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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Display your Artwork |
Owendust |
Posted: 12 Oct 2008, 3:20 am
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:oops: Thank you, Complove :) I was lucky enough to get into a small studio, called Anatomorphex ( http://www.anatomorphex.com ), where I was able to get my hands on almost all aspects of the projects we worked on. For the most part, it's usually been my crazy hippy boss (who is generally on the com... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Display your Artwork |
Owendust |
Posted: 10 Oct 2008, 4:56 am
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Thanks, Taly and Complove. Yeah, I've been working as a special effects make-up artist in Hollywood for almost 4 years now. I sculpt prosthetics, make molds, cast latex and silicone, fabricate costumes, build models, take life-casts, paint (usually airbrush), and apply make-up on set for commercials... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Display your Artwork |
Owendust |
Posted: 09 Oct 2008, 3:16 am
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My http://miles-unfiltered.blogspot.com/ contains quite a bit of my current work. You just gotta sort through the rubble. A link at the bottom of my blog goes directly to much of my older work- some of it very pedestrian. Man, I would love to see "Tulip II" done in stained glass. Edit: Owen: great,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Faces |
Owendust |
Posted: 09 Oct 2008, 2:53 am
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I never forget a face once I had a good look at it. I remember some people I passed in some dark alley 5 years ago the moment I meet them again. it's kinda cool how I can creep people out with this- I live in a relatively small town and it has happened to me that after being introduced to someone I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I've tried almost every food and drink there is |
Owendust |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 6:33 pm
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Wasabi nuts. Now you're just trying to make me drool. :) Have you ever drank Absinthe? (I highly recommend it) I had it at a speak-easy in Hollywood a few years ago. I did enjoy it. Although I think the atmosphere of the place may have had something to do with it. It was an art gallery that had a s... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: How do I get a job with a physical disability? |
Owendust |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 6:20 pm
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Just because everyone who rips your ticket is standing up, does not mean that it is mandatory or required for the job in any way. Seriously, you will only find as much as you're willing to see. As was mentioned before, the ADA requires employers to allow for things such as a stool to sit on if the e... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: What music brings tears to your eyes? |
Owendust |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 5:12 pm
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"Where the moss slowly grows" by Tiger Army
It makes me think of a friend's 10-month-old son, Oaks, who drowned. That was the hardest funeral that I have ever attended. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Display your Artwork |
Owendust |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 4:28 am
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Here's a random sketch that I did in pen while I was sitting on the couch, resting my broken back (2 fractured vertebrae), back in May. It takes up a normal 8.5"x11" page.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I've tried almost every food and drink there is |
Owendust |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 3:46 am
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LadyMacbeth wrote: mouapp wrote: Try deep-fried battered Mars bars.
...or a deep-fried twinkie. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not able to shut off your brain |
Owendust |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 3:15 am
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As for me, I can fully relax and don't think at all, but it requires some effort to drive all thoughts away. It's a nice thing, though, I feel much better after it. I seldom have this problem, but I don't think in words. I have to translate what's happening in my brain into words if I want to be ab... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: On being gifted as well as Aspergers |
Owendust |
Posted: 08 Oct 2008, 2:59 am
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Everything I'm reading in this thread sounds pretty familiar. When I was in the 1st grade, my parents were called into a meeting by my teacher, where she told them that I had the highest IQ in the school(which was 1st-6th grade), at 150. All of a sudden, I was enrolled in a bunch of special programs... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What is your Job? |
Owendust |
Posted: 07 Oct 2008, 1:17 am
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I work as a special effects make-up artist, here in Hollywood. I sculpt prosthetics, make molds, cast latex and silicone, fabricate costumes, build models, take life-casts, paint, and apply make-up on set for commercials, music videos, TV and movies. It's a great job for an aspie, because most of th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For older aspies: Do you look like a teenager? |
Owendust |
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 5:26 am
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Danielismyname wrote: ...they'll show little or no facial expressions throughout their life. This can equate to less wrinkles/lines on the face, which can make someone look younger...
That's what I tend to attribute it to.
I'm 26 and I still get carded when I go to buy a lighter, which you have to be 18 to buy. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do any of you get told this? |
Owendust |
Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 9:53 pm
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When I was growing up, my mother constantly asked me where my common sense was. I was finally diagnosed with asperger's when I was 20, and she hasn't said it to me in the 6 years since then. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stranger In a Strange Land |
Owendust |
Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 3:53 am
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You are definitely right about that, zeichner. I have always been more comfortable around people from different cultures, because they just expect me to be different. By the way, I loved reading Stranger in a Strange Land. The story of a man, raised on mars and experiencing the social culture on ear... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I've Got A Really Bad Special Interest |
Owendust |
Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 3:39 am
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I was like that too, after I read Helter Skelter. It didn't take me too long to move on to my next obsession. I wouldn't worry too much. Although, I do currently have a giant (3'x6') poster of Dexter on my wall (the one that looks like a cover of Rolling Stone, where he has a razor blade on his neck... |
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