All my new work is under a new alias: beatn1k
I also have a new DA account for my current/college work....most my stuff is currently in the scraps section if you want to go have a snoop around.


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I'm just being lazy in closing this name, as I don't feel like uploading all my old work to my scrapbook on spotty dorm wifi. While I'm back on DA feel free to ask anything about art that you want when it comes to picking colleges, majors, etc. Or are just looking for a good blunt / no BS critique.

Hey all, I still will be posting my art here although mostly under the sketchbook area, and for the sake of having a silly dev art account. Anyway, all my art can now be found @:

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Dev art is great and all, but it's about time I got a decent website. Please leave comments on my front page here if you run into any bugs or errors. The more you tell me the more I can smooth things for the future.

Thanks for viewing

Hey, 505 page views and only a few comments? If you drop by and have an account, some feedback would be nice. I'm always looking to improve, and feedback would be nice. Don't be afraid to burn a piece either, I can take it

It's been awhile since I last updated, and in the meantime I somehow got my claws on sleek new MBP. I decided to even be crazier though, and get one with a glossy screen. I know many artists scream and rant and rave over such a travesty. Imho however, it really makes no difference in colour quality and saturation. The blacks are blacker, and the lights are lighter. It also has a sharper more unforgiving nature, where a good matte will have a silkier feel and mask the image and smooth it a bit. Besides, if you actually took the time to get a colour calibrator the whole fight would be down the tubes. So far I've hooked the wacom up and have used painter X, and I'd like to say glare is never an issue (you can always tilt the screen a fourth of an inch if it is that bad, to totally get rid of any reflectivity). In going back and forth between my matte desktop and glossy laptop, painter X seemed to function equally as well, and none of the colours seemed to be off when compared side by side.

Anyway, thats all my humble opinion in an issue that often sparks off multi page flame wars on most forums.


(I gotta say though, I'm more or less in love my glossy, and am considering getting a glossy desktop monitor the next time I get or build a new rig.)

I finally got my acceptance and all that fun stuff from the Academy of Art, out in San Francisco, which will at least get me off the east coast for awhile if anything else. I've heard wicked mixed reviews of the school, a lot of haters, as well as lovers. Makes sense though...it takes most anybody, regardless of artistic skill, and kicks a good amount out. Doesn't seem to be for the feint of heart either. They basically want you 110% dedicated to what you do, which is good for me as, I'm not much useful for anything else.