The Black Heart

I was obsessed for awhile with the symbolic idea of the "Black Heart".

My question was: What would turn a Heart Black?

Flame I think...VERY HOT Flame.

All apologies to the Black Heart of the Feri Tradition,

which I did not discover until later.

I must investigate that visually at some point.  :-)

{Image 1: Created in Photoshop.

Image 2:  Digital images manipulated in Photoshop.}

Begin Again

When I was working on this one,

I was in a place of endings,

trying to get back on that damned horse!

{created in Photoshop.}

Seeking

I don't feel like either of these is complete.

By the same token, I don't feel as though the ever will be,

or rather, I don't think I'll have time to return to them.

{created completely in Photoshop.}

2 Scarabs Mandala

I decided to some digging and make sure

that I'd posted everything I'd been working on recently.

I discovered that I've missed alot over the past years.

So this is the beginning of me catching up.

{Digital Images manipulated in Photoshop.}

Kevin's Tattoo Dreamcatcher

Here is the preliminary sketch of my friend Kevin's tattoo.

The Bear paw is pre-existing on his arm 

and we're attempting to create the dreamcatcher around it 

and integrate with the paw.

(More on that later)

The finished piece is going to be color,

but this is where it began.

{Graphite drawing scanned and merged with Photo in Photoshop.}

Loki

I never knew he was associated with earthquakes 

until I read how he was punished by the Asgardians for killing Balder.

Never piss off the Norse.  There are fates worse than Death.

{Bamboo Pad in Illustrator.}

The Refraction Hole

I've always been fascinated by what happens to light

when it passes through glass or liquid.

Those wonderful little rainbows...

{created in Photoshop.}

My Fridge is a neato place.

Occasionally I am struck by the interesting 

photo moments that happen in my house.

It may also have to do with the fact 

that occasionally I find myself staring at things 

for indeterminate lengths of time.

Regardless, here is what happened on my fridge the other day.

{Digital Photo}

The Sun

I have to admit that the basis for this image came from someone else.

I wanted it for my computer desktop, 

so I recreated it in Photoshop with a few modifications 

to make it vibrate a bit more.  

Once I find the website I will be sure to put a link.  :-) 

For legal purposes:  I claim no copyright on this one.

Original Design that inspired me is here.

{Created in Adobe Photoshop.}

The Unfolding

{Digital images manipulated in Adobe Photoshop.}

THE VISITORS

I drew these guys this past summer

just before everything in my life started changing dramatically.

Mysterious figures trekking over a mountainous landscape.

The image kind of came upon me while I was at work and it had a great urgency to it

so I did a quick sketch with what I had available.

This may end up as a painting.

They have large silvery bubble faces.

I think they may be Space men...

or maybe those are just weird environment suits...

or Dr. Who Monsters.

{Pen & Ink and some really crappy paper}

Update 012714:

Over at Zombie Bites, this piece was presented in Exhumed and reinvestigated with color in January of 2014.  Check out the Exhumed image here.

The Great Stone

This image kind of creeped up on me.

It's very similar to the Monoliths I drew some years back,
but much larger and more ominous.

I needed to capture that feeling of coming up against something

so immense you couldn't see all of it.  Daunting.

{Pen & Ink on Paper}

The Black Sun

This image haunted me until I drew it.

I think it'd make a cool tattoo,

but I don't care much for the meaning of the image.

{Pen and Ink on paper}

UPDATE 010413:

At Zombie Bites, this piece was Exhumed and reinvestigated with color in November 2013.  Check out the Exhumed image here.