play the game

digital; 2013.

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.

U̶n̶scathed

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

In The Face of Death, Remain.

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

Perriwinkle as...

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

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.

1 ✿ ❀

acrylic on cardstock; 2012.
for Lela.

Ⓔ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.

Ⓖ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) ♡...

Ⓜ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.

Ⓟ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. 

Ⓣoonces!

photo manipulation; 2012.
contains a photo by Michael Connors.
created by Jack Handey, ©NBCUniversal.
i must thank my collaborator Iowa for being a real trooper when i needed her to learn automatic. she is the, um, a particular species' pajamas.