please watch this video. i promise it's beautiful. and i think it changed my life.
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(spur of the moment raw god shining through life the way it does...)


st. vincent is one of the best "bands" i've heard in a very, very long time.
annie clark is a doll, with some serious talent to boot.
i was introduced to them because they opened for andrew bird.
i talked to her after the concert and she was very sweet.

the link above is from the video here. i HIGHLY recommend it... a work of art. a few songs from andrew bird, and the two duets he does with st. vincent. you can skip to the "dots" for different songs. half an hour of genius!
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st. vincent myspace
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st. vincent website
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please support such a genuine, talented artist if you find it to your liking.

its going to be great, and i'm going to get shit for it.
but i don't care.

i'm all moved into my house. i share it with three other wonderful people, it's older with creaky old wooden floors and lovely architecture. my desk sits in a corner of my room that juts out past the roof on the second floor, and the window sits in this corner and gives me a lovely view of trees, our roof, the street and the train tracks. i like to pause what i'm doing when i hear a train coming, and look at the graffiti as it passes. i keep hoping to see a really impressive tag.

i've decorated, or should i say, pinned dozens of photos, trinkets and art magazine cut-outs all around my desk. whatever i want to look at for a while. i haven't done that for years and years, i'm always moving around so much i never wanted the hassle.

but i love this house, its downtown and within walking distance of many points of interest. and its dirt cheap to live here. so i plan to stay until i'm finished with college (whenever it is i go back, maybe spring, maybe next summer). so it feels like home now, and it feels really amazing to have a home. i wandered for a while, i've lived out of a suitcase most of the summer, so it's nice to feel grounded.

i'm closing commissions because i started a full-time job at a donut cafe.

well... and because no one commissioned me. imagine that.

it's an awesome job, i work 8:30pm-4:30am, 40 hours a week, $8.00 an hour. during my stay i create all sorts of handmade, old-fashioned donuts. i'm actually sore from my training, it's a really physical job. anyone who's worked at an actual bakery (not the kind of bakery with fucking boxes of frozen shit..) knows that dough is HEAVY and before it proofs and gets all fluffy and light, it's a tough bitch to work air bubbles out of.

but i enjoy my work, and once i'm fully trained i'll be working absolutely alone all night, at least until the decorators and fryers come in at like 3am. just me and my music, no customers or phones or bitchy employees. my boss is a great guy, pretty hilarious. he really needs me to work hard so he can pay more attention to another business he has in town, but what really makes me want to please him and do good work for him is that he NEVER sees his wife. she runs the donut cafe in the day, and he's asleep. he comes in to work the shift i'll be working, and she's asleep. he's always making jokes about how he and his wife havent seen each other in months, so i know it's really getting to him.

life is pulling together. it feels good.

i moved a bunch of junk into scraps, and deleted a lot of crap from scraps.
trying to make my gallery a bit more eye-pleasing.. hrrnnmm.
i update much more slowly than i used to, so there's SO much old stuff.
soon enough i think i'm going to move everything before college into scraps, even the likable shit...

STILL open for commissions by the way. you know. uh.
i reduced sketch prices a crap-ton so you better bite, people.
all funds will go to getting a DOG. COME ON PEOPLE. ART FOR PUPPIES.
pound puppies. sad, cold, hungry puppies with big brown eyes.


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prices:

DIGITAL

<sub>sketch-
-portrait $5
-full body $10
-$10 per additional figure

full color-
-portrait $20
-full body $40
-$10 per additional figure</sub>


depending on the request, scenery/background/detail, there might be an extra charge. but this will be discussed up front.



ANALOG

<sub>drawings- pencils, ink, markers, oil pastels, pens

paintings- acrylic or oil

shipping included in cost, but i will leave the prices of real media commissions open for discussion. BASE PRICE for smaller paintings would run roughly around $70.</sub>



TATTOO DESIGNS
_{$20 flat-rate for designs.
(i've been an apprentice, i'm crazy
about tats... i know how to design
a great tattoo.)}



PayPal only. get your spot now!

comment to reserve a spot.
pay half before, the rest after receiving your masterpiece.

(i am willing to do a rough drawing or two beforehand for approval.)
i'll draw anything.


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nevah give up!

how does everyone get commissioned all the time... the concept escapes me.

i am so poor. who wants to fund my whole survival thing in return for skanky arts?