THE OBSERVATORY - ENTRY # 148: APOCALYPSE...NOT

by MRAM

May 21, 2011

Apparently we are all still here. Please ignore previous warnings and have a nice life.

VIXEN # 327 - BRIGHTEST S.T.A.R.

JILL VALENTINE (Resident Evil)

(Markers, Pen & Ink -- 2011)

THE OBSERVATORY - ENTRY # 147: "LITTLE VADER"

by MRAM
May 8, 2011

Inspired by this VW commercial that aired January 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0

THE OBSERVATORY - ENTRY # 146: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

by MRAM

May 8, 2011

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new."

~Rajneesh

MY SANDTROOPER ARMOR PROJECT

Here are some pics of my just completed project for the 501st LEGION / Southern California Garrison...

HIGH FIVE #006 -- PROPS from ARIANE SAINT AMOUR

Another fan added to the ranks! =)

Please check out her work at:

http://ariane-saint-amour.deviantart.com/

and

http://www.modelmayhem.com/873448

Thx!

~ MRAM

HIGH FIVE #005 -- ANGEL NICOLE: FAN APPRECIATION

HIGH FIVE #004 -- PROPS FROM ANGEL NICOLE

HOOTERS Girl (North Carolina) / Swimsuit Model (and current art commission client) Angel Nicole took this pic of her and fellow model (and current COQUETTE.com Girl) Brittany Lee just to let me know that she was a fan of my artwork! Wow, how about that? I'm a fan of her work, as well! lol

Pictured: Brittany Lee (L) and Angel Nicole (R)

Angel's site:

http://www.wix.com/angelseneca/angelpitch

Brittany's site:

http://www.modelmayhem.com/modelbrittanylee


Don't forget to check their work out, as well!

Thx!

~MRAM

THE OBSERVATORY - ENTRY # 073: "WHY AREN'T YOU AT YOUR POST?"

by MRAM

December 18, 2010

Well, my "Geekness" has come full circle...

As of November 29, 2010 I became an official member of the 501st LEGION ( TK-6985).

I have the opportunity to be one of the many characters that made me enjoy my childhood and pass that excitement onto a new generation of little dreamers!

Ever since I saw that film set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away my imagination went nuts! I had never seen anything like what I saw onscreen at the Mann's Chinese Theater back in May of 1977.

The story, the images and those special effects? Wow.

I owe all my creativity and career choice to that movie.

STAR WARS allowed me to think 'outside the box', so to speak and to let my imagination run wild and to be as creative as I could. I totally disappeared into that universe for 2 + hours and did the same for its sequels, as well.

The experience from watching George Lucas's classic films allowed me to keep a firm grip on my dreams and to never let go of that child in me that felt that anything was possible and that goals could be achieved.

Once you've lost that 'kid' in you. You are truly lost.

There is no law that says that you have to forget what it was like to grow up with an innocence that allowed you to dream. To not take life so seriously and most of all, to just have fun and enjoy the time you have being alive. Life is too short to sweat all the little things.

It is never too late to recapture the spirit of your childhood.

You'll be amazed at how alive you'll feel if you just do it.

Or as a well known 'swamp muppet' once said:

"Do or do not. There is no try."

There is a geek in all of us. You can believe that. =)

THE OBSERVATORY - ENTRY #072: MUCH MAHALO!

"Our rural ancestors, with little blest,

Patient of labour when the end was rest,

Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,

With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain."

- Alexander Pope