| Thats Money Hunny... |
[13 Dec 2009|02:33am] |
Beyoootiful and durrdy rich.
...i've been waiting all day to do that.
More looks coming soon!
paper doll gangsta.
-DAX!
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| Taste for Champagne.... |
[12 Dec 2009|04:41pm] |
She's still in progress, but essentially this is what i'm working on.
I dont know why, but i just got the idea of doing little lady gaga dress up dolls...i noticed myself doodling pseudo characatures of her look from "the fame monster" album cover and said to myself: "SELF...this would be great in vector."
and self was right.
also, i've never done any kind of "celebrity" charicature before so there ya go.
I still WOULDNT call myself a fan of gaga, but her music is infectious and gay pop dance worthy and she does wear some pretty absurd things..so whether its her or her stylist doing the work, at least somebody besides me is out there wearing stupid things.
yeah.
though, i guess with this, i'm officially a fan...
Dammit.
ANYWAY i really have to get to work. the mall is probably gonna be a mad house.
thats money hunny.
-DAX!
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| Zero Gravity Boy! Number One! |
[09 Dec 2009|11:45pm] |
Tommy Orion: The Zero Gravity Boy!
SO a friend of mine is working on starting up an (as of yet unnamed) erotic art site. a place for pin-ups, comics, and whathave you. I've been asked to submit work for it. since i get off on backstory and hate drawing drippy penises with no rhyme or reason, i decided that i should make up a campy 60's futuristic barbarella/ flash gordon/ fifth element inspired half naked romp through space-time which i'm calling "Zero Gravity Boy!"
the above image features the main character, Tommy Orion...who's pants always seem to fall off at just the right moment.
haha
yeeah thats what i've spent the past week on...
I have a whole cast of characters that dont wear many clothes.
More pin-ups coming soon!
Tell me what you think.
-DAX!
IN OTHER NEWS:
I interviewed for a job at Metropark today. i got the phone call last night at 9:30 to come in to interview today. I'd honestly forgotten that i even applied.
we'll see how this goes.
-DAX(AGAIN)!
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| on a day like today... |
[07 Dec 2009|07:50am] |
I really just want to stay home with misterpants, watch cartoons, and draw.
buuut noooooes.
i have to go to work.
its going to be a long, annoying, day.
-DAX!
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| Simulating Conversation. |
[28 Nov 2009|01:03am] |
This is how i've been spending my days and nights lately:
Everything else can go fuck itself.
...i cant belive its almost december.
I'll be back in Atlanta by January.
I'm done messing with texas.
-DAX!
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| I joined the douchebag revoloution... |
[22 Nov 2009|03:32am] |
...totally got an iphone today.
I've been sitting here playing with it for ENTIRELY too many hours.
SERIOUSLY, best invention ever.
i fucking LOVE the future.
-DAX!
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| Fetish ball update! |
[16 Nov 2009|11:16pm] |
So apparently i met rubberdoll saturday night...and terrified her to the point where she almost crapped her rubber panties.
HAH.
i want to make a T-rex costume SO badly right NOW!
-DAX!
UPDATE:
pictures from the photobooth at the fetish ball are now online. the resoloution is reeeally low but i tried a few things on it to make it look a little better.
-DAX!
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| I can never sleep when i want to. |
[16 Nov 2009|06:46am] |
So last night i went to the Dallas Fetish ball.
its a pretty big to-do here in dallas, i missed it last year because i got out of work late and didnt feel like gettin' all gussied up.
BUT this year i decided to go because EVERYONE i know kept badgering me about it.
and i'm glad i did! i had a great time. i was surprised to see people like Kerri Taylor and Jade Vixen among other models in the fashion show by torture garden.
Then of course, Between drinking entirely too much and dancing like and idot and being near seven feet tall in my new--extremely uncomfortable--boots....i took a turn at the green-screen photo booth.
the print outs that i got were inevitably damaged by the end of the night.
SO since i couldnt sleep tonite for no apparent reason, i've been trying to repair them in photoshop...yanno, remove smudges and water stains and scratches. in the process i kindof lost the Torture Garden logo but whatevs, i'm tempted to take it out as a whole.
yeeeah i cant sleep.
and i have to work tomorrow/today.
its gonna be awesome.
