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11 years ago
No, not my lunch. I don't seem to have any problem keeping food down. But thanks for asking. It was a good lunch, too.
I'm going to put up a small auction on Tuesday night (the 22nd of July), as my payment for my membership at Furbuy went back into the mail today (and it's heading towards the correct address this time). Once they receive that, I should be able to hold one more auction early next month before I get my arm hacked up and stitched back together (which is probably gonna keep me on low activity. I know I won't be permitted to lift more than 10 pounds with that arm, but I don't know what the clutch pull is on my bikes, so I might be homebound for a few weeks).
I'll stop running auctions by early- to mid-August, though I'll probably resume them around October sometime. I'm going to use some of that time between now and then to get my Will squared away (holy shit, there's so much crap you have to do and organize for those things), so that if I do end up biting the dust sometime next year, it'll be very easy for my family to know who's getting what and what things are going where. I figured on donating my clothing, especially my winter gear, to a homeless shelter, and maybe donate my library of books to either a public library or a school or something. I took all the kid videos I had and donated them to a place where families and kids stay while their parents/whomever are recovering in the nearby hospital. They were mighty happy with that. I take pretty good care of my books, videos and such, so that kind of stuff is in good shape, even if it's a decade or two old!
I'm expecting to get the inked outlines back for the pillows sometime next month. I'll be sending the inked outlines, as well as color reference copies, out in the mail so those can finally be printed and finished.
It looks like I will have to redraw a couple chapters and such for the Skunkworks books (unpublished work), since the originals were apparently destroyed a few years back by accident. Penciling them won't be a problem, but I will be asking my friend Adam if he can ink them for me. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to ink those Kickstarter commissions, because I've already ruined several drawings by trying to ink them with shaky hands. I'll get back with you on that when I figure it out.
So hopefully, I can get the Skunkworks book finished and out later this year. Due to my current health situation, all future portfolios, as well as both the "Penance" and "Caterwaul" stories, are on hold until I see how things turn out. If I last long enough for dialysis to give me a few more years, or if they find a matching kidney, then I can complete them. If the dialysis comes too little too late, or there's no match after awhile and things are going downhill fast, I'll likely just publish or post the all-text version of the "Penance" story, which is written exactly as a novel would be. There's not much left to write in that story (longhand version), so a text-version, while not preferable to an all-out drawn version, might be the way to go. A drawn graphic novel of that story would actually take me a few years to complete, which is time I might not have available.
So keep your eyes peeled, and I'll be putting up another small auction Tuesday. I also found a cool Onika picture I don't think I ever posted, so I'll probably post that tomorrow as well.
Stay frosty!
I'm going to put up a small auction on Tuesday night (the 22nd of July), as my payment for my membership at Furbuy went back into the mail today (and it's heading towards the correct address this time). Once they receive that, I should be able to hold one more auction early next month before I get my arm hacked up and stitched back together (which is probably gonna keep me on low activity. I know I won't be permitted to lift more than 10 pounds with that arm, but I don't know what the clutch pull is on my bikes, so I might be homebound for a few weeks).
I'll stop running auctions by early- to mid-August, though I'll probably resume them around October sometime. I'm going to use some of that time between now and then to get my Will squared away (holy shit, there's so much crap you have to do and organize for those things), so that if I do end up biting the dust sometime next year, it'll be very easy for my family to know who's getting what and what things are going where. I figured on donating my clothing, especially my winter gear, to a homeless shelter, and maybe donate my library of books to either a public library or a school or something. I took all the kid videos I had and donated them to a place where families and kids stay while their parents/whomever are recovering in the nearby hospital. They were mighty happy with that. I take pretty good care of my books, videos and such, so that kind of stuff is in good shape, even if it's a decade or two old!
I'm expecting to get the inked outlines back for the pillows sometime next month. I'll be sending the inked outlines, as well as color reference copies, out in the mail so those can finally be printed and finished.
