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Monday, July 07, 2008
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The Four horsemen of the apocalypse are some of the most iconic figures from the mysterious book of Revelations. Interpreted differently through out the centuries, I was given the chance to render my own.
This is from my modern perspective.
John, apostle of Jesus had a vivid trans-dimensional encounter which downloaded him with horrible images of our world at its' end. Each rider is symbolic of a particular scourge of humanity. With the Orwellian big brother scenario at our doorstep and the rapidly increasing earth changes feverishly in effect it is easy to recognize the signs. We are living in amazing times, very exciting to be living through this very real Armageddon .It promises to touch every one of us in some personal way, yet to be revealed.
PESTILENCE-The modern locust, the breaking down of our immune system with GM food engineering, daily chemical dousing from chemtrails to fluoride and flu vaccines. The barrage of bio warfare can't be denied. We are at the mercy of big brothers political agenda.
CONQUEST-What greater than the sublimation of our personal divinity to that of a hijacked religious institution which teaches that we are all born with sin, and inherently evil. Thusly severing any sense of a connection with the divine. We need a new church, one that combines the left and right of Quantum Science and the earth-tune shamanism of old. What great truths about ourselves would be relearned?
WAR-an ancient principle that pits brother against brother while the hidden agenda makes the top players rich. Where would things go if this was crossed off the list of options for problem solving?
Or at the very least, if everyone refused to kill in the name of someone else or under order of a rulling figure.
DEATH-Saturated with fear, actually a transition state, no different than the dream world. If we would stop being afraid, it would loose all hold, and we could see through it.
Here is how the geometry fits
See where the pentagon lays
I am no cartographer, but this should illustrate my intent. "The lands west of the Euphraties".
If you have read this far, than you must be a weirdo like me. I must recommend checking out http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com
It is free to join, there are some AMAZING interviews with DAVID ICKE and one where ALEX GREY explains how his use of ayuasca inspired his Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.
Jun27, 08. 12 questions from Optimum wound
1.
First professional work (piece / year) and maybe
a quick story behind it.
The first design I did for a band was Tusk, who latter
became Pelican.
This was when I moved back to Chicago
after I graduated college.
I started to do allot of
the local bands like Buried at Sea and Lair of the
Minotuar.
That all started in '02 and has sort of
snowballed.
2.
Self-taught or formally educated? (or mixture of both, mentors etc…)
I studied art and film in school.
However, that was
mostly art history and color theory that I found vapid
and hardly applicable.
As far as the practical, and
most important business aspect of surving as a
freelance artist, I had to learn on my own.
I have
been very lucky in the way of having many talented
working artist friends who could teach me these
necessary lessons, like Tony Koehl and Stu Helm who
could be turned to for experience bassed counsel.
So
in a sense, I have had a long string of in promt to
mentors along the way.
It has all been a matter of
watching, learning, and asking questions when I get
stuck.
I spent allot of time emailing my favorite
artists about technique.
I used to write letters to my
favorite comic book artists as a youth and would
usually get important advice.
It was a long hard road,
and It would have been allot easier if someone said
"look, being an artist is a personal business, here is
a five year plan, and the software skills you will
need to make it".
Unfortuanately, I had to learn
EVERYTHING the hardest way possible.
Through trial and
error, and error and error.
So I consider myself to
be self taught, and learning.
3.
Tools of the trade: Taking a quick glance over at your pens, brushes
etc…what tools have you mainly been using over the last few years
I started with traditional nibs and dipping pens but
was frustrated with the lack of control.
It wasn't
until I started hanging around in tattoo shops that I
figured out Micron pens.
They are cheap and you can
beat 'em up and they lay a smooth black line.
Now I
use a combo of fine tip Rapidograph pens too.
Brushes
I like to use once in a while, then leave them out to
dry for a week or two without cleaning, and come back
to them angered by their insipid uselessness.
4.
Favorite brand of ink:
India ink, Higgins seems to be the most affordable.
I
can't really say that I have the means to mess around
with anything fancier than that.
5.
Type of paper:
I used to prefer Borden and Riley's Paris paper, it is
smooth and the ink floats over the surface.
It is hard
to find where I live, so I had to switch to the
Strathmore smooth Bristol paper.
It is thicker and it
is difficult to see detail when your using a light
board, as I do.
I sometimes have to turn out all the
lights just to see the detail of my pencil work
underneath this heavier paper.
The benefit is that the
thicker paper feels more impressive, and there is a
stronger sense of the art having more value on the
rigid Strathmore, rather than the flimsy Paris paper.
I feel like a dork talking about paper.
6.
Which artists or creators do you return to for a quick boost of inspiration? Who are the masters of ink?
Frank Frazetta...How the fck did he do all that? I
acquire vast amounts of inspiration from Philippe
Druillet, his work is just epic.
Symetrical alien
landscapes and other world ornamentations, along with
a simple yet complex coloring method, are just a few
of the aspects I refer to in his work.
Tom Crites I
must say, blew my mind.
When I first saw his art, I
didn't even believe that those sorts of designs were
possible.
