9.20.2006

Aspirations, Exasperations, and Machinations



So, for those of you who don't regularly visit Jimmy Shine's Site, this is the pinnacle of my hot rod building dreams. Chopped, slammed, and stacked 30's model Ford trucks. Yeah, I have designs on a few Highboys as well, but the trucks are the bee's knees to me. The pic and the other pix in my flickr album are from Jimmy's site. You can take the links and see a lot of other kick ass customs and rods at his site.

As far as everything else...? The billboard design gig is looking up, and it seems that there are quite a few trips planned to various MMA events on the books. If you see some really killer billboards advertising GFC promoted MMA events, chances are I designed it. The newest billboard is for the GFC9 event in October.

There are quite a few web design productions in progress as well. On top of all that, I am busier than ever at school. Yeah, I have a few irons in the fire, but nothing that I cannot handle.

Oh yeah, HAHA!! It's Life0party's birthday today! Happy Birthday, Fucker! Hope that you don't end up at the other end of the lanes tonight. Be safe on your way home.

That's all from Select-o-Matic tonight kiddies. Yeah, I wish that there was more too, but...

9.16.2006

Hot Rod Art


Hot Rod Art
Originally uploaded by Wrench Devil.

Here it is. The first of many stenciled pieces of Sharpie art that I am sure that my son is going to want. As you can see... If he wants art, he gets it. I told him that he should put it on his back or somewhere where it would be horizontal and would fit better, or resize it to fit his forearm. He wasn't having any of it. Independent Rebellion in its finest form.

9.15.2006

Update, info, and no one to read it.

Here it is, a much needed update and post... Who's going to read it? No one until I email every in about 27 countries and tell them that I have finally quasi-got my shit together and secured some (legitimate) webspace with domain names and the worx. Why did I need to secure web space? You ask with at puzzled look. Well, it's like this; I have a really good sketch of what I am going to do after I graduate college, and it isn't going to be working my ass into the dirt like I have up to this point.

I have been a graphic deisgner for years and have actually gone through several company names that just didn't seem to work. No, I'm not going to list them, that would be telling. So, what you have is the current and most likely, final, rendition of an idea that I have been carrying around for over 25 years. Independent Rebellion Graphics and Machining is the end product, and it pretty much describes all facets of my life down to the letter. Independent, Rebellious, Graphic (in a lot of areas) and a Wrench (Machining).

The kick-ass thing about the company name is... my son's initials are IRGM. How's that for a kick in the nuts? My goal is to spend the rest of my life in a garage/shop somewhere with my boy, doing nothing but turning wrenches on custom hot rods and bikes. Hell, he already has more mechanical ability than most adults that I know and he's 4, and he loves it as much as I do. I'll post a pic of his new tattoo tomorrow. And before any of you say anything about his tattoo... I asked him if he wanted me to resize it, but he wanted it in its full glory. Nuff Said.

Anywho, one of the best friends that I have decided that he wanted some web space because, get this, his MySpace account wasn't doing it for him. It was limiting him and his creative/programmer tendencies. So, he wants his own space, and here we are. Select-o-Matic and "Lon and the Family Goad" sitting side by side on one server. I think that it's a great idea and a whole lot of creative energies that aren't wasted ont he 360 will be spent here.

Remember ChromeHounds? One of the best games ever created, hands down. Remember that I was a moderator at http://www.chromehound.com ? I own it now. I'll save all the Geek Gospel for another post. Needless to say... School is wide open and I'm busy as a one armed hatchet murderer at a frat party. All is well and getting better, but that is for another post as well.

See... All these future posts about absolutely nothing that you have to look forward to. Aren't you just pissing your pants with excitement?

If not goto Chris' Site and see what he's up to. It'll be sure to tide you over. Especially if you start browsing through his links.

That's about it for now. I'm expecting a call about a billboard design that needs re-designed, and that was supposed to goto the printer already.

L8R,

Wrench