http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:fooboochu&section=today deviantART RSS for by:fooboochu en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:13:28 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/27737428/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/27737428/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:08:42 PDT
Since last month I have managed to sell two paintings and work on some projects from freelance graphic design. It was pretty exciting and needed the extra money. I actually traded one painting for an Ipod touch, which was out of the ordinary form of transaction, but I think it was well traded.

I haven't wasted my time on bogus nonpaying projects. I'm sick for giving free service to people who are more than capable of paying me. It's sad really, people can be stingy like that. I hate it when people take advantage of your skills to benefit themselves and/or their organization. Compensation in a form of trade, money, or skill for skill is good, but free? Probono my asshole! Nothing in this world is free, even love.

I've moved on from different subjects for Face the Emotions. You won't be seeing any of the older model that I've previously had in my gallery. I had a falling out with her, once I saw her for what she really is. It's sad really, she was kinda growing on me. Oh well, on to the next muse..

My art manager has set me up two shows in the area, one in D.C. and V.A.. Hopefully, the dates pull through. I'll keep you posted.

I'm going to have a photo shoot this Nov. 1. They keep getting prettier and expressive and I keep painting all year round.

Also, I might get this mural gig in a Mexican restaurant, I'll also keep you all posted.

Anyways, it's great to see justice in action. No, not the court kind, but the one called karma...crucial domination...what? what a joke..

That's it for now..

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/27139085/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/27139085/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:47:40 PDT
Moving in with my fellow artist and best friend, Isaac and his girlfriend has given me much needed growth, rest, and peace of mind. Allison (Isaac's girl) has graciously allowed for me to make an art studio out of her small garage which I spend most of my time in. I've managed to paint at my leisure in the wee hours of the night without any disturbances.

I've been contemplating whether or not to start tutoring in basic art. I guess I made up my mind and have already designed a flier to distribute around the community and offer my services to them. Hopefully this goes well.

I will upload the new pieces as soon as I get a hold of a digicam.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/26662547/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/26662547/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:04:05 PDT
]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/25168300/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/25168300/ Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:18:03 PDT
Crucial Graphix Services:

-Logo Design
-Business Cards
-Fliers
-Brochures
-Stickers
-CD Packages
-Custom T-Shirt Design
-Tattoo Design
-Web Design
-Airbrush Portraits
-AIrbrush Skateboards

The business is going to expand into Crucial Kustoms and I get to finally work on cars, helmets, and bikes. There's a lot to learn in the coming year and a lot of money to be made. I just hope more and more contracts come in.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/24620963/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/24620963/ Wed, 06 May 2009 15:41:01 PDT
Also, I am a manager of tshirt graphics company with will be in operation soon as they invest more equipment and supplies and build the addition in the warehouse.

My room mates are great, but I find my money depleting quickly as I frequent the local 711 for munchies and drinks.

Hopefully, I will have enough money to buy a laptop and get a wireless interwebs connection. It's pretty slow in the office and I'd like my own internet time.

That's pretty much it. Nothing exciting, but nothing boring either.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/24281461/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/24281461/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:34:07 PDT
Thanks for all the views everyone!

-----Update-----

Not, much going on the studio. I might move to another place since the landlord is kicking me out because his irresponsible best friend is becoming homeless and is willing to pay more than what I pay now. Which sucks because now I have to look for a place. I'm not really mad, as I should be, but maybe it's for the best since I hate living with dirty people. What can I say? These people stick to their own kind, which I find really ignorant. Crazy people stick to crazy people. An intelligent person would have not compromised a tenant that pays on time, clean, and is in the right frame of mind. Maybe my landlord got punched in the head too many times as he is a washed up boxer type.

My resources found a basement, maybe I will be more comfortable there. Who knows, maybe my room mates will be cooler this time around and not as crazy as the communist china pig downstairs. Shit, I hope not. I'll keep you all posted as events reveal themselves. Foo needs a new studio space to play.

Also, I got a commission today from an unlikely source. Monique, from the now dissolving Three Muses, referred to me a commission project from one of her acquaintances. The project could not come at a better time as I am in need of some serious money. It was nice of her to refer her to me and actually made my day. The commission is due on the 25th of April. It's a good thing I stocked up on supplies prior. I hope all goes well in the business aspect of things as we are still negotiating prices. I hope she received my email.

On other news, I will have a tent up with all my pieces inside in the Falls Church Memorial Day Festival on Monday May 25th 9am-5pm. Mark your calendar fellow local deviants! Foo will be there bright eyed and bushy tailed. The pieces will be on reduced prices, so bring your wallets and purses.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/24121663/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/24121663/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:24:31 PDT
4 USED AIRBRUSHES

MISC PAINTS AND CLEANERS

MISC PARTS AND ACCESSORIES

3 AIRBRUSH HOSES

AIR COMPRESSOR



EVERYTHING SEEN AS SHOWN

AIRBRUSHES

IWATA HP-B
BADGER NO.150
VEGA 2000
PASCHE TYPE H

**poop in my pants**
**turtle poken out**

I'm working out the details to see if the person is willing to trade for a service of a custom portrait OR two pieces in my gallery valued at $1,000.

Keeping my fingers crossed. Hope the deal goes.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/24102827/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/24102827/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:38:41 PDT
So, what is my next level? I'm two years into the game. Life is but an RPG. Gaining experience points with each piece done, gaining more skills as the game of life progresses, attaining better arsenal as money is gained with each level. These artists are at level 70 to 99 and attacking with great force to HP. While here I am at level 2, but with good enough equipment.

What is my game plan?

- Practice
- Patience
- Persistence

The three "P's" I live by.

I will not rest until I have achieved full mastery of this medium. I will not give in to little annoyances. I will not rest until I leave a mark among the greats. Before I die, I will sell my pieces for at least 6 digits. I will fight to win each task and battles. I will make challenging pieces as if I was fighting a worthy opponent. I will train, and train hard. I will learn and learn well. I will seek knowledge with the wise ones. I will not stop until I am hitting at 9999. I will not stop until I will get my ultimate custom setup (priced at $2,000). I will. Just you watch. Watch me do this like a mad warrior like Lapu-Lapu, the Greatest Filipino Warrior to ever live. I will emerge victorious.

My fellow deviants, watchers, and stalkers... I only have just begun.............

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23992015/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23992015/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:42:50 PDT
30 minutes and one cigarette later, we arrive in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. where the famous, yet small gallery. Monique double parks in a no parking standing zone in front of the gallery. As we clamor the cumbersome canvases out of the backseat door, Monique says, "We won't be long, we can park here in the meantime." I follow behind her with my semi-heavy long masonite board.

Monique struggles as she balances two canvases on one arm and the heavy entrance door. The door quickly closes on her while I held the door behind her still holding my piece in one arm. We are quickly greeted by a flamboyant white haired receptionist man. He motions to Monique to put the pieces near the nearest wall. He seconds the motion to me without a word. Monique gives a sigh of relief from releasing the canvases to the floor and moves toward the receptionist, "Two memberships please!".

"Oh! Two?!"

"Yes!"

The receptionist looks towards me, "Oh I thought you were the help! Please excuse me", he says with a lip wrist.

But that time, the words "I thought you were the help", rang in my head. I immediately envisioned me planting a hyper fast fist into the white haired flamboyant man's jaw, breaking it, and him yelping in pain as he stumbles to the floor crying. I'm very pissed at this point.

He walks up to my piece sitting on the walls. "My, YOU did THIS?!"

"Yeah", I muttered, as I have another vision of me slamming the masonite board towards his face breaking his long pointy nose with it, jabbing his nose bone to his brain, killing him.

"Oh I'm SOO sorry, I thought you were the help.. This is good!" he explains in a girly tone, not fitting for an old man.

I had to admit I wasn't dressed for such an occasion in a prestigious gallery opening, but fuck, what the fuck was this dude thinking? Did he expect a fucking white boy to show up in a suite and tie? I certainly don't fit HIS definition of a skilled artist. Who the fuck does he think he is? I quickly summed up the notion that this man woman was one of those elitest bastards that drink wine and eat cheese type faggotry and don't know shit about art if it hit him in the face full force with a 2x4. At this point I was envisioning him dying slowly by my hands, choking him with sheer pleasure of watching his eyes roll back into his skull as he gasps for air.

Complete hatred ran through my veins as I gave him my information for the membership. I was grinding my teeth with every word I said.

"Oh, I'll just give you a free years membership, it was rude of me, I'm so sorry to call you 'the help'."

White man guilt.

'Yeah you better, you fucking asshole!!', I thought to myself feeling the anger dissipating from my blood.

Upon leaving, Monique turns to me and says, "I think he was the Director for the Gallery..."

