Locomotive Thinking

9 days after the previous post and I'm still working at fulfilling 2011's goals. I can haz cookie?

I've been trying to flesh out a new series of illustrations based on my vision of Neil Gaimen's "Family of the Endless" from "The Sandman" comics, but they're a little hard to fully form. I'm still stuck on which medium to use, mainly based on time, which is putting a big wrench in my cogs as far as design. Today's sketches yeilded the idea of approaching the portraits like the Bible Series pieces or even the Skinny Puppy portrait, with text interwoven through the illustration, grittily colored and slightly garishly fleshed on the board. My initial idea was a simple vector line illustration because of a slight time constraint/number of images ratio, but the first attempt yeilded a bit of an...underwhelming portrait. I planned on casting close friends as each character, listed as so (in case you're familiar with either side of the list or just curious)

Destiny-Hobbit Husband
Dream-Hobbit Brother-in-Law (first attempt complete)
Death-Myself
Desire-Chris (girl-chris, though the androgony of the name lends well to the character)
Despair-unknown
Delirium-Hobbit BiL's girlfriend, Rachel
Destruction-Hobbit Husband or friend Gerald (Gerald is honestly a perfect match to the character, but Husband is a quick model if need be.)

There is an art gallery in the Hickory Hollow Mall having a comic/anime art show on the 29th of this month that at least 5 of these would fit into. The problem lies within that small amount of time to do these portraits....But we will see how well I spend my off time from the day-job, yes? Maybe seven amazing pieces will just leap from my fingers as easily as five did last spring?

I'm also eyeballing at least three other shows in the coming months, all insisting I revamp my inventory and bulk up the "new art" list.


The best news, or newest news, is that last week I was accepted by a local shop to sell my necklaces, notecards, hair facinators and other random art on consignment! Now my items don't have to sit away in storage til an art or craft show, they can be lovingly drooled over by locals and bought up! (my little dream)
The shop is Boa Clothing located at 4902 Charolette Ave. in Nashville TN and I swear the owner/operator Sam is one of the most awesome chicks you'll ever meet. Her shop is one of the best places to burn through a paycheck for your horror/goth/punk/vintage desires and she is severely dedicated to local artisians.

As it's nearly 4am in The Shire I'm going to wrap up the package designs I was working on trying to get sleepy and crawl in bed with my poor sick Hobbit Husband. I don't plan on sleeping in too much, though. There's just too much to do in too little time :D