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Garrett Blair

Buon Giorno Principessa!

About Me

Howza! I'm a 27 yo artist/writer/misanthrope currently residing in Nashville, TN. While I haven't actually graduated with a degree, I attended Auburn University (AL) majoring in RTVF from 99 to 01 and then attended Watkins College of Art and Design (TN) off and on from 02 to 04, majoring in Screenwriting. I'm pretty much full-time freelance artist at the moment and currently have one feature script under the belt (only 57 left to go!). I've been hired to do artwork for a few things, mainly the CD art for the band MINK (which, unfortunately was short-lived) and also for the Gateway Complex/Nightclub here in Nash (ironically also short-lived). I've also worked on a few feature films, one of which was with Isaac Hayes (South Park, Escape from New York) as special effects director (unfortunately, the movie never saw light of day... what gives??) but at least I got an IMDB credit for it. Yeesh.
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My Interests

art, movies, video games, writing

I'd like to meet:

Someone with similar interests!

Music:

Classical, Techno, Ambient/Dark Ambient, Industrial, Soundtrack/Score, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Gorillaz, David Bowie, 80s, Collective Soul, Bjork, Moby

Movies:

Sci-Fi (Aliens, Blade Runner, Star Wars), Action/Adventure (Big Trouble in Little China, Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, LOTR), Horror (Jacob's Ladder, Evil Dead II, The Thing), Anime (Akira, FFVII Advent Children, Spirited Away), Comedy (Marx Brothers, Raising Arizona, Abbott + Costello, Life Aquatic), Satires (Dr Strangelove, The Hospital, Catch-22, Magic Christian), Noir (Maltese Falcon, Night and the City, Kiss of Death, Out of the Past), Foreign (Amelie, City of Lost Children, Yojimbo, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams), Kafka-esque (Brazil, The Trial, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), Western (The Searchers, Good Bad the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, High Noon) and well.. a whole buncha others!

Television:

24, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman, Cowboy Bebop, Dragonball Z, Tenchi Muyo, Azumanga Diaoh, Simpsons, League of Gentlemen, Father Ted, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Cromartie High School, LEXX, Sam + Max, Ray Bradbury Theatre, Super Milk Chan, The Office (BBC), The Vicar of Dibley, Extras

Books:

Dante's Divine Comedy, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Of Mice and Men, Thus Spoke Zurathustra, Ray Bradbury, Michael Crichton, Alita (graphic novels)

My Blog

Garrett Blair Art Online Store is now open!

The Online Store is finally here! Due to the substantial increase in eBay's fees that went into effect last month, I'm now searching out other possible venues for art sales, so I finally got the Zen...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:30:00 PST

Paul Newman (1925-2008)

Yesterday, another of the last of true thespians of the silver screen passed away. Paul Newman, who has had an incredible resume of brilliant performances, passed away at the age of 83 after a battle ...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:18:00 PST

Round Two: Four weeks!!

Woohoo! It's now four weeks since quitting cigarettes! I've just been using the patch, but even these past few days, I've found myself forgetting to put it on for about half a day. I did jones for one...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:59:00 PST

Thank you, Christopher Nolan!

Dark Knight was freakin' incredible!
Posted by Garrett Blair on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:56:00 PST

Round Two: One Week Later..

Here's to one week cigarette-free! Hasn't been as bad so far, and the patch is working really well (tho I can now concur with others about it's effect on sleep and dreams)!Woohoo!Just played some of t...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:45:00 PST

New website launched + commission auction!

Hey everyone! The new and improved garrett-blair.com website is up and running! Be sure to check it out at http://www.garrett-blair.comSince I'm coming close to wrapping up the latest batch of commiss...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:46:00 PST

Quitting Smoking: Round 2

After hearing about Michael Turner's death from cancer, I got motivated to quit smoking again. After all, Turner was only 37, and while it wasn't lung cancer, just the pairing of the word 'cancer' wit...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:37:00 PST

Sneak Peek of the new website design!

I've been working on a new design for my website between working on commissions, and while I had an initial sketch to work with, it's been taking quite a bit longer than I anticipated! At long last th...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:51:00 PST

New commissions!

Hey everyone! I won't be listing much as far as new pieces for ebay for a while and instead will be focusing on primarily commissions. I'm already devoting this week towards finishing the current comm...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:03:00 PST

Game Galz 14 - Sakura (Street Fighter Alpha)

Game Galz 14 - Sakura (Street Fighter Alpha )Mixed Media (Ink + Marker) on 11x14 Bristol stock...
Posted by Garrett Blair on Thu, 29 May 2008 07:11:00 PST