The mixed up mandala/occultistic
trans-dimensional absurdities with precision inking
made me realize that the summit was allot higher than
I previously thought. I can't deny a heavy influence.
Of course Pushead, who set the precedence.
You have to
be AT LEAST that good, as far as technical ability.
Same with Alfonse Mucha.
The real trick is, once you
have grasped the style, the true test begins.
Trying
to be as clever with subject matter and composition,
without being a xerox of someone else is the most
essential ellement of what I consider relevant art.
Frank Kozik was really important in that sense, he
isn't the greatest illustrator ever, but his
compositions carry the load.
Anyone can draw a sexy
woman with scull face now, but the world needs
something new.
Just when you think your really on the
right track, you look at what John Bailey is doing,
and you quickly realize that you need to spend another
30-40 hours rendering stippling effects.
The list goes
on and on but I think those fellas are tops on this
day.
7. Once a client has handed off an illustration job to you, how do you first tackle the job. A quick overview of your process.
I first stress out a bunch and do allot of
procrastination and bike ridding.
Eventually I calm
down and I employ allot of strange mental exercises
that help me get to a place where my creativity can
reach its full expression.
I will spend a whole night
working my ideas into a composition that I feel
confident with.
I don't find thumbnails to be very
useful.
I just attack a full blank page, there is
nothing more intimidating than a blank page, so I
frequently stab at it a few times with the pencil to
break the ice a bit.
I come up with three different
images, which the client can choose from.
If
everything is accepted, than I put it on the light
board and ink on a separate piece of paper.
Once I
scan it, I do allot of secret things that I can't tell
you. Then it goes off to the printers.
8. What's currently sitting in your mp3 / CD player / turntable.
I can't stop listening to Burning Witch and Electric
Wizard.
I try to listen to other things, these efforts
are wrought with failure. Inevitably I succum to doom.
Alderbaran, Graves at Sea, Buried at Sea, Corrupted,
all those types of sounds are what keep me...human.
9. What's hanging on your walls and what is your favorite piece of art that you own (not created by you).
I have this Sepultura poster that Michael Whelan did.
I have carried it since I was about 14 and it has hung
in every room I have ever lived in, and will likely
have a spot over the fireplace well into my future.
I
have spent years studying it and can look at it right
now and find something that I have never seen before
hidden within its great abstractions.
Also, an HC
Clark image that I simply worship.
I have David
DAndrea prints on almost every wall...These images are
quite groomy.
Alex Grey and Stephen Kasner play
prominent rolls as well as many others that are
affixed on every bare surface to be found.
Because
blank walls, like paper, are much too intimidating.
10.
Last novel you read and last movie that you saw (that you'd recommend)
If your into "Zietgiest", I found a great one called
"The Esoteric Agenda", you can see these types of
movies online.
I have also been really into David
Wilcock lately.
I finally finished Robert Anton
Wilson's "The Cosmic Trigger3" and "Martian Time Slip"
by Philip K Dick.
I don't have allot of time to read,
but the one I am working on now is "Atlantis, the Lost
Continent finally found" by Arysio Santos.
Im not sure
if these types of books and films are for everyone, so
for good family reading, I must recomend "The Montauk
Project;Experiments is Time" by Preston B. Nichols.
I
mostly hate TV, and find it much more interesting to
scour the vast resources of youtube for things by
David Icke and Art Bell and the like for entertainment
and inspiration.
11. Current and upcoming projects.
I have a book of my illustrations being published by
Lulu.Click here to order.
This
book took me a year to compile with 76 pages of full
color prints on quality paper.
It will be available on
Amazon, Borders, and similar online book stores
websites or you can order it direct from any store
that sells books as it is listed in the ISBN directory
under "Tom Denney; Illustration vol 1".
I am finishing
up the ISBN registry this weekend, so if you go to
www. tomdenney. com, there should be more info and a
link to purchase there if your interested.
I am always involved in short films or music videos
and even music of my own.
I try to keep my site
updated with these sorts of things,and links to images
and sounds are always concentrated at
www. tomdenney. com
12.What would you tell an aspiring artist who is working his ass off but still needs and wants to break through to the next level.
Myspace and the internet in general is an amazing
tool.
In this day, you don't even need to work your
ass off, all you need is to put forth just a tiny bit
of effort and your art can be seen by the entire
world. This is new to history.
So, if your working
your ass off and no one is responding, than that is a
strong indicator that the effort your exerting into
promotion needs to be redirected to the art itself.
If
you first master your craft, and are serious enough,
and dedicated enough to do so, then the break through
will come to you naturally.
Personally, I followed Pushead's method of; starting
with DIY local flyers and band shirts, this then gets
the attention of touring bands who come through
looking for new art, who in turn, go on tour and
thusly show your art to a great variety of potential
admierers.
It is not easy, and it will likely not pay
the bills at first.
However, if your dedicated and
passionate it will translate into your art and people
can either relate...or decide to exploit you.
So,
don't be a slave, follow your personal highest
excitement, and be unique and true above all things.
