NEW BUTTON / ADVENTURES IN HTML

This is the image for my new button that Ive just placed in the side bar to the right. I've never really done anything in HTML before. I found it to be challenging, but fun. Its like learning a new language that is completely alien. Being that I could not get google to host my image on a URL, ( on account that I'm obviously not bright enough to figure it out ) I placed the picture in this post first and used its URL from this blog. Hopefully i did everything correctly and it works. I have plenty of brilliant friends who could have done this in their sleep and are probably laughing at how I'm proud over figuring this all out. I also messed with the HTML of my blog tittle and discription in order to center it, over having the text rest to the left. I know its not much, but I figured it out all on my own and I'm thrilled to have taught myself something new. I look forward to learning more on how to customize my blog outside of the templates that blogger provides. Hopefully I wont screw anything up too bad. Anyway, as they say on blogs such as this one...GRAB MY BUTTON...and I will be sure to do the same for you. Thanks. 

THE NOT SO FUNNIES

HERE IS A CARTOON I WORKED LONG AND HARD ON (ABOUT THREE MINUTES) IN OPPOSITION TO ALL THE STUPID CARTOONIST DRAWINGS OF CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS (ATHEIST) STANDING OUTSIDE THE PEARLY GATES OF HEAVEN, NOW AT THE MERCY OF ST. PETER. IF ONLY I COULD GET PAID WHAT SOME OF THESE "FUNNIES ARTIST" DO FOR BEING SO PREDICTABLE.



CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS 1949 - 2011

THERE IS NOTHING I COULD EVER SAY THAT WOULD BE FIT FOR A MAN WHO WOULD HAVE SAID IT BETTER. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. FAREWELL.

“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
                                                       
                                          ~ Christopher Hitchens                                                                                                               

BACK TO THE WAKEFUL WORLD

EVERY NIGHT I SEE YOU IN DREAMS.
I FLOAT AGAINST ALL THE SPECTRAL MATTER OF MEMORY,
FIGHTING THE MIRAGES OF AFTERTHOUGHTS.
I BREAK PAST THE BARRICADES OF SUBCONSCIOUS RECALL,
IN A CLOUDY SHIFT THROUGH ENDLESS LABYRINTHS OF SIMPLE FEARS THAT HAVE SOMEHOW GAINED NIGHTMARISH POWER.
I ALWAYS REALIZE THAT IM DREAMING IN THE MOMENT THAT I SEE YOU.
I CAN ONLY MAKE OUT PIECES OF YOU.
YOUR FACE IS ALWAYS CLEAR TO ME, BUT THE REST OF YOUR BODY MATERIALIZES FROM ITS UNCARNATE FORM,ONLY WHEN I DON'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT IT.
I TRY TO WRAP MY ARMS AROUND YOU. AS IF CATCHING WIND, MY ARMS FIND NOTHING.
I TRY AGAIN, AND AGAIN. THE MORE I TRY, I FIND THAT YOU GAIN ANOTHER STATE OF SOLID.
LIKE A MIST TURNED TO LIQUID, TURNED TO ICE.
I FINALLY GRASP YOUR ENTIRE ENTITY ,AND LIKE THE ICE, YOU ARE COLD.
THE DREAM BECOMES REAL TO ME.
I CAN FEEL MYSELF SLEEPING IN MY BED, BUT I KNOW I AM, IN THAT MOMENT, IN MORE PLACES THEN ONE. STILL HOLDING YOU TIGHT, I SCREAM TO MYSELF, "WAKE UP!"
WITH THE HOPES THAT IF I HOLD YOU TIGHT ENOUGH I CAN CARRY YOU OUT OF MY MIND, BACK TO THE WAKEFUL WORLD.
IN ALL MY EFFORTS, BATTLING THE UNCANNY ELEMENTS OF HELL LIKE DREAMS, YOU SOFTLY SPEAK THIS RIDDLE INTO MY EAR,
"LET ME GO NOW BROTHER. THIS IS ONLY A DREAM. OF THE WAKEFUL WORLD I SPEAK. ONLY A DREAM. ONLY A DREAM. ALL LIFE IS ILLUSION. ONLY A DREAM. MATTER BEYOND MATTER. WE ARE THE BONDS OF THE UNIVERSES OVER. ONLY A DREAM. ONLY A DREAM. NOT A PIECE MISSING, JUST MATTER UNSEEN. YOU HAVE I AS I HAVE YOU, ETERNAL. ONE IN THE SAME, ETERNAL. MATTER UNSEEN. ANTI PHYSICAL ENERGY, DARK AND UNSEEN. EXPANSION OF INFINITY. ONLY A DREAM. ONLY A DREAM. TIME CANNOT KEEP US. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE LOST. ONLY A DREAM. GO BACK TO YOUR WORLD. UNDERSTAND. THE FRAGMENTS OF ME YOU STILL SEE, ARE NOTHING BUT THE PAST REVISITED. ONLY A DREAM. LET ME GO NOW BROTHER."
I WAKE UP.
MY ARMS EXTENDED INTO THE AIR.
I FEEL COLD.
THE TINY HAIRS OF MY EAR STILL TINGLE FROM YOUR VOICE.
TEARS FILL MY EYES.
IT ALL FEELS SO REAL.
I WRITE DOWN WHAT I CAN REMEMBER.
EACH TIME THE DREAM REOCCURS, I REMEMBER TO LISTEN. EACH TIME I FILL IN THE BLANKS OF PARTS FORGOTTEN. EACH TIME, WISHING YOU WERE HERE WITH ME, ALIVE.
IM DOING MY BEST TO LET YOU GO.
I LOVE YOU BROTHER.