It was the last time I ever went there and I didn't even bother going to the opening when my piece was presented.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23890371/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23890371/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:54:18 PDT No institution is worthy of my hard earned income. A.I.W. was and still is the shittiest school ever to erected. I mean erected because they fucked you in the ass and didn't call you the next day. Come to think of it, I didn't learn anything from that school. Nothing carried on. No knowledge was ever learned. Nothing I still use today. I even learned the in's and out's of Photoshop myself in my leisure time. What I should have been doing for the two years I lost in A.I.W was saved that money and got airbrush supplies, or apprenticed in a tattoo shop.

What a waste of money...$32,000 down the fucking drain...

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23887170/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23887170/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:00:39 PDT
hey

6:23pmGlen

hey sexy man

6:23pmIsaac

don't touch me

6:23pmGlen

i touchy you

6:23pmIsaac

oh

so uhh..

touchy

6:23pmGlen

no touchy butt

6:24pmIsaac

you no poky to meeee

i taught you the art of samuri incorrectly cause i thought id be funny

squeek squeek squeek

6:25pmGlen

hahahaha so random

6:25pmIsaac

kung pow

6:25pmGlen

'sup foo

6:25pmIsaac

i entered my fist

lol

6:26pmGlen

you entered your fist?

6:26pmIsaac

nothin

6:26pmGlen

oh no

you slow typin

are you high?

huh?

HUH?

6:26pmIsaac

movie talk and looking for a pack of fittings for the airbrush

shut up

6:26pmGlen

sllllllllooooooowwwww

6:27pmIsaac

me so high

6:27pmGlen

pack of fittings?

enter the fittings?

6:27pmIsaac

to a compressor

6:27pmGlen

you got a compressor?

6:27pmIsaac

not yet

but we looking

6:28pmGlen

no one listens to foo... then you guys get the wrong thing..

6:28pmIsaac

a fitting like male or female for the hoses

fit the goon

6:28pmGlen

when you guys get the wrong thing... you ask foo

6:28pmIsaac

ok

6:28pmGlen

when you should have listened to foo in the first place

6:28pmIsaac

i just need fitting!

6:29pmGlen

good luck amigo

6:29pmIsaac

oh so bad mister foo

i chat with yoo like im dr. sue

6:29pmGlen

i talk to you like im sitting in bathroom poo

6:29pmIsaac

pop and i talked about it

he got me yo

enter the shitting

6:30pmGlen

you know whats better than that?

6:30pmIsaac

oh u make the place so tidy you have to work sooo hard

?what?

6:31pmGlen

dead babies

6:31pmIsaac

dead frozen to eat later babies

6:32pmGlen

microwable frozen dead babies

6:32pmIsaac

recycled dead babies

for clothing

6:33pmGlen

and a dinner night out in luxury around your neck decoration dead babies

6:33pmIsaac

dead baby toothpaste

daed babies driving

6:33pmGlen

dead baby colon cleanser babies

6:34pmIsaac

dead dwarf babies

6:34pmGlen

dead mole babies

6:35pmIsaac

a pole dancer sliding down a pole of dead babies

6:35pmGlen

hajhhahahahahhahahahahha

6:35pmIsaac

lol

6:36pmGlen

cheese grater dead babie shavings

6:36pmIsaac

lol

next stop: dead babies

4 miles

6:37pmGlen

turn left on "dead baby ave"

6:37pmIsaac

and then make a u turn into the bigger mound of dead babies

6:37pmGlen

IN A PILE!!

like 300

6:38pmIsaac

no its flattened down

6:38pmGlen

ahhahhahahhahahha

6:38pmIsaac

sqwishy babies

6:39pmGlen

powered babies: just add water!

6:39pmIsaac

now take one with you and bring it home for dinner

6:39pmGlen

cup o babies

6:40pmIsaac

and a pinch of babies

mix and pour

todays episode we are making baby upside down rape cake

6:41pmGlen

BAM! DEAD BABIE!!

time to kick up a notch

6:41pmIsaac

we just dead babied the world of dead babying

ready

go

6:41pmGlen

thats deep

6:42pmIsaac

dead baby cream o wheat in the morning is my favorite

6:42pmGlen

it gets me in my very soul... it speaks to the duality of man and the sacrifices of dead babies...

6:42pmIsaac

deep inside a pit with dead babies

6:43pmGlen

wipes ass with dead babies...

6:43pmIsaac

yeah i know you laughin cause i am

6:43pmGlen

i die a little at a time....inside...

