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And then my Bluejay was featured by
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Clubs and fellowships.










http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/27785053/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:32:32 PDT and am very thrilled to have her work on my studio wall. I recommend her and can endorse her as a reliable trader and a talented artist! Check out her site[link]

Check out my new vampire pick for halloween. [link]

If you haven't been reading 's Halloween Movie Journal, you should. It is a great list that she is adding to each day. It is a great list and is truly a work of love. [link]







Clubs and fellowships.










http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/27540167/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:59:07 PDT

The other winners were 1st - and 2nd -

The contest was sponsored by

Thanks for all those who voted for me and thanks to the Bird Club for sponsoring it. If you love birds and or do bird art, be sure to check them out! [link]

And be sure to check out my booth at MidOhio Comic Con this weekend!

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/27492612/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/27492612/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:39:55 PDT

1. Post these rules on your jornal.
2. Each tagged person must write 10 things about themselves.
3. At the end, you have to choose and put up ten people that you want to tag, and put them up in your journal.
4. Have fun

1) I am Irish, French, Welsh and Mexican.
2) I collect comics, vampire toys and ties.
3) I read 3 books a week.
4) I hate reality TV - I think it is a sign of the fall of civilization and don't understand people who do like them.
5) I am bored by people obsessed with celebrities.
6) My favorite color is black.
7) I own a comic book store.
8) If I had all the money I would ever need, I would still teach.
9) I am a disabled veteran and proud to have served in the Navy, but after burying many brothers in arms I think War is wrong and I am offended by armchair warriors who have never been in the service, or been shot at, who act all high and mighty about freedom and fighting. I disagree with our involvement in the middle east and if Great Britain in the 19th century and the Soviet Union in the 20th century both failed to defeat Afganistan, then anyone who believes the U.S. can is a fool.
10) I am an ordained minister.



Tagged -












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]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/27233891/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/27233891/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:34:37 PDT are incredible in the comics field. I'm not them. I don't have the painting ability of or the pin up skill of or That's OK too. I love what I do and I enjoy it.
But what I do well and what I love is to leave my legacy, not with my paintings, but with human beings. I teach and tht is my legacy. I teach a new generation of artists and encourage them to be better, be braver and to expand their abilities.
I don't just teach art with them, I teach life. I talk with my students and I listen to them, they know that I want the best for them. We have talked about family deaths, unemployment, religion, philosophy, growing up, growing old, life love and all that we call the human existence. And we talk about art. A lot about art.
My hope is for each of them to be happy being themselves. Here on DA I have several of my students who are at various stages of creativity and I am thankful for each of them, I am proud of each of them.
These are some of my students,



~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26718229/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26718229/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:04:22 PDT
1) For each of the 15 first people answering this journal I will put his/her avatar and the three deviations I like from his/her/its gallery on the list.

2) If you respond, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me on the first place, completing this way the list with 15 people.The idea of this is not to get a free feature, it is to spread art around for everyone.

Well here it goes:










1. Nevena Grkovic a brilliant artist from Serbia
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Also #1. I'm playing 2 lists at once
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2. A fresh young artist and friend
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3. A student and friend with fun art.
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4. Fun
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5. ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26660244/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26660244/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:42:22 PDT

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

- Aristotle

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26598778/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26598778/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:25:11 PDT I've never been tagged before so sorry if I annoy you or you feel slighted...

A.Post these rules.
B.Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.
C.At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.
D.Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
E.No tag-backs!


Now what haven't I told you lot about myself...

1) I am a huge comic fan. I have a walk in closet filled with all the comics I've collected from 1964 to the present

2) I have a book in every room. I read all the time. I have 22 bookshelve in my home filled with books. From languages to history, from fiction to inspirational.

3) I collect Vampires. I have 200+ vampire toys and collectibles. The only Dracula Beanie Baby Bear - Yep I have it. The Count Chocula Bobble head, yep. Fake teeth from the Lost Boys Movie, yep and action figures, dolls (yes I have the Barbie -Ken Dracula. I also have 500 books on Vampires. and tons of Vampire movies.

