Father's Day Weekend photos

I hope everyone had a good Father's Day. We had a great weekend for this, my second Father's Day. On Friday, Charlene took Marley to a birthday party and where she got to wear her new yellow swimsuit and play in the kiddie pool with the other kids, who taught her how to scoop up water and pour it out on herself and others! Then we all went to the pizza place on Sunday. It was a simple, fun outing with the family... that's how I like it!

Wired for Empathy?

"We don't lose our... nationhood, religious identities or even our blood ties. We extend our identities so we can think of the human race as our fellow sojourners, and other creatures as our evolutionary family, and the biosphere as our community. We have to rethink the human narrative."
-Jeremy Rifkin
economist, speaker and activist

Quote of the Day

"When I am writing my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be."
-Roger Ebert

Image of the Month for June

Imaginatron (detail) by Samax Amen.

Herman Heed cover art

Herman Heed: The Case of the Mysterious Missing Bigfoot (Cover) by Samax Amen.

"Untamed" Tees

Inspired by my friend Kristi, who said "I was once told I was intimidating like a unicorn. No one knows how to care for a unicorn so they just stare and marvel instead"... I started creating Unicorn-themed images that I will make teeshirt designs out of, under the banner "Untamed." to peep a variety of shirts in multiple styles and colors click here.

 stay tuned for more...
-samax

If Shatner Says it, you KNOW it's true!

"Comic books are challenging. You gotta pack in so much visual information & in such a small space. What a skill that is".
-William Shatner

Herman Heed promo art

Promo artwork for Herman Heed: The Case of the Mysterious Missing Bigfoot 100% photoshop

Enter the Dragon...

Savage... by Samax Amen

A great Weekend...

I can't remember the last time I spent two days in a row away from my drawing board and laptop, but I haven't done any drawing in over 48 hours! I had a great weekend, so it's okay...

ArtLoveMagic's Spring 2010 Artist Workshop is gonna be HOT!

I spent Saturday afternoon building and destroying with a handful of my peoples from the mighty ArtLoveMagic collective, planning the 2010 Spring Artist Workshop...

Max Luh Da Kids...

Known as the Champ Wallpaper by samax amen

getting my AfroSteamPunk on...

One of the commissions I have on my desk is for the author and indie publisher Dazjae Zoem (Maji, Purple Magazine), who has written several articles for my magazine GhettoManga Quarterly. Dazjae champions the cause of underrepresented cultures in her fiction and non-fiction writing, and commissioned me to do a piece for her based on characters from her epic Steampunk fantasy, Wonderdark.

did I mention I drew Ultraman?

Ultraman by samax amen...

hey everyone! I drew this drawing of Ultraman (DC's evil anti-matter universe Superman doppelganger from JLA: Earth 2) last week for one of the sketch challenge blogs i'm in. it's equal parts ballpoint pen, sharpie and photoshop (if you can believe that!). Been so busy I haven't had time to post it.
hope you like it!
now, back to the drawing board...
-samax
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