Kevin Dalton

October 31, 2006 By Leave a Comment

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Image from The Art of Kevin Dalton

I haven’t posted about an artist in a while so I thought I would mention the work of Kevin Dalton. Another artist I saw on Drawn! who just has an abundance of talent. I guess I’m really a sucker for crisp, sharp, exaggerated lines in drawings. They always seem so easy to draw, but it really take a keen eye to make it look just right. If it is not exaggerated enough, it is boring. If it is too exaggerated, it loses it’s realism and just looks a little too weird for my tastes. Anyway, I thought I would pass this along…

Filed Under: Artist, Inspiration

Eric Gordon to Indiana

October 23, 2006 By 1 Comment

I would never post three times in one day if it was not needed. I can not BELIEVE that Eric Gordon decided to back out of his commitment to Illinois and go to Indiana. It just makes the 2005 loss to North Carolina sting even more because we were really building some momentum after that title run, and now, our immediate future is not looking so bright. I know that you never how a player will turn out when they come to college, but Gordon looked like he was going to be part of a very strong 2007 class. Now, it is hard to tell. I know that this will put into question the ability of Bruce Weber to recruit, which is valid, but I really feel like if we are going to make it back to the Finals and win, Weber is the man to do it. These recruiting pains aside, he is a great coach. I will always believe in my Illini, but it is hard to swallow something like this. We have lost strong in-state recruits before and we have not always been successful getting out-of-state recruits. Peoria should not be the only place we get our best players. I could go on and on, but I’m going to forget about it, keep on rooting, and begin to really despise Kelvin Sampson and the Hoosiers.

Filed Under: Personal

Movie Endings

October 23, 2006 By 2 Comments

I wanted to take a different approach with my thoughts on inspiration today. I have been away for a couple weeks, and I got to thinking about movie endings. I am a sucker for a movie that has a good twist ending. After the mother of all twist endings, Usual Suspects, came out in 1995, though, it seems that twist endings are a dime a dozen. I don’t kinow what makes the difference between a good or a bad twist ending, but I’m guessing it has to do with the true element of surprise. The twist needs to be rooted in the story throughout and the audience needs to see where the twist came from. The Usual Suspects, Scream, and The Sixth Sense prepared the viewer for the twist throughout the movie. The twist almost becomes the main part of the story. You are completely off guard at the end, but you realize that the final twist makes sense. If a lot of explaining has to be done at the end, I think the twist is there for the sake of having a twist. I’m really inspired by those twist endings that really leave you with your mouth wide open.

I hear The Departed has a good twist ending…I will have to make that decision for myself…

Filed Under: Favorites, Movies
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