4) Anyone who knows me already knows that I love Ties. I have 400 novelty neckties.

5) When I speak about cartooning at schools and libraries, I always ask how many of the kids have been told comics and manga are bad. Many raise their hands so I tell them to point out how they are supposed to read Hamlet in school and the I tell them the Truth About Hamlet Speech: Hamlet is the story about a young man who is haunted by the ghost of his father, who tells him that his mother and uncle, having an incestuous affair, murdered him. Hamlet goes skitzo, thinks about suicide, his sister does commit suicide after going insane. Hamlet talks to the dead, curses his mother, kills his uncle and dies. And that is what is considered good literature for school students, but Batman or Naruto are bad? Most teachers laugh nervously...

6) My Grand mother was from Mexico. I look Russian and love Japanese art and language. I'm confused.

7) I'm the Vice President of our county Art Society, Teacher at the local museum, teach at the college and have 7 books, 3 are still in print.

8) I have one tattoo, one piercing and many scars. One on my side from a broken beer bottle in Spain, but I'm out of space so that's another story...



Tag: I could tag more but eight is the rule.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26585999/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26585999/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:11:46 PDT
A Japanese legend tells the story of Sesshu. As a young acolyte, he was constantly painting instead of praying or reading the sutra's. This so angered the abbot that he had Sesshu taken outside and tied to a tree so that he could not paint. Sesshu wept at this indignity until he noticed his tears had made mud in the dust. He the proceeded to draw mice, using the mud on the ground. The mice then came to life, crawled up and ate through his ropes, freeing him.

These stories embody the philosophy of sumi-e. The goal is not to reproduce the appearance of the subject, but to capture its soul. To paint a horse, the sumi-e artist must understand its temperament better than its muscles and bones. To paint a flower, there is no need to perfectly match its petals and colors, but it is essential to convey its liveliness and fragrance. A bird should reflect its fragileness, its flight or its life, not necessarily realism.

It is the magic of illusion. To capture the essence. It is my constant goal.
















http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26577586/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:15:46 PDT
I have friends here who are amazing and their art is cartooning, manga, literature, photography, digital, watercolor, oil, acrylic and pencil. I think they are all worth accepting as fellow artists.







Clubs and fellowships.









http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26544531/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:23:51 PDT
Be proud of what you do, in all its forms.




I will be taking commissions in any subject that I do. Comic, high contrast, caricature, portrait, kanji, sumi-e or watercolor.

Prices based on size and type-

B/W - 8x10 - $10

Sumi-e letter size $15 11x14 $25

watercolors 35 & up

caricatures - single subject - $10 B/W $25 Color

Will trade for subscription also.

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Clubs and fellowships.







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Prices based on size and type-

B/W - 8x10 - $10

Sumi-e letter size $15 11x14 $25

watercolors 35 & up

caricatures - single subject - $10 B/W $25 Color

Will trade for subscription also.

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]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26282147/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26282147/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:48:11 PDT I'm working on a new comic, new sumi-e and lots of exciting new work.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26261417/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26261417/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:27:00 PDT
My summer schedule with the Greater Columbus Arts Council has one more class and my college class wrapped up Saturday, so I have almost a month of vacation. I have an Inking job to complete, regular Manga classes at the Works, a mural to do prelim sketches of, a project for Oscar Garza at White Wolf and a comic story for slam bang, prep for Mid_Ohio Con, I have an Art Walk Show this Saturday, A Gallery Show coming up in October and a big show to prepare for next spring. So I guess I will be having a busy month off. HaHa.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26214000/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26214000/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:43:41 PDT
Here are some of my students that put up with me here in Ohio:

























There are probably more that I have missed, but they are my students, some only one class, others have been with me for years - They are my kids and they are the best. Check them out!

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26178956/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26178956/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:05:27 PDT wrote a very nice paper about me for school [link] and posted it, He is a photography, artist and friend and you should check him out!

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26152403/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26152403/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:07:25 PDT

The mix of Michael Mann as Director with big box office draws in Christian Bale and Johnny Depp should have made this film a hit, but it failed to do so.

