I wanna live like I did back then!

With the stars in my eyes and the blood from the heart of the pen!!!

Ah yes, Steel Train craze is still going strong, although I revisited Recover (more specifically their "Ceci N'est Pas Recover" EP...) today and rekindled my love for that band. So great. Things have been getting a little crazy lately, and this blog will reflect that. It's filled to the brim with stuff!

I've started to do quick little sketches in felt-tip marker, like the one below...

I'm taking Danny Roberts' advice and I'm going to practice practice practice. He is one of my main inspirations, after all.

Vintage photos

So, last week I got a cute little Sabre 620 vintage camera as an early birthday present from my sister. When I popped open the back, I found a roll of exposed 620 film! So of course, I developed the negatives and made a few prints and... voila!

What a mess you made.

I hate being sick! Ew! My face is a never-ending snot faucet. ):
I did jeopardize my health by going out at 7:30AM for Record Store Day, though. Totally worth it.
I scored one of those new Hold Steady albums that were limited to 600 worldwide that are going for a million dollars each on ebay already.
It's a great album, by the way. You're all in for a treat, whenever you get around to picking this up (:
Anyway, I drew this ink/paint thing as a result of my current obsession with Steel Train (I also picked up their 7" single today! It's very pretty!)
This is based off of a song called "Kill Monsters in the Rain", my favorite song (besides Dakota!) off of their album entitled "Trampoline". I'm about 3 years late in discovering it, but shit happens, yeah?
Now back to the sketchbook for me! (:

Photos, photos, photos...

Just a couple dark room prints I thought I'd share with everybody. This one's Joe Troy from Rx Bandits layered on top of a photo from Capital Hill in DC.

Washington DC

I took my handy dandy Canon Rebel to DC with me and got a couple shots from my trip. Woo!

In love with the 80s.

Painted this late last night out of boredom. I love square canvasses.
This is oil + graphite.

xoxo

Is love an infection?

So, in my absence, a lot has happened.
First off, I got into the Ontario College of Art and Design! Woo! I'm going to art school next year!
Secondly, I went to Washington DC and the cherry blossoms were gorgeous.
Thirdly, I'm going to be finishing and posting the 9th installment of the Coffee Drinker series by the end of this weekend.
Fourth, who's stoked for Record Store day next Saturday?? I am!!
And lastly, Rx Bandits rule. (: