SplitMetal.com http://www.splitmetal.com/ en-us SplitMetal.com Updates 31 Mar 2010 23:10:00 -0600 Self Portrait at 32 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=242 Self Portrait at 32

For the record, I know I don't have this much hair. I can't see the bald spot, so this I what I look like in my mind.


This is my birthday self-portrait for 2010. I missed my birthday, but it's still March and that's close enough for me. More birthday portraits: 31, 30, 25, 24

]]> 31 Mar 2010 23:10:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=242 Ouroboros (work in progress) http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=241 Ouroboros (work in progress)

I started this piece late last night. I attempted to pick it back up today, but the universe wouldn't play along. A pair of praise-starved cats and a phone conversation later, I gave up.


I was trying to convey something like an ourboros, with a hint of duality and a little reference to a symbolic portrait I used a lot when I was younger. I kept getting the feeling that it would come off as (distractingly) homoerotic, which is not at all what I was going for. I may finish it someday, but today I decided to move on and try something else.

]]> 31 Mar 2010 22:29:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=241 True-Love-Waits.com http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=240 True-Love-Waits.com

We've launched our wedding web site: True-Love-Waits.com. Only three and a half months left!

]]> 31 Mar 2010 22:23:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=240 BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHERS (work in progress) http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=238 BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHERS (work in progress)

]]> 20 Feb 2010 17:23:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=238 Patchwork VIII http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=237 Patchwork VIII

New addition to my Patchwork series.

]]> 29 Nov 2009 13:28:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=237 Patchwork VII http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=235 Patchwork VII

New addition to my Patchwork series.

]]> 29 Nov 2009 02:33:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=235 Patchwork VI http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=236 Patchwork VI

New addition to my Patchwork series.

]]> 29 Nov 2009 02:32:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=236 Patchwork V http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=234 Patchwork V

New addition to my Patchwork series.

]]> 29 Nov 2009 02:31:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=234 Patchwork IV http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=233 Patchwork IV

New addition to my Patchwork series.

]]> 29 Nov 2009 02:30:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=233 Consume. Be Silent. Die. http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=1 Consume. Be Silent. Die.

Graffiti on an ex-blockbuster store in Evanston.

]]> 23 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=1 Snackin' (work in progress) http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=34 Snackin' (work in progress)

Unfinished work in progress. It's for my friends' band, Moisture Pimp.

]]> 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=34 Untitled (work in progress) http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=2 Untitled (work in progress)

]]> 22 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=2 July 17th, 2010 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=31 July 17th, 2010

We've got a date and a location.


True-Love-Waits.com

]]> 30 May 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=31 Bird of paradise http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=3 Bird of paradise

I'm trying out Corel Painter 11. I'm hoping to do a few flower or plant studies. I don't usually draw plants with any level of detail, so the experience feels pretty new all around. I was hoping to use the “brushes” more like their real life counterparts, but found myself using them more like drawing tools instead. Does anyone have any tips for transitioning from drawing to painting techniques?

]]> 27 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=3 Self Portrait at 31 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=4 Self Portrait at 31

When I was a child, I would place my pen to paper, look away, and scribble something random and chaotic. Then I would look at the scribble and attempt to find the hidden image… the shape hiding within the chaos, just waiting for me to add a few simple strokes to bring meaning to the abstract. This seems to be the nature of the universe.


More birthday portraits: 30, 25, 24

]]> 04 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.splitmetal.com/?ID=4