WHY-

Opportunities missed.
The film leaves out what could have been powerful parallels to today. Dillinger was one of many thousands out of work and unable to find work during the great depression. The banks had closed, collapsed or simply admitted they could not repay people's investments. The government protected the banks that remained and those banks, even though they needed help, refused to show mercy to the people who owed them money. The banks foreclosed on farms, businesses and homes and put thousands of people out into the street. People hated the bank. Unemployment continued to rise and many fell through the cracks, unable to get help from the National Recovery Act. (Compare to the bailouts of today) People who had stolen to eat were given hard sentences ( Dillinger got 8 1/2 years for stealing $120.00) and were not able to get help so they either stood in bread lines or turned to crime. Dillinger and others robbed banks, in part to survive and no doubt out of criminal greed. Dillinger refused to take the money of those in line in the banks and often told them, "Keep your money, I only want the bank's money." This made him a folk hero and a kind of Robin Hood.

Blatant inaccuracies.
The timelines of the deaths of Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson were wrong. Both were killed after Dillinger was dead. Dillinger was in jail in Lima, Ohio when the prisonbreak in Michigan City happened. He had planned it, but was arrested in Ohio and could not help in the break. All of Dillinger's gang escaped after the Bohemia Inn was raided. All the FBI did was kill 2 innocent 3C workers in a truck as the went to work.
The FBI did not pursue Dillinger or make him Public Enemy number one untill after he stole Lillian Holley's (the lady sheriff in Crown Point, Indiana) car and crossed state lines. Only then was Melvin Purvis put on the case.
Dillinger often conned his way into banks, claiming to work for a security company and then robbing them, not by rushing in with guns drawn like in the movie.
There is no record that Frank Nitty and the Chicago mob wanted to stop him.
His girlfriend was not tortured and Purvis did not rescue her. Purvis was short, a glory hound, was often reprimanded by Hoover and Purvis never shot Pretty Boy Floyd. Although never proven, the question arising from Floyd's death lead to the resignation of Purvis from the FBI just a few months later. The FBI was a viscious group, racist, intollerant and violent, run by J. Edgar Hoover, a closet transvestite, who used his powers to bully and scare people. (The FBI never hired an African American until after Hoover's death)
The FBI shot Dillinger in the back as he ran down an alley from the Biograph Theatre. Two hit him in the back and one hit his neck and came out under his eye. He died instantly, never saying "Bye bye, Blackbird". They also hit several innocent people in the legs and one in the butt while shooting him.
So many people loved John Dillinger that many refused to beleive he died. Almost all the wanted posters showed him without the mustache or scar so people said the man with the mustache was a fake, killed by the FBI as a fraud.
Many people at the scene soaked hankercheifs in Dillingers blood to take it with them.

So this movie missed the chance to connect with the current financial and political parallels. It failed to be accurate and gave the FBI a pass they did not deserve, all in all making this a very bad movie.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26139827/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/26139827/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:01:25 PDT I was the weird kid in High School and never fit in. I always felt like an alien and acted out and dressed in odd clothes in school.
I still collect comics, have over 500 books on vampires, walls covered with action figures and posters - only now they are only in my studio. I have 6 computers in my home, lots of gadgets, a TV in every room and a full cabinet of Horror and sci-fi videos. I have 17 bookshelves filled with books on every subject from astronomy to zoology, fiction, history and languages. Oh, and of course I have the Klingon Language Dictionary.
I don't watch sports, dont like sports and think ultimate fighting is a disgusting indictment on humanity. I hate reality TV and consider American Idol a sign of the fall of civilization. I read 3 books a week, read comics, and go to comic conventions.
I have 4 email accounts, use both pc and mac.
I would rather spend an evening debating the flaws in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings with 2 friends who still live in their parents basement, than beers with a crowd of beautiful people at a ball game.
And in the end, geeks survive, they run businesses, create movies and build webservers. All the jocks and popular kids may rule the school, but the geek inherits the earth.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25887038/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25887038/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:05:47 PDT [link]
where I drew a picture and then she wrote a story. It is a really good story and although she did not know how much I love Neil Gaiman and that Dream Of a Thousand Cats is one of my favorite stories, that I love halloween and mythology - she nailed it with a really good short story. You can find the story here [link] and when you have read it, I recommend you take a look at some more of her creative work.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25824584/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25824584/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:58:58 PDT Terry Pratchett, The Truth


