quote from Dan Millman’s "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior""There is no need to search; achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now! Love is the only reality of the world, because it is all One, you see. And the only laws are paradox, humor and change. There is no problem, never was, and never will be. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns, and relax into the world. No need to resist life; just do your best. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you imagine. You are the world, you are the universe; you are yourself and everyone else, too! It's all the marvelous play of God. Wake up, regain your humor. Don't worry, you are already free!"

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with half a mind to change the world.


Myspace Layouts - Myspace Editor - Image Hosting

Music:

Anything and everything. If it inspires, or has a good beat...it's IN. Gordon lightfoot is at the top of the list, though.

Movies:

Star Wars, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, The Matrix Trilogy, Into The Wild, What Dreams May Come, Fur, and about a million others...

Television:

Any kind of documentary that educates and enlightens. Cartoons (because they're cartoons, duh!) A&E has some cool shows. I like to watch Cold Case Files while I work.

Books:

The list is too long to even attempt here.Let's start with the Top 5 in no particular order.The Way of the Peaceful Warrior Fighting Spirit Hero With a Thousand Faces The Gift of Fear Green Arrow-Longbow Hunters (Okay it's 3 comics but they're worth it!)

Heroes:

Frank Frazetta and Joseph Campbell.

My Blog

Kindergarteners learning Aikido (WATCH THIS!)

I have always stated that it is not difficult to inspire children to learn. Here is some awesome proof of my point. Listen closely... ...
Posted by TESS on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:40:00 PST

The Last Samurai (I finally get it)

The ending. I get it now. When Katsumoto dies on the battlefield he has a vision of the blossoms. "Perfect." he says.. "They are all...perfect."  Early on in the movie he was telling Allgren...
Posted by TESS on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:42:00 PST

George Carlin dies at 71

TONIGHT I GAVE MY MOTHER JERSEY GIRL TO WATCH. I WALKED IN LATER AND SHE WAS SAYING WHAT A DICK BEN AFFLECK'S CHARACTER WAS, BUT SHE LOVED HIS DAD. I TOLD HER WHO HE WAS AND HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM. MOME...
Posted by TESS on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:24:00 PST

Strangest creature ever

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Posted by TESS on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:25:00 PST

Coolest picture EVER.

  This is by far the  coolest picture EVER . Read the story, then take another look at the photo. Oh, I just want to hug them both! And there are more photos besides that one. What a ni...
Posted by TESS on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:08:00 PST

Pathetic

  Jealousy is not my first assumption when I look at you. Simply because I do not understand why anyone would ever feel that way about me. I just don't look at myself that way. But it's obvious f...
Posted by TESS on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:08:00 PST

Taekwondo Grannies

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Posted by TESS on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:31:00 PST

Pain and Acceptance

Each step is unsure because my legs are wobbly. My knees want to buckle. They made mincemeat out of me yesterday and I thanked them and asked for more. This was my homecoming. My triumphant return to ...
Posted by TESS on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:08:00 PST

Fake

For the record...when you're constantly telling people how happy you are and going on and on about how well your relationship is going, and how pleased you are with your life.... it's generally becaus...
Posted by TESS on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:03:00 PST

Miss you

  Funny how sliding movies in and out of protective sleeves can remind me of you. How you scolded me for not having binders like this of my own. How many movies you burned for me which I haven't ...
Posted by TESS on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST