tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314138332024-03-12T17:33:32.001-07:00Gruntor's GrottoBrian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-32554670311845876902014-08-07T11:34:00.000-07:002014-08-07T11:36:07.830-07:00The *real* reason I don't post very much art on this "art" blog.... I don't know if anybody but my mom still visits this blog (or any blog for that matter), but just in case there are other people out there who still drop by I figured I should explain why I'm such a slacker when it comes to posting updates.<br />
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Back in early 2008 I purchased a video game called Rockband, and it completely changed my life. I started banging away at those cheap, plastic, piece-of-crap "drums" that came with the game and I couldn't stop. I was completely obsessed with playing the drums on Rockband. Of course I was terrible at first, having never played the drums or any other musical instrument; I was barely able to make it through the songs on "easy" without failing. But, eventually I made it through all the songs on "easy", then on "medium", and then on "hard", and pretty soon, I was making it through most of the songs on "expert". I was even able to get gold stars on some of them (hooray!). Then, at some point, I had the opportunity to sit down at a real drum kit, and it turns out that Rockband drum skills actually translate into real (sort of) drum skills! Long story short, I bought a real drum kit, took a year-and-a-half of real lessons, and for the last two years I have been playing the drums in a real <a href="http://www.intravenusandthecosmonauts.com/intra-venus-the-cosmonauts" target="_blank">band</a> with a bunch of high school friends. I'm having a total blast!<br />
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Now, in a couple of days my band, <a href="http://www.intravenusandthecosmonauts.com/intra-venus-the-cosmonauts" target="_blank">Intra-Venus & the Cosmonauts</a>, will be heading into the studio to record a proper album, and in a crazy and surreal turn of events, we have managed to secure <a href="http://davidjonline.com/" target="_blank">David J</a>, legendary bassist of the amazing and hugely influential post-punk/goth bands <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoE_HcpzrBI" target="_blank">Bauhaus</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3R3LBjDek" target="_blank">Love and Rockets</a> to be our producer! Seven years ago, if you had told me that I would end up playing the drums in a rock 'n roll band I would have thought that you were completely crazy! Seven years ago, if you had told me that I would be playing the drums in a rock 'n roll band and would be recording an album with David J as producer, I would have thought it more likely that I would grow wings and fly myself to the moon! I should point out here that I have always been a huge fan of music and am very passionate about the music I listen to. I have also always thought it would be fun to play the drums but was sure that you needed to possess supernatural powers to do so, and I knew that I was definitely lacking in these powers. So as you can imagine, I'm incredibly excited about this amazing opportunity!....and terrified! I mean, let's face it, I've only been playing the drums for about 4 years (almost 7 if you count my time playing Rockband) and I'm definitely not the worlds greatest drummer. Heck, I would describe my drumming as barely adequate. So I'm doing my best not to freak out and crawl into a hole because I'm terrified of failing in spectacular fashion in the studio....with David J! *freakout*<br />
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I would also like to mention that my band is running a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251611913/intra-venus-and-the-cosmonauts-new-album-produced" target="_blank">kickstarter</a> campaign to raise the money to record, manufacture, and distribute this album. So if you feel so inclined, a donation would be greatly appreciated!<br />
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So now you know why I'm terrible at updating my blog: I have a new hobby that takes up most of my create-artwork-for-my-blog time. I guess you can also blame some of it on <a href="https://infinity.disney.com/" target="_blank">this</a>, but in the end the *real* reason is that my heart is no longer in my art, it's in my drums!<br />
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Don't worry, I'll post some more art eventually.<br />
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<br />Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-6545032621843504682012-04-17T10:46:00.000-07:002012-04-18T09:21:06.487-07:00Fan Art...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Missing Method is an amazing rock band that features my lil' bro on lead vocals and rythm guitar. They put out a music video a few months ago which inspired the above digital painting. You can check out the music video below.</div>
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If all that isn't enough to completely blow your mind, you can also go to their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/missingmethod/app_2405167945" target="_blank">band page</a> and download their new CD for freeeeeeee!!!.....for a limited time. I highly recommend checking it out. </div>
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....seriously. Go listen to "The Escape Artist" and "Twisted Constructs". Even if those songs hadn't been written and performed by my brother's band I would still highly recomend them. I can't stop listening to them!</div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-55305680720034012122012-01-16T12:53:00.000-08:002012-04-17T10:25:02.104-07:00Some Cute Kids....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finally got around to finishing these portraits of my kids. They're much cuter in real life. I'm not completely happy with the way these turned out, but I don't hate them so much that I won't let my wife hang them in our house....speaking of the drawings, of course, and not my actual kids!Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-79542586799693313932011-03-06T10:05:00.000-08:002011-03-06T10:05:57.526-08:00Back to normal....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--DzZlfmLHy8/TXPLMyZaaSI/AAAAAAAAARU/lWZ0P5AY36o/s1600/LD_2010_9_24_Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" l6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--DzZlfmLHy8/TXPLMyZaaSI/AAAAAAAAARU/lWZ0P5AY36o/s320/LD_2010_9_24_Small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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More drawings from the weekly Avalanche life drawing session. As always, these are 1.5-hour drawings using black compressed charcoal on 18"x24" paper.Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-30293326861209787512010-08-25T14:38:00.000-07:002010-08-25T14:38:21.815-07:00Finally!!! Something new!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/THWJjTbWG0I/AAAAAAAAAQc/BgwP0Hgs6Vk/s1600/BowiesInSpace_Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/THWJjTbWG0I/AAAAAAAAAQc/BgwP0Hgs6Vk/s320/BowiesInSpace_Small.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a digital painting I did for the <a href="http://avalanchesoftware.blogspot.com/search/label/Spaceman">Spaceman</a> topic on the <a href="http://avalanchesoftware.blogspot.com/">Avalanche art blog</a>. I've never really done a charicature like this before, so it was definitely a learning experience for me. I think I still have a lot to learn.</div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-14766199640520257832010-03-02T16:56:00.000-08:002010-03-02T17:03:50.077-08:00A few more drawings from last year...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42y8ZMhlvI/AAAAAAAAAPY/dUJBI0wuYF8/s1600-h/LD_2009_3_20_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42y8ZMhlvI/AAAAAAAAAPY/dUJBI0wuYF8/s320/LD_2009_3_20_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zA3zhdzI/AAAAAAAAAPg/C88O4iCElzY/s1600-h/LD_2009_4_24_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zA3zhdzI/AAAAAAAAAPg/C88O4iCElzY/s320/LD_2009_4_24_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zEfYD3iI/AAAAAAAAAPo/QZW6sgocyu0/s1600-h/LD_2009_6_26_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zEfYD3iI/AAAAAAAAAPo/QZW6sgocyu0/s320/LD_2009_6_26_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zHs8lWOI/AAAAAAAAAPw/LfpZ6WyqvEw/s1600-h/LD_2009_7_10_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zHs8lWOI/AAAAAAAAAPw/LfpZ6WyqvEw/s320/LD_2009_7_10_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zKCXW3AI/AAAAAAAAAP4/UGMt2g5fC-w/s1600-h/LD_2009_7_17_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zKCXW3AI/AAAAAAAAAP4/UGMt2g5fC-w/s320/LD_2009_7_17_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zNnN4wVI/AAAAAAAAAQA/XDPw-EVAOFc/s1600-h/LD_2009_8_7_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zNnN4wVI/AAAAAAAAAQA/XDPw-EVAOFc/s320/LD_2009_8_7_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zQdAfSSI/AAAAAAAAAQI/YHiomHga6_Y/s1600-h/LD_2009_8_14_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zQdAfSSI/AAAAAAAAAQI/YHiomHga6_Y/s320/LD_2009_8_14_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zS-xX64I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/cTzkvviIpPs/s1600-h/LD_2009_8_21_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/S42zS-xX64I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/cTzkvviIpPs/s320/LD_2009_8_21_small.jpg" /></a></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-47831593532482184292009-09-30T07:55:00.000-07:002009-09-30T08:03:36.008-07:00Time to clean out the fridge again....These were starting to get moldy. I've got another large stack of drawings waiting to get photographed and posted. I've also got a few digital paintings in the works. Hopefully, I can get them done before the next century.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNycrwwH7I/AAAAAAAAAOA/ZEp6KUU1wyU/s1600-h/LD_01_23_09.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387275416374353842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNycrwwH7I/AAAAAAAAAOA/ZEp6KUU1wyU/s320/LD_01_23_09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNyVMBACiI/AAAAAAAAAN4/eNvb6dTzc9c/s1600-h/LD_12_19_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387275287593486882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNyVMBACiI/AAAAAAAAAN4/eNvb6dTzc9c/s320/LD_12_19_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNyO-FqayI/AAAAAAAAANw/wMCTyUMLtMM/s1600-h/LD_11_21_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387275180775729954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 232px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNyO-FqayI/AAAAAAAAANw/wMCTyUMLtMM/s320/LD_11_21_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNyIQ2N3UI/AAAAAAAAANo/fqD3nefvK5s/s1600-h/LD_11_07_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387275065552133442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNyIQ2N3UI/AAAAAAAAANo/fqD3nefvK5s/s320/LD_11_07_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNyAYQv_XI/AAAAAAAAANg/KeEk5vFqpy8/s1600-h/LD_08_29_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387274930103516530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNyAYQv_XI/AAAAAAAAANg/KeEk5vFqpy8/s320/LD_08_29_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387274750704923378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNx178ysvI/AAAAAAAAANY/PFNd1aF1Qik/s320/LD_10_03_08.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNxo0aHCUI/AAAAAAAAANQ/mFr4jChqq_M/s1600-h/LD_09_05_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387274525342107970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SsNxo0aHCUI/AAAAAAAAANQ/mFr4jChqq_M/s320/LD_09_05_08.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-62037475983941269332009-05-11T07:28:00.000-07:002009-05-11T07:38:32.827-07:00Friday Figure Drawing<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Sgg3IyPm8zI/AAAAAAAAAL0/9-cax9VSHmI/s1600-h/LD_08_22_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334574382686073650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Sgg3IyPm8zI/AAAAAAAAAL0/9-cax9VSHmI/s320/LD_08_22_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>There are some things going on in this one that I kind of like. Again, this is a 1.5 hour drawing done from life using charcoal on paper.</div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-4784071824452730022009-04-03T12:39:00.000-07:002009-04-03T12:47:59.143-07:00More of the same....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SdZmbSUQptI/AAAAAAAAALs/JMTxyZCENIg/s1600-h/LD_08_08_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320552628744136402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SdZmbSUQptI/AAAAAAAAALs/JMTxyZCENIg/s320/LD_08_08_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I was really tempted to go into photoshop (well, painter actually) and clean up some of the line work on this one, especially on her arm. I mean, what's up with the heavy black lines. I really need to ease up a bit sometimes.... ok... most of the time.<br /><div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-86424033357190173442009-03-02T07:11:00.000-08:002009-03-02T07:15:41.832-08:00Another one from the archive...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Sav3Z8L-zdI/AAAAAAAAALk/_gctKypT4QM/s1600-h/LD_06_20_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308608610811432402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Sav3Z8L-zdI/AAAAAAAAALk/_gctKypT4QM/s320/LD_06_20_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is a 1.5 hour life-drawing using charcoal on paper.<br /><div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-89600770461370569572009-02-07T08:19:00.000-08:002009-02-07T08:30:36.672-08:00Yes, I'm still alive...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SY209fk7OcI/AAAAAAAAALQ/-7Ae7aOZ_Xw/s1600-h/LD_04_25_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300091305026337218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SY209fk7OcI/AAAAAAAAALQ/-7Ae7aOZ_Xw/s320/LD_04_25_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's another figure drawing from a few months ago. I actually have several drawings that are all photographed and ready to post, but I figured that this time I would hang on to them and post one every few weeks rather than all at once. This way I can post on a more regular basis even if I'm being a slacker and not producing anything new for my blog.<br /><br />Once again this drawing is from the weekly drawing session at Avalanche. It's a 1.5 hour drawing using charcoal on paper and, as always, I could have used more time.Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-49158479140161749792008-07-12T15:31:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:35.410-08:00A Small Taste...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SHkxKyLUFoI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/_cymHIydRAg/s1600-h/Gun_Moll_Cropped.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222259304250480258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SHkxKyLUFoI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/_cymHIydRAg/s320/Gun_Moll_Cropped.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here's a portion of a painting that I started several months ago for the <a href="http://avalanchesoftware.blogspot.com/">Avalanche Art Blog</a> that I haven't had a chance to finish yet. The theme was <a href="http://avalanchesoftware.blogspot.com/search/label/20%27s%20Gangster">1920's Gangster</a>. Maybe when crunch time here at work is over I'll get around to finishing it. In the meantime, as I sit here waiting for the latest build of our game to download onto my machine, I thought I'd post this little teaser.</div><div> </div><div>By the way... I don't advocate smoking in any form. Smoking is bad for your health, so don't do it kids.</div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-45736012173459465172008-06-11T07:36:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:35.574-08:00Surprise!!! Another Figure Drawing<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SE_jfYw9hHI/AAAAAAAAAII/5QQ49Tr3X5o/s1600-h/LD_03_14_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210633422254212210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/SE_jfYw9hHI/AAAAAAAAAII/5QQ49Tr3X5o/s320/LD_03_14_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I had been putting off posting any new figure drawings because I've been working on a painting that I wanted to post first, but alas, work is really busy right now and I still don't have the painting finished. Maybe at the end of the summer when "crunch time" is over I'll be able to finish the painting. Until then, you'll just have to make due with another figure drawing.</div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-11556962543176870972008-02-29T15:22:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:19:35.771-08:00Figure Drawing... Again<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R8iUGRF9TpI/AAAAAAAAAIA/rwuHBNWuP3I/s1600-h/LD_02_29_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172547007423532690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R8iUGRF9TpI/AAAAAAAAAIA/rwuHBNWuP3I/s320/LD_02_29_08.jpg" border="0" /></a> I said it would never happen again, yet here we are, another drawing posted on the day it was made. There's some weirdness going on in a few places in this drawing, but on the whole, I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out. I really would have liked another hour to spend on this drawing... heck, another half-hour probably would have been enough.<br /><br />Happy Leap Year Everyone!<br /><div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-68541220289816716712008-02-15T14:47:00.001-08:002008-12-08T20:19:35.781-08:00Today's Drawing...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R7YWsWPSWeI/AAAAAAAAAH4/NGi4fMBlcrc/s1600-h/LD_02_15_08a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167342573593975266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R7YWsWPSWeI/AAAAAAAAAH4/NGi4fMBlcrc/s320/LD_02_15_08a.jpg" border="0" /></a> Check it out... I actually did a drawing and posted it on the same day! It'll probably never happen again.<br /><div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-73902774557886149682008-01-28T16:34:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:19:35.953-08:00Another Friday Life Drawing...<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R551DcsrPqI/AAAAAAAAAHg/WMmMJ5ykbXY/s1600-h/LD_01_18_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160690925116800674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R551DcsrPqI/AAAAAAAAAHg/WMmMJ5ykbXY/s320/LD_01_18_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I tried to post a second drawing along with this one but for some reason I kept getting an error. Oh well, this was the better of the two anyway. Maybe I'll try again with the other drawing some other time.<br /><br /><div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-14707194897822974522008-01-11T12:53:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:19:37.078-08:00Life Drawing Dump 4<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fX4hdJ2tI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/z0NObrQzces/s1600-h/LD_01_04_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154325664602118866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fX4hdJ2tI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/z0NObrQzces/s320/LD_01_04_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fX1hdJ2sI/AAAAAAAAAHI/aJaotNWBTgs/s1600-h/LD_12_21_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154325613062511298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fX1hdJ2sI/AAAAAAAAAHI/aJaotNWBTgs/s320/LD_12_21_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXyBdJ2rI/AAAAAAAAAHA/N5Yuwq69Viw/s1600-h/LD_12_14_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154325552932969138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXyBdJ2rI/AAAAAAAAAHA/N5Yuwq69Viw/s320/LD_12_14_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXtBdJ2qI/AAAAAAAAAG4/zdUUopgYCsg/s1600-h/LD_12_07_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154325467033623202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXtBdJ2qI/AAAAAAAAAG4/zdUUopgYCsg/s320/LD_12_07_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXmRdJ2pI/AAAAAAAAAGw/QFB0LAbPTiU/s1600-h/LD_11_03_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154325351069506194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXmRdJ2pI/AAAAAAAAAGw/QFB0LAbPTiU/s320/LD_11_03_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXjBdJ2oI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ISqch_naPXs/s1600-h/LD_10_26_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154325295234931330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXjBdJ2oI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ISqch_naPXs/s320/LD_10_26_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXehdJ2nI/AAAAAAAAAGg/H809WGv_yuU/s1600-h/LD_10_19_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154325217925519986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R4fXehdJ2nI/AAAAAAAAAGg/H809WGv_yuU/s320/LD_10_19_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well, here's