Donny's Blog

I aspire to be a great artist / writer and these are my guiding lights: 1. Fred Perry - This guy has been writing and drawing his own series for years and years. He's developed a unique style and only gets better with time. His coloring and compositions are sublime. And he's developing his own video games in his style. 2. Alejandro Jodorowsky - Writer, director, comic book writer, philosopher / spiritualists, psycho-magic therapist. He's done it all, and all while maintaining his voice and humanity. His work is artistic, transcendent, humorous and unexpected.

Quite a beautiful movie and weird as surreal. The pacing and production was better. Felt more engaging than El Topo, but definitely has that Jodorowsky sensibility. Perhaps his take on horror movies?

I really appreciate this movie. It's cool seeing Jodorowsky apply his sensibility to the western genre. It's got his funky characters, "not-normal" characters, sex, violence, nudity, spirituality. I saw Dance of Reality and it shares many similarities in it. I particularly like, how the main character develops and changes so much through the course of the film. It's like the whole scenario shifts. I'm currently working on a Western comic and El Topo has really inspired me to apply my own artistic and personal style to the project.

I don't know what I've been doing for the past couple years, but I haven't been making art since I moved to NYC (around 2006). Really, since I left Richmond. I think I sort of gave up on it. Somehow, I've found myself again and am ready to start making art again. Actually, I know what I've been doing... I've been trying to be commercially viable. I worked as a graphic artist and had ambitions of being an art director. I learned how to make video games and thought I'd make a go of it as an indie game developer. I studied business and am working towards an Associate degree. I got my Master's degree in illustration. Thought I could make a living as an illustrator. I tried to make it as a DJ / producer. I'm currently focusing on making comics. It feels a little forced to me though. Not that I don't love making comics, but I truly feel it is only a part of who I am, who I want to be. I've been reflecting on how I want to live. And how that ...