The Trouble With Living

Weeks ago during March, 2011 a new film opened up in Manhattan, New York. By e-mail I was invited to attend the New York premiere by the director and producer. The invitation stirred my memory a bit. My recollection of one scene shoot during May, 2010. The principal character, Morris Bliss (portrayed by Micheal C. Hall) was having a conversation with a girl on roller skates, as I walked out behind him eating a pizza. So I wanted to attend premiere having worked on the film as a background actor.
Unfortunately I could not attend. Once again after the official winter season had expired there is an economic coldness I am confronting. I had been hurting due to a lack of employment. Today news was confirmed to me that opportunities for male home health aides (HHA) are lacking. At leash two health agencies told me. So I spent much time seeking other sources of income. I did a few gigs recently in film extra work, Yet the resulting pay altogether not enough to address one of numerous financial obligations on my shoulders. My acknowledgement it is very difficult to what many still express, "to make ends meet."
Of course I am not expecting my cartooning result of me becoming a subject on the television show, 'Lifestyle Of The Rich and Famous'. Fame and material successes do not pay for themselves. These are not widely distributed. This obvious reality was felt decades ago when I exchanged the ink pen for a push broom in labor. However my wish not for fame and prosperity, just simply to live a simple life maintaining a comfortable standard of living. I have to wait some time to be in the position to rent out a DVD of 'The Trouble With Bliss'. It is the movie directed by Micheal Knowles my contribution was to, as spoken of above. Yet much more than viewing a film is my anticipation of getting out this rough, uneasy period of time. Please wish me well, although I believe circumstances will improve with some struggle and honorable persistence.

Until Then

 

"We better linger a bit and enjoy the pleasant weather. My boss said she can not wait until the next recession to 'officially' oust me from my services."

Are You Talking To Me?

The cartoon below is sort of a conclusion to a blog I wrote for, 'Curtis On The News'. As commonplace of me the gag line is longer than usual. Not so often is that the cartoon guy talks directly to the blog visitor. I would say some people would be uncomfortable about this approach.
It isn't easy responding to someone or something not existing. My thought it would be quite a twist having the cartoon talk a little about me. He also relates me with others in question of future destiny. Here is the gag line below, you may comment on it if you wish.

"Considering what was stated on the prior posting here,
from what I know the guy quit writing for this blog site.
He got up and gone. What else can I say?
People come and go everyday.
And you often wonder what would become of them
But anyway, you and I are still here.
Perhaps some day we can get together at a cafe,
drink some java and discuss the matter.
Maybe in the process of all of this,
we might get a good laugh out of it.
Until then, arrivederci per ora, good health to you."

The Violation

This is likely my first cartoon (below) using the ArtStudio Lite app. So here you see we are going beyond the use of colors red, blue, green and black. With the other cartoons following this yellow background, gay rights' cartoon I was able employ other tools of ArtStudio including penciling, brush spray paint, in varying sizes and degrees.
Putting in the text on the cartoon was not so easy. Because once again I done the cartoon on the small space iPod. The cartoon below speaks for itself in a way, touching upon a sensitive issue. A number of non-gay people might view that certain homosexuals, not all, are too defensive for their civil or human rights. You may comment below with the comment link if you wish.

En Passe

My submission of this blog post to give peoples a break, from them seeing the previous posting before this of the blond lady. The cartoon of the chess pawns is one I done many years ago. It may had been created in 1996, I am not sure. Several publications I tried to sell the cartoon to had rejected it.
I remember one time sending it to a unrecalled, Japanese magazine when living in Virginia. In truth I never saw it published except now online on a February 10, 2012 posting of Curtis On The News blog site , and on this blog site. I am glad many persons may have an opportunity to see it, thank you for visiting.

There She Is...

The drawings top and below of the same, blond-haired, cartoon woman transformed in progress to the final edition with type. The woman is talking on her cellular phone to a friend or relative. My objective was to generate an sort of undefined impression of an unique individual observed in the middle of her causal conversation.

Developing the color variation of her blondness was to such an objective. She does not simply have a one-color blondness. Even if you microscope view a black-haired, African-American woman. I believe you will see color variations in her hair, maybe charcoal grey, blue blacks or darkening purples. The hair strains my thought is part of the inner identity of the person, how she came about physically.
Or this may be seen on how her appearance alters as she aged. As a child you may imagine her having mostly carney yellow hair with no brownish strains. This cartoon lady on phone was first posted on the Curtis On The News blog, but it was soon removed within a day. At leash you get to see it here. It was completed on my iTouch using the ArtStudio Lite app, my fingers and stylus pen.

Red, Blue, Green and Black

The cartoon drawings here you may notice below have limited colors. I had competed each of them below on my Apple iTouch using the SketchPad app. The free version of the app only allows those four colors: red, blue, green and black. It was helpful to finish drawings right from the app and display them online for the Internet world to see. From an electronic tool app software an image submitted directly into an technological environment, made active-alive by those whom function in it.
The cartoons were done for my other, blog site, Curtis On The News. The graphic like image with the red mountains was my first completed work from SketchPad. It ended up on the same, news commentary blog.
As you may see I tried to do what possible with the four colors including the dark-haired woman with the blue, green-hinted sweater. I wanted to place winter shaped clouds in the snowman drawing. It was tough going with no white color, I attempted to indicate the clouds with the eraser against the blue sky. It was a no go, I had to settle for a cloudless sky. The full version of SketchPad have a greater, color palette, I did not purchase it.
The effort put forth on these drawings was favorable training for me, especially when I was working on a small, iPod screen, with my fingers and stylus pens. Having those four colors helped me to focus on the message of these artworks done paperless. I liked the cartoon with the dollar symbol person addressing an inquiry. And too, that dark-haired woman pondering why she won't vote for either, two major candidates. My wish you may be able to 'read' what these drawings are saying, thank you for visiting.