Happy Holidays

I hope everyone has a happy and safe Holiday, that's all inclusive (Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, or whatever you celebrate or don't!) 

Anyway, I created two characters a moose and a mouse for a Christmas type story. I haven't figured out there story yet, but they are pretty cute.

I'll put a spell on you!

Gypsy man doing spells with a crystal ball. Boo Ha Ha Ha!

Jelly

I made a Jelly fish that some how electrocutes things.  Not an educational picture, but they do sting.  Then itches, badly.

Gobble Gobble!

Hope every ones thanksgiving went well! And now it's time for Christmas! I already gave myself a Christmas present last week when I went up to the Bike Doctor of Waldorf (very good selection and customer service there!), and I bought a new road bike. The weather has been beautiful outside so I have been riding like a fiend!

My bike is a different color...White, Silver, and Gold.

Although I have spent a lot of time outside I have however made an effort to get my butt in gear to paint! I did get inspired to paint a Skunk, there was a dead one on the side of the road as I biked.  Sorry that is a little morbid but, hey I got inspired to make this cute little guy!

It may be a tad simlar to Flower from Bambi. But what skunk doesn't remind you of him?

Some Halloween Fun!

My niece Kendal came over on Saturday and we had a bunch a fun painting pumpkins for Halloween!  It was her first time using paint pens and she is such girly girl she hates being messy.  Every time she got paint on her had we had wipe if off she would stop using her hand until is was clean. 

I went ahead and painted one of my own pumpkins, at first I just did your general run of the mill Frankenstein.

Then I couldn't think what to paint next so I asked Kendal "What should I paint?" She replied "I don't know, Mickey Mouse."

I got a little nostalgic on Mickey, I think that's 1930's Mickey? Needed another character and Kendal wanted one of her favorites Elmo.

Elmo was in the middle of Trick or Treating and lost his treats from being scared of Frankenstein.  I had one more space on the pumpkin and Kendal wanted a Yo Gabba Gabba character, and she is obsessed with Yo Gabba Gabba right now.  It is a very interesting show to say the least. The last space left on the pumpkin was behind the Frankenstein.  So of course I would make Flex the Robot a part of the angry mob trying to save his friends from the Frankenstein.

It was a fun day, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

cliff hanger

How far would you go to save your kitty? Apparently far if he climbed up a cliff.

I'm getting antsy!

Wow, I'm rather disappointed in myself.  I have not painted anything in two weeks! For me that is quite a long time, but I have been venturing into some of my other artistic abilities working on graphics at my day job and doing some tattoos for friends and family.  It's interesting jumping to and from various forms of art, it's a strange feeling going from paper to skin or from skin to paper.  Drawing/tattooing on skin you have to design to the contours of the body. On paper your trying to emulate those shapes and curves to give the illusion your drawing a body.  It reminds me of Rene Magritte's "This is not a pipe".

I'm not actually ever making something real, although I do get rather caught up in my characters sometimes. A tattoo I did recently on my friend Dan, I and my very talented and good friend Rob collaborated on.  Dan got a tattoo of his "son", I place that in quotations marks because it's not really his son it is just a image placed on his skin.  It was a fun design that I can't wait to finish! His little boy is sitting beside a rocketship (Rob's handy work!) looking into space (Rob's planets!) with thoughts of big hopes and dreams that I'm sure his wonderful father will help him to fulfill. Tattoo's like this remind me of what is real in this life even if on paper or skin you add a little make believe.

It's going to look so good finished! :)