another batch of drawings from the friday morning life drawing sessions at Avalanche. The last drawing is one of my co-workers, <a href="http://bryanlefler.blogspot.com/">Bryan Lefler</a>. The model didn't show up that day so Bryan stepped in like a champ and sat for us. Unfortunately my poor drawing doesn't capture his amazing beauty. ;) I'd have to say that the second drawing from the top is the only one in the bunch that I'm really pleased with. Maybe the new color I used (on accident) has secret powers that enhance the abilities of it's user... or maybe I just got lucky.<a href="http://bryanlefler.blogspot.com/"> </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-48309909911572416442007-12-17T14:30:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:19:37.614-08:00The Happiest Place On Earth<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R2b5FhdJ2eI/AAAAAAAAAE8/7SfNj6K_s1A/s1600-h/Haunted_Mansion.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145073497592682978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R2b5FhdJ2eI/AAAAAAAAAE8/7SfNj6K_s1A/s320/Haunted_Mansion.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R2b4_hdJ2dI/AAAAAAAAAE0/ya328to0zGI/s1600-h/Sleepyhead.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145073394513467858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/R2b4_hdJ2dI/AAAAAAAAAE0/ya328to0zGI/s320/Sleepyhead.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p>It's funny how much screaming and crying and fits of utter despair take place at Disneyland, the so-called "happiest place on earth". I'd hate to see what the saddest place on earth is like. As I'm sure you've guessed, I took my family to Disneyland a few weeks ago. November turned out to be a great time of the year to go. The lines were short and the weather was beautiful! The top picture is a picture of me, my daughter, my screaming son, and my nephew in front of the Haunted Mansion. My son is screaming because he REALLY doesn't want to have his picture taken. I'm not sure why, but sometimes on this trip he would act shy and throw a fit if we tried to take his picture. At other times he would be really cute and ham it up for the camera. I guess it's a three-year-old thing. We spent three days at Disneyland and at about six o'clock on the first and second days, my son would stop, look up at me and announce, "I'm done walking, dad". So I'd carry him arround the park until it closed at 8:30 or so, and then carry him back to our hotel room. As soon as we got outside the park, he would fall asleep in my arms, or, as is the case in the above picture, while sitting on my shoulders. On the third day I decided my back, and arms, and neck, and pretty much the rest of my body, couldn't handle lugging my 45 pound son back to the hotel again, so we brought the stroller along. Anyway, it ended up being a great trip. We all had fun and the kids are already looking forward to next year.</p><p>As for an art update?... Well, for the past couple of months I've been in the process of finishing my basement. I've contracted most of the work out, but some of it my wife and I have been doing ourselves, and unfortunately, the parts that I've been doing have taken F O R E V E R. I've been spending every spare minute for the last few months hanging doors and putting up baseboard and crown moulding, so I haven't had a lot of time left over for working on any art for my blog. The good news is that I'm almost done with the basement. The really good news is that I'm putting an art studio in my basement where I'll be able to draw and paint to my hearts delight! The bad news is that I'm lazy and probably still won't update my blog very often. Ah well, at the very least I'll post some more life drawings soon.... if I ever remember to bring my camera to work.</p><p> </p>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-9701012235896998562007-09-28T10:26:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:38.492-08:00More Drawrings...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv06K-y5QTI/AAAAAAAAAEs/nTf3k1Axw_Q/s1600-h/LD_09_07_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115308712092320050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv06K-y5QTI/AAAAAAAAAEs/nTf3k1Axw_Q/s320/LD_09_07_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv06F-y5QSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/GW_-Ae2NAmo/s1600-h/LD_09_14_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115308626192974114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv06F-y5QSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/GW_-Ae2NAmo/s320/LD_09_14_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv056Oy5QRI/AAAAAAAAAEc/j3UmHQTv7xg/s1600-h/LD_09_21_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115308424329511186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv056Oy5QRI/AAAAAAAAAEc/j3UmHQTv7xg/s320/LD_09_21_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv051Oy5QQI/AAAAAAAAAEU/XngG2wy3nos/s1600-h/LD_09_28_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115308338430165250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv051Oy5QQI/AAAAAAAAAEU/XngG2wy3nos/s320/LD_09_28_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv05wOy5QPI/AAAAAAAAAEM/mk1SDGuRzPI/s1600-h/LD_09_28_07_gesture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115308252530819314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rv05wOy5QPI/AAAAAAAAAEM/mk1SDGuRzPI/s320/LD_09_28_07_gesture.