Category Archives: Stories of my life

Monkey business…

Posted on August 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I am now writing a children’s book… I need to do cute, funny illustrations of monkeys… This is going to be a challenge.

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Les Claypool rocked…

Posted on August 17, 2013 by pouringmyartout

And so did my friend Bryan Kehoe. Their show was awesome. And free tickets and a wristband for the after party didn’t hurt either… What does hurt is my head. I drank a little too many beers. I took that … Continue reading →

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Weird Al, live…

Posted on July 7, 2013 by pouringmyartout

You need to see Weird Al Yankovic…. Why would you want to see a guy in a funny shirt with crazy hair who plays an accordion? Because he also plays the keyboard. Look, I can’t explain it to you. I … Continue reading →

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Time for some pretty colors…

Posted on July 5, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I like to break out the watercolor paints and colored pencils when I go to my mom’s house. Her backyard is a great place to sit and paint… I have a small stack of pictures that I have been working … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 10…

Posted on May 29, 2013 by pouringmyartout

We had some fun creating an alien from thin air. Now I have just been playing around with her coloring. As a side note, when the aliens do arrive, it is going to drive the racists insane. Which color of … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 7…

Posted on May 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Yay. We done made us an alien! Here is our more or less finished character, Fawnya… If you followed along step by step, you should have been able to do this all on your own… as long as you wrote … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 6…

Posted on May 25, 2013 by pouringmyartout

It’s alive! I feel like Dr. Frankenstein. My alien is now starting to breathe. Here is the last version I did in the post before this one… She still looks a little flat… oh come on… you know what I … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 5…

Posted on May 25, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Oh yeah, we are makin’ an alien. Here is where I let off… I love the way a little bit of shading makes something start to pop and lift out into the real world. Fawnya is just a bit player in the … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 4…

Posted on May 25, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Oh yeah, we are making an alien now! Photo manipulation in Photoshop is fun, but this is creating art with little dots of light. This is creating life out of nothing. We started with a simple… in fact it was quite bad… … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 3…

Posted on May 25, 2013 by pouringmyartout

My alien friend is coming along bit by bit. Through the magic of Photoshop, she is evolving form a rough sketch into a living, breathing being. Here is where I finished in the last post… And here is the next step… … Continue reading →

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