"We want to make a world that is seen through a dirty plane of glass."
-The Brothers Quay

Never let an art teacher tell you old is not an aesthetic
Fascinating article on the Brothers Quay


Doug Chiang has an update and a couple of new images for the next Robota trailer.
And I'm not sure if I mentioned it before, but be sure to check out Chiang's and Orson Scott Card's Robota book.
www.dchiang.com


And here is a quick image I did for an Atlanta Star Wars club

Okay in the past couple of months, I've been near tornados, in the middle of a hurricane and now an earthquake.

My friends in California will think I'm crazy, but a 4.5 earthquake for 30 seconds is pretty scary.

It started with a boom, a growing rumbling, things falling off my shelves, my trashcan fell over, Christmas tree shaking., the whole apartment shaking. I ran outside. I thought my furnace was about to explode. And then I realized it wasn't just my house. But for those first few seconds I had no idea what was going on and that was scary.

Okay I don't normally post these silly quizzes on my blog, but this one cracked me up. ..I'm not that depressed ...really.....


As if you were born into a world of tears, you
always tend to look at the darker things in
life. Inside you crave attention yet push away
society, and you're a hopeless romantic. Drawn
to things like the occult and mysteries, you
spend your time daydreaming


What Type of Soul Do You Have ?
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And on a serious note.
Save the Red Pandas!


Something needs to change over at the National Zoo.
23 animals have died because of neglect.
The Washington Post has an interesting sad article
here

Yes all roads lead to Star Wars. It's kind of odd really, Kevin Bacon should feel jealous. I know when I google the oddest things, inevitably I'm linked to Star Wars.

While looking up Photoshop techniques, I came across this.
Photoshop 'exists because of Star Wars'


I must admit the first time I heard about the Hilton sisters I thought people were referring to The Hilton Sisters.
The musical Siamese twins that did sideshows and vaudeville in the late 20's and 30's.
They appeared in Todd Browning's masterpiece movie Freaks. And yes, I can even make a Star Wars connection here. One of the freaks was legless and walked on his hands and has often been said to be an influence on the design of R2-D2

The Goodyear Blimps crashes!



A stunning image of the young Myrna Loy

Rabbit Rabbit

It's interesting when times are tough you really find out who your true friends are. Who sticks by you through all your egocentric behavior, supporting you, and then who abandons you. I know I haven't been the best of friends lately, but thank you all who have been there for me, supporting me....thanks

Here are some interesting links:

The soon to be classic ..I think,
Jojo in the Stars



Hanging Corpse Admired as Sculpture on Campus (that about says it all, but click here for the full story)



And Angelie Jolie in Alexander the Great...drinking diet coke.

First my site crashes, then my computer crashes, and then my brain crashes.
Regrouping....

Nov. 19th 1581
Ivan The Terrible Kills his son.
Nov. 19th 1703
The Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille.
Nov. 19th 1954
Sammy Davis Jr. looses his eye in an automobile accident.
Nov. 19th 1965
Pop-Tarts are created on this day!

Of course, I tell people to email me and then my site and my email goes down.
For commisions or comments email me at
Nekokaiju@aol.com
until further notice.

If you have emailed me at Paul@nekokaiju.com in the last week, please try again at my aol address. Sorry.

As you may have noticed, I have decided to update my blog more often. Unlike LiveJournal, I don't have a comments section, so send me an email sometime. Just so I know that someone is reading this, thanks.

Fascinating Harry Potter "book" binding by
Artomic.


Read on Dark Horizons, that Ridley Scott is looking into doing a film version of Monty Python alumni; Terry Jones story His Dark Materials, could be interesting. (wow, what a run on sentence.)

Also read somewhere that "Moo kari makka?” is how you greet people in Osaka. It means: “How are you doing, making money?” Glad I don't live in Osaka right now.

Here is a detail of some clouds I'm working on for an avation print.



I've heard that if you sing someone lyrics it will stop running around in your head, I wonder if it works by posting them.

"There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die

When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does"
-The Smiths


My Magic Cookie story coming tomorrow.

Darth Maul with Thai Headdress

Fascinating online gallery, the sculptures of Isabel De Obaldia




Rest in Peace Rerun, your red beret will be missed.

Green Vader, and yes he goes with Grumpy Obi and Angry Luke. I am making my version of the cover of Marvel Comics Star Wars #1



I find myself also asking, Why is Vader green?

A lot going on right now. Big news on the horizon. More in depth post soon.
But here is a taste!


A doodle for my upcoming online comic. A nostalgic Science Fiction cliffhanger for nostalgic prices, just 10 cents weekly!

Stay Tuned.

Just got back from the nighttime harvest parade. It's sponsored by the farm bureau so there were lots of people in cow suits, chicken suits, and pig suits. Very odd. I was expecting someone to come by and hit them over the head for food. Then it started to rain...Little did I know, they make plastic rain covers for Shriner Fezs. And one last thought, If your school mascot is a bluish purple bulldog, it still
looks like Barney even without a dinosaur tail.

Anyone see KillBill already? Send me an email, I really liked to hear some opinions about it. Hopefully I'll see it soon.

And here is grumpy Obi-Wan, He goes with the angry Luke sketch I showed a couple of days ago. And yes, I know his eyes need some work.

Well I know I keep promising it, but I'll have a recap of my trip to Baltimore and Atlanta this weekend, plus some thoughts on the business of showing my portfolio.

Recently I did a photomanip teaser for a friends website, click Halloweengirl.net

to see it.

The other night saw an episode of NOVA on the death of the Red Baron. It rekindled in me all sorts of excitement about early aviation. It'll be interesting to see where this all leads.

Along with NekoKaiju, Moxnix, The Tarot Project, and numerous little projects, a few of you might know I'm working on a 30's type pulp serial proposal for Bitpass


Okay that article has a registration, if you don't feel like dealing with that, just go to www.bitpass.com to understand what I'm talking about.

Anyway, what made me mention that was, I came across this great 50's/60's pulp site. Very exciting, nice animation trailer. I hope I can come close to the quality and adventure of
Daring Planet!

Picture of the security at a Rugby match in the UK. Looks right out of Gilliam's Brazil....

And I thought the origami x-wings at Dragon*Con were cool, check out this origami yoda at destroy all monsters.com


Luke sketch for a Star Wars painting I'm working on. I'd like to give the final to my friend Luke who inspired me. If you are reading this blog, send me an email.

I know around this time of year, you are thinking about how Chamberlain brought "Peace in our Time" by appeasing a dictator and sacrificing the Sudetenland.
Well okay maybe that's just me.
Even if you are not, check out these photos by Czech photographer Vilem Kriz

And sadly, goodbye George Plimpton

Almost recovered from sickness, tornados, hurricanes etc.. will post soon.

Meanwhile, more Star Wars graphitti spotted, this time on the streets of
London



A little history of the Electrolux. Includes my pet, the Model L 1968
Electrolux