Camilla A.

digital; 2013.
just got onto the Sktchy app & liked the overall point of the thing; i hadn't touched ArtRage in a hot minute, so thought i'd re-stir them embers.

"I'm Fifty(Five)!"

'DrawSomething2' app, tablet; 2013.
she's no Sally O'Malley yet, but i did a quick lil' sketch of a mutual pal's recent incarnation for Jame's B-Day today. now i have to declare "Camel-Toe"at some point during the day, after kicking & stretching & kicking, of course.

dare the devil

ink, marker, digital; 2013.
created by Stan Lee, Bill Everett, & Jack Kirby.
©Marvel Comics.
background photo by chilombiano.
last-minute combo drarring submitted for consideration at Project Rooftop's Fan-Art Friday thang. aimed for some 70s awes stuntman utility with urban fear-mongerin' cherry-toppage. the mask doesn't need eye-holes, so i ran with dat.

Ramona

digital tablet; 2013.
©Bryan Lee O'Malley

play the game

digital; 2013.

Grrl with a Tank top

digital; 2013.
©Jamie Hewlett
messing around on DrawSomething2 seems to hit the right balance of having enough tools to do wacky stuff and the limitations of a NotSeriousArtMaking App.
funtimes

2 copied portraits

2013; markers, paint markers on cardstock.
(Shane Carruth, Paul Pope)
scanning from sometimes neon materials doesn't always give the most accurate picture, but color-correction is approximate :/

monday

digital; 2012, 2013.

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.