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Horror Equality

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So the Friday the 13th series of movies began with a mom mad at counselors for letting her child drown, wanting to prevent this from happening to other children, and going all murder hobo as a result. Since then, the series has been focused on Jason and the creative ways people shuffle off this mortal coil. I re-envisioned Jason’s mother as a 20-something who followed the same path as the original movie. Fan art – yes. Inspiration was actually watching ‘Camp Crystal Lake Memories’ about making the entire series of movies. Honestly, I wasn’t invested in this series until I saw the making of. It’s mostly the passion of the actors that made me want to create this artwork. It won’t win any awards, but it’s certainly plugged in with the times.

The Tiger of Xanadu

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So Coleridge’s poem Kubla Khan (1797) envisioned a pleasure palace with dark undertones. The work was totally influenced by an Opium high. Opium, the Black Tiger, was heavily traded in China, the Tiger of the East. But enough history and Literature – this digital artwork is also heavily influenced by the 1980 movie Xanadu, with Olivia Newton John. “Who,” the younger ones ask? “Get off my lawn!” This movie was iconic in that it introduced me to the Greek Muses. Although they never physically popped out of murals to guide me, stupid childhood dreams, I do reference them occasionally in my work. Now, the artwork didn’t start off as art imitating performing arts, imitating poetry, imitating life – it just kinda developed after the song Xanadu popped up in my disco playlist (I listen to everything). The original concept was to see if I could build a tigers face from performing artists – stupid, I know – boredom does that. I’ll let you tell me if that worked. Anywho, creating this killed a few hours of my life, much like Coleridge and his opium addiction. Hope you enjoy!

Dawn’s Relief

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Pseudo- fan art for you this morning. This was based on the character Christine, played by Margaret Clunie in the campy period (think 1940’s noir style) Horror movie “Here Comes Hell.” She and her friends hold a seance and unwittingly unlock a gateway to hell. No spoilers except she’s looking for an impromptu weapon in the fireplace, weighs the poker for the coming combat, but then see’s Excalibur hidden in the flue. EXCALIBUR! Anyway, about the digital painting. It’s set up as a typical portrait of the 1940’s with starlet holding a cigarette in one of those thingy’s. She’s looking at the rising sun after spending all night combatting evil. Again, no spoilers – I didn’t want to base it fully on the movie, because it’s always the inginue that is the focus of the film – she plays the jaded, jealous sister. So, surviving a night of horror, with some artistic license in dress, hair, sword, room, basically everything but the idea of a 1940’s debutante leaning on a sword. Flowers tomorrow! … or the next time I do art 🙂

Inquisition Adjourned

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I promise this is the last of the ‘based off stuff I’ve seen’ art – back to flowers and stuff this week in honor of spring. This was inspired by the movie “Coven of Sisters” (Netflix) wherein a band of women pull back power from a corrupt and unjust system. I won’t spoil it. This artwork is another version of that empowerment – I mean, wouldn’t it be great if someone could dig in the historical record and find a story of a clerical error (pun) allowing a woman to escape her captors and she goes off in the woods, forms a partisan brigade of other ‘witches’, and fights the Naz…. I mean the Inquisition. At a minimum that would make great fiction (idea credit please). Ambushes of caravans carrying witches to ‘trial’ or execution, a love angle, and pissed off popes – awesome 🙂 Has the Church even apologized for 40-100,000 people burned, hanged, or otherwise deprived of life and property?

Clash at Demon Head Tribute

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I was watching the Black Sheep video on YouTube from the movie Scott Pilgrim vs the World and wanted to see if I could recreate the scene with the band Clash at Demon Head as fan art – it took way too long to do. So, background for the unfamiliar, the movie was a bomb but gained cult status, like most bombs do. It was based off a comic by Bryan O’Malley & launched the careers of many, but for this scene there are five, Brie Larson as Envy Adams (singer), Brandon Routh as Todd (the bassist) Tennessee Thomas as Lynette Guycott (the drummer), also Ellen Wong as Knives Chau dominates the crowd below with her blue hair. The plot would create a tl/dr post so I’ll skip that.

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Someone will say, “that’s not a bass guitar, loser!” – you are correct, but then the song could not have become a hit by Metric (the real band) with only a drummer, bassist, and singer. Truth is it was sucking up way too much time as is for a doodle. Anyway, give the movie a watch if you’re looking for something to Netflix.

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The video is here:

https://youtu.be/jtrmWnFAHYE

Flashback 1984

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This is both fan art and a statement. It started as a momento of what I have always thought the perfect woman was, the Goth Girl, which goes back to high school. Hint, it was the Nerds who were totally interested in you, not that it mattered. There’s a girl, Desiree was her name, that I was infatuated with in high school, but was too afraid to talk to her. She disappeared after graduation. I have no idea weather she still walks the planet. so this is kind of a tribute to her.

It’s also a tribute to one of my favorite movies. Can you guess? Artax? Atreyu? The bog? Yup, it’s the Neverending Story, or Die Unendliche Geschichte, which is the book that is the origin of the movie. There may be some copyright stuff here but fanart should be covered by fair use.