Creative Corner: Share your creative/artistic outlet

Londy3

Hey gang, I thought to start a thread to touch on our creative outless. It seems we have many folks here that have amazing talent. Let's share it. What creative outlets do you have? Music? Drawing? Painting? Poetry? Theater? Crafting? Building? Or something else?

I will start first to get things rolling, I am a musician and artist. I have a solo piano release and I also play mandolin. Attached are a few paintings and drawings I have done. 

Londy3

Here are a couple more

ocpunk714

Those are awesome! @Londy3

Thank you for commenting on my poetry and making this thread. I will definitely be contributing.

PappyJoe

I am a man of many talents. I am a writer. I am a photographer. I have been know to dabble in sketching and drawing. I write poetry when the mood hits me. I am not a @Corey562 but I have carved 4 pipes. Even though I am not a musician, I have made 3 cigar box guitars. Oh, I do graphic design of a sorts. I make my living by designing print advertising. 

jfreedy

Beautiful work, @Londy3. I’m really impressed. I used to paint oils when i was younger but nothing as quality as your work. Most of my artistic outlets are musical nowadays. I play guitar, djembe and sing at church, small groups and local bands. I have written a few songs as well. I also play trombone in the Army Band and local rock bands, as well as play a some ukulele, mandolin and Native American flute. I’ve always loved art and various artistic expressions. I believe pipe smoking is an art form. So I bet you get a lot of responses to this post. 

Woodsman

@Londy3 Nice eye, good balance, and fine execution.

Londy3

Thanks for all the compliments guys. I hope more folks post stuff...

ocpunk714

I produce hip hop instrumentals using a variety of influences from my vinyl collection. My true passion has always been music. Got my first guitar at the age of 12. These are quite old by the way. My sound has evolved since this SoundCloud account was made.

There are bunch of beats if you keep scrolling the page and click “show more tracks.”

https://m.soundcloud.com/john-lenin

ocpunk714

https://m.soundcloud.com/john-lenin/damage?in=john-lenin/sets/round-1

Corey562

I just make pipes. 

BlueCollarBastard

I like to do pyrography. Haven't done any in a while, but here's some pics of my earlier work.

motie2

I have no special talent at all; I was just very good at my job -- stayed in my last pulpit for 29 years.
My younger son, aka "DJ No Request," on the other hand, won an award for Platinum sales and a 2009 Grammy for R&B album of the year.



Last name obscured to avoid letting malevolent folks know his/my last name.

ocpunk714

@motie2 No way!!! I love Nas!!! He is one of my favorite emcees and one of the reasons I started rapping when I was 14.

ocpunk714

@motie2 I think being a pastor is a very special talent. You need to be able to speak with people, educate, be educated. It is actually something I wish I would’ve done with my life instead of f’ing it royally for awhile. Lol.

Ryanmclellansr

I have no special talent to create things, well I made five babies with my wife...does that count?!?! Lol

ocpunk714

@Ryanmclellansr Your seed sounds very talented.

ghostsofpompeii

In the mid to late 70s' I was the keyboard player for the progressive rock band VESUVIUS. Our claim to fame was appearing on a radio sponsored compilation album of local Chicagoland talent. Then when the band broke up in 1979 I began free-lance writing. I had four short stories published in small press magazines, including the short-lived horror anthology "The Horror Show". Then I managed to snag a job writing articles for entertainment and music magazines. And eventually had about 40 articles published.

In the late 90s' I was once again bitten by the music bug and created a modest home studio and producing 9 studio albums, as well as several compilations albums as the artist "Ghosts Of Pompeii" (which is my handle here at the site). At the approach of the new millennium nerve and tendon damage to my hand prompted me to retire from music for good. I then went on to become lead reviewer for the progressive rock website PROGNAUT, where I ended up reviewing over 200 CDs. The website is currently in Limbo due to the health of the owner - but the site can return at any given time. And I promised him I'd be ready to resume my duties when and if it becomes active again. 

At present I just sit at home and binge watch movies and season long TV episodes, visit a few assorted forums like The Pipeline as well as moderate two Yahoo Horror Groups, listen to music, smoke my pipe, and wait patiently for the zombie apocalypse to arrive..   

 

motie2

@ghostsofpompeii -- Dude, you must have had disposable income out the ol' wazoo.

ghostsofpompeii

@motie2 Not too sure about the disposable income - but money seemed to disappear as fast as I made it. None of the jobs paid a living wage so each accomplishment listed was more of a glorified hobby. Although due to my time as a CD reviewers I have amassed quite a collection of CDs over the years. As for my musical career as Ghosts Of Pompeii I think I may have broken even. But that's about the extent of it. My genre of choice - prog/rock has a very select and limited fan base - hardly enough sustain a living wage. And as for fiction writing, small press publication paid next to nothing for short stories. Sometimes no more than 1/4 cent a word. Entertainment and music magazines paid better. The most I ever made on an article was $1500.00 while the least I made for a short story was a measly check for $4.95. Hardly enough to plan a budget. And now with all the blogs and free information on the internet small press publications have all but dried up ... and both my talents as a free-lance writer and progressive rock musician have gone the way of the dinosaur in terms of sustaining a living.    

motie2

@ghostsofpompeii -- I hear ya, brother.

Londy3

It's a shame how technology destroyed a lot of creative jobs. I too was a victim and got out of a career I loved.  Now, with AI and more of this crazy technology, more jobs will be replaced. Technology is not producing more jobs like it used to, it's automating them.

motie2

@Londy3 -- I hear that, too! One of the nice things about a clergy vocation is that it's generally technology proof.
The only way you can screw up is by not doing your job.

BlueCollarBastard

My next project is going to be a pipe rack made out of live edge oak boards I found. The top is going to be wood burned with some pipe related pics/ words.  

Woodsman

@Ryanmclellansr Sounds creative to me.

Londy3

@ghostsofpompeii, it's such a shame man. 

BlueCollarBastard

Sorry for so many pics,  but woodworking is my passion.  I planed and sanded the live edge oak planks/boards. Got a cedar log out of my future project pile. Split it down the middle then i started cleaning it up with my draw knife. So it will also have a cedar shelf handmade from the log.  Then I'll fasten the oak boards together after I  wood burn the design on it.  

Corey562

I only have one outlet and its probably not to hard to guess what it is. 

motie2

@BlueCollarBastard
 You wrote: <<Sorry for so many pics>>
I, for one, am enjoying your pix.

BlueCollarBastard

@motie2 thank you

motie2

Now I have zero artistic talent. Son Number 2 won a Grammy, and SWMBO is an award winning Pastel artist on the state level. Here is some of her work:

Jayhawk422

It’s truly amazing at seing everyone’s artistic abilities and skills with woodworking. I wish I had that type of talent. I was never the best artist, I failed my art final in high school of draw the picture better than you did at the beginning of the year. Apparently I got worse as the year went in haha.