It looks like I will have to redraw a couple chapters and such for the Skunkworks books (unpublished work), since the originals were apparently destroyed a few years back by accident. Penciling them won't be a problem, but I will be asking my friend Adam if he can ink them for me. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to ink those Kickstarter commissions, because I've already ruined several drawings by trying to ink them with shaky hands. I'll get back with you on that when I figure it out.
So hopefully, I can get the Skunkworks book finished and out later this year. Due to my current health situation, all future portfolios, as well as both the "Penance" and "Caterwaul" stories, are on hold until I see how things turn out. If I last long enough for dialysis to give me a few more years, or if they find a matching kidney, then I can complete them. If the dialysis comes too little too late, or there's no match after awhile and things are going downhill fast, I'll likely just publish or post the all-text version of the "Penance" story, which is written exactly as a novel would be. There's not much left to write in that story (longhand version), so a text-version, while not preferable to an all-out drawn version, might be the way to go. A drawn graphic novel of that story would actually take me a few years to complete, which is time I might not have available.
So keep your eyes peeled, and I'll be putting up another small auction Tuesday. I also found a cool Onika picture I don't think I ever posted, so I'll probably post that tomorrow as well.
Stay frosty!
You might not think you're that great because you aren't famous or you don't live in Hollywood
but to me -and I am sure most of your fans- what makes you great is your talent.
Please take care of yourself Jim.
http://www.barnesfamilyfunerals.com.....aries/view/304
You'll notice this account's status is set to "deceased".
While there is no definite "proof" beyond a pretty close-matchup from an actual funeral home, I wouldn't be surprised if there is additional proof we may not be able to see (friends testaments / family / etc.)
Also that the rights to his work now belong to his mother as per James' express wishes.
Not concerned about how things go, though, as I've been using what time I've got to get all my affairs in order. As it looks now, I'll honestly be surprised to see 2015.
You said yourself the chances of you getting a transplant were pretty good so I will at least remain optimistic for you. In the event theres anything I can do for you that's within my power please don't hesitate to ask, shot you a email/note.
If that's the case, no worries here, as my cremation service and all that other legal paperwork has been taken care of.
So, no, I likely won't be getting any dialysis. Consultation for the transplant consideration won't happen until October 27, and it's very likely my system will be too toxic by then to be considered for a transplant.
In the meantime, I'm finishing up some legal paperwork, getting my affairs in order, and will hopefully have the book art sent to AVP for the Skunkworks compilation within a month or two. That will be the last product I will be making, I think.
1st) I've tried to keep my eyes open for like... couple months, either me haz wrong biological time, or just i should force myself to stop playing damn 2d games up to 5 am
And 2nd), my salary has dropped below my own mileage. (seriously, i have to ask boss for a additional work, so i could actually buy some gas to GET to work)
...sooooo, all i can do is "watch the race behind the fence"
P.S. Mmmmmm, lunch. Good idea..
Though I really hope to see all that come to fold when you are at your very best healthwise, bro.
But if not, it was still a helluva ride with U anyways.
Don't give up either way and continue to stay strong, always, Jim.
Take care and stay awesome, my friend.
I thought you commented after it happened.
God it sucks that hes gone. I still have a hard time believing its real.
Your art gave me a lot of inspirations.
Thank you very much.
Rest in peace.
I know this isn't the most important thing to focus on now, so I hope me asking won't sound wrong to anyone. But does anyone plan on continuing his skunk-girl series someday? If anyone wishes to, and it's legally possible now (I don't know what happens to copyright when someone dies). I wasn't very crazy about the series myself... but it's one of his most awesome works, and I'd like to see it going further somehow, including for people to remember and hear about James for longer.
I cried playing this for you: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3105064/
I guess I still can't get over you being gone :(
I'm playing this for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=numCZoBFcv4 A mourning song I listened to when a good friend hung himself. When a kid I knew died of a heroin overdose - at age 14. Death is not evil. Every living thing dies. But it is so very bad when it comes before one's time. And so much worse when the world is deprived of a great artist.
Yours was some of the very first Furry art I ever saw. I had always wanted to meet one of the artists that got me into the fandom. Guess that'll have to wait till the next life. The world is poorer for having lost you. May you rest in peace.