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Goodbye old, Hello new!

2011-12-09T18:33:00.001-08:00

Oh my gosh! You still follow this blog?! But I started a new site ages ago! Point your bloggers on over to Casey Hunt dot Com to keep up with my new ish! This site will stay active as an archive for all the good times.

Thanks for sticking around!

On Hiatus!

2010-05-30T21:44:00.000-07:00

Currently shuffling around my online identity. We'll be back soon...

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2010-05-24T22:13:00.000-07:00

Quickie.

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2010-05-22T19:23:00.000-07:00

Its been one hellova week. Thinking about switching up the caseysgay.com format perhaps. But for now, more unurban friday open mic night doodlewaps!

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2010-05-18T23:59:00.001-07:00

Just an angry guy.

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2010-05-17T23:22:00.001-07:00

This past week @ the Unurban Cafe Friday Open Mic Night was especially on point. Lots of good shits.

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2010-05-14T20:20:00.001-07:00

Turns out I wasn't as thrilled as I thought with the source material, so I'm stoppin' early on this one.

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2010-05-12T00:23:00.000-07:00

I've been told it isn't worth it, but I'd like to go to Burning Man.

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2010-05-10T23:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks Chuck! Wish I could say this took me less than 2 hours.

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2010-05-09T18:40:00.000-07:00

worked on it too long, not happy with it

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2010-05-09T17:05:00.000-07:00

I need to be able to do this from my head.

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2010-05-08T02:49:00.000-07:00

quickie from reference

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2010-05-07T00:27:00.000-07:00

This is my brother. He's a SAW gunner in Iraq. Mostly, hes bored.
Be safe out there kid.

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2010-05-04T23:00:00.001-07:00

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2010-05-03T23:15:00.000-07:00

DSC_0041, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Brooding... perhaps the source file for a future SAD self portrait...

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2010-05-03T00:46:00.001-07:00

More Sleep is Death... I spent pretty much the entire day today telling my first story to a couple of buds. Heres the opening frame from one of the sessions. If I stick with this fad long enough, I'll post flipbooks of everyones tale for fun.

Art from an amazing art pack found on the SID site. The only stuff I added we're the couple of bootleg weapons seen in post110.

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2010-05-02T16:00:00.001-07:00

Pixel art is one of those things that looks easy, but is hard as fucking shit. I made these little weapons for my first Sleep is Death story. If you are interested in playing, let me know!

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2010-05-01T00:59:00.000-07:00

DSC_4537, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

In honor of last Sundays poppy fields trip. This marvelous little mini hill caught me completely by surprise as I was driving aimlessly home from the studio one day April 2008.

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2010-04-29T23:15:00.000-07:00

The final Otis Figure Drawing workshop of the semester!
What to do for the summer!!!!????

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2010-04-29T01:39:00.001-07:00

DSC_0550, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

In May of 2009, I decided to do something with my life. Thats right, I put all my Unurban drawings together into my first solo zine thingy. Put my Otis education to use quite good. I hand numbered a limited edition print run of 35 and brought them up to Unurban Cafe, setting them out to be taken for free.They seemed to go over pretty well.

Zine 2.0 might be on its way soon...

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2010-04-27T23:34:00.000-07:00

OLD OLD OLD scan from one of my few Otis Era sketchbooks. I used to do this shit all the time. Need to get back into it.

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2010-04-26T23:46:00.000-07:00

Painted long ago, circa July 09

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2010-04-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

Its poppy blooming season in Antelope Valley! Do yourself a huge favor, and take the short 90 minute drive north east to see some something spectacular. But go soon, the flowers are only in bloom for a few short weeks! BAM!

OH and PS, my main theme with todays photos is "pictures of people taking poppy pictures". tee hee hee

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2010-04-24T17:48:00.000-07:00

Just a couple peeps. Friday Night Open Mic @ Unurban Cafe.

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2010-04-22T22:56:00.001-07:00

Next Thursday is the last open figure drawing session @ Otis for the semester! Join me! Here's some drawings from the past 2 weeks.

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2010-04-21T23:51:00.000-07:00

I went with a couple of pals from Greendot Films to be guest speakers @ a USC Film School class tonight. Good times. Managed to sneak in a bit of drawing of the mostly unassuming students.

