If I had a pancake...

... I'd eat it with butter

I'd eat it with syrup

I'd want another. (song credit goes to Dave the Barbarian)

Yeah, feeding time at the lumberjack extravaganza was great and should be done again. Karen and I, also, went out with style scoring a 0 in the axe throwing competition. At least we were throwing the axes in the right direction! I mean, we might have missed the target by a couple inches with the sharp side and, if we did hit the target, it would collide with the blunt side. But hey! If we ever encountered a zombie Apocalypse, and were armed with axes only, we'd get chest shots and some cranial damage.

Sounds a lot better than the me in my favorite art piece Ahhh! Nicely Dressed Zombies! made for the scholastic art awards challenge. Without that project I would have never made this wonderful and fantastic piece!
Okay, so I might be wearing some nice and shiny pants that are cut from paper but what am I suppose to defend myself with? My hideous fashion sense will not cause these nicely dressed zombies to die in their path. I probably already threw the axe and took out one of them but, now, I'm running from their multi colored graves into a spooky forest of safety.



I suppose the absurdity of this picture is what makes me like it most. As well as the colors, patterns, and graphic design of the piece. If you view it in real life it's pretty cool to see all the layers and colors and textures and to feel the piece. However, the computer will have to do and it only gives it so much justice.



I, also, really enjoy working with cut paper. The problem with it is that it takes so long if you want to do a good job. Then there's the selection of paper and all the tracing you have to do to make it fit. Thankfully, the result makes me feel good about myself. But only the result. All the work put into the piece between now and then just makes me crabby.


So, kids, if you find yourself wanting to try something cool, and you believe it'll take a lot of time, I suggest you work small. That's what I ended up doing. I procrastinated a lot and my markers were a bit difficult to use when coloring a large space because they became streaky. Therefore, if you work small, you can usually make something decent in a short amount of time.

Aside from learning this little tidbit I realised that painting is not the mortal enemy of the universe. Sure, it's time consuming, (and anything time consuming becomes the mortal enemy of me) but my pictures no longer look like upon canvas like in 9th grade. Not only that but their is NO PROGRESSION WITHOUT AGGRESSION! Yes, that's right! If you don't get aggressive and try new things and draw a lot of boring things like bowls of fruits, interior spaces, and naked ladies. (naked ladies is a debatable boring thing...) You won't get better. Sure, it's not a drastic jump like stick people to Alphonse Mucha but, now that I look back, I realize there was some progression in different mediums/ drawing subjects from then to now.

(Alphonse Mucha work)So with all this progression I hope I don't find myself as a hobo 10 years from now. I'm hoping my talent and social skills become so great I can make a living as an animator and love my job! If not I might become a bum, I don't know. I'll dance for Lindsay at the side of the road for cash. (she said she would pay me if I danced for her as a hobo) Buuutttt let's just hope I get through trying to be an animator, or an illustrator, or a comic book artist, or a McDonald's cook before I reduce myself down to true bum status. (not just in looks either)

Anyway, I suppose my final words (even though I'm not dying) would have to be a nod to my blog title. REAL ZOMBIES ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED TEENAGERS. As you approach your senior year or college years you learn that sleeping is a hobby and we all become living zombies due to sleep deprivation. So if you have little munchkins in your house you should tell them this. They'll appreciate it later on in life when the finally understand what the heck you're talking about.