OK, I'm going to brag now!

I've had lots of my writings published; I've been surviving by selling filler articles and small factoids to magazines and news publications. I have a bunch of short stories published in godawful literary and poetry web-zines and print compilations. I haven't bragged about any of them because the stuff I've been doing is the literary equivalent of a fine artist drawing greeting cards... it might be a way to survive but its not something you brag about.

OK, that said, I recently got my copy of Street Thunder, the magazine of the National Street Machine Club (I'm a life time member) and got a huge surprise. On page 6 my painting, Midnight in America (below) was one of two featured pictures, along with a short letter that I wrote.

This is a non-paying, zero resume enhancing thing. It's something only a handful of people will see. It's way smaller than I would have liked (I was hoping for the cover ) ...in short it's not a big deal. And I am so stoked! I've had artwork in publication before but not in a car magazine... I always looked up to the automotive artist who do such cool stuff, and now, if only for one brief moment, I join their ranks.
I'm bragging and its silly I know, but I don't care. I never thought I was good enough to get my art in a car mag...sooooo cool!

The word SAMPLE is across it for stupid copyright reasons...sorry.

that's sik dude i like it alot way cool

Thats AWSOME bro!!! Congrats!!!

thats amazing work!!!
I doubt i'll ever be able to do stuff like that!
great job and congrats!

Thanks guys. I guess I had a bit of an advantage, my mother was an art teacher... My earliest memory is laying on the living room floor drawing and our Collie laying on down my back and eating my crayons. My parents claim they weren't sitting there laughing, but I remember differently.

If you like stuff like this check out Corel Painter... it's amazing, and after you get the hang of it you can do some pretty wicked cool stuff.

Wow thats amazing dude, congrats! I love the shadowing on the diner, it really sets the car apart and dosent look like a picture pasted over another picture(or paintings in this case)

Schwenzo