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I even threw in a gesture this time... just for kicks.</div></div></div></div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-88516041911334738252007-08-31T13:46:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:38.827-08:00More Friday Life Drawings<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rth-bd0XzwI/AAAAAAAAAEE/kUfnN9DOeT4/s1600-h/LD_08_31_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104969187950317314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rth-bd0XzwI/AAAAAAAAAEE/kUfnN9DOeT4/s320/LD_08_31_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rth-X90XzvI/AAAAAAAAAD8/UNG5fQU1DF8/s1600-h/LD_08_24_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104969127820775154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rth-X90XzvI/AAAAAAAAAD8/UNG5fQU1DF8/s320/LD_08_24_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The top drawing was done this morning and the bottom drawing was from last Friday. The drawing I did last week was turning out OK, but then I ran out of time. I always spend too much time trying to get the face right which never leaves me with enough time to get the rest of the figure to a more finished state. I really debated weather or not I should even post the one from today as it's a pretty terrible drawing, but I figure I might as well post my failures as well as my successes. Not that I consider everything else on here a success... far from it. But usually there is at least one part of my drawing that I'm pleased with; there's nothing in the drawing I did today that I'm really happy with. Oh well... better luck next time, I guess.</div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-35378463386705833352007-08-17T16:55:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:39.584-08:00Life Drawing Dump 3<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY2H90XzuI/AAAAAAAAAC0/FzEH7lGrzX0/s1600-h/LD_07_20_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099823138524876514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY2H90XzuI/AAAAAAAAAC0/FzEH7lGrzX0/s320/LD_07_20_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY2BN0XztI/AAAAAAAAACs/xQSJJ3N0Wj8/s1600-h/LD_07_27_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099823022560759506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY2BN0XztI/AAAAAAAAACs/xQSJJ3N0Wj8/s320/LD_07_27_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY1790XzsI/AAAAAAAAACk/TnBa-OJHq2A/s1600-h/LD_08_03_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099822932366446274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY1790XzsI/AAAAAAAAACk/TnBa-OJHq2A/s320/LD_08_03_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY1390XzrI/AAAAAAAAACc/qg-V_I7oQ_g/s1600-h/LD_08_10_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099822863646969522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY1390XzrI/AAAAAAAAACc/qg-V_I7oQ_g/s320/LD_08_10_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY1xN0XzqI/AAAAAAAAACU/VCjDS0vCBoY/s1600-h/LD_08_17_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099822747682852514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RsY1xN0XzqI/AAAAAAAAACU/VCjDS0vCBoY/s320/LD_08_17_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Well, I guess I had enough life drawings piled up already for this to qualify as a dump. Again, these are all from the Avalanche friday morning drawing sessions and they all took about an hour and a half to complete -- except for the very bottom one which is a two and a half hour drawing that I did today. I'm not sure if it actually looks any better than the one and a half hour drawings though. I've been trying something new lately, using black and brown and sometimes white nupastel and charcoal on toned paper. I think it looks kinda nice; the brown keeps the drawing warm but I can still get some deep blacks and cool shadows. It's a bit more work though. It's almost like I have to do the whole drawing twice. I haven't decide yet if it's worth the trouble... we'll see.</div></div></div></div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-63174925658221164752007-08-09T16:57:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:41.289-08:00Life Drawing Dump 2<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rrus9QVJgdI/AAAAAAAAACM/Cu8-PDKdRi0/s1600-h/LD_07_13_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096857571655516626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rrus9QVJgdI/AAAAAAAAACM/Cu8-PDKdRi0/s320/LD_07_13_07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rrus1QVJgcI/AAAAAAAAACE/3WP5LpH1mZ8/s1600-h/LD2007_03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096857434216563138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rrus1QVJgcI/AAAAAAAAACE/3WP5LpH1mZ8/s320/LD2007_03.