june 2011

Two more for the Into The Woods set. (And I post in the order they were drawn, not the order of the chapters. Just... FYI. Like it matters.)

I feel like at this point it's mostly pointless/redundant to state just how completely I employ the term "loosely based upon", but for posterity. VERY. VERY LOOSELY BASED UPON.

Frankelstilskin


Strums straw into gold and doles out free relationship advice.



The Pea Episode


Zombie princes are the best princes.
Artistic license blah blah excuse to draw creepy veiny organ-chair blah.



and night comes to Tallahassee


This just sort of happened while I was listening to Oceanographer's Choice on repeat. John Darnielle writes some of my most very favorite words.

may 2011

thorns

for manipulant. again.
part two of the into the woods illustration endeavor.
when i have all of them finished, i'll do a separate post and maybe i'll even list them in order. shock and awe.

scarves

i really, really wanted to draw some scarves. oh and yeah, that's a dude. just a super-girly one. i don't think i've drawn an actual female figure since sometime in early 2010. we aren't counting the baywatch thing.

a whole garden, a whole storm

yet more author-inspired, after jukeboxghost's hey, gravity!.
i think i listened to that panic!/fun. song c'mon about seventy times during.
once in awhile, i just need some incandescent joy.
There’s a whole garden blooming inside his chest, curling around his ribcage, queasy shiver of strings in his belly when they’re alone together, champagne rush of nervous anticipation that he’s content to just bask in.

april 2011

and, and his eyes had trees in them

more novembersmith-inspired loa shenanigans.
and his voice was rough and had dead leaves in it, and clouds skittering across the sky, and the hollow sound of vast empty spaces.

the mechanics of his heart (stirred and shifted gear)

another author-inspired, credit deserved by softlyforgotten on livejournal.
i enjoy paisley. shuttup.

february - march 2011

lake without boats

my enduring love affair with lake michigan. it endures.
and i really like drawing my own shoes.

second-to-last afternoon

for manipulant on livejournal.
loosely based around her into the woods anachronistic fairytale extravaganza, and now the first in a series for the same story.
this marks the beginning of my allegiance. i fell hard, i fell fast, and she's a huge enabler. goodbye, free time. i love my life.

sunshine machine

i had w.a.m.s. stuck in my head for like, two weeks. meanwhile, a.e. was showing me all these alexander mcqueen fashion show videos, and there was this jacket. followed by a need to draw a whole fuckton of paisley.

dear gravity

...and then w.a.m.s. was replaced with tiffany blews, and all i could think of was "dear gravity, you held me down in this starless city".

january - february 2011

when the day met the night

needs a background or something, i guess. costumes, cravats, tattoos; these things are relevant to my interests. i think this is where i went through that phase of listening to pretty. odd. on repeat at work.

king of the motherfucking bats

for reni, who is wonderful and dotes on me.
yes, that's a garter.
the throne changes shape depending on how he wants to sit. trufax.

unicorn warrior: take 1

birthday gift for a.e.
also loosely inspired by the works of novembersmith, but that makes it sound like this isn't just a circus of self-indulgence. also my first time drawing a horse. unicorn. whatever. i'm fond of barefoot-grandma zombie.

november-december 2010

headphones


chair

feet and furniture. these things make me happy.

october country

inspired by a story written by novembersmith on livejournal. sorta. loosely. which was in turn inspired by ray bradbury's the halloween tree. jack-o-lanterns and loa, but mostly this just started the cravat revolution.