6:43pmIsaac

the dead baby gravy on that cake is delish

6:43pmGlen

deep inside my dead baby ractum

6:44pmIsaac

or in the toilet clogged with dead baby

6:44pmGlen

for an added touch..... ]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23839480/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23839480/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:08:24 PDT
There's some big news in my career as an artist. I just bought the domain name www. airbrushfoo .com and is currently working with an awesome web designer, Anthony Tilahun. Anthony is a well dedicated, highly motivated artist. I'm glad to be working with him in the couple months ahead in designing the site from the ground up.

There will be a BLOG section where I will constantly update as well as a W.I.P. page, which show step by step progress of current pieces. There will be also a web cam feature where you will get to see an in-depth look into my studio space. In the webcam feature, you will be able to see me work in live stream each time I work in my work space, live! Also, everyone and anyone will be able to comment on my pieces and a guest list.

I expect all my close watchers and stalkers to migrate messages from DA to my site. I'll keep you guys posted in any major changes in the site build.

Alas, I am not leaving DA for good. I will still keep in touch with my dear old friends here in DA.

Wish me luck and success!

Blessed Be.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23620399/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23620399/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:14:57 PDT
No smoking, no coffee, no sugar!

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23314497/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23314497/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:22:16 PST
1. You can ONLY answer Yes or No!
2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages or comments you and Asks!

Now, here's what you're supposed to do... And please do not spoil the Fun. Copy and paste this into your notes , delete my answers and type in your answers. Then see what happens.

(I stole it off Lama )

Kissed any one of your facebook friends? Yes
Been arrested? No
Kissed someone you didn't like? No
Slept in until 5 PM? Yes
Fallen asleep at work/school? Yes
Held a snake? Yes
Ran a red light? Yes
Been suspended from school? No
Totaled your car/motorbike in an accident? No
Been fired from a job? No
Sang karaoke? Yes
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Yes
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Yes
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes
Kissed in the rain? Yes
Sang in the shower? Yes
Sat on a rooftop? Yes
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? No
Broken a bone? Yes
Shaved your head? Yes
Blacked out from drinking? Yes
Played a prank on someone? Yes
Felt like killing someone? Yes
Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? Yes
Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? No
Been in a band? Yes
Shot a gun? Yes
Donated Blood? No
Eaten alligator meat? No
Eaten cheesecake? Yes
Still love someone you shouldn't? No
Think about the future? Yes
Believe in Love ? Yes
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? Yes

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23167621/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/23167621/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:36:29 PST
In addition to my addictions, I've been smoking a lot of cigars lately, mainly Swisher Sweets. My lungs feel better, but my taste buds and sense of smell is out of whack. Speaking of addictions, my caffeine intake is much more frequent. I find myself making a much more stronger dose of coffee and loading on the creamer. My health turned to shit and slowly gained pounds.

My sleeping pattern is FUBARed. I sleep at 7:00 AM and get up at 3 PM.

There's not much fire in me to paint anything new from Face The Emotions Series. My attention is elsewhere. Hopefully the fire will return after the month is over. I have plenty to paint from reference photos.

I recently got a EDGE card for my Nintendo DS Lite and quickly filled it up with 200 some games, but just as quickly lost interest in playing with them. It's hard to focus when there's plenty of good games to play in succession. Overwhelmed, I guess.

The next couple of days will hopefully be a social bonanza, a welcome change in my daily ritual. A self employed life of an artist is a lonely one.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/22424085/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/22424085/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:05:52 PST
24" x 34" = $400
24" x 48" = $500

I will work from wallet sized small photos or images submitted via email.

Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for completion of the painting.

Pieces are ready to hanging as is.

Layaway available. Reservations Accepted.

=== An initial payment of 50% is required for me to start on a painting ==

If you are unable to pay the whole amount at once, I am very flexible with payment in increments of whatever you can give me at the time. I shall hold on the the piece once the whole amount is paid in full. A receipt will be given with each new balance.

Paypal, Cash or Personal Check Accepted.

Free Local Delivery available. Out of state shipping is extra.

