It's been a good day.

Hello friends. Last time I blogged, it was a tragic day. Two american Icon's died, but today is a much different day. Above is the logo for Wicked kitty Studio (My Studio) that will be used in most all of our business ventures, with the exception of the young people's market, which we will use the more cartoon version I showed you a couple of weeks ago. With this done, i can no move forward with the website. The first part I want to get up and running is the business art side of it. You know, doing graphic arts, logo design and portraits to name a few things. It's official, I became a full time artist as of today.

Last night I turned in my rough work for the graphic novel as far as the writing part goes, and the company was so impressed with what I Had done with the story and my

imagination that they told me they would pay me to write the sequel to Mental Scars, as well as doing the story boards, movie poster, graphic novel and so on. How could I say no? The money is more than you can imagine, I'll be doing what I love and making money for mine and Cheryl's future, not someone Else's. So, the choice was very easy, and the person I had been working for was well aware of my plans and what was going on in my career. So, I wish them the best of luck with their future, but now it's time for me to be concerned with ours.

Today, I am working on the Viper production logo. I should have that done before the days end, hopefully. Cheryl and I are going shopping tonight though. I have to buy a new portfolio and printing paper to make up a commercial portfolio to get local clients.. I am going to start visiting them this next week. I will also be adding a link to the website to direct companies to commercial work I have done as well.

So, time to get busy. Peace and Blessings all.

Life is so good......

Above are some sketches for the new painting I mentioned yesterday. I thought I would show them to you like this first because since I've started working in Corel Painter, I just love working in layers! It really is the bomb. And now that I have the full version of it, you would not believe all the awesome things I can do, including making my own brushes for the program. On this new piece I might add a second skinwalker. In the story there are 2, but we'll see. Sometimes when you have to many elements in a pic like this, you can over do it. The scene will be night with a full moon, probably a little misty and in a desert setting.

I want to talk about happy things, but first i guess most of you have heard that Farrah Fawcett died this morning from her long struggle with cancer. She was and will always be remembered for her role in Charlie's Angels, but I was much more impressed with the movies I saw her in after the legendary show. "Burning Bed" was a classic and really showed the woman's talent as an actress. But like all teenage boys at the time of Charlie's Angels, I had that poster of Farrah hanging in my room. You know the one, her wearing the Red bathing suit and the "Just got out of bed" hairdo. May she find her way home and her loved ones find comfort. We''ll miss you.

There isn't a day that goes by that I am amazed at all the cool, new technology that keeps coming up. Just the Imac alone, I have about 2000 of my all time favorite songs downloaded so I can put Itunes on shuffle and rarely hear the same song twice. An this bad boy has some really awesome speakers as well. I can hear things in songs I never heard before. I can also do all my artwork here and in any medium you can imagine, and much faster than traditional means. I can have video calls to my friends, I can create music of my own. Almost anything the mind can think off, I can do here.

Ok, switching gears again. I just heard that Micheal Jackson died today as well. This is truly sad to me. I grew up listening to the Jackson 5, and have loved Micheal's music all my life, as well as Janet's. I know people say all these bad things about him, but you should never judge the art by the artist. The artist can never live up to their art, and today's news people have nothing better to do than to dig up trash on anyone that is in the spotlight, and anyone with money is a target for lawsuits. Try to remember all the wonderful music that he and his family has given us all.

I'm outta here for now, I'm just bummed out and I still have to do an article about myself for a magazine. We love you all. Peace and Blessings.

Our new logo!

Hello friends. I know most of you saw the new logo on Facebook yesterday, but we do have a lot of readers that are not from Facebook. I am thrilled with it. I didn't use the logo program I bought to do it, I did it in Painter. The new logo program is awesome, but it is going to take some time to learn. I think the wicked kitty thing fits me so well. I've always been a cat person, and this cartoon really speaks to me. So from here on out, everything I do will be under the wicked kitty banner.

I finally have the website started and have a page up. lol. It's going to take me months to get everything on there I intend to do, but for now it has a link to my art, blog, merchandise and my e-mail address. You can bookmark this, because this is where it will be forever. www.wickedkittystudio.com Please stop by a couple times each month and see what is new. We will be selling all kinds of merchandise on there, including original art. I will also be taking on personal work for clients. Things such as portraits and commercial work.

I started a new illustration for Darc karnivale today for a story called "Anatomy of the Terrible" This one I am jacked about. It involves a witch doctor and a "Skinwalker" which is basically a werewolf. In the next blog I will start showing sketches of that.

