Giving Up Would Be Too Easy

Dirty Boyz Skateboards. San Antonio, TX.
So this is what I've been up to lately. More ish to come. Boards, Buttons, Tee shirts, Bandanas. Being asked to do work for someone is a great compliment. I'm my biggest critic. I can see in almost everything I do an influence of something. It gets really annoying. I look at "art" and see "art" in everything. Sometimes I feel like nothing I do is original. 7 up looks just like sprite. The conversation/debate of whats original is always a hot topic. It's 2006, what ever you see now probably has been done before and been done better. My realization a few years ago that not everyone can draw or paint helped me pay my bills. Someone with a few dollars saying...I want this (drawn or painted), but can you do it in this style...just like this guys work? Of course it can be done, you can mimmick anything. I'm not going to xerox someone elses masterpiece and put my name on it. I do have to take a break and not look at magazines or books or websites because my brain is usually saturated with images. It's hard putting yourself on the chopping block...willingly. I love L.A. gang scripts like Chaz, seeing how many ways I can make the alphabet look. Thank you Annie Mess for the lettering tips.
I feel lame writing this stuff sometimes, like I'm Captain Informative or something, what ever. etch a stone for me.