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusxQVJgbI/AAAAAAAAAB8/BwequOzzwWE/s1600-h/LD2007_02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096857365497086386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusxQVJgbI/AAAAAAAAAB8/BwequOzzwWE/s320/LD2007_02.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusqwVJgaI/AAAAAAAAAB0/vIb8N9RKH7s/s1600-h/LD2007_01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096857253827936674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusqwVJgaI/AAAAAAAAAB0/vIb8N9RKH7s/s320/LD2007_01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusiwVJgZI/AAAAAAAAABs/pxjdRB938R8/s1600-h/LD2006_04.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096857116388983186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusiwVJgZI/AAAAAAAAABs/pxjdRB938R8/s320/LD2006_04.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RruseQVJgYI/AAAAAAAAABk/Hz1DmkLJXnE/s1600-h/LD2006_03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096857039079571842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RruseQVJgYI/AAAAAAAAABk/Hz1DmkLJXnE/s320/LD2006_03.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusXwVJgXI/AAAAAAAAABc/O6b9xBzGsyU/s1600-h/LD2006_02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096856927410422130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusXwVJgXI/AAAAAAAAABc/O6b9xBzGsyU/s320/LD2006_02.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusMAVJgWI/AAAAAAAAABU/ovEVDjAhivU/s1600-h/LD2006_01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096856725546959202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusMAVJgWI/AAAAAAAAABU/ovEVDjAhivU/s320/LD2006_01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusGQVJgVI/AAAAAAAAABM/r-tEnQbQLjE/s1600-h/Aspen03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096856626762711378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusGQVJgVI/AAAAAAAAABM/r-tEnQbQLjE/s320/Aspen03.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusAwVJgUI/AAAAAAAAABE/fpBLn2umWRk/s1600-h/Aspen02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096856532273430850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrusAwVJgUI/AAAAAAAAABE/fpBLn2umWRk/s320/Aspen02.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rrur6gVJgTI/AAAAAAAAAA8/AlXEVKn7ZpE/s1600-h/Aspen01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096856424899248434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rrur6gVJgTI/AAAAAAAAAA8/AlXEVKn7ZpE/s320/Aspen01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Here's another shload of drawings from the art sessions we have at work. These all took about an hour and a half, which these days, isn't enough time for me to do a decent finished drawing... gotta keep working on it. Hopefully, this will be my last big life drawing dump as in the future I'll post one or two drawings on a more regular basis.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-72859492872771672602007-08-03T14:46:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:41.558-08:00New Avatar<div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrOjDwVJgQI/AAAAAAAAAAk/5OxYZA9lLKM/s1600-h/BC_logo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094594888394703106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrOjDwVJgQI/AAAAAAAAAAk/5OxYZA9lLKM/s200/BC_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a>Every once in a while I like to mess around with logo design, and since I needed a new avatar for my blogger profile I thought, why not design a new personal logo. So this is what I came up with.</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094595150387708178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrOjTAVJgRI/AAAAAAAAAAs/KN5VDPct8pM/s200/BC_logo_bw.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><p>This is my logo in it's most basic black and white form. I don't know if I'm in love with it, but I guess it works.</p><p></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094595691553587490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RrOjygVJgSI/AAAAAAAAAA0/mbbsM975ezc/s200/BC_logo_small.jpg" border="0" />Here then, is my new avatar. I hope y'all like it!<br /><p></p>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-69659823748606070502007-07-26T16:34:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:41.686-08:00Life and Death<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RqkwCAVJgPI/AAAAAAAAAAc/_y7WzlrlzEM/s1600-h/NatesHeart.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091653664725631218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RqkwCAVJgPI/AAAAAAAAAAc/_y7WzlrlzEM/s200/NatesHeart.jpg" border="0" /></a> I hope the readers of my blog (all three of you) will forgive me if I depart from my usual (though too infrequent) art posting this time around. Life has doused me with some pretty heavy doses of reality this last month that have made it difficult to concentrate on any sort of creative endeavor. The picture above is a photograph of my nephew’s heart that was taken last week when he underwent open heart surgery. My nephew was born with some severe heart defects for which he has had to undergo several major heart surgeries. His last surgery took place when he was about three years old, at which time they put in a pulmonary valve and artery from a donor to replace his own defective valve and artery. He is now fifteen years old and the valve and artery are too small to accommodate the