God of Joy (GOJ)'s photostream  

"God of Joy" is in reference to my DJ name in college, which in turn is a reference to the Tony Randall movie "The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao" - It's shortened to 'Goj' as it makes for a more practical nickname, as i currently live in the bible belt.

I do Art in my free time.
Everything posted here is either Adobe Photoshop or Bryce unless otherwise noted (that includes the drawings)
While I studied Art in college (BFA in "visual technologies") I'm rusty, hoping flickr will get me up to speed again...not only in practicing my technique, but also finding out the software that is "the thing" to be using in today's marketplace.

In a perfect world, right now I would be writing, sculpting and CREATING full time. I've got all kinds of creative impulses. In the current world, I used to manage data and processes for an online custom framed art operation. And now am going to school for a Bachlors of Science in "Game Art & Design"

(yay! my account went "live" around 6/12/07")

Very open to the idea of artistic collaboration, and sharing tips/techniques.

Inspired by the art of Moebius, J.K. Potter, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Ian Miller, Dave McKean, Clive Barker, Kinuko Craft, Timothy Bradstreet, Brom, Steve Diet Goedde, Simon Bisley, Tsubasa (aka Bill Reichardt), Sorayama,Dieter Blum, etc.

Flickr's nudity/censor policy has made several artists change many of images to "moderate" and "restricted" in order to reappear in the public searches. So in order to see them you have to reset your 'default' parameters. You won't be able to see them otherwise. If you are responsible personality who would like to see all that is available on flickr, please do the following.

This is how to do it:
1) on the left top menu, under the drop down menu of "You" there's a "Your account" option.
2) choose that then go to "Privacy and Permissions"
3) on the bottom of the page, under "content filter" press "edit"
4) choose "safe search off" and choose both non-photographic images" and "screenshot"
5) save your changes

That way you are in control and will be receiving all of flickr content and not just what they think you should be getting.

For bonus points: Copy and paste these instructions and send them to all the people on flickr that you know.

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6:12pm 8/2/07 : 666 views
sometime 8/26 : breached the 1,000 view mark
9/29 (Happy Birthday Me) : breached 1,500 views
11/04 (sometime in the morning): breached 2,000 views
11/15/07 hit 200 limit. Goj needs to upgrade...

12/02/07: Goj takes up residence in Jacksonville, Florida

12/31/07: Goj Submits for Pro Account

03/13/08: 222 Photos

05/17/08: 3,000 views! (2.46 AM EST)