Thanks for Your Business,

-Foo

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/22373187/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/22373187/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:10:18 PST
1. Put your iTunes, windows media player etc on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name

If someone says "is this okay?" you say:
The Dope Show

How would you describe yourself?
When She Cries

What do you like in a guy/girl?
Headup

How do you feel today?
Not Your Business

What is your life's purpose?
Wonderful

What is your motto?
Pet

What do your friends think of you?
rock n roll mercenaries

What do you think of your parents?
Hollow

What do you think about very often?
Something I Can Never Have

What is 2 + 2?
Fear of Sleep

What do you think of your best friend?
El Phantasmo And The Chicken

What do you think of the person you like?
The Friend I Never Met

What is your life story?
Teeth The Size Piano Keys

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Napoleon Solo

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Future Shock

What will you dance to at your wedding?
Closer

What will they play at your funeral?
Butchers hook

What is your hobby/interest?
Die, Zombie, Die

What is your biggest fear?
Tripp' On a Hole In A Paper Heart

What is your biggest secret?
Act One, Scene One

What do you think of your friends?
Out Of Town

What will you post this as?
Plastic

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Thanks for all the views, faves, and comments this year. You all fuel me to do better and better.

Blessed Yule and Merry Holidays!

Foo

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/21653951/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/21653951/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:44:26 PST
Jason Tilahun - Ultra Manager. An old buddie from the good ol' days of school. I finally have a competent Manager for my art. He's a very driven, highly motivated busy body, and a good friend. I am looking forward in working with him for future projects, shows and other PR situations.

Fatema Nooristani - Kickass Photographer. She will be working with me very closely in model photo shoots. She's great friend and has a great eye for composition. What good is a photorealist artist without the amazing photographs as reference material? The answer...Nothing.

My Mother, my Sister and Mrs. Silvia Kentes, Amber Bevans, Tita Grace Valera - Patrons, Supporters and Cheerleaders. Without them I am lost. Ones that light fires in my ass and get me though the day.

Darth Spanky, Chainsaw Bunnie and Elizabeth - My Muses and source of inspiration. Without their support and photos submitted, I am just a man with an airbrush and an empty canvass.

Kyla Irene - My daughter, my blood, my life. The only reason why I pick up an airbrush and get up in the morning to paint.

Beannighe, Cancer 1, Mr. Marloghf, Ms. Mclaighty, Mr. Lutz, Mrs. Patton - Mentors, Teachers, and Master Guru's for guiding me every step of the way. Those who brought out the best of me. They forged and molded the artist I am today and showed me doors I never knew existed.

Ache (T.I.T.S.), Pharsyde (Deadat10), E.A.F., Shino B (MC Avatar and Master of the Flying Dick Face) - Fellow talented peers. Artists and Musicians at heart and the best friends anyone can ever have. Without their constant creative input, honest criticism, time and effort, I'd be just be another nobody.

For all these wonderful souls I've mentioned and those that I might have missed... I am greatful and give thanks with all sincerity and love...

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In other news, I'll be having a show soon with other local artists somewhere in D.C.. Hopefully, I'll be showing with my boy "Ache" among others. I'll keep you all posted for the actual date and location.

Also, tomorrow, I have a photoshoot with a lovely amature, Jennifer Ardon, for the Face the Emotions series submissions.

Next month, my old friend from school days and professional model, Angel Disaster, will be stopping by for a shoot. "Your photos are free silly", she says. Good. She's a pro and usually charges by the thousands with accommodations. "I can't afford you.", I said. She just laughed. "For you, anything." She'll always be a kind sweetheart.

Stay tuned for more updates kids.

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Personal News:

Gettin Married to my very lovely Elizabeth!! YAY TOY STORE! I LOVE YOU BOOBOO! ROUNDY LOVES YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/21560460/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/21560460/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:25:40 PST
Art was a daily occurrence in Glen's early life. As a child, he would draw with anything he could get his hands on and on anything he could see. Often, he would get into trouble with his Mother for drawing on walls. This state of mind carried on until his early teen and adulthood, this time using spray cans as a medium, and street walls as his surface. Virtually unknown as a street artist, he became accustomed to keep it a secret. He would finally emerge as an airbrush artist in Spring of 2007. It was not until a friend brought it to his attention that he should be spraying with an airbrush. "It's much more sophisticated than a spray can!", said his fellow artist friend. Since then, Glen has fallen in love with the medium, and continues to explore new techniques and harness his skills as an airbrush artist.

Influences

Glen owes his influences to his public school teachers of every year of his eduacation. It was those whom he owes his gratitude and respect for teaching him the ways of an artist. His other influences are from the works of Chuck Close (for his portraits), H.R. Giger (for his airbrush work), Olivia (for capturing the beauty of women), among a plethora of other artists.

