garfield minus garfield

found this this morning off of fark.com. a little of topic but quite entertaining and actually pretty deep when you think about it. here is the description of the comic on the website, pretty entertaining and by what i read of them, kind of true:

"Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb."

ill post one comic here, but you should really check out the website http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/post/26934302

my bourgeoning art collection

well, im off to a strong start on my art collection, recently added to by 2 pieces to a total collection of 3 pieces. haha. its a start. right now it consists entirely of my sisters works, kirsten leahy. shes recently been completing numerous works and experimenting with many more.

as a sell in for her, if you like what you see, let me know, and i will get you connected to here, has completed works that she is up for selling as well as requests for pieces.

here are the 3 pieces that i have so far:









this is my favorite. it speaks to me as a abstract religious icon painting. but i may just be crazy.

so hopefully i will be going to germany

tomorrow i will be mailing an application to study in germany for all of next year through the deutscher akademicsher austausch dienst study and internship program in the city-state of bremen in the northwest of germany. the program consists of one semester of intensive study (an entire year of credits at an american university in one semester) program in architecture and design followed by a spring/summer semester in an internship in germany, hopefully working in my closest professor's, martin despang, firm despang architekten in hannover. i am also planning on performing independent undergraduate research/work with martin on the presentation and visualization of architectural projects in a practice environment. i would be studying at the university of applied sciences at bremen (hochschule bremen). attached are my submittal materials materials for the scholarship: resume, brief samples of work, and a statement of intent and my planned study program while there.

a bit of photoshopping

bored saturday afternoon + new facebook picture = photoshop adventures!





i think the world would be a better place in palette of harsh solid colors