GothicToggs

♫♪♫...It's only forever.... not long ago....♪♫♪ Ok, probably tacky, but I don't care. It helps me cope with the gaping hole in my inspiration where he used to be :( Anyway, I know I've been gone for a very long time, nearly 2 years since my last journal and 1 1/2 since my last upload. Life has been crazy. I won't go into all the gory details so lets just say I nearly died, TWICE, and  I've moved (again) back to Arkansas. This time we found our "forever home". It's a quiet little 1 1/2 acres on a ridge over looking the Ozark foothills with plenty of room for the kids and the dogs and my garden. So ya, I'm

A question for my artist friends, and this one has plagued me for a while. I've heard many times over the years, that the way to "get noticed" in the art community is to do one thing and do it well. But, to me that has always felt like trying too hard to live up to some abstract ideal of what other people *expect of you. I don't want to be known just for my 3D work, or just for my graphic designs, or digital paintings, or jewelry. How do I find a balance between finding that recognizable style that lets people know a piece of art is a Tabz Jones or Gothic Toggs original without stifling my need to reach and grow as an artist by trying new t