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in doing Hourly Comic Day, I am reminded of why I don’t do Hourly Comic Day

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Reblogging my own work because nothing will stop me from being trans and making trans art.

Ecce Homo

18x24, acrylic paint on cardboard, 2024

This painting, one of my figure studies, my comic book "Act Well Your Part" and my two zines, "Slap Your Cheeks For Color" and "Step Out Into Your Short Shorts," will be on display and available for purchase at "Slip Gallery.

Opening reception is March 8th, 6-9pm, and a closing reception will be held on March 30th, 7-9pm.

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Screenshot study of Armand from IWTV, done with Posca and Molotow paint pens.

The lyrics in the background are from Lingua Ignota's "MAN IS LIKE A SPRING FLOWER."

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Screenshot study of Lestat from IWTV, done with Posca and Molotow paint pens.

The lyrics in the background are from "The Ballad of Mack the Knife," in the musical "The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.

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Screenshot study of Daniel Molloy (and Armand) from IWTV. Done with Molotow and Posca paint pens.

The lyrics are from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," but I had Patti Smith's cover in mind when I made this piece.

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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.

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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

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Screenshot study of Claudia from IWTV, done with Posca and Molotow paint pens

playing around with a more stylized approach

The text in this image is from the song "Pirate Jenny" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, from the musical "The Threepenny Opera."

My favorite version is this one, by Shilpa Ray, Nick Cave, and Warren Ellis.

(This song is on the Claudia playlist that I have created. I might have created playlists for all the main characters in IWTV.)

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I haven’t posted WIP pics in awhile because it drives me crazy when those get more interest than the finished pieces but I need to show off all my cool sketches.

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screenshot study of Lestat from IWTV, done with paint pens

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screenshot study of Armand from IWTV, done with paints pens

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screenshot studies of Daniel Molloy from IWTV, done with mechanical pencil and paint pens

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screenshot study of Armand from IWTV, done with paint pens

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I’ve become fixated on Interview With the Vampire to the point that I’m doing painting studies in my sketchbook. I will post those once I have the time to scan them. In the meantime…

Sad Cartoon Vampire Armand

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I thought I’d made a mistake by doing this eye-searing magenta for the ground, but I’m liking it.

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I thought I’d made a mistake by doing this eye-searing magenta for the ground, but I’m liking it.

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Caela by Liturgy

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

detail one

detail two

detail three

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.)