Here it is. Given the odd combination of words I had to start with, I'm satisfied. It was definitely preferable to do it visually, allowing for less actual story development. The words were:
A creative juice bar, as it were...
Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Braille Manuscript
Here it is. Given the odd combination of words I had to start with, I'm satisfied. It was definitely preferable to do it visually, allowing for less actual story development. The words were:
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Dave's Sixth Assignment: Those Three Words...
Nate's sixth assignment: The Touch of Nate's Hand
Part of Me
Part of Me
When I sit on summer's porchswing
Where the day turns into night
And the shadows they do lengthen and disappear
As the sun, the sun glows red in the twilight,
My thoughts they wander where they want to
As I strum on old Jim's guitar.
Faces of the greenest springtime I do see
Shining fast, with each new evening star.
If you look,
You will see,
You are still
Part of me.
Take me back to starry evenings
The air was clear and full of you
And then I breath it in, and think on time's progression
They say it passed too fast, and what they say is true.
If you look,
You will see
You are still
Part of me.
Time will fly
With beating wings.
With beating hearts,
We will sing,
To you,
To you....
Saturday, April 2, 2011
The World As We Know It
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Nate's fifth assignment: Your sensitive side
Saturday, March 26, 2011
MAGMA-MAN
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Dave's fifth assignment: And So It Begins...
Friday, March 18, 2011
Beloved Doctor, Ninja, and Occasional Hero dead.
Cumberland, MD- Dr. McNinja (first name unknown), Cumberland’s top physician, dentist, and ninja, was killed last week in a space shuttle explosion. His age is unknown. Details are few and NASA has not released any information on why the doctor was on the shuttle. However, it appears likely that McNinja was attempting, in his usual daring and destructive manner, to prevent the landing of the jetpack-equipped dinosaurs that are currently ravaging humanity.
Early reports asserted that Dr. McNinja was accompanied on the shuttle by former astronaut and Cumberland mayor Chuck Goodrich, who gained fame for preventing the spread of the city’s recent zombie outbreak. However, Goodrich has since been confirmed alive and well. He was a good friend of McNinja and was distraught to hear of his death, commenting in his characteristically apocalyptic way that the Dr. McNinja’s death could mean the end of the world.
Attempts to contact the McNinja family were unsuccessful and nearly fatal, but it is presumed that Dr. McNinja is survived by some number of family members and one possible clone. Many citizens of Cumberland and one gorilla have offered information to help present a sketch of the life of our late resident.
Dr. McNinja is the descendant of a long line of Irish ninjas. He had a degree in practically every discipline there is, with the exception of agriculture. His medical skills were unrivaled. He developed breakthrough remedies for both the rare and dangerous Paul Bunyan’s disease, in which the sufferer turns into a giant lumberjack when near abundant trees (many in the medical community still refuse to acknowledge this as a disease), and, ironically, for the ninja skill-enhancing drugs distributed by the former anti-ninja movie star and all-around bad guy Franz Rayner.
Some have mentioned that Dr. McNinja even possessed superhuman strength. While various ninja experts have scoffed at this, remarking that ninjas aren’t any stronger than the average weight-lifter, those who made the claim rebut that he is also a doctor.
Dr. McNinja was also, reportedly, a firm disciple of Batman (occasionally claiming to have met him, though this seems dubious).
It was rumored that Dr. McNinja had an ongoing feud with uber-cool Cumberland philanthropist and mafia boss King Radical. When he heard of McNinja’s death, sources quote King Radical as saying simply “radical.” He then proceeded to jump a dirt-bike over a pool of crocodiles.
McNinja has been a valued public servant and has helped Mayor Goodrich deal with crises on several occasions. He was instrumental in helping stop Rayner’s ninja drug ring, as well as the zombie ninja outbreak that followed. Of course, some criticized his overly destructive methods, but in his defense, he was a ninja!
In conclusion, as we face the imminent doom of super-intelligent dinosaurs from outer space, let us take a moment to reflect on the life of a man who died trying to stop them. Let us remember the lives he saved, rather than the lives he took while saving the other ones. Let us remember Dr. McNinja as a man who achieved ends, not as a man who justified means (even if he did).
In true ninja fashion, the time and location of any memorial service is unknown.
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That is that. Really, my favorite superhero is Batman, but that would have required a serious approach, and I just couldn't take this seriously. All of this is based on sources (see drmcninja.com), interestingly enough. The best part is, he supposedly did die just recently, so this is based on an actual (in the comic) event.
Sadly, all I have actually produced here is incredibly nerdy fanfiction.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Nate's fourth assignment: They're not comics, they're "graphic novels"
Supersized R.I.P.
Outbreak
Okay, here it is. For the "blemish" I diluted some acrylic paints with water and just splashed it on the paper. The rest is pen and ink. I kind of wanted to try a more comic-booky look, partially because I got a new pen that I wanted to try out, and partially because I just felt like it!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Clouds
CLOUDS
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Nate's third assignment: Every rose....
Dave's third assignment: What goes around...
So yeah, I know how difficult it is to get the lyrical juices flowing, so if you need more time than a week, let me know. But for now let's make it due next Saturday.
Shootout
So it's pretty rough still. But I kinda like it. I wrote it to that one song that has that kind of country beat. You know....that one....
Oh, and I will record it and post it. I haven't had time to do it yet, but I will.
Anyways.
Shootout
El Paso, Texas on a dead end street
With a scarlet sun a-settin' underneath her feet.
Her hand was quick and her eye was mean,
Little did I know she'd be the death o' me.
She said, "I'm shootin' to kill." I said, "I'm ready to die."
From the fiery tongued chamber let the bullets fly.
Now I been shot before through my heart and through my head,
But never like that...I said:
(CHORUS)
Na na na na na na na
na na na na na
na na na na na
(repeat CHORUS)
A gunslinger's heart's gotta be nonexistant,
Buried waaaaaaay deep, where he'll never miss it.
Oh she dug it up like there was nothin' to it,
And shot it to pieces and before I knew it
I said:
(CHORUS 2x)
(BRIDGE)
I drew first but I shot last.
Oh my life's luck's lost, she was fatally fast.
She blew my heart
Awayyyyyy
So I say:
(CHORUS repeated approximately 10,038,520 times with some sick instrumentals a la Hey Jude)
Tell me what you think!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
The Braptor
As in, the bass-raptor. I don't know.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Dave's second assignment: A Bass for the Ages
Draw up some plans/designs for your dream bass guitar. You can make this as technical or as artsy as you want: for example, you may consider wood types for the body and neck, action height, body shape, colors/stains, designs, fretboard inlays, pickups, amps, straps, whatever. Do with it what you will. I think it would be sweet if you could actually MAKE this bass based upon the information you include in your plans. Of course, that entails a somewhat time-consuming assignment. So for now we will say that by next Saturday (March 5, 2011), you should turn in (at the minimum) 3 concept sketches for this bass of the gods. Remember, you can take this any way you want; artsy, technical, whatever.
Nate's second assignment: "Na na na nanana na..."
Grace's Photograph
The Dude
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Dave's First assignment: MURDER!!!
Your first assignment is to murder someone. If that won't work out, then please write a short story (3-5 pages) that features a harrowing homicide...
Due date: Rough draft by Sat., Feb 26. Future due dates, if necessary, to be determined at that time.