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2010-04-21T00:19:00.000-07:00

To celebrate my 100th anniversary, I give you a big dump of old art from Otis!!! This shits from like, sophomore - junior year there. I love pastels.

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2010-04-20T00:52:00.001-07:00

Anybody want any of this shit? I'm selling all of it, and MORE!

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2010-04-18T19:11:00.000-07:00

DSC_4067, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Always liked the lighting overall, the hot sunlight bouncing up off the white paint, the back lit atmospherics, and the blips of man made red struggling to shine...

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2010-04-17T23:37:00.000-07:00

DSC_4025, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Some kinda SARS gang shit taken to the extreme.

Circa April 2008.

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2010-04-16T23:28:00.000-07:00

Friday Night Open Mic @ Unurban Cafe! You know this by now people!

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2010-04-15T23:37:00.000-07:00

DSC_9602, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Another ode to Ken Rockwell. Say hello to the back of Greendot Films one fine night February of 2008.

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2010-04-14T22:26:00.000-07:00

DSC_4738, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

For all my grease balls out there. You guys know who you are. No idea where I took this photo.

Circa April 2008

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2010-04-13T21:19:00.001-07:00

Some serious energy and people having fun at the last Friday Night Open Mic @ Unurban Cafe. Special guest appearance by old Otis chum Armando (second page). Didn't see that one coming. Keep rockin' it brother.

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2010-04-12T22:52:00.001-07:00

DSC_4524, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Two years ago four days from now, this bitch almost ran me and some friends over backing up out of a parking spot at the Co-Op Santa Monica. When she realized it, she honked at us and started me down. So I stopped, and slowly took her photo through her side mirror. The end.

Hit the fullsize to see her gnarly ghost face.

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2010-04-12T22:37:00.000-07:00

DSC_3857, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

...then why does it lately?!

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2010-04-10T20:01:00.001-07:00

Sometimes you gotta drive back to STL through the desert to escort your buds back home. Sometimes you gotta roll through Vegas, stop at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, and continue on through Zion. All firsts for me, all amazing.

Circa August 2008.

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2010-04-10T04:03:00.000-07:00

DSC_4521, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Outside the Co-Op Santa Monica. Circa April 2008.

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2010-04-08T23:08:00.000-07:00

Too many photos from the 3rd (I think) sometimes annual Joshua Tree Road Trip. Shits badass. 2k9 was a flop, but you better believe we're coming correct this year. Get ready.

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2010-04-08T00:39:00.000-07:00

Mutts 2k8 Collection!

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2010-04-06T23:21:00.001-07:00

A while back I was posting a daily breakdown of my 2007 winter STL vacation, but that fell off. Heres some highlights from the rest of that trip, including such goodies as a Humanoids show, the first (or second read) of Bryan & Jeffs "Teen Comedy", and new years 2k7-2k8!!!!
Enjoy!

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2010-04-06T22:28:00.000-07:00

DSC_3914, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Future gas station on Olympic. Things crazy at night. Dig the lens reflection of the numbers.

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2010-04-06T01:28:00.000-07:00

Damn dude, last time Pix was in STL was Dec 2k7. Oh how time flies. The Arch is a badass monument btw.

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2010-04-05T00:15:00.000-07:00

DSC_4277, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

This one is dedicated to my darling.

"Whats that?" - Pix
"Its a baby with a giraffe dress on" - me
"Thats dumb..." - Pix

:(

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2010-04-03T22:21:00.000-07:00

DSC_7490, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

A double quickie today. Trying to make up for missed days last weekend. Also Circa May 2008.

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2010-04-03T22:17:00.001-07:00

DSC_7557, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

First of all, why did I take this photo. Second of all, why did I mark it red (my label for favorites in iview)???

Circa May 2008

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2010-04-03T00:26:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday, I went to Salvation Mountain with a bunch of the gang. It was a great fucking trip with a great group of people. If you haven't been, I'd strongly urge you to make it out there to chill for a cool minute. Its a great "folk art" site, and theres a really rad hot springs close by.

I just got a geotracker, and this was the first trip I used it on. But the fucking battery died before we got off the road, so most of it was wasted on drive photos.

