Matt Daemon

Each month there is a sketch contest in the forum I belong to. The Caricature forum that is. This month (April), it is Matt Daemon. Here is my first sketch of him. I like it but there are places that could be improved. I'll work on that.

Week of April 6 2008

This week I got to see a pretty good concert. Seether, 3 Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin. They were at the Bryce Jordon Center on Tuesday night. I am not a huge fan of any of the bands, but a friend ask me to go with her so I did. Had a great time. If you are reading this ad interested, there are a few pictures on my myspace page.
Wednesday i hit up (that sounds cool when I say that) Memories. Skiddy was there for karaoke. I was there for the karaoke and to do some drawing. I have been doing a boatload of that. I have some work that i will post soon.
Thursday it was Ronny's Place. I have been doing Karaoke there for a few weeks and it has been growing. This week a few good friends showed up and made the night. Ronny's wife also go into the act. I know Thursday is a tough night to get out for anything, but I start Karaoke early. We start at 8. It's a great time. Hope to see you there. It is located along rt. 747 outside Mount Union. I should mention that is under new management and there have been a lot of changes. It is hard beating a reputation that was not always the best. This when it was under the previous management. It has changed and I believe you will enjoy it.
Friday another night at the Mount Union V.E.T.S. It has been great and the crowd and singers has been growing each week. I do need to mention that the next two Fridays i will not be at the VETS. We had a little schedule mix up a few weeks back. The were not sure they wanted me to continue the Karaoke over the summer. In fact they said after the big contest they were going to stop karaoke until fall. So i was called about some other work on Fridays and took a couple jobs. They happen to be the next two Fridays. After that I am back at the VETS.Hope to see you then. Or maybe i will see you this Friday at the Mapleton Legion. It is another early starter. Starting around 8.
Saturday I was at the Trough Creek Fire Company for another cash party. I was a little, wait, i was a lot worried about this because the last cash party did not work out so good. My fears came true as not a lot of people hung around to dance. I made as much positive time of it as i could. I broke out the marker and had a go at it with caricature. Here are a few that i did. I do want to make a disclaimer. I did these while the people were not looking at me. They were just walking around and i did them. They did not know i was doing them, but I believe they enjoyed them. Anyhow here they are. I also wanted to mention that i have a new web site. I hope to have it finished this week. It is all about caricatures that i do. The only thing i need, which i am working on is more caricatures. Anyhow, the website is carickature.com. Caricature with a k added so it is kinda like ca rick ature. i thought it was a good idea. we will see what happens. I would like to do more of the caricature work, so if your interested. Contact me.
I also started using a service called twitter. You can see it at the top right of this blog. It is a web utility where you just write a short sentence or two about what you are doing at the moment. I am not sure why i am using it or for how long. Just thought i would mention it here.
Ok off to do more drawing. Hope you enjoyed!
Wait.. i did have a drawing i have been working on i wanted to post. I almost forgot. And by the way, I am not a "Trekky". I do not dress like a Star Trek person. I do not have a lot of anything Star Trek. I just did the thing. Here it is.


I am going to add color to it and finish at some point. Until then....umm.. Live Long and Prosper. Ha!

