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Hey all!

I finally got tired of sitting and wishing the old Journey Back Talk forums would return, and just gave up on it. This seems lik a good place to hang out with some other Journey fans, so I finally signed up.

For those of you that didn't know me from those forums, my name is Christopher (but Chris is fine), and I'm an artist living out of San Diego, California. I did the artwork for Journey's re-release of the Red 13 EP/CD as well as Deen's bass drum artwork for the Main Event tour, and a few other items.

I like a really wide variety of music outside Journey and other melodic rock....anything from Simon and Garfunkel, to the greatest band ever....Iron Maiden!

Anyway...enough about me....any old Back Talk folks here? If you're under a different nick here, please let me know who you are, if you would.

Here's a few of my latest pieces of artwork, if you're interested. This first one was commissioned by a Journey tribute band called "Escape"....and they're quite good. (Their Website: http://www.escapethejourneytribute.com )

The middle pic is very Escapish. If the album had a new anniversary release, it would be great as a back cover.

hey Christopher... I remember you... nice to see your stuff again...

Nice arts!

Christopher Payne?
I have seen most of your Journey art from your website. Awesome stuff and great to see you here.

Great stuff! Is the Journey art webiste still up and running?

Hey, Christopher! Long time, no see!

Good to see you, Christopher! The art is as good as ever!

Good to see you!

I'm not artistic but the bext way I can describe why I like your art so much is that it is so "clean" looking. So..."sharp".

WykkedSensation wrote:Christopher Payne?
I have seen most of your Journey art from your website. Awesome stuff and great to see you here.

Yep, that's me. Thank you....and hey....user pic....LOL!

Glenn wrote:Great stuff! Is the Journey art webiste still up and running?

Hi Glenn....I use my website mostly as a bit of storage...but I put up a couple of pages a long time ago which I haven't updated in years, that have a lot of my early work. Some of it good...some of it not so good...it's always a learning process, you know...heh. Here's a couple of links that people have been referring to...

(Be kind please....as my webmaster skills are horrible...lol)

http://christopherpayne.net/thumbnails/scarabs.html

http://christopherpayne.net/aw/

Most of my newer artwork goes on this website, which I am almost up to date on...

http://khan71.deviantart.com/

conversationpc wrote:Hey, Christopher! Long time, no see!

Now there's a familiar face! How you doing, bro?

livin2do wrote:Good to see you, Christopher! The art is as good as ever!

This was your nick on BT as well, right? Thanks much! Hope you're doing well.

Eric wrote:Good to see you!

I'm not artistic but the bext way I can describe why I like your art so much is that it is so "clean" looking. So..."sharp".

Thanks Eric! I think that's a good description....and thanks very much!

Hi Christopher. Always thought the band should've used you for the Generations cover. Almost everything on ur website was superior to what they went with.

Hi Christopher, welcome to the funny farm! I've always enjoyed your adaptations of the classic artwork...

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Hi Christopher. Always thought the band should've used you for the Generations cover. Almost everything on ur website was superior to what they went with.

Thank you...and I tend to agree...lol...but then again, I AM a little biased. That was a bit of a tough blow and a lesson for me...all the time I put in doing everything that was asked of me, all the variations of submissions and changing things the way I was asked...and then they used the artwork they did. I definitely learned a lesson.

Christopher wrote:

Glenn wrote:Great stuff! Is the Journey art webiste still up and running?

Hi Glenn....I use my website mostly as a bit of storage...but I put up a couple of pages a long time ago which I haven't updated in years, that have a lot of my early work. Some of it good...some of it not so good...it's always a learning process, you know...heh. Here's a couple of links that people have been referring to...

(Be kind please....as my webmaster skills are horrible...lol)

http://christopherpayne.net/thumbnails/scarabs.html

http://christopherpayne.net/aw/

Most of my newer artwork goes on this website, which I am almost up to date on...

http://khan71.deviantart.com/

Hi Christopher! Fellow Deviant Artist, former BTer and long time friend. Website are passe anyways these days with some many free sites to share art and community with. Look me up in SL if you ever decide to check it out.

The NCB formerly known as cj

Christopher wrote:Hey all!

I finally got tired of sitting and wishing the old Journey Back Talk forums would return, and just gave up on it. This seems lik a good place to hang out with some other Journey fans, so I finally signed up.

For those of you that didn't know me from those forums, my name is Christopher (but Chris is fine), and I'm an artist living out of San Diego, California. I did the artwork for Journey's re-release of the Red 13 EP/CD as well as Deen's bass drum artwork for the Main Event tour, and a few other items.

I like a really wide variety of music outside Journey and other melodic rock....anything from Simon and Garfunkel, to the greatest band ever....Iron Maiden!

Anyway...enough about me....any old Back Talk folks here? If you're under a different nick here, please let me know who you are, if you would.

Here's a few of my latest pieces of artwork, if you're interested. This first one was commissioned by a Journey tribute band called "Escape"....and they're quite good. (Their Website: http://www.escapethejourneytribute.com )

Love your art work Chris.

Is this one of yours?

Christopher wrote:
I finally got tired of sitting and wishing the old Journey Back Talk forums would return,

Yeah, because that place was a real fucking beacon of objectivity and free speech.

Christopher wrote:Anyway...enough about me

I was thinking the exact same thing after your second sentence!