In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning.
By Carl Sandburg


For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
By Winston Churchill

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Eugene Ianesco

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While Michaelagelo is credited with genius, we should also remember it was commercial "work for hire" for Lorenzo Medici and his family. A family that bought and bribed its way into the church and had Lorenzo's son Giovanni, a non- priest made pope -(Leo X). Michaelangelo's works were often decorations for Medici crypts or chapels and Not for the pure love of the human spirit and expression.
Earlier works of the ancient world, "Winged Victory", "the Belvedere" and "Venus de Milo" were "public works" for the decoration of temples.
Hokusai and Hiroshige did Ukiyo-e for commercial block prints and pillow books. Toulouse-Lautrec's most famous works were posters for the Moulin Rouge and Follies Bergere.
It has been less than a century that the phenominon known as "art for arts sake" has existed, before that art was part of society and art was commercial, whether commissions from patrons, the church or commerce. There was no distinction of illustrator and artist, only artist. Prints were invented so that printers had something to sell to the poor who could not commission a painting. Shows, follies and circuses gave birth to the art nouveau movement. Mucha's great prints were for the sale of coffee, spirits and cigarette papers.
Diego Rivera decorated schools and government buildings, William Morris designed book covers, Frank Lloyd Wright sold houses.
The Arts and Craft Movement of the 1890's and then 70 years later, Warhol came out with the statement that everything is art, that everything is an icon and beauty and inspiration happens to each of us in different ways. There is no such thing as sacred versus secular art, no true art versus illustration, no inspirational versus sensuality - it is all art. A delicately designed font used to sell soap is as much art as "La Pieta", only our perception is different.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25463072/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25463072/ Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:13:46 PDT
Now I don't know if its new rules for concerts ( this was my first one in 9 years) or if its just because the average age at this show was between 40 and 55, but there were things I noticed by their absence. While we were getting our seats ( did I mention we got floor seats, center stage, only 14 rows from the stage?) there were no beach balls bouncing around,
nobody tossing frisbees and no firecrackers. There was no hint of pot floating around, no whiff of sneaking a cigarette and no fights. The encore happened automatically with no lighters held up and nobody threw anything on stage. It was like church. Now I loved the music, I had a great time, (no one hit me, puked on me or fell on me. I didn't get hit in the head with a frisbee, almost blinded by a thrown bottle or firework) but it just seemed wrong to see a concert of 70's bands but none of the feel of that 70's rebellion. I missed the defiance, the crazy fun and the danger. Ah well, I guess the times are a changing...

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The Cavern Club opens in England and John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet later forming the "Quarrymen" in their first performance - They later changed their name to The Beatles.

The Soviet Union launches the first orbital Sattelite ever and also launches "Latka" the first dog in space.

Leave it to Beaver Premiers on TV.

Tom and Jerry, a duo performing on American bandstand for the first time ever are actually Simon and Garfunkle.

Elvis Presley gets drafted into the Army.

The first Boeing 707 flies.

Births:
Osama Bin Laden
Daniel Day Lewis
Spike Lee
Heather Thomas
Dennis Leary
Gloria Esteban
Bernie Mac
Matt Lauer
and me Russell Merritt June 17

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25244196/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25244196/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:05:56 PDT
What the ad says. - What they really mean.
1. Flexible Hours - Friday Nights
2. Fast Paced - You will work your ass off
3. Friendly Environment - For the customers, but you will suffer
4. Competitive Pay - Competitive in 1929
5. Advancement Opportunity - You can wear a tie with your apron
6. Learn a skill - Cooking burgers is a skill
7. Join our team - Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated
8. Fun - Well, we're laughing

So go out there and get a job! Remember, you are living the American dream! Unfortunately its the kind of dream where great big hairy things with huge teeth chase you until you wake up screaming.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25022169/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/25022169/ Fri, 29 May 2009 20:04:13 PDT [link]

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/24879072/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/24879072/ Thu, 21 May 2009 18:25:11 PDT
It's nice, but the main reason I do what I do is because I believe in it. I believe in every student and want each one to feel appreciated. I also believe there is no greater priveledge a person can receive than to be able to teach others.

