Revisiting My "Alien Moon" Idea Because I'm Not Satisfied With How That Image Looks As Digital. May Re-do

Caela by Liturgy

72"x13.5", synthetic and natural fibers, vinyl tubing, 2024

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This piece came about as an attempt to visually depict how I experience music. Possibly due to my Autism, I do not seem to listen to/experience music the way other people I have discussed this topic with experience music. I recognize that there is an underlying meter, a rhythm, a beat, that allows a person to "follow the music;" the beat is also what people follow when they dance. I can force myself to identify and follow a beat, but it requires significant concentration on my part, is not what comes naturally to me, and is not how I enjoy listening to music. My attention often skips back and forth between different sounds, following the bass sounds for several moments because I enjoy that specific section, then switching focus to the crescendo of a violin, to the sound of the singer's voice, the drums, back to violin, bass, voice, a new sound.

By connecting colors, patterns, and material to specific aspects of a musical piece, I have attempted to create a depiction of my experience of the music.

(I also decided to leave the edges of the different photos I took, to give an impression of the number of images needed to create a decent representation of this weaving.)

Lestat, Louis, and Armand, all as variations of Pierrot. Done with Molotow and Posca paint pens, and color pencil.

Lestat's costume is mostly based on the painting of Pierrot by Jean-Antoine Watteu in 1718. Louis' Pierrot is based on the costume worn by Jean-Charles Deburau, as photographed by Nadar in the 1850s. Despite being the oldest vampire, Armand's costume is the most contemporary, as it's based on the 1975 film "The Adventures of Buratino." This is because Armand is a Theater Nerd (Lestat is a Theater Gay, there is a difference) and he thinks that outfit is the most inventive.

I have a new comic -- a real, physical one -- up for sale on my Etsy!

It’s $6 + shipping, and you get a sticker!

Because I have brainworms and want to infect everyone I can with them, I will be posting the whole thing here but the draw for the hard copy is a pretty color cover! And a sticker!

Read the whole thing below the cut and then maybe buy a copy.

"queer coding" and here I thought you were actually cool

I turn 30 this year. I am freed from the burden of giving a shit about being cool. 

Screenshot study of Louis, from IWTV. Done with Posca and Molotow paint pens.

The text in this image comes the from the traditional ballad "O Love is Teasing."

My favorite version of it is this one, by Rhiannon Giddens

Emet is now available for $5 as a PDF download!

LINK

Debuted this @shortrunseattle and now it’s up for sale in my etsy

“Emet” is a short story about a woman and a Golem – $10,  plus shipping 5.5 x 8.5, 12 pages, full color choose media shipping and save money!        

I hope to post something about the awesome time I had at Short Run, but it might be a little while because I have about three grad school assignments I’m working on. Also there’s an election tomorrow and I will either be drowning my sorrows or celebrating having dodged the Apocalypse.

My Etsy: LINK / My Society6: LINK / My Ko-Fi: LINK

Progress! The halo will be done with metallic paint at the end. Man, the iPhone camera flattens the FUCK out of this painting.

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The Artistic Process

I’m here, I’m queer, and I’m gonna put my little gay hands all over everything.

Also, here’s an interview of me by Devon Douglas-Bowers of the Hampton Institute

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So, along with working part time, taking a summer class online, applying for scholarships, doing art for zines that I've applied to (provided my work is accepted), finding an apartment and preparing to move for grad school, I want to finish this painting over the summer. It's of Saint Christina the Astonishing, and it's going to be a gift for my therapist.

My Etsy: LINK / My Ko-Fi: LINK

I rarely reblog my own posts unless there's a specific update, but that means I'm also not very good at promoting where you can actually purchase my art!

You can get three digital (PDF) versions of my comics, "Queer Code," "Emet," and "Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight Days," and two SECRET EXTRA COMICS here: LINK

(The secret extra comics are the "R. J. Hill: Therapist" comics and the "Naruto: The Last King, The Last Priest" comic.)

"Queer Code," "Emet," and "Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight Days" are available as individual PDFs.

"Act Well Your Part" and "Emet" are available in print.

I have a limited number of my risograph illustration collections "Slap Your Cheeks for Color" and "Step Out Into Your Short Shorts."

Currently, I don't sell prints of my paintings because -- in all honestly -- there's been little demand for them, even when they were available through a print on demand website. If enough people express serious interest in prints, I'd consider trying again in the future.

I'm also thinking of creating color covers for print versions of "Queer Code" and "Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight Days," but that's kind of a back-burner idea at the moment.