Archive for January, 2012

Bridgit Scheide’s Brother Nash

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

A pin-up for my friend Bridgit Scheide’s wonderful Brother Nash comic. http://bridgitalldigital.deviantart.com/. I was honored that she asked me to contribute.
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Poltergeist!!

Monday, January 30th, 2012

This week’s Alphabeast is the problematic peevish phantasm known as a Poltergeist. He’s a nasty little piece of work and an all around troublemaker. Literally a “noisy ghost” by his German etymology, Poltergeist are generally thought of as malevolent spirits that take pleasure in upsetting the living by throwing around solid objects, slamming doors or cabinets and making knocking and stomping noises when decent people are tryin’ to sleep. What a pain. Sometimes these brats of the spectral plane will be tied to a place (perhaps a house hastily built on a burial ground?) and will only haunt a specific locale. But other times they may be attracted to a particular person and follow their hapless victim all around, causing trouble at the office, the grocery store or even in a nearly defunct Blockbuster Video store. It’s best not to get yourself a Poltergeist if you can help it.

Ghost Rider

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Last night I saw a neat drawing Rico did of Ghost Rider in his sketchbook and felt inspired to do this drawing. I plan on working on it in Photoshop and practicing making flames.

M is for Metsanhaltia

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Well, many experiments and accidents in color later, and a website database crash later, I am finally catching up with my Alphabeasts. I truly had fun with this one. Looking forward to “N” and onward, in a much speedier fashion!

Yours, Mine and Ouroboros

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Just when he thought he was out, they pulled him back in. The Ouroboros, that is, anAlphabeast with an acute fascination with the deliciousness of his own tail. Often depicted as as serpent or, as here, a dragon feasting away on his own hinder quarters, the Ouroboros is an ancient symbol of the cyclical nature of the Universe and of alchemy and very possibly donuts. Oh, a wagon wheel!

Surfing Lune

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

A new Mr. Lune print I will be selling.
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N for Namazu

Monday, January 16th, 2012

This week’s N themed Alphabeast is Namazu, a giant catfish that the Japanese blame for causing earthquakes with his thrashing about. To prevent these calamities, the god Kashima placed a weighty stone atop his head to pin him to the bottom of the sea. However, occasionally the Namazu wriggles free and shakes the Earth with his mighty tail.

L is for Lamashtu

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

This is way overdue, but I’m still giving it up for Lamashtu.

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M for Mermaid

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Sigh..who woulda thought that an Alphabeast drawing with a prominent boobie would end up being my least favorite of the bunch (so far)? Oh well, for what it’s worth, here’s a M for Mermaid. I won’t go on and on like usual about her place in mythology ’cause, damn, folks know what a mermaid is, alright. Anyway, I’m pretty unhappy with this one but I just don’t have the time to spend creating a better drawing.

Speaking of which, with the new year come new projects and new commitments. In the coming weeks and months I’m going to have less time to allot to my Alphabeasts drawings and chances are this is the beginning of a trend of crappier submissions. However, I should have some comics and other various illustrations to share as my production of art, hopefully, increases. We’re halfway through this alphabet now, folks, here’s to coasting to the bottom.

My Art Is On Exhibit

Thursday, January 5th, 2012
From Friday, Jan 6, 2012 – Friday, Jan 27, 2012, I’ll be part of an exhibit at the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC.Lenoir is located in the foothills of North Carolina just about 20 miles south down US Hwy 321 from Boone, about an hour north of Gastonia, NC on the same Hwy 321. Lenoir is about 2 hours at the most from most parts of Charlotte, NC, and Winston-Salem, NC. Visit this link for more on the Caldwell Arts Council. They are open Tuesday-Friday from 9am – 5pm.

The Opening reception is on Friday, Jan 6 from 5pm-7:30 pm. I’ll be there schmoozing since I’m a part of the show, so if you can make it, I’ll be glad to see you.  Here’s a preview of some of the work you’ll see in the show.