Christopher wrote:any old Back Talk folks here?

Only the strong survive here. We got rid of the majority of fawners and stalkers. You seem decent ... even if your introduction seemed somewhat self-serving and shameless. So, on behalf of the "locals" here, welcome, asshole.

Saint John wrote:

Christopher wrote:
I finally got tired of sitting and wishing the old Journey Back Talk forums would return,

Yeah, because that place was a real fucking beacon of objectivity and free speech.

Christopher wrote:Anyway...enough about me

I was thinking the exact same thing after your second sentence!

Christopher wrote:any old Back Talk folks here?

Only the strong survive here. We got rid of the majority of fawners and stalkers. You seem decent ... even if your introduction seemed somewhat self-serving and shameless. So, on behalf of the "locals" here, welcome, asshole.

And Argus is here now....so he should feel right at home....

Saint John wrote:

Christopher wrote:
I finally got tired of sitting and wishing the old Journey Back Talk forums would return,

Yeah, because that place was a real fucking beacon of objectivity and free speech.

Christopher wrote:Anyway...enough about me

I was thinking the exact same thing after your second sentence!

Christopher wrote:any old Back Talk folks here?

Only the strong survive here. We got rid of the majority of fawners and stalkers. You seem decent ... even if your introduction seemed somewhat self-serving and shameless. So, on behalf of the "locals" here, welcome, asshole.

This is something that must be done to anyone who wishes to be a denizen of the MR forums.

Christopher wrote:

conversationpc wrote:Hey, Christopher! Long time, no see!

Now there's a familiar face! How you doing, bro?

Not sure if being familiar is a compliment or not...

Saint John wrote:

Christopher wrote:
I finally got tired of sitting and wishing the old Journey Back Talk forums would return,

Yeah, because that place was a real fucking beacon of objectivity and free speech.

Christopher wrote:Anyway...enough about me

I was thinking the exact same thing after your second sentence!

Christopher wrote:any old Back Talk folks here?

Only the strong survive here. We got rid of the majority of fawners and stalkers. You seem decent ... even if your introduction seemed somewhat self-serving and shameless. So, on behalf of the "locals" here, welcome, asshole.

SJ yer getting a smacked bumm again Gucci Handbags in Times Square at Dawn or Katanas at dusk in SL? Your choice big guy

Saint John wrote:

Christopher wrote:
I finally got tired of sitting and wishing the old Journey Back Talk forums would return,

Yeah, because that place was a real fucking beacon of objectivity and free speech.

Christopher wrote:Anyway...enough about me

I was thinking the exact same thing after your second sentence!

Christopher wrote:any old Back Talk folks here?

Only the strong survive here. We got rid of the majority of fawners and stalkers. You seem decent ... even if your introduction seemed somewhat self-serving and shameless. So, on behalf of the "locals" here, welcome, asshole.

Yikes!:shock: That's what makes you so loveable Dan... One never wonders where they stand with you!


Anyway...

Greetings Christopher! Long time no chit-chat. Have always admired your art and I'm so glad to see the passion is still strong with you. Right around the time the new album's name was announced, I thought about you and wondered if you had gotten the gig for its artwork.

Steve

Saint John wrote:

Christopher wrote:
I finally got tired of sitting and wishing the old Journey Back Talk forums would return,

Yeah, because that place was a real fucking beacon of objectivity and free speech.

Christopher wrote:Anyway...enough about me

I was thinking the exact same thing after your second sentence!

Christopher wrote:any old Back Talk folks here?

Only the strong survive here. We got rid of the majority of fawners and stalkers. You seem decent ... even if your introduction seemed somewhat self-serving and shameless. So, on behalf of the "locals" here, welcome, asshole.

Well...ya know...that's what introductions are all about, eh?

Nice to meet you, dickweed!

Take care...love and kisses and all that.

S2M wrote:Is this one of yours?

Nope...but it is a similar style, isn't it? I'm fairly certain that Prairie Prince created that one...if I remember a conversation with Deen correctly. I'm not 100% certain....but I think that's right.

Argus wrote:

Christopher wrote:

Glenn wrote:Great stuff! Is the Journey art webiste still up and running?

Hi Glenn....I use my website mostly as a bit of storage...but I put up a couple of pages a long time ago which I haven't updated in years, that have a lot of my early work. Some of it good...some of it not so good...it's always a learning process, you know...heh. Here's a couple of links that people have been referring to...

(Be kind please....as my webmaster skills are horrible...lol)

http://christopherpayne.net/thumbnails/scarabs.html

http://christopherpayne.net/aw/

Most of my newer artwork goes on this website, which I am almost up to date on...

http://khan71.deviantart.com/

Hi Christopher! Fellow Deviant Artist, former BTer and long time friend. Website are passe anyways these days with some many free sites to share art and community with. Look me up in SL if you ever decide to check it out.

The NCB formerly known as cj

Ceeeeeeej! Hey....nice to see you! Ok....I'll try out SL one more time...first two times....I got stuck in the introduction section and couldn't get anywhere else. My parents dropped me on my head a lot when I was young.

Babyblue wrote:Love your art work Chris.

Thanks blue!

BTW....bonus points for loving Styx with Gowan. He brings everything to the table that DeYoung did, minus the wussiness, and he writes great stuff!