Face the Emotions 2007

Face the Emotions is his first series of artwork with a theme. The subjects are mainly people that around him in his daily life. The portraits of faces he renders are of close friends, people he finds interesting, or anyone that has a personality he finds endearing and/or inspirational. Most of his subjects are people he met through the internet, bars, and parties. Glen seeks the essence of that person in his renderings to capture it in a way that is entertaining, thought provoking, and emotional.

Current

Glen spends most of his time drinking coffee as a freelance graphic designer and spends time countless hours in his studio working on Face The Emotions Series. As an unknown artist, he hopes he can find the right gallery for his artwork.

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In the meantime, while waiting for her next arrival, I'll be busy in the studio painting. I have a few ideas before finishing "Face the Emotions" series for 2008. I will get a addition to my airbrush collection before this year ends. Hopefully, I'll get the Infinity airbrush as a Christmas present. (Hint Hint) I've been painting with acrylics with a brush and will soon put them up on my scraps section of my gallery in the upcoming weeks.

Hopefully, I will put together a show for all of my artist friends at the end of this year. I still have to find a gallery to host this show. I have enough body of work to do a solo show, but I think the more the merrier.

Upon her arrival, I'll be going back to college to finish 1 years worth of my Bachelor's Degree, and will continue with my schooling with a Masters. I know it's a long road ahead, but now I've got something to look forward to and hopefully a new family of my own to take care of.

I'm looking forward to seeing the progress of our new President elect, Barak Obama, which whom I proudly I voted for. Although, Prop. 8 didn't pass, it's a step forward in our nation for a black man to be President. Little steps at a time.

One can only wonder what is next...

That's it for now. Later Kids.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/20317712/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/20317712/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:02:08 PDT
My Complete Supplies List:

1. double action airbrushes - Iwata HP-B, HP-BH and Revolution CR
2. air compressor - Iwata Studio Series
3. air hoses
4. Golden paints - Great thinned paint for airbrushing.
5. Createx paints - Great coverage, but a little thick to be used for t-shirts and such.
6. mini mixing cups
7. eye droppers
8. cleaning station - for flushing paints and other stuff
9. cotton swabs - for cleaning the cup
10. mixing sticks
11. friskette - for masking tech.
12. masking tape
13. exacto knife
14. 3 bottles - one for water, one for cleaning solution, one for brush cleaner and restorer
15. spray bottle - sometimes you need a jet of water to clean your airbrush
16. dental picker - used to pick at those hard to reach places in the airbrush from clogs.
17. paint brush - for color mixing directly from the cup
18. pipe cleaners - NOT the arts and crafts colored fuzzy ones..
19. Winsor and Newton Brush Cleaner and Restorer - saves my life every time
20. Isopropyl Alcohol - a ratio of 3:1 of water to be used in between color changes
21.WD-40 - to be used for lube for working parts and rubber o rings.
22. Respirator/Mask - keep it safe kids. It may say non-toxic at the bottle, but I dont suggest breathing plastic...

- Judging your distance length from cap to surface is a must. Pay close attention to your spray and keep your sight close to the spray. Initial spray before each line, press trigger down first to let air out first.. then.. pull back the trigger to let a tiny amount of paint though and judge the thickness of line from there.

- A airbrush is an extension of your arms and hands. For large pieces, arm movement, hand support, and body movement is a must. Similar movements to what graffiti artist do when working large long lines or curves. Kinda like "dancing".. ahem.. yeah..

- Step back from painting often. It's easy to get lost in details, but when I say step back, I mean step back and pay attention to the larger details. Sometimes a little soft spray of line can make a world of difference.

- A little tiny drop of paint in the cup can go a long way. Make sure you pay attention to how much you will need at that moment. It's easy to misjudge how much you need.

- When in doubt.. read the damn user manual that came with the airbrush and read labels on bottles. Safety First.

- Practice. Patience. Control.

Cleanliness

1. Airbrush cleanliness is a must. I can not say this enough. If you take care of your brush, it will take care of you for a long time. A clean airbrush is a happy airbrush. Back flushing (covering the cap with your fingers while pressing the trigger down with cleaning solution) will save you from the dreaded clogged chamber.

2. NEVER EVER EVER EVER leave paint drying in the cup. I don't care if your face in on fire, throw some cleaning solution into the cup before you stop drop and roll, but seriously if you must leave your airbrush for a while ie. dinner, munchies, long distance phone call from sweetheart, leave a good amount (to the rim) of cleaning solution that way paint stays wet in the chamber for easy flushing and back flushing.

