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[2006-04-19 22:18:54 +0000 UTC]
"G"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 192; Deviations: 339; Watchers: 84
Watching: 25; Pageviews: 26291; Comments Made: 2297; Friends: 25
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: any artist, that when I see their work it makes me want to vomit with envy.Favorite movies: Too many
Favorite bands / musical artists: Depends
Favorite gaming platform: xbox360
Tools of the Trade: traditional tools
Other Interests: ummmm...art
# About me
Current Residence: suburb of a large midwest city USAFavourite genre of music: same as above
Favourite style of art: any figurative traditional art
Shell of choice: Alaskan King Crab (awesome! Yum!)
Skin of choice: my epidermis of course
Favourite cartoon character: a lot, right now Stewie, Brock Samson
Personal Quote: What is the role of the artist? An artist creates what God does not. T. Robbins
# Comments
Comments: 527
Have you seen a dog wandering in your surgery room?
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no maam not for a long time
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Good, Grease Ball hasn't gotten into any of your dead bodies.
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Hey Mr. G,
I just checked out all your recent work. Really great stuff!
I just got a job as an illustrator for a children's book and I'm writing/illustrating my own graphic novel right now so I've been doing a lot of art lately.
Hope all's well with you
-Jeff
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Hey Jeff
So nice to hear from you.
Thanks for the praise on the latest work, a lot of it is for school. But I am still able to do some of my own twisted stuff every once in a while (have a few pieces going at once). The last I did totally for me was the 7 deadly sins series.
Ive been keeping an eye on your gallery as well and your work is really strong. I see your working a lot in digital formats, being an old school/traditional, get your hands dirty, artist, I hope your still doing at least some oil/acrylic painting.
Congrats on the illustration gig, its always nice to make money, however much, doing what you love. And the best of luck with your graphic novel, very ambitious!
keep sending me updates
G
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thanks Im glad u like it!
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OH COME ON! lol what bars are you normally at? hahaha how have you been man?
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G! whatsup! so when we gonna hang. You said when i was 21 we were gonna grab a brew! lets do it sometime! how are you? been good? hope all is well!
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what I said was that if we ended up at the same bar I'd buy ya a drink when u turned 21. Hope things are good by u too
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awesome job! Thanks miss ya as a student too, even when you were being a royal pain in the ass
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Hows school? I miss having you as an art teacher but I am actually going to start taking a ceramics class here in a couple weeks and I am taking darkroom review which I am totally pumped for. My mom is mailing me my paper as I type this message and I can't wait to get back in the darkroom!
I hope your loving being fullltime again and not pulling your hair out. Are you teaching Adv Studies?
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Hi, I just thought I'd let you know I really like your 7 deadly sin pictures. They're well done! Have a nice day 
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thanks, glad you like them. Thanks for all the faves too
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Don't forget the letter of recommendation.
This is the scholarship info:
Application for the Chicago Journalists Association Scholarship
Award Description
CJA awards are given annually to high school seniors accepted to college programs or to students enrolled in undergraduate college courses. Β Awards may be used as scholarships for upcoming tuition and fees, or to be applied to student loans already incurred. Awards are based on financial need, professional potential and/or commitment to the field of journalism.
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Awards will be given to those seeking to work in the field of journalism and communications. However, because people come into journalism from a variety of fields, grants may be available to thoseΒ majoring in undergraduate programs such as political science and economics that would lead to careers in journalism and communications.Β
Required Documentation
Β If you are a high school senior, please submit a completeΒ transcript of your grades. At minimum, these should cover the 3 Β½ years ending with the first semester of the fourth year of high school. Where possible, please include final high school semester grades.
If you are in college, please include a transcript of all college courses taken prior to the time the application is submitted.
Applicants may wish to include published articles or evidence of journalism activity (student newspaper, yearbook, broadcasting, etc). Materials may be submitted in hardcopy or on a CD.
Letters of Recommendation
The application must be accompanied by two (2) letters of recommendation from faculty member of the applicant's college or high school.
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Personal Statement
Please submit a statement of 500 words on your career ambitions in journalism. Also outline your need for financial assistance.Β
I super super super appreciate this. Do you have a time line of when you could have it done by?
