Here’s my belated review of my evening at the Kinetik Festival in Montreal. In all honesty, I can only account for the Saturday Night events as I did not attend the other days. I attended Phase 3: Noise.

 
I just completed this flyer for an animation studio looking for musicians for a brainstorm session.

You will probably have noticed, if you’ve been familiar with this website for a while, that this latest incarnation of Raisinlove.com (aka v.08) has been much more experimental than the previous versions. While I’ve been using Wordpress as my basic platform since I first included a news section back in 2001 (the blog software was then called B2), this is the first time I’ve used the blog itself to present my portfolio.
Taking advantage of the patchwork layout, I’ve been including various Worpress plugins, such as using my Flickr account to cross-host and display my artwork and Twitter to act as a mini-blog for actual up-to-the-minute updates.
I’ve also been experimenting with various social networks such as Myspace, Facebook and Deviantart, along with a few others I don’t keep track of as much as the others.
So my latest find has been playlist.com. You’ll see in the sidebar that I’ve already added a music player which uses this service. I’ll be adding tracks to it on a regular basis hopefully, If I don’t get bored of it too quickly that is !

A nice photo montage my photographer buddy Simon Duhamel shot a while ago. I’m there in the upper right…and the lower left (or at least my legs are) Click on the photo for a detailed view…

Ok so the warm season is just around the corner and like every year, I’m full of ideas!
As usual, I have taken on too many commitments to work on just my own work and I don’t dedicate as much time to these as I used to. However, here’s my list of things to do and things I want to do. This is mostly just a reminder for myself but this also gives you an idea of how my time is filled when I’m not working at the office or spending time with my girl.

TO DO

• Finish website gigs. Ongoing and time consuming so I just cannot take on anymore until next winter.
• Finish tattoo designs for friends. Shouldn’t take that long but still must find the time.
• Finish Zombie Commandos From Hell! current episode. AAAARRRGGG!!!
• Publish Zombie Commandos From Hell! Episode 5 online as a prequel to the current online Episode 6.

PROJECTS

• Futuristic comic with Steve Murphy (LOTS of ideas brewing for this right now!)
• Eventual epic sci-fi book with my friend Inkorporat (project so massive it’s intimidating unfortunately)
• Music videos, now that I’m having fun experimenting with Adobe After Effects.
• Learning to truly paint with my Wacom tablet and Painter X + Photoshop

“Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals,” said Turner, 69. “Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — like Somalia or Sudan — and living conditions will be intolerable.”
One way to combat global warming, Turner said, is to stabilize the population.
“We’re too many people; that’s why we have global warming,” he said. “Too many people are using too much stuff.”"
- ACJ.com

 
My take on the gatekeeper to Hell!

A small used book store opened around my block a few months ago and I only decided to check it out this past Saturday. While my girlfriend checked out some books, I venture around, hoping there might be some old comics in a box somewhere. Bingo! There it was… I didn’t have much hope of finding anything good but I always keep an eye out for some original TMNT comics (maybe someday I’ll complete my collection of all the Mirage books). WHAMO! I find TMNT Volume 1, #33! I didn’t have this issue featuring Richard Corben’s art! I dug a little further to find more TMNT but instead found this “VERY GOOD” grade copy of an authentic issue of the Incredible Hulk circa 1969 :) And I only paid 1$ for it! I’m definitely going to keep my eyes peeled from now on….

Well I’ve seen Doomsday last night and if you want an honest account of it’s worth, you’ve come to the right place.
This movie FUCKING ROCKS! It isn’t quite what I expected but the surprise was very well received. The premise is classic, a virus has wiped out a huge chunk of the population and this is the tale of its survivors. I’m not giving anything away by telling you that the folks who have been sealed into Scotland have regressed to primitive states, some along the lines of Mad Max 3 or my very own Cannibal Raiders while others have gone completely medieval. The sets alone are impressive, much like I Am Legend. And speaking of which, some have compared these movies. They’re silly. The only similarities are the population destroying virus and ruined cities. This movie rather reminded me of Escape From New York/L.A., with a population abandonned, forgotten and sealed inside a no man’s land, left to their own wars and depravities. Cannibalism! Torture! Arena fights! Spiked Junk Cars! Explosions! Maimings! Beheadings! Blood blood and more blood! This is pure feverish fun, and the ending is wide open for a sequel :)