Unfortunately, the bundled software overwrites important EXIF data in the original photos. Thus my delay in getting these fucking photos up. Not like you guys give a hoot! Enjoy the set!

UPDATE : Try this link to a loc.alize.us map with my salvation photos. Still tryin to figure out the best way to integrate this stuff and show you all the goods. Feedback is appreciated!

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2010-04-01T23:25:00.000-07:00

DSC_4978, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

I'm a big fan of real graffiti, this one isn't exactly the most original example, but it felt pretty clever the first time I saw it.

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2010-03-31T22:28:00.000-07:00

DSC_5342, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

This ones for my girl Ally Beutel.

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2010-03-31T00:43:00.000-07:00

DSC_7073, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

I'm not in the mood... photos from Salvation Mountain this past weekend are on the way. I WILL get caught up.

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2010-03-30T00:49:00.000-07:00

Some really nice acts this past Friday @ the Unurban Cafe Open Mic. I definitely hope to see a few of these cats back there again.

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2010-03-28T21:05:00.000-07:00

P1100368, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

I think missing posts is going to be my new thing. It's been quite a non stop weekend. Here is a lackluster post to start the catch up.

This is Sludge Mansion. This is also the first photo that has automatically embedded geodata in it. I got a new gadget, and have plans to make use of it, once I figure out all of its quirks.

Here's my limited Flickr map. Theres a bunch of manually placed BOND images on there from long ago as well. If only Flickr was owned by Google...

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2010-03-25T23:50:00.000-07:00

DSC_4405, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Pool party @ Dylan's! Circa April 2008.

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2010-03-24T23:54:00.000-07:00

Today is a sad day for me. The one and only Geocache I hid has gone MIA. It is especially a bummer since none of my personal friends who geocache successfully found it. If you don't have any idea what this means, click the image above or look it up yourself.

It is time for a new cache...

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2010-03-23T22:38:00.000-07:00

DSC_6851, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Anyone recognize this?

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2010-03-23T00:22:00.001-07:00

Here's a couple of pages from Unurban Cafe's Friday Open Mic Night that I'm always talking about. The past 2 weeks I've gone, shit just wasn't poppin' off like it normally is.

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2010-03-22T00:02:00.000-07:00

Dude! Thanks to Pix's sister Monica @ Let's Do Something Awesome for bringing us to Watts Towers and Hawkins House of Burgers today.

Go there yourself! It was effing sweet! Just beware the size of the double cheese burger if you are a little lady. Woo hoo!

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2010-03-20T16:46:00.000-07:00

Wait... just where exactly in the fuck is my little brother?! I just had a nice 90min catchup conversation with the little 18 year old fucker, a SAW gunner in the 82nd Airborne Army Division, and finally asked him his location.

If you wanna see some context, check out Al Asad Airbase on Google Maps. Zoom in, you can see tons of helicopters and stuff. Pretty gnarly.

He assures me that he and his fellows are in no danger whatsoever, but I must still say, stay safe out there boys.

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2010-03-20T04:38:00.000-07:00

DSC_1702, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Almost forgot to post tonight. I'm gettin' sloppy. Sometimes random shit is left on the windows outside the studio.
Circa March 2008

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2010-03-18T23:12:00.000-07:00

DSC_4447, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Too bad we missed the party, Jarmon's BBQ had to be a smash.
Circa April 2008

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2010-03-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

DSC_7543, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Sometimes I do digital paintings for my mom as gifts to her friends and family. Here I am posing with my masterpiece @ The Very Best Cookies Company (now defunct I believe) owned by one of her best buds Susan.

That's Susan on the left, and my mom on the right. Painted circa Nov 2007.

And this one's is more recent, thats my Aunt Ruth on the left, mom again on the right. Painted circa August 2009.

Both paintings based on photos as if it weren't obvious.

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2010-03-17T01:01:00.000-07:00

DSC_4244, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Just a quickie tonight. Love Santa Monica.
Circa April 2008

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2010-03-15T23:42:00.000-07:00

If you follow BOND, this will look familiar to you. There is more than meets the eye. Keep your eyes peeled on the streets of LA for such things.