This is for a band called MILLS OF GOD
Vibrations. Spinal focus for hyperspace phase shifting.
So once your in the state, you raise the serpents along the chakras, and you can control reality.
CONTINENT OF ASH
Then you OWN the reptile
poof, no more slavery
BLACK SKIES
RIGHT?
Spent my four twenty at MURDERFEST, in Hollywood
Tony Koehl and I started this painting while bands played
Kevin Fetus (FETUS EATERS) joined in
Then Maximum Fluoride picked up a...BRUSH
Soon everyone was throwing down
Everything is MORE BRUTAL in black and white!
Tony, seen here working on his half of our sick collab piece!
Up close
Clearly, there are none more brutal or so devestating
We will have this finished painting and other art
@ the NIGHT GALLERY
MAY 3rd!
With these other artists as well
I have been listening to the new Buried at Sea, The Heaviest Band, a little way too much.
This short record is just so epicly devestating, I decided it would be the soundtrack of reality. I made some quick images inspired by the different movements presented in "Ghosts"
Ancient army marches towards ancient war
Just to realize, the war is long forgotten, and all are long deceased
To better illustrate how heavy, I dug up this video from '04, before "Ghosts"had a name.
But you have no idead, I've seen allot of bands, and this is the heaviest
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...god im a dork
I found these, and decided to share some college films with you.
This was Mike Meyers' film.
I did all the make up and also play the infamous THRILL KILLER!
This one is my favorite.
Mike and I wrote and directed it together after being subjected to too much Dali.
We are the Fudonzemski Brothers
(I play the blind guy)
This is a cell animation I made on 16mm (1998)
Please note, I failed out of film school for a reason!
My teachers hated my films.
I rocked in art school though, go fig...
Mutagen-genetically engineered nano-carbon products or GENs, that actually are living robots that re-allign the dna strands, actually swaping neutrons and protons resulting in the destruction, fission and reugmentation of carbon based life.
The result on humans is of temporary physical malformities,overt cellular growth and regression accompanied by acute hallucinations and euphoria. Under Mutagen, as it is being called in the streets, a person becomes temporarily aware of every living energy force, including that of every cell, and a direct connection to all including an understanding of god. These events are usually forgotten as the chemical wears off...or rather, as the nanodes (nano robots) loose power and terminate cellular reconstruction. The cells somehow realign to normal states, leaving only small traces, or scarring on the mutated tissue.Test subjects usually recall only %5 of the experience, but are instantly addicted to that experience.
The fission and reunion of cell patterns is actually terminally detrimental to the energy force or "soul" of the test subject. The slow motion cancer of energy is a veritable domino chain that gets progressively larger. Not only causing death in the subject, but actually acting as a solvent on the energy force attached to the body. Todays scientist can use lazers to to map these diminishing energy forces. When the energy forces are mapped at the precise moment death in a normal test subject, they are usually observed exiting or passing like a lightning bolt in a storm from the body into ether.However, the mapping records the diminished energy force in a subject under heavy mutation. The mapping records fewer and fewer verification points, as if the energy field was demultiplying until it is entirely untraceable. It simply vanishes.
BLOODWOLF
It is being argued that this new soul cancer has parallel affects on many dimensional levels. Einstein's law states that energy can not be destroyed without destroying all energies everywhere for all time. (except for those energies outside of creation). So this is arguably the slow motion deconstruction of every molecule in the created universe. Possibly concocted by the servants of satan in a new plot to unravel reality...or rather "undo the light"
I am 16 months from my third decade.
Look closely
I Klatus; back from getting mastered by James Plotkin
So I re-uploaded the video for "NEPTUNES RESOLVE" with the new version of the song at a higher resolution, sounds and looks better than before
I spent my whole weekend experimenting with different types of compression codecs. I was attempting to find the best setting, and decided that I hate web compression, and that I am not very good at it.
This is old, and to me still hillarious
This man should take the plank out of his arm
This is from '97
More fun vids at my Youtube thing
I have been thinking allot lately about motion.
I would like to be working on animation and story boards.
However, these days, straight forward, highly detailed images like the one above
have been all I've had time to work on.
so I have been secretly practicing these motion sequences within the stippling of mine shading
A friend warned that this is the behavior of people with mental disorders.
Evolution of a project for a band called Rue
notes are important for remembersed..eds..es.
New website-Tomdenney.com.
Im down.
Philip K Dick reported that his popular SCI-FI stories were inspired by some kind of transmissions probably from a satelite (Valis) or some other distant celestial origin (he describes Sirius)
His stories were converted into movies like Scanner Darkley, Blade Runner and Total Recal.
All of these stories had similar underlying themes, probably inspired by external sources...Clive Barker admitted that his visions in Hellraiser were based on his own experiences of meddeling with dark forces. So Hollywood is loaded with these channeled images
I recomend you watch the entire 2012 Enigma - David Wilcock
I am not positive about everything in this next video, but I also do not believe in coincidence...at the very least, the geometry is compelling
Da Vinci
5:22 AM
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