OH also, before i forget...you HAVE to watch THIS:
its a four episode documentary about the innerworkings of Chanel and all of the fabulous people that work hard and long to make equisite couture garments.
most of them have been working for chanel for 50+ years doing what they do. its so moving to see these simple people who make all of the beautiful luxury items that most of the world clammors for. its even more beautiful to see that they dont give a crap about "fashion" but instead take pride in their work, their craft, and the tradition of couture.
it almost makes me want to stop buying knock-offs....almost.
i especially love the woman who makes all the textile braided trims.
Just look out for her, i want her to be my hard-assed sassy grandma.
ANYWAY.
i'm off for more internets and hopefully sleep.
-DAX!
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| ..Gurl i'd be ghetto as hell! |
[14 Nov 2009|04:08pm] |
seriously if i'd been at this show, i'd be cheering and hollering and jumping up and down. ESPECIALLY for the wedding gown.
thats one reason i'll never be invited to couture viewings like this, fashion shows to me are like sporting events to straight guys. when i see something i like, i completely lose my composure and start yelling with no regard for anyone in close proximity.
I always loved this collection even though it never got much hype.
just the overall idea of "Face DONE. Nails DONE. Hair DONE...Ooops Forgot my top!" kills me.
and just look at the line up at the end. the models look like statues and i fucking LOVE IT.
-DAX!
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| Its a video post kind of day! |
[14 Nov 2009|03:23pm] |
Even though i'm sure everyone out there has already seen Chanel's fall/winter 2009 couture colloection, this video is a nice reminder.
what a good idea to combine influence from Gustav Klimpt and Barbie in one place. i die for the hair. D. I. E.
My only qualm is with the male model at the end. he's walking entirely too hard...he seems to have forgotten that its not about him or his look but about the wedding dress and more importantly THE TRAIN. granted, the bitch he was walking with could have stepped up her game just slightly.
anyway, THANK YOU KARL LAGERFELD! we looooves you!
-DAX!
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| St-st-stop St-stammering. |
[13 Nov 2009|08:13pm] |
Advice From the manticore 3.5
So its been a second or three since i last updated.
The above drawing was one that i was working on a while ago and then forgot about and then REMEMBERED! and then finished.
nothing reeeeeally to report.
'cept i've been drawing alot more lately than i have been in a while and it feels good.
work is lame, but thats a given.
the dallas Fetish Ball is tomorrow and i dont know what to wear, BUT I DO KNOW that i'm going to my faaavorite ghetto beauty supply shop and buying new eyes and new "chanel" aside from that my outfit is as of yet unplanned and i have currently lost track of my leather hot pants.
whatevs we'll werk it out, we always do.
and yes "we" as in the royal "we"
i am a queen after all.
-DAX!
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| Round Two...coming soon to a comic shop near you. |
[05 Nov 2009|08:40pm] |
...even though nobody cares, i totally do. I made a few minor barely noticable to anyone other than me, adjustments. aside from adding Marvel's logo and my own logo, i enhanced the colores and smoothed some places out and got rid of a few stray hairs. mostly i tried to keep me in the foreground and the background in the background.
i'm VERY pleased with the results.
Yay me.
GOD i wish i'd had a better resoloution version to play with, the image i got was already reduced to 72 dpi...which made things a little tricky.
i'd have also loved more pictures to choose from. but oh well.
anyway, thats that.
-DAX!
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| Too tired for hurricanes... |
[05 Nov 2009|03:36am] |
...just something i'm playing with.
It really was just a matter of time.
Though, sadly, i'm too tired for typography. i'm still kiiiinda sick and today was surprisingly draining. i said i was gonna go to bed at like 9:30. that didnt happen.
THOUGH now, i am going to sleep.
Goodnite.
Stay tuned.
-DAX!
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| Whirlwind Tour |
[03 Nov 2009|06:44pm] |
So i'm back from savannah. i had a fantastic trip, and got to see and meet fantastic people.
I plan to do a big photo post eventually, but towards the very end of my trip i began getting sick. by the time i got back to dallas--i was sick.
Nothing to worry about, alot of weird symptoms that seem completely unrelated to one another and are only responsive to very specific medications...so in other words, The Savannah Crud.
if you've never been to or lived in savannah, you have no idea what this means, BUT, if you have then you completely understand.