LIFE:

A CONVICTION AT CONCEPTION TO SERVE A SENTENCE OF EXISTENCE, RESTRICTED TO OUR CELLS, ISOLATED TO THE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT OF OUR MINDS. A TERM MEASURED FROM OUR FIRST HEART BEAT TO OUR LAST BREATH. WE ALL MUST DO OUR TIME ALONE. IT IS WHAT WE DO WITH THIS TIME THAT DEFINES WHAT FREEDOMS WE ARE GRANTED. FOR IN LIFE'S PRISON, YOU ARE BOTH PRISONER AND WARDEN. YOU HOLD THE POWER TO CONTROL YOUR LIBERTIES. THOUGH, SOLID THE LIMITATIONS MAY BE THAT FORM THE BARS OF YOUR MIND AND HIGH ARE THE FENCES OF REALITY, SEPARATING YOU FROM THE FREEDOM OF DREAMS, IT IS WITHIN ONES SELF TO FIND THE KEY TO UNLOCK ALL ILLUSIVE BARRIERS AND NEVER FORGET... A CAGED MAN IS FREE, SO LONG AS HE REFUSES TO OBEY THE BARS THAT BIND.

ED-YOU-CATION

Starting Over. Educations modern system of imposed ignorance that we call "School" has left my brain exhausted and non the wiser. Ive decide that with the help of the Internet, and the real world that surrounds me, I will embark on a brave new journey of knowledge in the name of fun! With no specific curriculum to follow or grade to make. I will excel in life because I want to, not because I need to in order to compete with all the other "educated" idiots. The world is mine to discover now. All ravaged and raped frontiers of the past are virgins once more. I'm going to boldly go where men have gone before, but experience all that they left undiscovered in their rush to know it all.

WHAT'S THIS POST TO BE?

SORRY FOR NOT POSTING IN A WHILE. IVE BEEN WORKING ON SOME INTERVIEWS WITH AMAZING ARTIST THAT I WILL PUT UP ONCE I EDIT THEM. I KNOW MY POST ARE NOT WELL EDITED AND I HARDLY USE A SPELLCHECK OR KNOW WHERE TO PUT A COMMA, BUT WHEN QUOTING OTHERS I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I SHOULDN'T MAKE THEM SOUND AS STUPID AS I. ANYWAY, I ALSO STARTED WORKING ON A NEW COMIC THAT I WILL BE SHARING THROUGH THIS BLOG CALLED "SKULL 9". MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. I HOPE ANY ARTIST THAT READ THIS BLOG WILL CONTINUE TO DUE SO AND BE INSPIRED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR ART WITH ME. EMAIL WITH ANY INFO YOU HAVE ON IT, TO lanceinkwell@gmail.com AND I WILL POST IT ON THIS BLOG FOR ALL TO SEE. PARTY!

BOOK OF THE MONTH

I'M STARTING A FEATURED BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR ARTIST WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK AND IT WILL BE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. ENJOY!

