Dame Hammink-Horstink

alright, so once again, it's not the best photograph... and yet again, I'll use the same old excuse that I'm just trying to keep myself moving.... until I get a scanner. Or a photographer. Or learn how to take a decent photo. Personally, I have a feeling that the most realistic is going to be the first option. But of course funds play an important role, and I really want a flatscreen TV. Sadly, I'm not really at a point where I should be affording either. So for now you'll have to deal with middling quality photographs taken by yours truly. Hopefully the work doesn't suffer too much in translation.

Yeah, yeah, still on the whole steampunk trip. Playing around with the idea of doing some sort of a webcomic with this aesthetic. Yes, I know what you're thinking; it won't happen until I get that scanner. Guess the large screen television will need to wait a little longer, huh?

Can't take a good picture to save my life....

Good God, am I the only person who seems to have this problem? Why can I not take a decent photo of anything? Well, so whatever, here are another couple of crappy ass photos of work that I've done. If I ever get my shit together and put up a website, perhaps I'll be a little more discerning of what images I use, but I'm gonna go back on my whole procrastination reason again; if I don't just post these now, it'll never get done. So these are a bit fuzzy, and the colors are off...
So a little while ago, I took a screen printing course, and over the last few months have been attempting to tweek my drawing style and create something that would translate well using my new medium. Well, I've had varying rates of success, mostly due to me being really, really challenged in the color-ing arena. And let's face facts, when you're working with a print that's only using two or three colors, choosing the right colors is important. Slowly I'm progressing. These latest images are my most successful, although there are still things that I see that I would and will change in the future....
So this one is called "Prosthesis"....

I love laputa

So I've always been mildly obsessed with Studio Ghibli (I think that's how you spell it), ever since a friend took me to see Princess Mononoke in the theater back in New York. And then of course I kept renting everything I could get my hands on. One that I went mild for in the beginning was Laputa, "Castle in the Sky". I dunno, something about the animation was a little too manga for me at the time, I guess. But as the years have progressed, I've just fallen more and more in love with it. Who knows, maybe it's related to my ever progressing love of Steampunk.... improbable airships, blimps, and steam power? Count me in.


Anyway, I finally broke down and bought it the other day... and since I'm still playing with markers, I sort of did an homage. The picture's crap, but I know that if I don't just post it my procrastination will kick in, and then it will never get done..... so hopefully you like it.

Chitty-Chitty Boom Boom

A friend of mine recently introduced me to the wonderful world of markers - this is the first thing I tried doing with them. It's sort of a steampunk ode to Transformers.... what can I say, I'm a geek..... sorry about the picture quality, but I'm terrible with cameras. I like to blame it on shaky hands, but....

Cuddlefish

I'm a bit obsessed with tentacles these days, and I've always loved mermaids.....
All are acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 x 3.5 cm