Tomorrow I also start writing the graphic novel version of "Mental Scars" So I am pumped about that as well. Tonight we are going to watch the movie again, so I can start doing breakdowns.

It's been a long day and my neck is killing me, so I'm outta here for now. Peace and Blessings all, and thank you so much for your support, kind letters and just being interested.

"Blood on the Walls"

This one has been a long time coming, but finally it is done. This is for "Darc Karnivale" and the story is called "Blood on the Walls" written by Dave Rex. Two things I really love about this one is that the model is my buddy Suzi Lorraine and the building in the background is the Waverly Hills Sanatorium somewhere in Kentucky. Anyone that watches any Ghost Hunter type show will be familiar with this place. This is where the story takes place.

Tonight and Tomorrow I will be working on new Logo's for everything we have going on. The middle of the week, I will be starting on the breakdowns for the "Mental Scars" Graphic Novel. I have a week off from carpet laying and I'm going to be busting my fanny getting as much done as possible. Scott and Kim are taking a trip back to NC for a week to see friends they made while they lived there and I think they are going to spend a few days at the beach as well.

I will be getting the website up this week, I want to tweak on it some more. Cheryl has already set up a Zazzle shop for us, and there is a link to it on the top right. Now you can get your favorite Nick art on about anything you want. So please check out the shop. I know money is tight for everyone these days, so if nothing else, just check it out and let us know if there is something you want to see that we don't have on there yet. She will be adding new things weekly, and some of it will be the old classic stuff you haven't seen in years.

Well, that's it for now, but I will be posting a good bit over the next week, keeping you updated on all the new stuff coming. Peace and Blessings everyone.

Updates and News..

Hello Friends. I have been more busier than a starving tick on a dead hound dog, or a brain sucker on a headless Zombie. Lol Things are moving at a very fast pace and I am doing everything I can to keep up with them. I've been trying to get a new website up, and man that has been a nightmare. Just trying to get all the FTP code right is a real pain in the butt. We got our new domain through GoDaddy, and I can't say enough good things about them. They have and excellent support system where you can actually talk to a real person on the phone when you have a problem, and they don't charge you! . But the problem was that we bought the domain name through a partner of theirs, and the website through them. So they're are 2 sets of user names and passwords and that was causing me havoc trying to figure out where I was messing up. But now it is straight and unless I've done something else really stupid, the site should be up sometime on Monday, at least part of it. It is going to take a while to get it all done, including original art for sale and prints. Cheryl has still got to tackle the Zazzle and CaFe Press thing.

The bad thing is, we've both been sick. Me with a chest infection and my baby with a pulled tooth and then a tooth infection. It's been a rough week, but the world goes on and people still expect you to meet the deadlines, show up for work and so on. We understand that and accept it. It is the nature of the beast as the saying goes. The world has been good to us, and we still have to perform sick or not. I have been slowly getting better, but it has gotten warm here in Michigan, and going out in the heat makes it very hard for me to breathe right now.

I've got a decent shot at doing some cd art for a new hip-hop/rap album and I am going to post the link to the main song. I personally like it a lot, but it is not something I would want Cheryl's kids to hear. There is language and the theme may be offensive to some of you. So, I would save that I would give it a "R" rating, and it is for only mature listeners. The song is called "Come get some" by Big Koz and Aztech. Here is the link

http://www.vimeo.com/4711605 I really think this song is going to be a big hit.

Another big hit I believe is going to be "Mental Scars" The story is very original, and it is very well done for a first time effort. They even shot it in 35 mm. Another thing is the 2 producers Richard and Mischa. These guys are not fooling around. They are sparing no expense in the promotion or anything. I am so proud to be part of the Viper Production Team. Good things are really coming our way, and they are some surprising changes I didn't expect, but that is something to talk about another day.

I got a BIG check this week as well from the Evil Nerd Empire. I will have that new illo put together in the next couple of days, I promise. This week I am also going to start looking into doing some local commercial work as well. We just got a very nice logo design program and I will be making some kick butt logo designs for me and my friends, and as you can can guess, that is big money in the commercial world, and Michigan has a large commercial market. A heck of a lot bigger than in NC. (Which reminds me, I sure am glad I'm not there, the heat index there is 104 today) I love Michigan.

Well, It's family night and we have the pizza and gonna watch a good movie. me and Cheryl will probably cuddle up on the couch. Love is a wonderful thing, I hope that you all have love in your life as well. I went so long with out it, i do appreciate it much more than I ever did in the past. Of course, being with the right person is everything, right Tracy?

Peace and Blessings all.