Penthouse and The Devil's Tail

Finished two pieces for Penthouse magazine this week, a full page and a spot. Both of which were for an article about being a "moral man-whore". The full page really hit home with me...not because of the subject matter of the article, but the image itself was extremely hard to emotionally handle once i realized exactly what it is i was drawing. I loved this job, and look forward to possibly doing more in the future. And i finally feel like i have really gotten a handle on mixing the digital with the analogue and not making it look too forced.

I saw "Across the Universe" this evening. Not particularly being a Beatles fan nor a Julie Taymor fan i was a bit skeptical, but ended up truly surprised. The whole move was done absolutely beautifully. And my aversion to The Beatles for their omnipotent following, but love of their songs was ever increased by a good handful of the song versions in the movie. Not to even mention the fact that ever since "Down In The Valley" i could stare Evan Rachel Wood until the day i die.

My life has fallen apart again to some degree, but at this point i am pretty content with it...hell, at least i am getting used to the ebb and flow. And their are certainly upsides to all of this...now everything even close to fabric related in my house has been cleaned, and i have always been able to draw better while being emotionally disjointed. i keep telling myself things will get better, i just have yet to convince myself of it.

Tonight i had the overwhelming feeling of yanking on the devil's tail, but thankfully the fucker didn't look over his shoulder to see who was razzin' him.

In other news, it is a very probable chance that i will be adopting a greyhound in the near future. This will be a good change.

Also Pascal Blanchet's work is some of the most surprisingly fresh while still classic illustration i have seen in a long time.