3. Winsor & Newton Brush Cleaner and Restorer: can save you time and frustration of cleaning clogged airbrushes. If the paint is caked, I will soak some in the cup over night.

Ok... 2 B Cont.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/20226777/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/20226777/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:38:02 PDT
I'm still waiting for the go signal to start on the portraits commission for a book and waiting for the reference materials.

Also, I will call about the gallery/space to have an art show with my fellow artist friends. It's going to be huge! Ah can't wait!!

USB Keyboard with drum pads coming soon. Awwww shit son!

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/20060946/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/20060946/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:54:48 PDT
Non stop Irish Carbombs and mad herbalage for a birthday well fitted for a hard working artist. I'll see you in the other side of reality.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19832693/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19832693/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:16:03 PDT
I'm going to borrow my friend's Jazzmaster bass and buying a keyboard with that moneys so I makes better musics with Spankt. I have two tracks now. I can't wait until I let Spanky here them so she can put lyrics to them. Also, I'm playing bass for my friend's startup band. We play Speed Metal type musics.

Since I've been kicked out of Three Muses I've been "in the zone". I'm so fired up I don't know what do to first. I have so many projects going on at once and I love it.

"It all comes from the same place" -MC Pillow Face

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19772458/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19772458/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:01:15 PDT

"That bass has seen beer days!", Foo says. Right, you can see the fuckin trusrod in the cracks of the neck. If I tuned the guitar it will split like the Red Sea via Moses style. That's some shit son. I'm going to buy a new bass...

I'm putting together an art show soon called "Artists In Action". The space will be big enough for artists to do their work while people walk around and observe the artist in their element. The space will double as an art gallery. There will be snacks and refreshments there. Donations will be taken and split among the artists.

The line up so far is:
Ache
ConceptJanus
Deadat10
Foo

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19668571/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19668571/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:47:09 PDT
I'm still waiting for Roland electric drums from my friend. I couldn't wait so I just downloaded (wink wink, yarrrrrrrr) Reason and all it's refills. Hehe.

Oh, About two weeks ago, I found my female vocalist. None other than Spanky. Apparently, she is multi-talented as well. [link]

Oh and other news, I got kicked out of The Three Muses Collective. They have spoken even though I designed all the flyers, ads, animated gifs, letter head, (FOR FREE) and made them more money in with one of paintings they will ever get in ten days worth of their country grandma country buffet markets. Good Luck Three Muses.. NO hard feelings.....Miskut was right.

I'm going to spend most of my summer being ultra creative and ultra productive and leaving all the bullshit behind. Donde esta bullshit? None here son.

As soon as I get batteries for my camera, I'll take more pics of new works I've been wanting to show here in DA.

Later Kiddies.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19562346/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19562346/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:27:59 PDT
"WHAT THE FUCK"

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT BITCH! I AM PAINTING! I AM PAAAINNNTING! BLAH BLAH I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU SPEAKA ENGLISH!! GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE! AND SHUT THE FUCK UP", to her ugly pig face.

I saw her pointing towards the bathroom and saying something about the area, but my voice roared over hers.

*door slam*

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!", I yelled going up the stairs.

*silence*

BOM BOM BOM. sound of hammer and nail.

*few hours later*

Nailed (yes nailed) to my door was a piece of paper written:

"Remember to water the toilet"

...written in poor hand writing...

MY THOUGHTS:

Ok. I don't understand. We speak English in the good 'ol U.S. of A. If she's supposedly a student of law at the old age of old smelly pig, one would think that "water(ing) the toilet" would not be wise choice of words to ask to clean the shitter....

Um... I think she WANTS for me to piss all over the toilet seat. Maybe that's why you can smell the strong odor of week old piss in the bathroom...Mind you the rim is clean... it's underneath the seat that sticky yellow... meaning.. she's been "watering" the seat herself.

I'm not one to clean someone else's piss off the seat...Hey, maybe tomorrow, when I see her, I'll tell her to go lick the rim with her tongue and tell her to go fuck herself with the toilet brush.

to be continued.......