                             
  "PERSPECTIVE! FOR COMIC BOOK ARTIST"

       BY DAVID CHELSEA

THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE BEST ART BOOKS IVE EVER PURCHASED. ITS LAID OUT LIKE A COMIC BOOK, FULLY ILLUSTRATED, WITH CLEAR  INSTRUCTIONAL DETAIL ON THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF DRAWING WITH PERSPECTIVE. WE FOLLOW DAVID AS HE TRIES TO PUT PERSPECTIVE IN LAYMANS TERMS FOR HIS PAL, AND FELLOW ARTIST, MUGG. MUGG IS THE COFFEE CUP FACED FELLOW SEEN FLYING THE PLANE ON THE COVER ABOVE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE ILLUSTRATORS THAT HAVE HAD TO STAY UP LONG HOURS DRAWING TO MEET A DEADLINE, WHICH I HAVE DONE COUNTLESS TIMES, YOU MAY HAVE FOUND THAT IT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT COFFEE. COFFEE IS EVERY ILLUSTRATORS BEST FRIEND ON THOSE LONG NIGHTS HUNCHED OVER THE DRAWING BOARD, SO DAVIDS FRIEND MUGG IS A BIG PLUS TO THE RADNESS OF THIS BOOK, AT LEAST THAT'S MY OPINION. ANYWAY, DAVID AND MUGG WALK US THROUGH A WONDERFULLY  ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE LEARN ABOUT DEPTH CUES, THE PICTURE PLANE, THE HORIZON AND VANISHING POINT, CUBES IN SPACE, ONE, TWO AND THREE POINT PERSPECTIVE, CIRCLES IN PERSPECTIVE, THE HUMAN FIGURE AND SHORTCUTS. IT MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT TO TAKE IN, AND IT IS, BUT IF YOU STICK WITH DAVID AND MUGG YOU WILL BE THE BETTER FOR IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A COMIC BOOK ARTIST TO BENEFIT FROM THIS BOOK. I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH "PERSPECTIVE!" HAS IMPROVED MY DRAWING AND INK SKILLS ALL AROUND. BUY THIS BOOK, STUDY IT AND STUDY IT AGAIN, AND THEN BUY "EXTREME PERSPECTIVE! FOR ARTIST" DAVIDS NEWEST BOOK TO HIT THE SHELVES.

FOR MORE FROM DAVID CHELSEA GO TO HIS WEBSITE AT
http://dchelsea.com/
THIS WEBSITE HAS LINKS TO AMAZON IF YOU WISH TO BUY ANY OF HIS AWESOME BOOKS.

MAIL TIME!

HERE IT IS! AFTER DEALING WITH PRINT SHOPS WHO ONLY KNOW HOW TO SILK SCREEN HORSES AND COWS ON SHIRTS, I FINALLY TOOK THIS PROJECT INTO MY OWN HANDS AND HIT THE PHOTO COPIERS. I COPIED AND MADE PRINTS AT THE HIGHEST QUALITY THAT MY LOCAL OFFICE SUPPLY STORE HAD TO OFFER. I THINK THEY TURNED OUT GREAT AND LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL ART. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE JUST PHOTO COPIES I SIGNED AND HAND NUMBERED THEM AS WELL. TODAY I MAILED OUT THE FIRST BATCH TO ALL THE FOLLOWERS WHO HAVE EMAILED ME THEIR ADDRESS ALREADY. ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU THINK YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST 27 FOLLOWERS, I NEED YOU TO EMAIL ME YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU WANT YOUR PRINT. THANK YOU ALL FOR FOLLOWING THE INKWELL CLUB BLOG. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS AND INVOLMENT IN THE FUTURE.

FRONT

BACK

THATS MY UGLY MUG ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK IS A MYSTERY OF SORTS. THE PRINTS ARE SAFELY TUCKED INTO  8-3/4" x 11" POLYETHYLENE BAGS AS SEEN BELOW.

YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IS A LIMITED TO 1/1 BLUE PHOTO COPIED PRINT. KEEP CHECKING IN TO SEE HOW YOU CAN WIN THIS.

OH, AND THIS IS WHAT MOLLY AND I MADE FOR BREAKFAST. HOMEMADE HEART SHAPED WAFFLES WITH CREAM CHEESE AND A HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY SYRURP.  HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

FIRST 27 FOLLOWERS SEND ME YOUR ADDRESS.