My work in the community with the veterans art movement is because, as a disabled vet, I am proud of my service, I am not a fan of war and want peace between all people, but I still stand up as the flag passes and I still get a lump when I see a ship sail by.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/24330713/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/24330713/ Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:37:06 PDT [link] website and keep a post thread for Ohio Artists. Whew! It has been a successful weekend!

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/23440469/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/23440469/ Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:19:53 PST
Thanks Waxman Jack, DarknessCrys, Freak-unique, milleniumocarina, Spadicus, ladygaladreil, magekotarou, puddingofdarkness, Dalamar789, TGA-Tsurugi, Nahimana83, midnit3mar3 and I'm sure I missed others so please forgive me if I missed your name. My manga students, my COTC students, DA friends and colleagues, fellow teachers and many others were there. Almost 200 people! And I sold 6 paintings, have 2 on reserve and a commission.
You are all the best, and I am, if I never sold a painting, still the richest man on the planet because of people like you as my friends!

God bless and good night!

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/23406050/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/23406050/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:30:44 PST
And I will have candy sushi - Tiff you have to share.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/23274018/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/23274018/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:33:38 PST
Please come and join me on Friday February 27 from 6-8pm at the Argyle Gallery - 36 So 4th St Newark, Ohio - if you need directions or information please call 740-403-1396.

Thanks!


Also - for my manga friends - NEW MANGA CLASSES at the Works start Tuesday, Feb 24 at 530PM.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/22638410/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/22638410/ Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:40:03 PST
So if you can, get to the Argyle gallery this month to check out the Digital Design Student Show and be sure to come to my show at the end of February. My opening will be on Friday, Feb. 27 from 6-8pm at the Argyle Gallery 30 South 3rd Street, Newark, Ohio. Its free, open to the public and I will have food, fun and great art.

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]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/22248948/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/22248948/ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:14:53 PST Happy New Year

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]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/22165625/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/22165625/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:12:51 PST Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha‑olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav vetzivanu l'hadlik ner hanuka.


Blessing for the Home,
Let no sadness come through this gate,
Let no trouble come to this dwelling,
Let no fear come through this door,
Let no conflict be in this place,
Let this home be filled with the blessing of joy,and peace

Shalom

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/22165151/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/22165151/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:55:08 PST ... and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/21834273/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/21834273/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:19:07 PST
My wife and I have decided that we are going to spend Dec. 25 working with a local deli that will be a satellite kitchen for the Salvation Army and we are going to spend the day feeding the homeless and out of work. We have asked our families to donate to charities in lieu of gifts for us this year. "This wasn't easy as I will be laid off for - edit addition - "3 weeks" ( No I haven;t lost my job, but I will have no Income from now till after New Years) until after the first of the year", but I mean to truly be part of the spirit of giving this year.

No matter what your beliefs are or what country you live in, I want to encourage everyone to do something kind this month.
Smile at someone, give to the charity of your choice, let the guy in the side road out into traffic instead of cutting him off. Help a child, give something of yourself. Donate a piece of your art to a charity auction.

Most of all take time to see what a wonderful world this is and how badly it needs to be healed by our love and friendship for each other.

Make a difference one day and one life at a time.

Merry Christmas
Happy Channuka
Happy Kwanza
Gud Yule
Feliz Navidad
Joyeaux Noel
Bon Natale
Frohe Weihnachten

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/20992542/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/20992542/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:42:58 PDT
Beginning NOV. 11, 2008

These classes will include:
Composition
Shading
Panel layout
Storytelling
Inking
Finishes

and it will be lots of fun.

I will be holding these classes at the Works
Museum in Newark, Ohio cost is 6 weeks for $60
thats just 10 bucks a week. We will also do portfolio review, art tips, critiques as well as discussion, new Comics, manga and anime review for what's hot and whats not.