Week Ending March 30th

Here we go. The first week without work at the radio station. My job there is now being done by a man somewhere out west. Oh well. On to the jobs and fun. Wednesday i went to wings with Amanda, then we headed to memories for karaoke and some caricatures!!! There were not a lot of people there. I did four or five. Here is one of Scott. He knows i did it, but not sure he remembers it. I headed out about midnight.
Thursday was another night at Ronnie's. There was a group there planning a class reunion and a big table from Bonney Forge, several of the regulars and this night the owner's wife (sorry i don't know the name) got up and sang. Each week is looking good and I hope we can keep building. This Thursday Karaoke starts at 8 at Ronnies's tr. 747 Mount Union (shameless plug).
Friday at the Mount Union VFW...wow! It was packed. Although i don't say it enough, I am thankful for everyone who supports the places i play. Well, we had a lot of singers and even threw up some dance music toward the end of the night. I brought some new lights in that i bought last week. Next week i am going to try to set up a little different. We have had some requests for a place to dance. Hope you're there to give your input, if you like it or not. Now for that danceing that happened Friday night. I didn't catch the names of the women who wanted to dance. All i know is they said they were "newly single moms". It was late and i usually don't play dance music, but here is a video clip of them. Tell me, would you have said no? The guys sitting at the bar were not as impressed as i was...haha. I actually recorded these young ladies with another, but i do not have that ready to upload.
Saturday night i had off. I went to Ronnie's place for a while. Some good friends were there and had a great time watching one learn to play pool.
Sunday i headed to State College, for what is becoming a regular event for me. I headed to the mall with sketchbook in hand. I tried something that i have not done before. I sat down and would watch someone that was walking by. After they would pass, i would try to do a caricature of them from memory. Here are a few. I didn't spend more than a couple of minutes on each one.
After i did the thing at the mall, i was feeling pretty good so headed to Hooters. As i said before, I can draw there and the guys I draw are too busy looking at other things to pay any attention to me. I have been there several times lately and some of the girls there are getting to know me. That can not be a good sign. Oh well. One man who was sitting directly in front of me was my first target so to speak. I guess he is a regular there. Like more than me regular. I did a quick sketch of him. He was, how do i say this without being crude? Well he scared the crap out of me. So i did the drawing and before i knew it, he was standing in front of me. Asking me questions about what i was doing. I told him i was practicing caricatures and hid the one i did of him. If you are reading this, i will let you see it. Just promise if you know who it is, you won't tell him, HA! Now something cool happened at Hoots this time. Od of the girls said she likes to draw, so i said here, have a go at it. She did and drew a picture of meeee! The woman who did this was Sarah and she did a very good job. I did a drawing of her, but having ADD or something i forgot to take a photo. Oh well. I did another one of the girls there, again i did not take a picture. I was not happy with the drawing. Only because she told me not to draw a little gap in her teeth. If i would have, i would have like the picture. She didn't want it, so i didn't draw it. I think that about wraps it up. Wait. I have one more. A hooters girl. Anyone who knows me well, knows i like the look of the Asian woman. I know this was a Hooters girl. I doubt that she will ever see this, and i am in no way making a pass or trying to hit on this woman or any such thing. Whew, my disclaimer, but i did do a caricature of an Asian waitress at hooter who i thought was totally beautiful. The only bad part is, she was not smiling when i did the drawing. When i took her photo she did. So i am thinking i will do a better caricature of here and then post it. For now the one i did of her. Yikes.. one more i forgot about. Again i missed the name of the woman who did this other drawing, but it is a cat. or her boss. I forget. I told her i would post it. Hope you like it.

Pictures, holy cow!

So I was looking around at my web site that needs a severe over hall and found some photos that were left on the server. There are shots from as far back as 2001. Weddings, high school dances and parties. Not all of them, but a lot. If you want to give them a look click here. You will be taken to an index of photo galleries. Hope you see someone you know!

Week Ending March 23rd

Much fun was had this week as it started with DJ work early. St Pattys Day as a matter of fact. I played at Memories on Monday night. Had a good crowd for not advertising. I think this was the thrid time i played at Memories and I have never had a night that was planned. They have all been nights that have just happened. Well coming up next month, drum roll please...... a night at memories that is planned. Saturday Night, April 12th. Hope to see you there and as usual, I have a few shots from Monday night.
I had the week off from the radio job, so Wednesday night i headed back down to Memories for dinner and Karaoke. DJ Skiddy gets the place jumpin every Wednesday. My main thought was it would be a cool place to do a few caricatures, maybe sing a song or two. That's what i did. College students from Juniata college filled the place and some of the guys as me to do the caricatures, so that's what i did. I wish i had pictures here to show you, but i don't. The place was pretty dark, which may have helped me, as far as the drawings looking like them, but hurt me as for taking pictures of the final product. I think i did 8 or 9 faces. It was fun and i believe i will make as go at it again this week. I need all the practice i can get.
Thursday was the start of the Easter weekend. I had karaoke at Ronnies Place. I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of people there. It was not wall to wall by any means but it was the best Thursday Night yet. I did get a priceless shot of karaoke in progress. The song, Jump by Van Halen. The singer, Roy. The photo Posted here. Again since i did not have to work at the radio station, I hung around a little longer. That could happen again this week. If you get the chance stop in and sing a song or two.
Friday it was a jam Packed Mount Union V.F.W. We actually had to open the doors to the back section. I believe a lot of family was back in town for the holiday. It was a lot of new singers and a lot of regulars. It's always good to have new singers. Hopefully we will have return customers. I have many pictures from that night, but will honor my promise not to post them. I promised a woman, who will remain nameless and photoless, that if she sang i would not post the photos i took. Nuff said.
From the caricature side, i didn't get to State College sunda, as i usually do. So i didn't get to work on anything. I have a dear friend Jess who's mom went to the hospital. I hung out with her. Not sure i did any good, but hope so. If you are reading this say a little prayer for them. It was a very tough easter. I did work on a painting (digital) of a caricature. Here it is.