Links

Here you will (eventually) find links of great variety (eventually). Not unlike the Reading page, the following includes links and commentary (and in some cases, disclaimers) about their content.

The Sublime
Art
Sketch books
Monsters
Sculpture
Theology & related links

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The Sublime

	Hope Is Emo Brilliant satire. Dad's interruptions ["utter disregard"] are the best.
	Rotating Heads Clever, creative, visually arresting, intellectually stimulating, cranially rotating. Check out the Graphic Design page. Also the photography page, especially the Pittsburgh Zoo photo album.
	Death Clock It's good to know how much time you have left.
	World RPS Rock-Paper-Scissors site for the World RPS. This sport is underrated. Where are the big-name beer sponsors?
	Feed Me Cool Shit Lots of off-beat, bizarre, activistic, artistic, timely and surreal stuff from all around the web. Interviews, artists, designers, musicians, innovative design. It's conceptually dense and thoughtful, sophisticated in its design and presentation. The content may be considered objectionable to some.
	I am better than your kids The author of this site points out that he can draw better and spell better than your kids. Therefore, he feels qualified to critique your kids' drawings on a scale from A to F. Make sure you click on the link to page 2 as well.

Art links
The links below include art sites that are useful references and artists that I consider to be influential, innovative, and inspirational. I admire them for various reasons -- style, technique, imagination -- In some cases, the links may contain racy, possibly objectionable material. These might be indicated by an asterisk. They might not, depending on whether or not I got off my lazy tuchus to actually re-visit the site to see if there was any objectionable material.

	Art Cyclopedia Comprehensive resource for everything pertaining to art. Search by artist name, title of work, or by museum. You can also search for specific art movements and learn about the artists who contributed to them.
	Graffiti I respect property rights and I think graffiti is vandalism, the disrespect and destruction of personal property. That said, some of the work on this site are too good to be ignored. You can their statement about graffiti here.
	The Sci-Fi and Fantasy Worlds of Steve Thomas Talented and imaginative sci-fi fantasy artist whom I'm proud to call my friend. He has been the source of much inspiration. My favorites include: Burden and Mutant Half
	Keith Thompson One of my all-time favorites. Not only does he have excellent drawing skills, but his imagination and sense of composition and design are phenomenal as well.
	DEKOR Illustrator and graphic designer from France. Fantastic website; wonderful Flash animation and design; bizarre humans and humanoids; great colors. He does it all, too. Painting, screenprinting, graphics, custom work (skateboards, knickers, shoes, dolls), and he's a little into skulls.
	WALTER MARTIN AND PALOMA MUÑOZ Wickedly different approach to snow globes. Here's the promo blurb from coolhunting.com: "The quaint winter scenes often seen inside traditional snow globes turn deliciously bizarre and sinister in the hands of Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz. Known for their highly-detailed dioramas of tiny figures exiled in frozen landscapes, past creations by artists Martin and Muñoz have included a horse walking away as a man hangs from a tree, and a man dangling a baby over an open well."
	DARREN WATERSTON Some of these paintings remind me of jellyfish.

The following still need banners/icons to accompany them. Some still need descriptions and stuff. But they're great links, in my opinions, for reasons you may be able to guess once you've visited them.

Adam Rex
Fantasy artist/painter. Magic cards and all that. Unique impressionistic handling of color and texture. There is a definite evolution in his work. I hate photorealism, but I love photoimpressionism. He has a good feel for monsters, but the compositions are not as strong. Favorites include: Gravespawn Sovereign, Dross Golem, 4 Nims, Mass Hysteria, Zombie Cannibal.

Kiesten Essenpreis
Conceptually bizarre. Muted palette. "Wasted time" has some of most intriguing photographs I've ever seen.

Lars Leetaru
He has illustrated for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Forbes, New York Magazine, Fast Company SmartMoney, Barron's, Time Warner Publications, Mens' Journal and many others, and for good reason. He's really really good.

Matt Faulkner
Illustrator of children's books. His crow rocks. On his books page, you can click on a book cover to see an enlarged version. The first few will show you published pieces and sketches, side by side. Click on all the links. There are different illustrations on each page.

Dave Graphics
Unique vision of humanity. Warts and all. Lots of teeth. A plethora of complexions. Not for general consumption

Happy Pencil
Terrific style, superb monsters, brilliant compositions, some pointilism, disturbing and eerily wonderful animations. This site inspires me to create.

Beksinski

Brittle Bones

Trevor Van Meter
Flash work here.

Jamungo

Hooger Brugge

Gagneint

Mike's Pencil

Tim Bradstreet

Yvon Roy

Justin Sweet

Matt Wilson

Slack Art

Sideshow Monkey

Cut Puppet

Karl Gallery

Eat Poo

Deviant Art

Sketch Books
To me, sketches and doodles reveal more about an artist's talent and way of thinking that do his or her finished work. Here are some of my favorites:

Bearskin Rug Sketchbook

http://www.jasharawan.com
Sketch book is terrific.

Skull Factory
Excellent sketches.

Michael Dooney
Excellent sketches

Monsters
This list is reserved for only the very best monster artists. This will eventually become its own page. If you want to get on my list, create monsters and create them well. If your monsters suck, you can't get on my list. You might not give a rip. I don't give a rip that you don't give rip. If you do monsters well, e-mail me the link to your site. If I agree that you do them well, I'll link to your site. If you do not do them well, you will receive a form-letter response so as not to hurt your feelings.

Happy Pencil

Gaither graphix
Great skull art

Sculpture links

Amazing Modeler

Theology and related links

	Trinity Grace Fellowship (tgfOnline.org). Lots of biblical studies and papers. Bible conference notes are available and audio lectures can be ordered. It is a publicly available source of writings that I can wholeheartedly recommend as representing my worldview and theology.
	LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR (from YouTube). Benny Hinn and the pathology of religious self-deception are powerfully demonstrated on this YouTube compilation. Notice how the crowds are not unlike the hypnosis demonstrations we've all seen on college campuses.