-Clare
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i really like what you've got started, i especially like how you've done gluttony and pride.
baha a retirement gift sounds reasonable 
i haven't done watercolors that aren't a landscape since that project. but i do have watercolors... i never really thought of that (which is lame, wow) but i think that was part of the reason i didn't finish it, in my brain i didn't have the materials. even though i very clearly do.
thanks! feel free to give me critiques so i can keep making em better (a few individual ones would be amazing if/when you get the time 
i haven't seen you in... what, two years? i should visit school next time i'm home during school hours. are you still at that place which we shan't speak of?
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sure go on right ahead
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WHEN ARE YOU MAKING MORE ART FOR ME TO STALK?!??!?!?!
and how are you? it's been a while.
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Hey Im working on some ceramic pieces and a watercolor series of the seven deadly sins. Drawn out: pride sloth envy rage and will have pics up soon.
Hope everything is going well w/ your sculpture class and youre having a fun safe spring break. Where's all the pics from that. And where's my apollo piece?
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good i look forward to the pics being up. soon i hope!
lol i did have a fun safe spring break and i just uploaded the pictures! tons of em. check em out when you get time
your apollo piece is sitting in my portfolio still lol i'm not gonna lie to you
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maybe when I retire from teaching at the ripe old age of 85 it'll be done and it can be a retirement gift.
Saw the pics and didnt have a chance to make individual comments. You're framing up your shots really nicely, keep it up.
Here's the start to the deadly sins set. Im looking forward to working on it.
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Hy!
Actually our styles aren't the same (they are really far from each other 
Your pics are really amazing!
Keep up the good work!
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the prunk munny is actually for a school project, art 1
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Awesome ideas you have going here. Stay Dark!
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G!!
Your dedication piece has been featured.
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Hey awesome thanks for the feature!
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just going back to watch all the folk I watched on my old now neglected page. I haven't been on this site for a minute! How's life? I see your coloring is way more intense, NICE! I commented on a beheading, but I meant to use this page. OOps...
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hey how are you? its been forever girl.
Same old here, still teaching high school art and loving it most days.
Yeah Ive kinda Jacked up the color. Mostly watercolor colored pencil mixes.
Whats new? Saw your new pieces your digital work has come a long way. Glad to see the traditional work is stronger than ever too. Love the little doll your figure is holding. Gonna fave it in a sec.
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i still suck balls with digital, and I wanna quit on it, but I'm sure if I keep trying I'll get better. if i don't some people are gonna go missing.....
that's awesome you are doing more color though, and still having violent off pictures. Nice oximoron, colors for happy, but queer pictures for unsettling. How's Peanut (luv that guy)
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thanks. Thanks for the watch too
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bahhhhhhhh mr. g oh my goodness guess what.
kay i'll tell you.
i submitted a portfolio to three awards that you can get from my school (here i'll briefly explain them)
reid winsey - goes to one freshman. the freshman then gets $1200 for first semester sophomore year and then another $1200 second semester.
fritz smith - the school buys a painting/drawing from a student then it's hung in the library for basically eternity.
indiana craftsman - you get an award. i think it's monetary but i don't know how much.
okay so i had been getting these death glares/weird looks from my professors in the art department (who were on the jury) so i was like okay whatever, i didn't win anything. i went to go pick up my stuff from outside the secretary's office and she comes out and goes, 'no wait you can't take that one.' i frown and go, 'why?' and she's like, 'cause it won.'and i was like 'what? really?'
apparently i won the fritz smith and now they're buying it off of me for $600. HOW CRAZY IS THAT?! i was like holy smokelies that's a lot of money. anyways so it was the self-portrait still life... just in case you were wondering.
the end.
and how are you doing.
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hey that's fantastic! Once again I am very proud of you!!! Quite an honor that your piece hangs at the school. And a self portrait so you can stare down all the other students for all of eternity.
I wish things were better over here, I don't have a full load of classes (too many other requirements like religeon, and art is low man on the totem pole). So basically they are slashing 1/3 of my salary. I'll sign the contract but I think its time to make the move to public. But art jobs in public schools are few and far between so while I want to leave next year I'll have to wait probably. Who knows maybe I'll get lucky, I would like to go to work without having to wear a tie
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ouch that's a harsh cut, i'm sorry to hear that =\ good luck in your search for a public school job for sure.. let me know how that goes for you. yeah not having to wear a tie every day would certainly be an improvement for your taste
and thanks! yeah no i probably won't be staring down at them lol. that'd be creepy if there was a self-portrait down there (i haven't seen any...)
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