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I want to start off by thanking everyone who has taken time to favorite and comment on my pictures. It's really awesome of you all to do that especially since I rarely comment back because I feel like an insincere fool by saying "thanks" or variations of the sentiment over and over and over... but that's all going to change! Notions of disingenuousness be damned!
Ahem...
Anyways...
It occurred to me while reading other people's journals that maybe I should start my own. I've tried blogging around and I always seem to start out strong and fade out so I was hesitant to start one here only to leave it abandoned... especially when no one cares what I have to say... And it's because I expect no readers that I will probably keep this up.
So now that I have that out of the way, last weekend I took a very eye opening journey to the Haight, former home of R. Crumb. Never before have I felt like such a small town hick. I don't even think that place is even that hip anymore and I still felt radically out of place. That said, I had a hell of a time there. I was hoping I'd find a comic book store but I wasn't able to see one on my walk, aw well. It was pretty dope too because I went with my school's art club (of which I am/was a secretary, a position I have vowed not to retain next semester) I got a stipend of $9.50 to spend on lunch. McDonald's tastes much better when you are eating on someone else's money. I thought about it and I sold two of my awful paintings for about 55 bucks and because it was a club sale they kept 20 percent and i got 44. That means they got eleven dollars from me and I got 9.50 plus another 15 for a price of admission to the museum we went to. Not bad. Anyways, despite my being uncultured swine, I still dug the Gilbert and George exhibit that was showing in the basement of the De Young Museum and not many other people in the group I was with could say that. In fact, they kind of hated it. Large pictures of shit? Men grabbing each others asses? The word FUCK?!? It was too much for some of them.
But anyways, I'm thinking I might have to write down my own declaration of theological beliefs some day. Really for my own benefit because I'm tired of referring to different songs and comic books to try to explain to people that I don't believe in their god because Jack Kirby, John Lennon, and Nietzche have convinced me that's the wrong scene. I only mention this in this particular blog because... I'm not sure really.
Thanks to anyone who stayed through this rambling, I'll plot it out next time. I'll be a really methodical Journal writer from here on out. I better go.
Ahem...
Anyways...
It occurred to me while reading other people's journals that maybe I should start my own. I've tried blogging around and I always seem to start out strong and fade out so I was hesitant to start one here only to leave it abandoned... especially when no one cares what I have to say... And it's because I expect no readers that I will probably keep this up.
So now that I have that out of the way, last weekend I took a very eye opening journey to the Haight, former home of R. Crumb. Never before have I felt like such a small town hick. I don't even think that place is even that hip anymore and I still felt radically out of place. That said, I had a hell of a time there. I was hoping I'd find a comic book store but I wasn't able to see one on my walk, aw well. It was pretty dope too because I went with my school's art club (of which I am/was a secretary, a position I have vowed not to retain next semester) I got a stipend of $9.50 to spend on lunch. McDonald's tastes much better when you are eating on someone else's money. I thought about it and I sold two of my awful paintings for about 55 bucks and because it was a club sale they kept 20 percent and i got 44. That means they got eleven dollars from me and I got 9.50 plus another 15 for a price of admission to the museum we went to. Not bad. Anyways, despite my being uncultured swine, I still dug the Gilbert and George exhibit that was showing in the basement of the De Young Museum and not many other people in the group I was with could say that. In fact, they kind of hated it. Large pictures of shit? Men grabbing each others asses? The word FUCK?!? It was too much for some of them.
But anyways, I'm thinking I might have to write down my own declaration of theological beliefs some day. Really for my own benefit because I'm tired of referring to different songs and comic books to try to explain to people that I don't believe in their god because Jack Kirby, John Lennon, and Nietzche have convinced me that's the wrong scene. I only mention this in this particular blog because... I'm not sure really.
Thanks to anyone who stayed through this rambling, I'll plot it out next time. I'll be a really methodical Journal writer from here on out. I better go.
Big Wow ComicsFest 2012. I will be there.
Hey everyone, it's your good friend Ramon Villalobos here. Since we're such close personal friends I feel comfortable, nay, OBLIGATED letting you know that I will be at the upcoming Big Wow Comicsfest in San Jose California on May 19th and 20th.
I will be holding down one half of Booth AA48 with Dennis "Huge on Tumblr" Culver http://dennisculver.deviantart.com/.
Now I know what you're thinking, "Ramon, we all already KNOW you and Dennis will be at Big Wow, what does that mean for me? How does that affect what I've got going on? Should I go to that aforementioned convention and give you guys money for your art?" Well to answer your questions
VITRUVIAN UNDERGROUND Kickstarter ENDING TODAY!
Hello everyone. In 14 hours my comic project that I am trying to get funded with Craig Cermak will be going down in flames. We have a lot of money to raise in a very short amount of time. So little I don't want to do a whole thing here but let me assure you, our comic is awesome, our comic deserves more than the 2,500 we are trying to raise, and you will NOT regret funding it if it does go through. I should have posted here sooner but instead I just pasted some stuff at the bottom of deviations as to not bother anyone aside from people looking at my art. Here's the link to our kickstarter fundraiser campaign:
http://www.kickstarter.com/proje
Let's talk about... Comissions.
So I have been thinking about putting up a journal thing for awhile saying that if anyone wants to may me to draw stuff I would be willing to uh... do... that... The main reason I hadn't posted a message before was because I didn't think I was good enough of an artist to justify being paid more than it would cost to ship the drawing in the first place.
So, lets get to the brass tacks as I've heard people refer to tacks that were merely brass plated. For an 11x17 drawing in pencil, I'd charge $20. These would be tight pencils like some of the pencils I've put up here that weren't colored. For an 11x17 drawing inked, I'll charge $25. And you k
flea markets
There are very few places in American society quite like the flea market. It's a place that seems to run rampant with illegal activity, yet it is publicly condoned and upon entering the city of Galt, I couldn't help but feel like the sign right off the free way directing drivers to the flea market was an indication of just how much the people of that town valued the marketplace. They seemed to pride themselves on their flea market the way the people of Gaza must pride their strip or Giza pride their pyramids. It's not simply a place to shop, it is a hotbed of activity and the place to find everything you want and need in life. I certainly hop
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Sounds like a great trip to Haight-Ashbury. I'd really like to go one day, but as I haven't even made it to that side of the country before I don't even know how or when this will happen.
As we are sorta discussing elsewheres, Art can be for lots of reasons: to get people's attention, to make a statement, to make money, to express an emotion or idea, etc. I personally think the attention grabbing art is less admirable than the expressive forms but I know why it's there and appreciate it nonetheless. Heck, if I had a good idea for some sensationalistic art you know I'd do it in a second.
Glad to see you'll be posting here more!
As we are sorta discussing elsewheres, Art can be for lots of reasons: to get people's attention, to make a statement, to make money, to express an emotion or idea, etc. I personally think the attention grabbing art is less admirable than the expressive forms but I know why it's there and appreciate it nonetheless. Heck, if I had a good idea for some sensationalistic art you know I'd do it in a second.
Glad to see you'll be posting here more!