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2010-03-15T02:01:00.000-07:00

DSC_7704, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Today was a beautiful day. But I stayed inside doing my taxes and playing Modern Warfare 2. :) This shot is from circa June 2008.

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2010-03-14T15:52:00.001-07:00

Between waking up to a beautiful day, biking around and getting sweet breakfasts with my lady, practicing for a COD match, then prepping for and running BOND, I completely fucking forgot to post yesterday.

I'm ashamed and saddened. But I take comfort in the fact that it never once crossed my mind. My main goal is to avoid not doing it because of laziness. Anyways, the subject matter of todays post reflects my mood about missing yesterdays post.

Inspired by Dylan Spears (visit his Flickr) fascination with the vagrants of the world, heres a few shots of some "undesirables" in and around Santa Monica.

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2010-03-12T19:02:00.000-08:00

Just a doodle guy.

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2010-03-12T01:20:00.001-08:00

Otis Open Figure Drawing Thursdays Yeah!

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2010-03-10T23:38:00.000-08:00

DSC_4169, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Street Fight near Wilshire and something circa April 2008.

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2010-03-10T00:35:00.000-08:00

DSC_4070, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Ode to Ken Rockwell. Circa April 2008

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2010-03-09T01:30:00.000-08:00

DSC_8890E, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

bummer girl circa june 2008

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2010-03-07T23:46:00.000-08:00

An hour and a half too long...

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2010-03-06T22:54:00.000-08:00

DSC_9193, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Rep y'all city!

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2010-03-05T20:06:00.000-08:00

DSC_8705, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Little Old Lady circa June 2008

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2010-03-05T00:32:00.000-08:00

DSC_4163, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

My clean reformatted computer has no programs to do things other than old photos at the moment. Just a random one circa April 2008

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2010-03-03T23:32:00.000-08:00

DSC_4183, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

I think everyone should have something they can put this sign on!

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2010-03-03T02:33:00.000-08:00

Damn it! I just reformatted my computer and nothing's installed! Here's a scrap of shit I abandoned before the Christmas break last year.

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2010-03-01T20:20:00.001-08:00

DSC_4130, originally uploaded by coolkatcasey.

Holy shit! 50 days in a row without missing an update?!

I had wanted to do something more luxuriant to celebrate this momentous occasion, but today is a busy day so you'll have to settle for this old photo of me looking cool. I really miss these sunglasses.

circa april 2008

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2010-02-28T23:50:00.001-08:00

DSC_4043, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

greg @ threeleggedlegs
check out his personal works @ ggunn.com

what a fuckin nightmare this photo...

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2010-02-27T23:15:00.001-08:00

DSC_3884, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

escalators are fucking deathtraps - chinatown circa april 2008

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2010-02-26T19:34:00.000-08:00

I used to draw comic strips a lot. Had one for the high school newspaper, and one for my days working @ walmart. I did this one to inspire my buddy Dylan to git in there and do his own.

Click for fullsize. lalz deggie

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2010-02-25T23:08:00.000-08:00

Hey, what do you know?! Otis open figure drawing workshop every Thursday! Got there an hour late tonight. One day I'll get the backlogs of drawings posted up.

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2010-02-24T23:04:00.001-08:00

DSC_3490, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

This is the kind of photo my mother (pictured right) loves to see posted online. Its crazy that someone gave birth to me.

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2010-02-23T22:43:00.001-08:00

DSC_0056, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

Just a quickie from one of my favorite 24 hour spots in LA: Izzy's Deli

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2010-02-23T00:13:00.001-08:00

DSC_0310, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

Some awesome things can't be rationally explained.

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2010-02-21T23:45:00.001-08:00

DSC_7997, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

Between November 29th 2007 and August 3rd 2008 I logged 15,746 photos. Of those, I tagged my darling Pix in 1,365 of them.

That means 8.67% of the photos I took contained this shining face! Wow!

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2010-02-21T02:42:00.001-08:00

DSC_7969, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

Ok, so now I feel guilty for posting photos as my SAD... but thats part of the point! Ive got tens of thousands of photos, and only a fraction of them shown. So if you think its a cop out, go fug yourself!

More figure drawings and photosets on the way!

