Thinking Out Loud (or How Many Times I Can Say "Like" in One Post)

Haven't made a texty post in a while...

I just watched Pixar's Up and Disney's Princess & the Frog teasers.

I also read a lot of comments people had about them and the big animation studios in general. Anyway it's getting me to think out loud here, hence the title.

Generally speaking, I like Pixar and I like Disney. I like original euro stuff like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis and Jamie Hewlett's Gorillaz videos. I like Studio Ghibli and I like Studio 4C. I also like typical American Indy movies like Garden State, Saved!, Juno and Rocket Science. I like Genndy Tartakovsky's ultra designy toons and I like John K's wacked-out super toons and I like Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis' bubblegum pop show 6Teen. Though I'm never sure I'm quite grasping his work, I do like David Lynch films. and I like Christopher Nolan's work, Richard Linklater's, Stanley Kubrick's, Guillermo Del Toro's, Tim Burton's, Alfonso Cuarón's, Danny Boyle's and a golf course full of other directors, artists and studios.

Everybody has different opinions and different tastes, and although I do dislike certain things (what immediately comes to mind now is films and TV series that rely entirely on pop culture references), I feel like I like a lot of work that almost contradict each other. It's like, most of the people that like a certain kind of movie, won't like another. But I most often do. I'm pretty sure I understand WHY I like all these things, so I'm not like children who usually seem to just blurt out that they like everything without really thinking about it or knowing why.

As far as movies go, how many people like The Fountain, Spider-Man, The Lost World and Before Sunrise on approximately the same level (a likeable level)?

Does anyone else get this feeling?

I spoke mostly about movies here, but this goes for drawing/painting looks as well. I like everything dammit! Like, WHAT DO I DO?!

Slobber Monster!

Lurking deep within the mystical Sharakinous Woods is the elusive SLOBBER MONSTER!

Air Ride

Small commission for the local skate shop... Just needed to draw a single skater doing an air grab for a flyer.

NOW IN FOUR RADICAL FLAVORS!



I think I had more fun coming up with the flavor names, even though it was totally unnecessary as far as the contract.