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]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19332440/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19332440/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:18:26 PDT You believe in all your lies, didnt you?
The ruiners got a lot to prove hes got nothing to lose and now he made you believe
The ruiners your only friend well shes the living end to the cattle she deceives
The raping of the innocent you know the ruiner ruins everything he sees
Now the only pure thing left in my fucking world is wearing your disease
How did you get so big?
How did you get so strong?
How did you get so hard?
How did you get so long?
You had to give them all a sign, didnt you?
You had to covet what was mine, didnt you?
The ruiners a collector shes an infector serving her shit to her flies
Maybe there will come a day when those that you keep blind will suddenly realize
Maybe its a part of me you took to a place I hoped it would never go
And maybe that fucked me up so much more than you'll ever know
How did you get so big?
How did you get so strong?
How did you get so hard?
How did you get so long?
What you gave to me
My perfect ring of scars
You know I can see what you really are
You didnt hurt me nothing can hurt me
You didnt hurt me nothing can stop me now

DON'T FUCK WITH ME. I WILL MAKE YOUR FUCKING LIFE A LIVING HELL. YOU CAN EAT MY ASS STUPID BITCH.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19187719/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19187719/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:23:48 PDT
propa. brrap brrap. booyakasha! bombaclot me won bicycle wid de basket on de front yah mon. feelin ayere! babylon systim iza vampiyah!

For now, three commissions and updating my resume. My sweethearts good and I'm lovin life for this brief moment.

Foo's busy with other talents right now... please leave a message after the *beeeeeeeeep*

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19083822/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/19083822/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:47:05 PDT
It's good to be an unknown artist in a show...you get to see people's faces and hear their reactions and see the expression on their faces. I got a "What the hell are you looking at?" from some chick...Little did she know I was the artist who painted "Shhh" she was highly praising..

I remember when I was participating in a show and bringing in a large piece clumsily through the door. The executive director of the gallery walked up and held the door and asked "Who are you bring this for?"... "I am Glen Brown, I called ahead to tell you I was bringing in a piece"...."Oh, I thought you were the help.." I just shook my head. He felt so bad that he didn't charge me for membership. White man guilt. That was the last time I showed there even though I have free membership..

It's good be unknown. Goes to show that most people think you are a nobody piece of shit until they know your name. Never assume. Be kind and be humble you'll never know who's who...esp. if it's a brown man with glasses.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/18515719/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/18515719/ Mon, 26 May 2008 17:58:10 PDT

Anyways, I've recently gone even further back into my art roots and started painting with real paint brush. I was looking into random deviant galleries and digital art is great and has it's advantages manipulating pixels and all that, but I find it more less challenging than a real physical medium. Sure you can print the digital painting, but there is nothing better than a real painting on a real canvass with real paint, real materials. There's a kind of challenge I love with real materials. Programs like Painter 9 has it's ups and downs to it, but there's nothing like getting messy with work and have something you can frame. I'm not putting digital art down, but I guess what I'm saying my fellow deviants is that don't be afraid to try different real mediums, techniques, and materials.

I've just opened an oil painting set that's been in my possession for about 7 years, unopened, neglected and underestimated. In the past I've listened to stories from other artist's horror painting stories with the dreaded oil paints. Hearing these stories, I was intimidated with the thought of royaly fucking up an otherwise great painting....so the gifted oil paint set sat there collecting dust for seven years...until yesterday... I giggled like a Japanese school girl in a Hello Kitty store.. I was so impressed at the smooth and silky textures and the blending was enough to open my eyes wide enough... it kicks acrylic's ass in a heartbeat...I never went to an art school to teach me all the traditional mediums, but I'm glad I'm just getting to know these mediums..better late than never I guess....

Lesson: Don't limit yourself to one type of art, esp. digital. Challenge yourself and get out of that creative comfort zone...you'll find it more rewarding and a shit load of fun.

]]> ~fooboochu http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/18407388/ http://fooboochu.deviantart.com/journal/18407388/ Mon, 19 May 2008 22:02:11 PDT
Sorry for inconvenience this may cause.

Also, all orders or services from now on will have to be
paid in 50% and signed a contract stating 50% will be paid later upon
completion of the project or commission. I will not make the initial draft or mark on the canvass until half is paid.

Plus, No more probono projects and freebies for this month. Most of the stuff I do I do for free aren't portfolio material. Though, a trade of services or something of equal value to my work will be most welcome.

If you wish to purchase original airbrush paintings or framed prints of my work please visit the Three Muses Yessy page. Click the [link]
Paypal welcomed.

On a personal note:

I'm hitting some hard times right now. If anyone is remotely interested in my work or just plain appreciates art, tell someone about this site, link them up or just shoot me an email (address below) and comment or buy something from me. Support your starving artist type.

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