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2010-02-20T01:38:00.000-08:00

It picked up towards the end, but for a while after I got there almost everyone was out of tune. Couple of serious winners though, including Layla Lane. If you want some badass upbeat piano/guitar battle saloon type shit, go check em out.

Always fun to draw @ Unurban Cafe Friday Night Open Mic Night.

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2010-02-19T00:39:00.001-08:00

DSC_7773, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

"it doesn't say 'cop-out-a-day' " - pix

I've got figure drawings and a buncha stuff I wanna post, but I'm in a hurry tonight. Normally I wouldn't justify myself, but someone is looking over my shoulder giving me shit.

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2010-02-17T20:13:00.001-08:00

DSC09902, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

This is the first picture of my darling that I have. Today marks us being together for FOUR years. Pretty disgusting if you ask me. :)

Circa May 2006

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2010-02-16T23:01:00.000-08:00

Sketched these back in November of last year. I was on a pretty solid kick of drawing pretty regularly. Gotta get back into it. Drawing from photos is harder than drawing from life, does anyone know why?

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2010-02-15T23:08:00.000-08:00

I was planning on doing a couple of digital paintings for my family for xmas, but I wound up waiting too late and stressing myself out in the process. The holidays should be about enjoying things, not freaking out. This is the only piece I finished, though afterwords I just let it sit on my hard drive.

I would up doing a series of charcoal portraits of them instead. Maybe I'll post those tomorrow.

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2010-02-14T23:48:00.001-08:00

DSC_0043, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

Just a random quickie tonight. Had a wonderful weekend and some good photos and shit to post, but for now this little fucker will have to wet your whistle.

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2010-02-14T02:37:00.000-08:00

I woulda posted these drawings from Friday nights Open Mic @ Unurban Cafe yesterday, but I was struck with self portrait inspiration and limit myself to 1 important post a day. Ta Da!

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2010-02-12T18:07:00.001-08:00

I think I've outdone myself.

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2010-02-11T23:51:00.001-08:00

Figure drawing open workshop, Thursdays from 7-10pm! This is only a half sessions worth of drawings. I had to represent my pal Lily and her sister performing at the Echo Curio. What an evening!

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2010-02-10T20:54:00.001-08:00

DSC_4367, originally uploaded by cool kat casey.

I was really excited when I bought Chuck BB's first shirt @ Nucleus gallery. Its still one of my favorite threads. Hes a good buddy, and a badass artist. Go get some of his shit!

Chucks Merch @ Nucleus Gallery
The official Chuck BB store
Chucks Website

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2010-02-09T23:07:00.001-08:00

Just a bunch of studies from stills to brush up on my digital painting game, since I have almost none.

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2010-02-08T22:02:00.000-08:00

A long ass time ago, a good buddy of mine named Zim asked me if I'd like to do some album art for his band The Humanoids. They rock, and hes quite a pal, so I said fuck yeah! Plus, I've never had anything printed for real before, and this shit would be on vinyl.

Here's some initial scribblings. Buncha different ideas.

The final inside cover of the record sleeve.

Here's a more polished sketch for the front and back cover.

And the final. Be sure to click on this, I uploaded the print res file, and theres lots of details and stuff in there that I'm pretty happy with. As if you cared...

Anyways, go give them a listen : The Humanoids

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2010-02-07T21:03:00.001-08:00

I'm pretty sure I sent this to Dylan, but never posted it anywhere.

This one I quite likely haven't shown anyone.

Animated GIF's are rad, and when you've got a camera that shoots hella burst mode you wind up with lots of potential for lil things like this. I've got dozens plannned, but I've been sitting on all of them since 2007. Seeing these is the first step, and I will definitely get around to finishing the rest.

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2010-02-06T17:32:00.000-08:00

Back to Sunken City! January 3rd 2010!

Ok so look, the thing is... I've got TONS of photos. I'm not a photographer or anything, but I really like to shoot. Its mostly for my memory so I don't forget all the good times I'm having. The problem is after I upload them to my comp, they just sit there in media catalogs. Thus why I post so many photos here. I'm trying to do SOMETHING with them!

After this set, I'm more or less caught up with 2010's stuff. My plan is to stay on top of it, and get shit posted as it happens. No more waiting 3 years to post shots.