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Current Residence: Maine
Operating System: OS X

Favourite Visual Artist
Dave McKean, Alex Ross, Bill Watterson
Favourite Writers
Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Carroll, Bill Watterson
Other Interests
web design, photography, writing, creativity

Coming Back

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I know I've said it before now, but I'm getting ready to come back and be active here once again. I've truly missed being here, and being a part of things, as well as communicating with everyone. I've got a lot of messages to catch up with, and people to engage again. I wonder who still watches me -- I can't blame anyone for dropping me, what with how inactive I have been. That's about to change, though... soon.
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John Milton wrote: "Time, the subtle thief of youth" I bring this up only because I have no idea where the summer has gone. Seriously, I know it can't possibly be June any longer, but where the hell did July and August go?! I've been so busy with some other things recently, and added to that my sense that Time rode past me in a steamroller... well, my apologies to anyone who's popped in here recently (either yesterday, or this summer) and had nothing new to see since their last trip here. I've got some new stuff to share, and I've also got a lot of catching up to do with people in here. I'm looking forward to doing both things, as soon as
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If you're not immediately familiar with Neil Gaiman...he's a writer who's managed to write across just about every available medium: novels, short stories, poetry, lyrics, screenwriting, children's books, graphic novels, and everything-else in between. He delivered a lecture this past Friday, down at MIT, in Boston. The cost to attend was $8. I felt like I was ripping someone off there at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eight dollars! I've been a fan of his for a loooong time, and when a friend of mine called to see if I was a lock to go, I scoffed at him for even asking. I mean — eight dollars! Sure, the price would be a bi
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Just wanted to stop by and let you know that I used your pieces Injection and Electrocution in my gummy feature! They were both so good I couldn't choose between the two! [link]
#Arts-With-A-Message is a group for passionate artists (any media form) that love to create art with a message.

I faved one of your works to add to my group in hopes to spread the message to other people. And I'm leaving you this message because I think a lot of your work reflects what our group is looking for.

Share the love. Share the pain. Share the art. Share the message.

Please consider taking a look at my group and joining ^^
Great work! I especially like the pics with Cassie. She is a beautiful girl..
Years after and "Our Song" stil sends shivers down my spine... How are you?
Alright! Well I'm not a photographer, so it sounds hypocritical coming from me--but I'll give my share of ideas. For the most part--I don't find a huge bunch to criticize! I like these very much! The only thing is that some of the black and white ones tend to lack the strong contrast and emotion I feel black and white should have. The portraits taken do not seem to suck out the essence of that person. (Although the 'Author portrait' and ';Prada' did well. The placement of the author in his portrait laid out just how pensive he might be in real life--he contrasted dark against the sky's opening possibilities. Prada was spontaneous looking--! I like that! Too many of the model shots looks at though the layups have been done before somewhere else. Do you plan on using the arm most of the time as a line that draws the viewer's eyes to the face? You use it quite often. Just curious :) ) The Golden Djinn nails it though! There is a line of anticipation that leads from the children's' heads, rides the bubbles up right to the maker-of-magic! You balanced it out perfectly--his height on one side is equaled by the combined weight of all the children on the other side; his complex, bright outfit by the bits of strongly dark colored objects (the girls' hair and the boy's dark shirt) placed below the main focus point. I'm sure I sound odd! For the most part--you have great balancing techniques in all your photos--even when the subject is off center, you implement environmental backgrounds to balance out and show off the subject.
You're much more daring in your close-up pictures however. It took me a time to realize that I was looking at vines in 'Antibiosis.' Fantastic perspective!! Same with 'Lazy Monster', 'Taxis' and 'Crucifixion.' It was a different way at looking at things we've already seen--something every photographer probably aims to do! Yes? :) Throw the technique in some more of your portrait shots just for fun!
I'll stop my rant--you do a great job! Wish I could do half as bad to be honest! Keep clicking!
--and by the way. These are AWESOME photos!