Luke, Jabba, and a 20lb Turkey

Hope Everyone's Thanksgiving was as good as it can possibly be, so if you didn't end up passed out in front of your local Chucky Cheese, don't worry you still have time. The weekend is only half way through. So pop in some Sex in the City 2 and start the Wild Turkey IV drip. Or take a shot every time you think Liza Minnelli is going to pass out from amphetamine exhaustion.

I did happen to be productive this weekend between cooking a massive mutant bird and drinking my body weight in gravy and wine. I have a Super Sweet painting of Luke in Jabba's lair comprised of watercolor and colored pencil that is available. I like all of the creatures and oddities that dwell in Jabba's palace. It was always one of the highlights of Return of the Jedi.

Have a great rest of the weekend.

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Keep Working

I'm listening to Marc Maron's WTF podcast, he's interviewing Ben Stiller. And all I can think is keep working, keep working. Don't worry about what others are doing or what you're not doing, just keep working. I try not to look at the clock if I'm running late, I just try and plow through it and get out the door. The time I waste looking at the clock, thinking I might be late is contributing to my tardiness. So I just put my head down and keep working. There are plenty of people creating and discovering ideas that push their future but I can't worry about it or think about it too much because it stalls my own productivity. So just keep working and something good and bad will come out of it.

I do find in my art and music that mistakes are my friends. I was practicing a solo piece on guitar I was jamming out and I screwed up and that mess up ended up being the intro to the tune. So I'm writing this, listening to professional entertainers talking about their work ethic instead of seeing what's on the tube. Thinking I need to do more and learn more from professionals so I can provide for my family. My buddy Randy Martinez is a inspiration, he a professional artist that's living the dream and he gives me something to strive fore.

I need to stop typing and keep working.

Christmas Time in Hoth

These sketch cards are actually of the tasty bait that was used to get the Topps Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniversary set. I'm so glad I got to be a part of this. So I thought I'd release these little darlings out into the great beyond and let them be a great gift for those lucky few. I put a lot of work into these cards and I'm selling them at a very competitive price. They're all colored pencil on Strathmore Vellum paper. But I thought it was poignant to offer these images of the icy planet of Hoth during this wintery season.

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Drawings Make a Great Gift

Speaking of the Tis the Season, Bills Win! Bills Win! I had to get that out, I don't know how many of them I'll get the rest of this season.

It's coming up that time again when we must all sell ourselves. I have a bunch of drawings that I'm letting out into the world to scurry with the rest of the aminals and implings. I've posted these drawing on ebay for an incredibly reasonable price, good golly miss molly! I have a number of other drawings under "Alex Alderete", drawings that were the initial idea for clothing designs, book and magazine entries.

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