Classes are Every Tuesday 5:30 to 7 PM
Contact me or the Work to sign up.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/20973527/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/20973527/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:47:15 PDT
These classes will include:
Composition
Shading
Panel layout
Storytelling
Inking
Finishes

and it will be lots of fun.

I will be holding these classes at the Works
Museum in Newark, Ohio cost is 6 weeks for $60
thats just 10 bucks a week. We will also do portfolio review, art tips, critiques as well as discussion, new Comics, manga and anime review for what's hot and whats not.

Classes are Every Tuesday 5:30 to 7 PM
Contact me or the Work to sign up.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19925435/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19925435/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:03:12 PDT
When you are hoping and wanting something really bad, you realize how precious your friends are. Please send positive thoughts and prayers for me. Thanks to all of you. The words of support, hugs and kindness mean everything. I am blessed by all of you.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19359091/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19359091/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:39:04 PDT The deviantART staff will not tolerate attempts to exploit or disrupt the layout, navigability, or general use of the site. Such actions disrupt the ability of the community to access and review artwork and are considered Site Abuse.

I think DA violated its own policy. File a complaint with the contact us, policy questions
and tell them how much we are unhappy with V6

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19349681/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19349681/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:55:16 PDT I subscribe, so I can bitch, but if you are happy or unhappy and are using the free service
SHUT THE FREAK UP! You ain't paying so you don't need to tell us how wonderful it is or whine about how slow or crappy it is.
Whether I like V6 or not, it's going to happen. I accept this. I don't care for it, it is not user friendly, but I'll get used to it and I am still a fan of and a lover of DA, I'm just not a fan of V6

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19046860/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19046860/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:08:20 PDT
a) tell you how I know you and a thing or two about whatever you have in your gallery
b) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.,
c) tell you something I like about you,
d) tell you a memory I have of you,
e) ask something I've always wanted to know about you,
f) tell you my favorite pic of yours,
g) in return, you must post this in your journal.

My mood is not happy tears. It is pissed at DA because I only get that damned dancing smiley which means nothings working again. ]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19046851/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/19046851/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:07:52 PDT
a) tell you how I know you and a thing or two about whatever you have in your gallery
b) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.,
c) tell you something I like about you,
d) tell you a memory I have of you,
e) ask something I've always wanted to know about you,
f) tell you my favorite pic of yours,
g) in return, you must post this in your journal.

My mood is not happy tears. It is pissed at DA because I only get that damned dancing smiley which means nothings working again. ]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/18900000/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/18900000/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:46:58 PDT
]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/18883229/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/18883229/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:51:02 PDT Thanks for listening.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/17934383/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/17934383/ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:51:55 PDT Like anyone, I want to make enough to pay my bills, but the real reason I teach is to see my kids get it. And everyone in one of my classes, whether its 6 year olds at a school workshop, teens in my manga classes or my college students, ( some my age ) they are all my kids and I take very seriously the responsibility to help them succeed, learn and love themselves. They are not priveledged to have me teach their class, I am priveledged to have them in mine.
I am thankful and blessed and I hope I am always worthy to be where I am.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/17690303/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/17690303/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:08:35 PDT
Ramblings and words-

There is a lot going on and I am busy so I am sorry I haven't posted anything new lately. That should change soon.

One of my DA friends' mom died this week and I really feel for her. I know my mom is getting older and I will have to face that some day, but it must be so hard.

I truly enjoy being part of DA and its amazing how many students I have interacted with or taught personally that I feel like I am talking with family.

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/17595504/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/17595504/ Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:53:31 PDT
Well, I am at 957 page views. Not much to some of you, but considering I really starting doing DA in October, that's not much time. If you can help me out - check out my page, look at my art and push me over the edge.

Thanks

]]> ~banshuwa http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/17445536/ http://banshuwa.deviantart.com/journal/17445536/ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:08:03 PDT I am going to be busier than I was, but I love what I do so I am thrilled to be working more.
I am looking forward to be getting back to school next week.

]]> ~banshuwa