Bird 12: Red-winged Blackbird

Sayonara ‘Stache

Today was the day. The mustache cultivated during Mustache May finally got shorn off. I suspect it will gather quietly for Novembeard…

I made a little “booklet of warning” as part of a proposal to my wife. Working in black and white with screentone was different and fun for me. Bound this little book with a glued spine and the help of an archivists toolkit (see: bone folding tool). 

Bird 4: House Sparrow

The ultra-common, often ratty, occasionally cute House Sparrow. These guys are all over the states, and Brooklyn is no exception. Commonly found fighting pigeons for bread.

Legends of Rock #01 - Ric Ocasek

Starting out with one of the most interesting looking people on earth (with the most improbable facial anatomy): Ric Ocasek. This man has put out a bazillion hits with The Cars and has produced albums for Suicide, Guided By Voices, Weezer, even my beloved Jonathan Richman. A perfect new-wave rocker and bubblegum popper, Ric Ocasek is a Legend of Rock. 

To get you started in the world of Ric, I've made an excellent mix of the choicest Cars.

The Cars - a Ric Ocasek Mix by Austineustice on Mixcloud

ae album picks: The Cars (1978) & Shake It Up (1981)

Five Deadly Venoms

Pupil #2: The Snake from Chang Cheh’s (much more) story-driven martial arts film Five Deadly Venoms. One hand represents the snake’s head, the other the tail. Trying to keep the warmup game going.

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Bird One: Bufflehead

Kicked off the new bird-poster project in earnest today. I’ve a duck to show for it. Messing around with a few art styles and so far this is the one that is sticking. Not something I’ve really done before but I’m liking the direction. I especially like the slight caricature look of this guy while retaining that aviary nobility… Much more to come. This is 1/30 (I think).

The holiday card this year, featuring our real-life clothes and seemingly fake dog.

Hair Evolution. (Actual)

I got a haircut last week and wanted to share that information but every way I tried to it came out pretty lousy and mostly who-caresy. I’ve had many haircuts. Not as many as I should have, and only 3 professional, but that didn’t stop them from defining my body’s image of itself.  This is a retrospective of all the major changes.  The ! denotes a part side change - this was a big deal for I had, finally, fallen in line with the rest of the Eustice’s part preference. The top right haircut is one I had my mom do after seeing the 1996 Mission Impossible starring Tom Cruise. Proud to see there was never a middle-part but embarrassed by the general bodyhair-confusion that overtook me late in college.

Hair Brain

I believe my hair is gaining majority control over my brain.  Evident after shampooing twice this morning, one application on top of the other, already lathered and shaped to my daily specifications.  I need to haircut shop.  Which celebrity’s photo should I take to my lady?

Recently had several conversations with folks about the history and current state of the Bond franchise. I'm a pretty huge fan of the series as a whole, but could be a whole lot happier about the current choices being made about the (historically) suave and cunning spy in the suit.