blood-flow needs of a young adult. In the bottom half of the picture you can see where they have put in a new pulmonary artery which is made of a combination of bovine (cow) tissue and goretex. What can’t be seen is the new pig valve that they put in to replace the old one. Apparently a pig valve will last longer than a human valve… which is a good thing. The medical miracles that can be worked these days are all pretty amazing. In the twelve years since his last surgery my nephew has been able to live a relatively normal and healthy life (if you can call being active in drama and local theater groups normal ;) ). But in recent years, as he’s gotten older and bigger, his energy levels and his oxygen saturation levels have been steadily declining until this last spring when the doctors finally said, that’s enough, it’s time to fix you. It’s unheard of for this type of repair to last twelve years, but somehow that’s how long it’s been. I haven’t heard how long the doctors expect this latest repair to last, but naturally the family is hoping it will last as long as possible. Obviously, everyone in the family is concerned about my nephew and interested in his recovery, but my wife and I, perhaps, have a more profound interest in the outcome of my nephew’s surgery because we too have a son that was born with severe heart defects. My son is three years old now, and in terrific health, but he’s had to endure three major heart surgeries – two of them open heart surgeries – all by the time he was a year and a half old. Like I said, he’s doing great now, but we know that as he gets older and bigger, the parts that were used to repair his heart will start to stretch, and his valve will start to leak, and my son will start to feel more lethargic and tired. So as we watch my sister and her husband worry and stress over the health of their son, my wife and I can’t help but feel a little apprehensive about not only my nephew’s health, but also the health of my own son. Fortunately, my nephew’s surgery went perfectly and he’s recovering remarkably well. He had his surgery last Thursday morning and was released from the hospital on Sunday morning, which to me is just amazing.<br />Unfortunately, the stress surrounding my nephew’s heart surgery comes on the heels of another family tragedy of nightmarish proportions. Some of you may have seen the news stories last month about <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/19/national/main2947472.shtml">Samuel Ives</a>, who was killed by a bear while he was camping with his family. Well, Sam was my nephew. Sam’s mom is my wife’s sister. Needless to say, the family has been pretty devastated by this whole event and we’re all struggling to try to wrap our brains around what happened. It’s difficult not to constantly think about Sam and the terrible way he died. Unfortunately, but understandably, Sam’s parents are having a very difficult time coping with their grief and will be in need of the support and prayers of family and friends for a long time to come. I guess if there’s any lesson to be learned from all of this it’s the old cliché that you shouldn’t take the ones you love for granted because you never know what life might decide to throw at you. I know I’ve been giving my own kids a lot more hugs lately. I can’t imagine what I would do if I lost one of them. Hopefully, that day will never come.<br /><div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31413833.post-62340035490977025802007-05-04T13:12:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:19:41.834-08:00Young Bride<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rj-yF-NgJRI/AAAAAAAAAAU/yMWIQPIDvHg/s1600-h/Young_Bride.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061960321856447762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/Rj-yF-NgJRI/AAAAAAAAAAU/yMWIQPIDvHg/s320/Young_Bride.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g0-7HrvAH0g/RjuUWeNgJQI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-ZkJ699Xf1k/s1600-h/Young_Bride.jpg"></a>Sorry about all the dust that's been building up in here over the last couple of months, but I've been trying to work my way through an artistic slump that's driven me to the brink of insanity. Fortunately, I've had some good music to listen to while losing my mind, and I've been able to draw on the genius of others to help get me through. For instance, here's a painting I did that was inspired by my new favorite song by my new favorite band, <a href="http://www.midlake.net/">Midlake.</a> I highly recomend checking them out. You can listen to the song "Young Bride" on their website... which you should go do... RIGHT NOW!!! They came to town a few weeks ago and put on an great show. I only wish my art could be half so brilliant as Midlake's music. Once again the painting took longer than I wanted it to, and didn't turn out quite the way I had hoped, but I'm pleased with the way parts of it turned out. Of course there are parts that I'm less than pleased with, and maybe someday I'll go back and try to re-work them, but for now, I'm satisfied to call this done. It was done primarily in Painter with a little smoke and mirror help from Photoshop.<br /><br /><div></div></div>Brian Cutlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03361951896343006525noreply@blogger.com12