[and now for the shew]

I am extremely excited to announce that I have landed my first paying art gig in Oklahoma!  I did some murals while living in California, but since I’ve been back, I have been primarily programming as an occupation.  I have a passion for art and comics and amazingly I will be working with both!  I approached the owners of Speeding Bullet Comics in Norman about redoing the panels/doors that cover their back issue bins.  They were very interested.  Later in the evening I stopped back by with samples of my work.  Annette (owner) was very excited about getting the panels replaced.  We worked out a deal for the panels.  In addition we discussed making it an event.  Instead of putting up the new panels one at a time, we would do a showing where we would put them all out at once.  I would also be able to display a number of my other pieces and offer them for sale.  She also offered me some wall space to place pieces for sale on a permanent basis for a percentage of sales.  To say the least, I am totally stoked!  I cannot wait and I am working in overdrive on my art to make an awesome impression.  Ultimately I would like to have a portfolio worthy of showing to some DC editors in order to start working on books for them.

God is good and I give Him all the glory.   I would not have had the nerve or the opportunity without His timing and encouragement.

[shake, rattle & roll!]

 

OK Earthquake Intensity Map

 

So I read some of my friends’ blogs and decided to create a blog to output my thoughts about various topics. I plan to focus on my favorite topics: theology, apologetics, programming, art and comics…yes, comics. (some of us never grow up )  Right off the bat I go off of any of these topics to say, “HOLY COW!”, we had an earthquake this morning and the epicenter was within 10 miles of my house! It was a 4.3 on the richter scale, according to the USGS site and various news outlets. It felt like an explosion rolling through the house. Prior to living in Oklahoma, I resided in California where I felt a couple of earthquakes, but none were as strong as the one I felt right here in Oklahoma. Wow, 2010 has been a crazy year. We have had a blizzard, record hail that covered the ground like snow, flooding, a tornado passed 1/4 mile from my house and now an earthquake.

“It’s the end of the world as we know it.”
- R.E.M.