Basically...you get sick for no apparent reason and it either comes and goes until its gone or it lasts for a year and is mostly annoying than anything else.
anyway, just wanted to update real quick. now its back to sleep to kick this sickness before i have to work tomorrow.
-DAX!
EDIT:
This is the only foto from halloween that i have of my costume that isnt blurry. there were many others, but sadly booze and photography dont mix.
-DAX(again)!
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| PackitUp! |
[27 Oct 2009|11:59pm] |
SO i'm packing for my trip to Savannah tomorrow and its going slowly.
buuut packing always does. i'm tired and not in the mood for packing.
whatevs, i' REALLY excited about my trip for some reason.
i think i'm just glad to be away from dallas for a while. I cant wait to see everyone and drink everything! Geoffrey is coming down from New York and told me that Andre leon Talle will be in town for the film festival--ergo--my new new mission (aside from being storm and breaking in my STILTING new boots) is to find and befriend Andre Leon Talle, and then convince him that he needs to take me under his wing as his batman/robin-esque ward.
that is my new goal.
ANYWAY, i need to brush out my wigs and finish sorting my makeup before i can go to bed.
have to work in the morning and then rush home to grab my suitcase before darting off to the airport.
WOOT!
in closing:
I got new slutty shoes!
-DAX!
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| Retouch my Life! |
[24 Oct 2009|02:22am] |
So, i've accidentally gotten on a photoshop kick. after "I Need a Change of Skin" (You know...The last photo of me that i posted here..you know...the awesome one that i'm EXTREEEEMELY proud of that no one commented on...you know...this one:
That NO ONE said ANYTHING about not even "nice" or "EW!") i decided that i need more practice retouching.
so, i went back to Ripley's Deviant-Art account and grabbed a few shots of Zamara (a local burlesque performer, model, and friend o'mine) and started playing in photoshop around 7 pm this evening and havent stopped yet.
i'd originally planned to clean up a bit, work on my hair-pieces, and finish the rest of my jewelry for halloween buuuuuut that hasnt happened yet.
The first image is a before and after of my retouch practice. i've never done a shiny texture or tried any kind of body reshaping before so its not perfect yet, but i think i'm getting the hang of it. i didnt reeeally like the makeup that zamara was wearing in the shot, so i changed it a little. she's a pretty girl in real life and i definitely feel like the photo wasnt doing her justice. Her overdrawn lips were especially STRESSING me out.
granted, i've pretty much turned her into a cartoon..but that was kinda the goal with this. i mean, i didnt really have a goal when i began but whatever, thats the goal now!
anyway, i just wanted to post the progress here.
now i'm off to watch some Real housewives of atlanta and scramble to get things together for my storm fotoshoot tomorrow. also, its dallas' big gay block party tomorrow, so it looks like Storm is gonna get a test run!
-DAX!
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| Tardy fer tha photoParty |
[22 Oct 2009|04:16pm] |
this is what i did today.
we played "exquisite Corpse" with illustrator today in class. my concept of "coffee talk" was lost on my classmates.
now i'm here watching "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" because its ALWAYS on.
and i reeeally wanna record a single now. and when i do, you will all be aware!
anyway, i'm playing in foto shop right now and trying to force myself to get to the gym today...but its probably not gonna happen.
EDIT:
...yay boredom! i'm sure there are more productive things i could be doing...
-DAX!
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| Dier Flier. |
[20 Oct 2009|06:37pm] |
Preston got the flier finished off and is now posted across the internet and hopefully around atlanta.
When you see it, think of me and think of zombies and think of drinking and dancing on halloween.
-DAX!
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| Left 4 DEAD! |
[19 Oct 2009|04:37pm] |
DONE! needless to say, i'm very happy with the results. especially considering how much of a rush job this was.
the finished flier will be posted and visible by wednesday all over atlanta. my part is finished, SO if you're in atlanta and love MJQ, you should at least make an appearance.
Also:
The photographer i worked with on this shoot has begun offering up her massive collection of unused photographs that she's taken over the years as stock photos on Deviantart. She lets anyone who wants to alter/play with/reinvent the images do so. she recently posted a bunch of shots from the time we worked together and this is the result!
ANYWAY, today has alread been a long day--thanks mostly to a surprisingly long night. As a result, i am hungover and i have to go to class..no matter how much i dont want to.
i'm seriously thinking about skipping.
-DAX!
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