Persistence of

spray paint, acrylic paint, marker, ink; 2013.
©Marvel Comics.

hehaz4catz

digital, 2013.
for my first .gif goof-offery, i thought i'd homage somebody whose various caricatures & randomly poignant gifs i always look forward to. git yo tail to ihave4catz Right. Meow.

Jessica as...

digital, photo manipulation; 2013.
photo by J.Bullers.

Let's Do Our Own Thing...

digital; 2013.
©Disney.

Elevator

digital; 2013.
i may've gone a little too bokeh in trying to remember what a former tenement neighbor looked like. wearing body-glitter & superiority with the night still up ahead.

Nostalgia Ca$h

digital; 2012.
©Jim Henson Company/Disney.
after Jamie Hewlett's Gorillaz "Demon Days" LP cover.
goodtimes with the various rock n' roll references slapped on The Muppet Show's house band. note: Sgt. (Pink) Floyd Pepper o.d.'d or found Jesus years ago. ... or both?

That Was

digital; 2012.
i remember-ya, but see-ya.

Christmas Sweater

digital; 2012.
©New Line Cinema.

U̶n̶scathed

markers of various kinds, ink; 2012
©JamieHewlett/DamonAlbarn
still processing stuff, between projects.

Rainbow Blight

digital; 2012.
new toys are fun.

In The Face of Death, Remain.

marker & acrylic paint on cardstock; 2012.
for Keith Haring.

somε j3sus y3ar

photo manipulation; 2012.

Out of Timε/ Whatεvεr

marker on medication packaging; 2012.

A Tacky Android, Gruff Horticulturalist, & Salty Soccεr Mom Try and Makε Nicε During a Gun Standoff

pencil, photo manipulation, digital; 2012.

Scrεams Opεnly Loosεd

digital; 2012.
a week later, and still learning stuff.

Just Anothεr Wεdnεsday...

acrylic wall paint, acrylic on paper, dyed t-shirt; 2012.

Bεtwεεn

paint marker on printed swatches; 2012.

Changε of Scεnεry

construction paper; 2012.

Lεt Amεrica Shakε

digital; 2012.
dedicated to Richard ‘Rape Is God’s Gift’ Mourdock and Todd ‘Legitimate Rape’ Akin AND THE FUCKTARDS WHO VOTED FOR THEM

3 Flεεtingly

acrylic on cardboard; 2012.

3 Prεεning

marker on paper; 2012.

3 Chεεrs

digital; 2012.
i love you PBS. 

M. Jangkee O.

carved pumpkin; 2012.
a day later, but oh well oh well   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Slimer

digital; 2012.
®Sony Pictures.
having watched the duology, i wanted to go back to the Dan Akyryod-attributed inspiration.

Georgio as...

ink, marker, photo manipulation; 2012.
though i don't partake, this peep likes peeps... the marshmallow treat.

Tucker as...

digital; 2012.
us scorpio actors gotta stick togetha!

"it would be now."

digital; 2012.
based on Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man by William Clegg.

Perriwinkle as...

colored pencil, ink, digital; 2012
peeps fo' lifes.

Ms. Maggart

ink, marker bleed-through; 2012.
it's a fine line between caricature & portraiture hope i'm got somewhere on the truer side of that line  also, i gotta say, it is way more fun to try to capture a likeness from moving images, differing angles/light sources than a single still image frustrating-er too, but shrug.

a walk in the woods

marker on printed cardstock; 2012.
for Jennifer & Cami, from J & K.

"A Life of E's"

marker, wax crayon, printed cardstock, ink, magazine/mail clippings; 2011.
based on the Beatles' song/film.
for Emily.

flip-flopgaze music

digital; 2012.

1 ✿ ❀

acrylic on cardstock; 2012.
for Lela.

Ⓐdventure Time!

oil pastel; 2012.
created by Pendleton Ward; copyright Cartoon Network/Warner Bros.
zany times are that much sweeter with friends, mama.

Thomas Ⓑarrow

digital; 2012.
created by Julian Fellowes, portrayed by Rob James-Collier.
he's not so much a villain, but a complicated cat with clever eyes set for self-preservation; is that so bad?

Halley's Ⓒomet

photo manipulation; 2012.
[1986 photo by NASA; diagram: University of Tennessee at Knoxville; screencap info: Wikipedia.]
still angry i couldn't see the last visit, tried as i did that night, looking up and knowing i was missing something special. this orbiter had connections to Samuel Clemens & Challenger Shuttle, both dear to me, so it really stings.
resigned,
See You Next 28 July 2061
( ◕‿-)

Ⓓaft Punk

digital; 2012.
blah blah blah love them, love what they do, love what they make me do, love love love. long may they run-on sentences.

Ⓔlvira, Mistress of the Dark

ink, marker; 2012.
©Queen B Productions; portrayed/co-created by Cassandra Peterson.
goodtimes. always with a sense of humor & self-aware self-deprecation, this entrepreneurial chica damn sure knows how to vamp with double-servings of campy innuendo. an animal rights advocate, she supported gay rights before the rest (of a slowly-growing, waking-up majority) of this country. the character is an obvs amalgam of various counter-cultural influences, and, after looking at recent photos-- still foxy.

Ⓕinal Fantasy II

pencil, digital; 2012.
©SquareEnix.
as a kid, i obsessively pored over various video game magazines. there's some useful info in there, sure, but mostly i just loved the artwork-- the various styles i wouldn't otherwise be exposed to. worlds i'd never even set foot in (games i'd never play), but the pretty pictures i could glean & cop & add to my brain bank. even in my sad old age, i still pick up said magazines, much to the chagrin of whomever is unwise enough to let me wonder off in the grocery store. anyway, goodtimes. and yah, i've yet to actually play this here RPG; they're not really my thing, but the story is still aces.

ⒼORILLAZ

acrylic paint, magazine clipping collage, marker, ink; 2012.
©Damon Albarn & Jamie Hewlett.
setting out for this current theme, i knew i was gonna make myself tackle these guys, among a few others, that i thought too sacred to try to officially tarnish with a defiled presence on my lil' ol' blog. but dammit Gumby, i forswore everything else today, and got this done. originally i planned to have their instruments involved, as they are real musicians afterall, but "time won't let me." and space. whatevs. though we've changed a bit through the years since that August 2001 i first heard /saw "dat Blur lead singer" 's new zany side-project with "dat Tank Girl artist", i'm reminded of a different time. yeah, understatementizing what occurred a few weeks later, but i'm def more inspired by the multimedia-ness of this whole enterprise. what could've been a meta joke/commentary about the nature of Modern 'Entertainment' instead became an interesting & ongoing collaborative effort. and successful, howevs one wants to define success. And they're Real ... Fun. 

Hawk Ⓗaven

digital, photo manipulation; 2012.
photos by NASA.
concept developed by Rankin/Bass; ©Lorimar-Telepictures/Warner Bros.
i realized i hadn't tackled a Where so far, so here's this place. satellite headquarters for hybrid metal-humanish officers with space birds (not usually Angry). yeah, 'SilverHawks' and their ilk were toy-peddling schoolyard entrepreneurs & the stories are now seen, outside nostalgia, as almost insultingly thin. but dammit if i didn't race home from school to watch & re-watch My Stories. and though the source material was, um, what it was, it was a fantastic launching pad for us dorks to shoot off on our own adventures. "...shoulders of giants" indeed. i still want a treehouse.

Ⓘgnatz

'DrawSomething' app; 2012.
created by George Herriman; ©King Features Syndicate(?)
i've yet to see a more apt metaphor for (misunderstood) ♡...

Ⓙanelle Monáe

digital, ink, marker; 2012.
this was another case where i had a really neat idea, one i had for a long while, one so entrenched in my ace high-fallutin' scheme-- and just ditched it. marathoning her discography, i let Ms. Monáe's sound just kinda guide. i'm trying real hard to not sound all stalker-y, but know that my utmost respect & admiration only grows the more i hear. in an industry known for pandering, she does her own thing with class.
and yet i keep calling her Janáe Monelle. sigh.

Ⓚlarion

marker, spray paint, ink, pre-printed diagram; 2012.
created by Jack Kirby; ©DC Comics.
ever since i saw "The Demon Within" Batman episode way back around '98, this petulant British twerp has kinda endeared himself to me. maybs it's the rare angle that a brat with magical powers makes for an interesting villain. if the 'hero concept' is (supposedly) ultimately about adolescent wish fulfillment, what does it mean if a witch-boy is championed?

ⓁCD Soundsystem

marker & spray paint on graphing paper; 2012.
labored over a piece (which was an L) a while back for a fan-art feature thing, and subsequently wasn't included. liked the concept/idea and may still publish here in the future at some point, but then had idea #2. ran out & bought supplies-- then changed my mind. this is #3 and i think closer to whatever the goal of this current reverse alphabetical theme this is part of. trying to open it up to stuff besides video game characters & cartoons. which i'll invariably do for the next post. oh me.

Ⓜona

digital; 2012.
i remember her sad eyes as a kid. wish i believed in an afterlife, if only for those who bore such hell while alive.

Ⓝightmare...

acrylic, wax crayon, foil, marker; 2011.
©Disney, ©New Line Cinema.
in what's become a personal holiday tradition, in lieu of anything of monetary value, i do cards for mah peeps. Mashups streamline 2 or more different flavors & then something groady gets birthed out-- just like on them har nature channels. anyway, this is for Perriwinkle, a pal whose seen me through fire. 

⊚. Henry

marker on writing pad; 2012.
i aimed for a fitting "ironic"ish portrait, but couldn't think of anything for the last couple of days. i like, however, what i coughed up at the last minute. sometimes the solution's staring you in the face ;)

Ⓟink Ⓟanther

acrylic paint on cardboard box (tape, stamp, sticker packaging ephemera), patterned scrapbook paper; 2012.
created by Blake Edwards, Friz Freleng, and Hawley Pratt.
©MGM/United Artists.
i don't know why this character was my earliest favorite, but i have a few theories...
doing large pieces is a personal rarity-- this is the size of a real live panther; best to keep paint buckets far off & hidden.

Ⓠuantum Leap

photo manipulation; 2012.
original photo by keyseeker.
created by Donald Bellisario, ©Belisarius Productions/Universal Television.
watching old clips, i'm reminded where i got a love of genre non-conformity. one week it was a harrowing post-rape story and another it was a zany noir yarn. whether as a test monkey or a track runner, life & mistakes were seen through various sets of eyes. corny at times, yeah, but i wouldn't go back and change a thing.