The Art of CJ Draden

I will post an album of beautifully shot photographs of this piece upon its completion. As it stands I see my rendition of “Alice in Wonderland: Chapter 2, The Pool of Tears”; at 60% complete. An album of photographs of my rendition of “Alice in Wonderland Chapter 1, Down the Rabbit Hole”; can be viewed in my gallery section.
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A fun piece to create in between major projects.
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Revolutionaries of creativity in art and entertainment come in waves and bursts, we define these bursts or waves as an “era” or “generation”. The attractiveness of something new, original and well executed has a life line on the particular revolutionary. Some burn out, some never loose the fire, and some have one good idea and then fade. Then there are those that establish themselves by a burst of originality during a certain wave based on the generations emotional status and maintain the composure of that status by redirecting the attention and emotional focus to the current generation issues and emotions as the generation the artists were founded on grows and moves on. This means they are no longer visionaries.. they are merely trying to stay in the lime light by staying current with the latest wave of emotions and how the current wave deals with those emotions. Artists need to be able to reinvent themselves, push the limits of their capabilities, and extract ideas from the new waves and bursts as “supplements” to help push the vision they are founded on not destroy or replace it. Don’t sacrifice what you feel is right for what you see is right for everyone else. Your thoughts make you unique, the moment you loose sight of your individual perspective it destroys you and the degradation of the soul perpetuates. Stay true to yourself.
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A brief description of my main protagonist Salvatore from my Wooden Heart graphic novel. Inspired by an email of questions from a young man named Robert.
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Who is Salvatore?

For details on the release of the my debut graphic novel visit my Pinocchio page on FB…
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CJ-Dradens-Pinocchio/167195013374187

Today has been an advent I have eagerly worked hard to achieve. I finished construction on my Pinocchio’s right arm, that tiny success marked the 80% completion check point on my baby boy. His entire upper Torso, Pelvis, Cranium, Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Carpus, Meta Carpus, my special design of grouped Phalanx, the Scapula and Vertebrae are complete. My final task are the Femur, Patella, Tibia, Fibula, and special design for Pinocchio’s feet. I could explicate detail on my exuberance tonight but I think Ill save it for the 100% completion mark. Thank you to all have supported my work to allow me to reach this point of my project. I can promise you an amazing Pinocchio story/ graphic novel when my Pinocchio project is complete. Much love…
P.S. Don’t forget to hit the “like” on icon on my Pinocchio page on FB to see the updates for my Pinocchio graphic novel…

-Draden

https://www.facebook.com/pages/CJ-Dradens-Pinocchio/167195013374187

Check out The Wooden Heart Workshop for detail on my debut graphic novel “Pain from the Scar on a Wooden Heart: A Pinocchio story by CJ Draden”. The link below will direct to my Wooden Heart Workshop on FB..
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CJ-Dradens-Pinocchio/167195013374187
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I’m having a hige sale on 11×14 card stock prints. The sale and all prints can be seen by clicking the link below. This sale will last all the way through christmas.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.257599124296477.64453.111330935589964&type=3
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