hello there interwebian friends!



I hope you all are having a wonderful memorial day.



Some new stuff happening, tonight I just finished updating one of my websites,


http://www.the-real-luke.com



It was a minor revamp of the site, I added the videos, my iceberg battle with a polar bear, and my trip to Japan.



It was a while ago that I went to Japan, so this update has been a bit in the making. I got held up with doing the drawings that would take me from Alaska TO Japan. Then one day it hit up me, that I had a friend who was a much better illustrator than myself. So I wrote up a little draft and sent a script and notes over to my friend Ben



Here’s a couple before/afters








Check out the site for the rest.



Two weekends ago, I went out to the high desert w/ a couple of members of Sirens & Sailors to shoot a guerrilla style super8 music video.



We got there a little earlier and hung out for bit. Ann scored us some beers from some dirt bikers, and I tried to take a nap. (Which isn’t the easiest thing to do w/ dirt bikes rowwwr’ing about)

Thanks were going pretty good. We found a great location, the light was killer, and we’d just done really long tracking move thru prickly succulents when…





Ms. Park Ranger and her meat-headed, white shirt wearing side kick showed up. She accused us of destroying plants. We denied it. We said we’d tossed a couple dead ones out of the way, but didn’t hurt anything living. Then she asked what were were doing.



Well, it was pretty obvious we weren’t just walking around. Tripod, boom-box, super8, and two girls dressed in cute little skirts. So we said we were shooting some super8, because Ann was visiting from Washington. We just kinda left out the whole “music video” part of it. Not that it really mattered. She still told us that we had to leave the park. 



I wasn’t very shocked about this, but the girls were really surprised that we needed a permit to shoot something so small on public land. 



“That’s California for you.” I replied.



The whole thing about us “destroying plant life” seemed highly suspect. 



First of all, were we really possibly able to do more damage then the 4 wheelers, jeeps, and dirt bikes?



Second of all was the non-ranger meathead with her. I smell a rat. Probably he saw the girls walking around the camp ground earlier and thought we looked suspiscious. 



At any rate, we still got a little more than a roll shot off.







We left the park and headed out. We drove around the edge of the park looking for somewhere else we could shoot, and low and behold, we found a spot in between a frontage road, I5, and the back of a service station. If I shot it right (and I think I did) you’ll never be able to tell.






I haven’t seen the footage yet, so we might need to shoot a bit more…



At any rate, here’s a cute little video I just was shown. It’s a little girl watching my video for Voxhaul Broadcast’s ‘Rotten Apples.’



Enjoy!







-Luke



p.s. sign my guest book on www.the-real-luke.com!

Hello interweb friends.



Art Nouveau Magazine interviewed me a couple of weeks ago… you can read it here 
www.artnouveaumagazine.com



The Real Luke Season 2 is complete!



If you want to see it in beautiful quicktime, you can check it out on my website. www.lukeasa.com/realluke.html.



This “season” was the most extensive thing I’ve done for ‘The Real Luke’ so far. Everything else was always just my sister and I. 
Now I’ve expanded the cast of characters and opened up the universe a bit.



The production was a little challenging, we shot it all in 1 day, so we did it all in reverse. That is real facial hair after all.



You can see the change in my look.




Unshaven.




Beard Trimmer.




Razor shave.




We almost ran out of light…and we did run out of battery. For some reason I didn’t have a full charge on both batteries. We lost it on the last shot. I suppose I would have like 1 more take of that shot…but I think it worked out alright.



Aside from that, the only real issue was the 90+ degree heat. In Washington State! Go figure! That wool mackinaw is um…not the coolest piece of attire. But, it was cooler than the gorilla costu….I mean Bigfoot must have been really hot with all that fur. Maybe he swam in a lake or something after I fought him off.




Season 3 is in the works…word is, The Real Luke might be going to the desert.



But before that, there will be a pretty sweet update to www.the-real-luke.com.



When last we left our hero he was in Alaska…and a Polar Bear was spotted near by. What happens next?



Stay tuned for details.



Here’s a little exclusive for you all, some pics from the latest “The Real Luke” project…I’m guest starring in my friend’s web series.

-Luke