Ramona

digital tablet; 2013.
©Bryan Lee O'Malley

monday

digital; 2012, 2013.

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?

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 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.

Ⓓ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.

Ⓖ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. 

Ⓙ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.

Ⓛ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.

xxⓧo # Waltz

digital; 2012.
couldn't decide which song to b̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶ ̶s̶h̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶u̶p̶o̶n̶ homage, so here's this trite lil' ditty.

Ⓩiggy

ink, marker, glitter paint, photo manipulation; 2012.
and with this, we start this month's theme. 

"I Will Let You Burn and Observe"

pencil, coffee stain, photo manipulation; 2012.

"Happy in the Haze"

marker, acrylic paint on paper; 2012.

Dragon Queen

digital; 2012.

#8❜ (Laff So Hard)

acrylic paint on pre-printed cardboard; 2011.

#51 (... dry on their own)

watercolor; 2011.

Jeanie, Don't Steal Me

pencil, digital, printer ink; 2011.
ϟ ✮ ♂ ♀ ⚓ ❥ (some brunette)

fly out a window

digital; 2011.
c.

"i've danced with you too long" [version 2]

pencil, digital; 2011.
a reinterpretation of a previous dirge.