HEY THERE ALL YOU INK-O-MANIACS! WELCOME TO THE CLUB. IF YOU THINK YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST 27 FOLLOWERS PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS. I TRIED TO MESSAGE YOU ALL BACK THROUGH BLOGGER BUT FOR SOME REASON IT WON'T SEND THE MESSAGE. I WILL BE SHIPPING THE PRINTS OUT ON FRIDAY SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME SOON. MY EMAIL IS. lanceinkwell@gmail.com. DONT BE AFRAID TO EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE UNSURE IF YOU MADE IT OR NOT. THERE ARE ONLY 30 FOLLOWERS TO THIS BLOG SO FAR SO CHANCES ARE YOU WON A PRINT. ALSO DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT " NAME THAT INKWELL" ON THIS BLOG FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ANOTHER PRIZE FOR HELPING ME NAME MY NEWEST CARTOON CHARACTER. POST ANY NAME IDEAS, AS OFTEN AS YOU WANT, AS SILLY AS YOU WANT, OR AS LAME AS YOU WANT IN THE COMMENT BOX BELLOW THE POST. I WILL CHOOSE THE BEST NAME OR LET YOU GUYS VOTE IF THERE ARE ENOUGH ENTRIES AND ENOUGH INTREST. THANKS AGAIN FOR FOLLOWING THE INKWELL CLUB.

DESK

THIS IS MY CURRENT DRAWING TABLE. SOON I WILL HAVE A NEW ANIMATION DESK AS WELL. IN A FEW DAYS I WILL GET SOME PICS OF THE STUDIO UP FOR ALL TO SEE.

AND THIS IS MY CAT "OLIVIA" WHO FETCHES LIKE A DOG, LOVES PIZZA ONLY IF IT HAS OLIVES ON IT, WATCHES TELEVISION MORE THAN I DO, AND LIVES TO DESTROY ANYTHING ON MY DRAWING TABLE.

SHE IS A MONSTER

NAME THAT INKWELL

DID YOU KNOW THAT MICKEY MOUSE WAS ALMOST NAMED MORTIMER MOUSE? ( SO THE LEGEND GOES) IT IS SAID THAT WALT WANTED THE MOUSE WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE TODAY TO BE NAMED MORTIMER, BUT HIS WIFE LILLIAN DISNEY SUGGESTED THE CHANGE TO MICKEY.  GOOD THING TOO, BECAUSE THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB WOULD HAVE ONE HELL-OF-A HARD TIME SINGING " WHOS THE LEADER OF THE CLUB THATS MADE FOR YOU AND ME? M-O-R-T-I-M-E-R  M -O-U"...AWW YOU GET MY DRIFT.
WHICH LEADS ME TO THIS  NEW CHARACTER  I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE
INKWELL CLUB. I HAVE YET TO NAME HIM AND THOUGHT I WOULD ASK FOR HELP. HE IS AN INKWELL THAT WALKS AND TALKS AND IS A BIT OF AN ODD FELLOW. THE PERSON WHO COMES UP WITH THE NAME THAT I DECIDE IS WORTHY OF THIS LITTLE GUY WILL WIN A PRIZE. GOOD LUCK

THIS IS AN ACRYLIC PAINTING ON CANVAS BOARD.  

SPASTIC THE WOLF CASKET

THIS IS THE COVER AND BACK ART FOR A COMIC THAT I WANTED TO PUT OUT LAST HALLOWEEN BUT DIDNT FINISH DO TO BEING ON TOUR AND LAZINESS. I WILL BE PUTTING IT OUR NEXT HALLOWEEN.

COVER

BACK

BLACK INK ON WHITE SHITTY COMPUTER PAPER.

COZMIC WOLF

THIS IS A RAD ETCHING I DID ON WHITE CLAYBOARD COATED IN BLACK INDIA INK FOR HOUR OF THE WOLF. I WAS INSPIRED BY VIRGIL FINLAY. LOOK HIM UP!

SKETCHY SKETCHBOOK (NOT FOR PARENTS)

THESE ARE A FEW SKETCHES FROM MY SCETCHBOOK THAT I DID ON AN HOUR OF THE WOLF TOUR LAST APRIL. THESE CHARACTERS I CALL "THE FAITH-HEADS"  

I HAVE MORE LIKE THESE THAT I WILL POST LATER

THE FLEYE

I DID THIS FOR AN HOUR OF THE WOLF SHIRT DESIGN A FEW YEARS BACK AND NEVER LIKED THE SHIRT AS MUCH AS THE ILLUSTRATION, AS IS, IN BLACK INK ON WHITE BRISTOL BOARD.  LOOK FOR THE WORD "EVOLVE"

NOT THE LEADER OF THIS CLUB

THIS IS AN ACRYLIC PAINTING I DID OVER A YEAR AGO AND A SKETCH I DID JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. ENJOY.