My Dad

Man, I'm so awesome:

Modern Warefare

"they address you. they accuse you. they seduce you. they humiliate you. you interact with them." - link

I'm In Love with Elvis

"It's just a matter of showing up everyday even when you don't feel like it, even when you don't want to be there and doing what you're supposed to do. That's a valuable lesson."

- James Gandolfini - Inside the Actors Studio (link)

Halloween =)

My mom's birthday is on Halloween!

Grandpa:

Alive as I Once Was

I thought I was going pretty hard on observational drawing and wasn't having as much fun as I used to have. I look at some of my older sketchbook and found lots of growth in movie stills. Yea, I can't use them in any portfolio, but it's way fun and it must build some kind of skill.

I was kinda though. I spent all day at work doing this and watching Inside the Actor's Studio. It's amazing how much I can relate to actors.

Here's a takeaway from Tom Hanks

"It's not your measure of who you are as an artist, but it's a measure of what you are as a professional and that's hard. There's nothing greater than saying I'm a professional actor... And I will be till the day I die."

Bob Hope:

Dave Chappelle:

Gene Hackman:

A Deafening Silence

Everyday I get to NJIT early in the morning and read blogs for an hour. I always pass by Newark Penn Station but quickly take the lightrail to school. On Friday I decided to sit around Penn Station and draw people. What a brilliant idea! It's the best, people are standing, they are gritty because it's Newark, it's cold so they have cool clothes on... Awesome. I had fun for an hour and a half. I'm going to make this a habit. This is the result.