Fantasy art, how I love the. I am always finding new people that I like. I can be picky at times when it comes to what fantasy art I like. I will probably do more than one blog about it but I just wanted to introduce some of my favorite fantasy artist.
Jim Warren - This guy's work is so unique and different from the others that I like. A lot of his work have hidden things in them. Sometimes I am still finding things in his art that I never noticed before. He loves to have things in the backgrounds and blend things in with water so they to be as one. Here are a couple of his paintings. If you like, google him and check out more of his awesome stuff.
Boris Vallejo - He is one of the first people I saw the art of and started liking. He does a lot of dragons, women, some men, etc. Sometimes it's hard to believe they are actual paintings because they can be so detailed. I think he also does some superheroes too but I could be wrong. Here are a couple things of his work.
Luis Royo - This guy is one of my favorites. He does mostly half naked women. Sometimes he adds guys or some kind of dark demon like guys. A lot of his work can also be sensual and sexy in a weird way. He also has so much detail in is work.His paintings are pretty dark but I love it. Here are a couple of his paintings.
Greg Hildebrandt - Greg has a brother Tim who also does fantasy art and sometimes they team up on paintings. Greg's work is also a little different than the others that I like. He likes to take things from movies and add his own style/vision to it. He has also done superheroes and one of the famous Star Wars art posters that he did with his brother (I wonder if Mr. Darren Hayes has it). Here is a couple of Greg's work.
This is all I have right now but at some point I will put up some more by some other people. I just like way to many. :-)
By now we all have heard about Casey Anthony and her daughter Caylee. What is getting under my skin about this whole thing is not so much that she was found not guilty but that the prosecution didn't do their job correctly. They were trying to hurry up and charge someone, thinking Casey did do something & was pressured by the media/people etc that they went to fast on trying Casey. They had no real evidence that Casey did something or even knows what happened to her daughter. Because they went after her with hardly any evidence, she had to be found not guilty by law. Now she could never ever be tried again for this case even if evidence comes up that she did do it or had part in it. It's called double jeopardy and isn't allowed. They should have first went after her for lying and then try to gather evidence for the murder of her daughter instead of the other way around. Plain and simple, the prosecution screwed up.
I keep hearing how some people are so outraged that they are trying to take matters into their own hands. When you do this, it makes you no better than anybody else in jail of assault or murder. Sorry but it's the truth. It's not up to us to punish people for doing something wrong. If you really think hard about all of this, you can't even be sure that she did kill her own daughter. My personal belief is that she either did it or knows who did and how. Just by her actions like the run around and lies. But like I said, there is no prof of anything. All we can do is guess but never assume.
We are always so quick to judge one other without caring to know the story behind things, so quick to want to punish without knowing ALL THE FACTS. Instead we take what the media gives us, what we THINK we know and make our own judgments. That is so wrong. We all know (at least should know) how the media can twist things, get things wrong and don't tell us everything. Because of this, we can never fully believe and trust what we hear and read about anything. You need facts. There is none in this case we just think there is by what we are told. Prosecutors need to start watching how they go after people and stop giving into pressure that way evidence can be gathered the right way so the guilty doesn't walk free and can't be tried again. We should be the bigger people by leaving Casey & her family alone. Karma is a big bitch and it will bite her if she really did do something or knows anything about it.
I know I am probably going to get a lot people not liking what I just said but that's ok.
July 4th is upon us. Every year it's the same thing, people shooting fireworks several days before the 4th and several days after. In just about every state (if not every state) it's illegal to do fireworks and even sparklers. News media always saying "leave it to the professionals". People still blowing shit up regardless the laws.
I realize there are a lot of fires during this time of year because accidents happen and there are some very careless people out there. I think it is stupid to have these things illegal. People do it anyways. I feel so sorry for kids today because they can't experience things like sparklers. It annoys me when the government tries to control things or "stop" things that can't be stopped and shouldn't be. Yes they are dangerous but you can't stop something like that. The only reason there are less fires is because most people today go to parks to watch them. It is good that there are less but I seriously think they need to make it legal again. They can try to have some control how things are sold, maybe issuing permits etc but to try and stop it all together is insane.
I hope everyone does have a safe ad happy 4th of July :)
Good ol' music channels, how I miss the. Once there was time when you could turn on something called Mtv (and have it actually mean music television), turn up the volume, and dance to your favorite songs while watching the video for it. Ahhh, watching the videos, trying to copy the dance moves thinking you were just as good when it didn't matter if you weren't because you were having fun. The artist making their music known while having the chance to make creative stories to go with their songs (well most of them anyways). Then came other channels like VH1, Night Tracks every late night weekend and a few others channels in the like. Those were the good ol' days.
Now even though channels like Mtv and VH1 exists, they are no longer music channels. Now they are full of what I think useless crap entertainment. Sure they show videos in the wee hours of the night but most people are asleep. I will also have to admit that there are a few shows on Mtv that are enjoyable like 'True Life' and 'Real World' but that is really about it. This is though just my opinion. In fact I even understand why some people enjoy stuff like that, to escape all the crap going on in their own lives for a few hours and maybe, just maybe learning something from these shows. Thing is though, these channels should have created another channel to have these shows on while still playing music on the original channels. Ok, so they did create other channels for music BUT from what I know even those channels are loosing the videos.
I understand times change and now we have things like youtube to watch music videos but it isn't the same. There is obviously still a market out there for videos other wise artist still wouldn't make them. At the same time I sit here and see the music videos slowly going away and struggling to hang on. It's just sad. There is so much creativity out there that needs to be seen and music needs to be put out there advertising. I think music videos should make a comeback and be better than ever. Music channels need to come back but up it a little so it's worth tuning in and artist need to put some creativity into their videos. A lot of people talk bad about Lady Gaga's videos but seriously her videos are so different from most people and THAT is what makes an interesting video. I think having music videos back on tv could really help the artist.
There is nothing like sitting there in front of the tv and see a world premier video from you favorite for the first time, finding new songs to like & possibly new people to like. If I could and if I knew how, I would so create this channel for cable and possibly a late night thing on a non-cable channel. There would be interviews with artist, behind the scenes/making of videos, music news (not in a tabloid way), streaming concerts, those would be my "shows" on the channel. Then there is the music, video countdowns, a video request hr were you could call in, text or tweet your video request, featured music where I would show the latest stuff, etc etc. Now if only I could get this started and had the money to do it. I don't know, maybe I'm just a spoiled 80's girl trying to bring back those days. But hey some of those times were good and music videos are just, well awesome.
EDITED NOTE: I just found a cable channel that plays music videos 24/7. It's called 'The cool tv'. They seem to play all kinds. Their web site isn't that great but hey there is a music channel. It looks like they have kinda the same idea I have. Who knows, maybe some day I can still have one if I can figure out how to do it.
