words

nuts and bolts

this love of ours

is like that song on the radio

everyone likes how it sounds

but they don’t hear us tuning up every day

this life of ours

is like the house next door

you can’t see the holes in the walls

someone’s painted over them all

just once in a while baby, i don’t want to see the strings

just once in a while baby, i don’t want to see the screws

in the mood for murder

In May last year, Arthur wrote a little short story about my George and Beatnik as follows:

"Dear Diary,

I want to kill my friend George.
I haven't yet fully comprehended why this feeling is gushing out of me. All I know is that I will never be satisfied until I end him.
Is it his bovine features? His stupid blue scarf? The fact he has had only 2 baths his entire life?
Maybe is the incessant stream of sentences coming out of his mouth, talking about his 'supposed' girlfriend. Ha! As if a disgusting blob like him could ever get one.
Even when he's silent I want to slide a knife between his ribs. Watching his jaw move up and down as if he is chewing some imaginary cud is enough to make any sane man fill with blood lust.

I'm shaking with rage and nervous with anticipation. The moment will come soon and then George my friend. My only friend. You will die.

- Beatnik"

In  late December 2009, I was inspired enough to draw a little sketch of how this story could be brought to life, based on the bad teddy threadless t-shirt:

Nine months later, after a week of frentic activity, a crash course in drawing with MS Publisher, how to use Adobe Illustrator, and a lot of drawing with one finger on a touch pad I managed to convert my sketch into this:

Now to make it a t-shirt. :)

Let it die (Break Up CD #2, Mix CD #6)

After 7 months of listening to about 30 songs over and over again, I managed to put together my 6th Mix CD, which is also happens to be my 2nd break-up CD.

Below is the tracklisting. If you'd like a copy of the CD, just let me know in a line or something.

1. Cyann & Ben - I can't pretend anymore
2. Rufus Wainwright - This Love Affair
3. Damien Rice - Volcano
4. Mia Doi Todd - Muscle, Bone & Blood
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Runaway
6. Rebekah Del Rio - Llorando (Crying)
7. Bon Iver - The Wolves (Act I And II)
8. Tran Thu Ha - Tinh Xa
9. Sarah Blasko - Down On Love
10. Dntel - Anywhere, Anyone
11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - To Be By Your Side
12. Chikara Tsuzuki - Yumeji's Theme (Harmonica Version)
13. The Fray - Ungodly Hour
14. Bic Runga - Say After Me
15. Nina Simone - I'll Look Around
16. Feist - Let It Die
17. Coldplay - Lost? (Acoustic)
18. Xavier Cugat - Perfidia
19. Bjork - All is full of love
20. Smashing Pumpkins - Perfect

life drawing week 23/2010

This is a bit old - I'd meant to post the pictures up ages ago, but didn't quite get around to it. Chloe was back at No Vacancy and a lovely curvacious model was at Princess Hill on Sunday.

Quiet around these parts...

Scribble dump pt 2

Found some more scribbles

Not sure why I'm into lightbulbs at the moment

Imagine Penelope Crrrruz with a big head

girl in a lightbulb

Found the other designs I had for girl in a lightbulb.

A little bit freaky

Maybe too sexy?