The Krigstein Archives
I spent a fair amount of the morning looking through the artwork of Bernard Krigstein. It makes me wonder if i'd have been an illustrator or comic artist had I been born before the advent of computer graphics. Maybe I would've been a photographer. I can imagine doing special effects or just film work except that I doubt I would've had the opportunity. I may have ended up outside of the arts altogether. There isn't too much point in this kind of speculation I suppose.

In looking at this man's illustrations and paintings, I'm aware of how stiff and flat most of my art is. Some of this is from the medium, the pen and pencil I usually use. His work, some of it anyway, feels more lively and more dramatic to me. Even his early work demonstrates more skill than I have I think. I should draw more and learn to paint.

It's amazing where tangential links take you :) Originally I was looking up an erroneous C3PO trading card that turned out to be a bit more.... umm.. well.. I'm not going to share it with you ;)

Also this morning, I tried using my new phone as a modem through the bluetooth connection. It didn't work so I'll need to look into it more. That'd let me dial up to my LU internet account from anywhere I have cell phone service and my lap top. cool... If I can get it to work.

I've had a fairly productive morning for not having left my bed yet. Well, maybe productive isn't the best word to use. ;)