"ninety-nine" (#5 - 10/18)

Sometimes it only takes one look for everything to be better.

"ninety-nine" (#4 - 10/18)

If there is any doubt what so ever, it is not with me.

"ninety-nine" (#3 - 10/18)

Among all things, the most possible are usually the most difficult.

"ninety-nine" (#2 - 10/18)

after all, I am just me.

"ninety-nine" (#1 - 10/18)

I want you all to know two things;

1. The rest of the artwork, a little less than thirty pieces are the best of the series in my opinion.
2. If anything, I am more determined than ever.

-me.

"ninety-nine" (#3 of 3 for 10/14)

Here we go; The last piece of artwork from "ninety-nine" until Monday-  Don't worry, I have some special artwork planned for Sweetest Day and in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Among the other holidays I decide to design stuff for, this is one of my favorites and there's a good cause behind it.  So enjoy this artwork from "ninety-nine" - I mean it.

"ninety-nine" (#2 of 3 for 10/14)

I am really excited about these last twenty-something pieces; I wish I could share with everyone what I was thinking while I did them and, well...all of them.  But hopefully, after I deliver the final draft of this book, they will publish it the way I want (and as soon as I want) so each of you could know.  It's really pretty fantastic how I have gotten to this point, not knowing how many people would look at them or like them.  The funny thing is, to me the only thing that really mattered when I started this ill conceived venture had yet to even begin to understand the enormity of it.

Here's #2 for today-

"ninety-nine" (#1 of 3 for 10/14)

I didn't think that I was going to do more than one or two today but these three are really good in my opinion and actually, for the most part the rest of them are the best of the whole series I think...

Anyway, everyone has their favorites and I hope I am able to give you a few more to add to your list...

"ninety-nine" (#2 of 2 for 10/13)

It's fantastic when you are just going along, having a mediocre day and then all of a sudden, someone just decides to say a few words and as quick as Nestle, your day is infinitely better just because they decided to drop you a word.

Well, today is a great day, especially when I can say that I knew I was right about something because it's not often I can do that either.  Congratulations, I knew you could do it; for some reason, I always believed you could...it might have something to do with the fact that I think you're pretty great at being awesome...but who knows.  Anyway, here's the last piece of artwork for today-

"ninety-nine" (#1 of 2 for 10/13)

Today and tomorrow you get new work from me from "ninety-nine" but Friday and Saturday you get a couple of brand new pieces for Sweetest Day!  More on that later...right now, enjoy this.

"ninety-nine" (#2 of 2 for 10/12)

There are so many things that are contradictory; sometimes I have a difficult time knowing which one is the right one to listen too.  Everything has multiple meanings...there so many thoughts to sort out that sometimes I just don't know if I want to anymore but then, I remember...

I remember what matters; I remember that it's not what I do, it's why I do it.  I remember all the really important things I have learned along the way and I try to further distinguish them from the crap that is just there to throw me off course.  I remember things at their most basic; I recall the simple things that mean the most to me.  I know what everything is 'worth' to me; everything has an established 'worth' that can either have an assigned number to it or can be more precisely, priceless.  I remember that no matter what, I know what I feel - the rest of the world be dammed.  It's not my job to make anyone believe what I believe and it's not my job to persuade anyone to see things the way I see them and it is definitely not my job to feel different about anything based on me guessing how someone else feels.  It is my job to continue to be true to myself and to keep doing anything I want to do that brings me a little happiness and I think it's very selfish for anyone to want me to put my happiness aside foe any reason short of a sincere feeling of dislike.  Sometimes I have all sorts of contradictory things go through my mind...but only for a moment...and only until I remember why I love doing what I do.

Here's the last from "ninety-nine" for today-enjoy.

I miss you and I love you all. (especially...well, you know. +1)
-me

"ninety-nine" (#1 of 2 for 10/12)

Today I'm only going to give you two...I hope you like this first one...

"ninety-nine" (#3 of 3 for 10/11)

I have been writing and rewriting a lot for this book and I am not sure what anyone will expect to read (if anyone even reads it) but it definitely seems like I am missing it; it's not turning out to be what I expected it to be.  At first, I thought I would just 'wing' it and just write what I wanted to but that turned out much like a bunch of senseless thoughts bouncing around with no cohesiveness at all.  Then, the other night I was driving home and I had an idea, a way to write this book that makes sense; a way that gave it a structure and I was very excited about that prospect.  Now, a couple of days later of bouncing between the chapters I have set in place to keep me completely on track, my thoughts are completely in order and the book is coming along nicely until I read it.  It's boring; completely undesirable...like book report from a construction manual boring.  It reads like an auto biography about me that has a brief to do about the artwork and I absolutely hate it.  I am going to rewrite what I have yet again because the focus on this book should not be on me at all.  Even the artwork should be secondary in this book and it's just completely wrong.  I don't care if anyone understands how I started drawing pictures, this is not about me.  I know I need to just let it hit me again and try to write the way I usually do but this book and "ninety-nine" just means so much to me that it's difficult for me to just throw something together and hope it flies...this has to say everything the way I felt it.  I don't know if I can do it but I do know it has to be done, there are deadlines that I can't move and I do work better under pressure.  The first draft has to go in right after Halloween and there's no changing that.  I am shooting for 100 written pages and hopefully I can deliver.

Thanx for reading, I just needed to complain a bit...I know you came here to see some artwork so let's give it to you-have a great night everyone...(and remember, I owe you one lady...3-2=1)

"ninety-nine" (#2 of 3 for 10/11)

Here's the second one from "ninety-nine" for today...

more later-