So this morning there was this high school kid on the city bus listening to his iPod. Loudly. Really loud in fact. So loud that the bus driver had to yell back to him to turn it down because he could hear it too. Did I mention that the kid was sitting at the back of the bus? Yup, that’s right. Not all the way back mind you. He was about 3 seats from the very back so we can give him that. o_o Who the hell listens to music that loud? I could say that it’s probably because I’m an old man of 35 that I don’t understand loud music. But I’ve never liked loud music. Not even as a teenager. Sure I’ve turned up the music in my van because it’s an awesome song, but never to a ridiculous level such as that.
Pfftt… teenagers are stupid (not the ones that come to my blog though… you guys are all right ^_^).
So the other day I was out seeing Wrath of the Titans and I thought I’d share my thoughts on it. Not on the movie it’s self (which was okay, a decent monster killing adventure), but on Greek Mythology. I personally don’t know much about it. When I was sitting in the theater I wish I did. I wish knew more about the ancient Gods and who had sex with who because it seems very complex. Then I was glad I didn’t know because I’m sure they totally butchered these ancient stories beyond recognition.
After the movie I did do some research and realized I was way in over my head. It’s not like you can just learn about one or two of these characters… you need to learn about all of them. They’re all intertwined in the craziest of ways. It’s like a giant Greek soap opera. So I’ll just stay content with knowing a few names and leave it at that. I just know I won’t use Clash or Wrath as my base point of knowledge on the subject.
Surrealism is something that I’ve always loved. Particularly surreal sculpture and stop motion. I pretty much had forgotten my love of this type of art until a music video came through on my 3DS. The song is called The Rifle’s Spiral by The Shins and it’s directed by Jamie Caliri. I watched the video and, while I really liked the song, I found myself mesmerized by the video it’s self. Even though it’s just a short 4 min clip, I loved the magical theme that runs through it and the creepy characters the inhabit this world.
I sent this out a few days ago over SwapNote on my 3DS. It’s not the first picture I’ve done with that new 3DS app, Colors! 3D, but it is the first naughty one. It’s a nice challenge trying to paint something in it. You really have to think where you want your depth to be in the final image. Especially when you only have five layers at you disposal. But last year I spent a lot of my time working in this sort of 3D envoronment due to a project, so it wasn’t that bad. It’s time consuming, but I rather enjoyed it. The coolest thing about the program is that I can play it back and watch the full picture being created. I don’t think I can rip that from the 3DS and show people… sure is neat to watch though. ^_^
I just realized that yesterday was Friday the 13th. The most unlucky day of days during the years and I missed it. Oh well, I’m not really superstitious, I could care less really but I know that some out there really go in for this sort of stuff. I think it’s interesting how some of these superstitions came to be or how long some of them have been around or even how somethings are bad luck in some cultures and good luck in others. Like how the number 13 isn’t bad luck in Japan, it’s the number 4 or how at one point black cats where considered good luck to sailors. Fascinating!
Are you a superstitious individual or do yo know others that are?
Remember that commission slot I put up a few weeks ago? Well, I thought I’d share with you the results. This here is Kitty Katswell from the cartoon T.U.F.F. Puppy. I must admit that I’ve never seen this show so I don’t really know anything about it. It seems that once I made the switch from TV animation to video games, my interests switched as well. I started to follow games and watched less and less cartoons. Not that I didn’t still enjoy them, I just didn’t watch them as much. Anyway, here she is. I hope the commissioner likes the results. ^_^
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