More Ballerina Gruesomeness

The Zombie Ballerina was popular enough that, after the Christmas party was over, a couple of the guys I work with approached me and asked if I would consider doing something similar for them.  A little bit of money exchanged hands, and I told them I would try to find some similar pictures to "modify".

I actually found a pair of small lithographs, on eBay.  One of them was the same picture as the ZB.  The other was of another ballerina, by the same artist.  I ordered them up, and started trying to figure out what I would do with them.  I didn't want to go the Edvard Munch route and just recreate the first painting (apparently, Munch painted dozens of versions of The Scream).  So, when the two pictures arrived, I set them up on my table and just waited for some inspiration.

I came up with something, pretty quickly, for the second ballerina.  But, it took about 3 months for the other one to inspire me to something other than zombification.

For your viewing pleasure, I offer up:

That Takes Guts

and...

Face It

Gory, gruesome and quite unecessary.

Who is the figure in the mirror?  Why are these girls engaging in self-mutilation?  Is there something horribly wrong in the conservatory?  I have answers to all of those questions, but I suspect that they are no better than what you can come up with.

Oh, well.  I hope that you enjoyed my little foray into the macabre.  You probably won't be seeing any more work in this style, from me.  It's kinda disturbing, once it's all done.

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El Commandante Brad

I drew this with a 0.5mm Pentel mechanical pencil, using this photo as reference. It is approximately 4" by 6".

I was originally planning on inking it, but I really like how it looks. So, I think I'll just spray on some fixative and call it good.

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Accidental Art Project

Rod has this Marilyn poster hanging in his cubicle, at work. One day, someone took a picture of Brittany Murphy and trimmed the face out of it, then...

stuck Brittany's face onto Marilyn, as a joke.

Rod removed the trimmed out face, and stuck it on the back of his bookcase, which sits at the doorway of his cube. As you walk down the hallway, this is what you see. Or, rather, saw. I walked past it for a couple of days, before I decided that the disembodied head needed, well, a body.

So, I dashed off this hula girl, on a small Post-It note, and stuck it under Brittany's face. Then, I forgot about it. But, after it had been up a couple of days, people began asking me when I was going to do a new version.

Thus began the Accidental Art Project. Now, if two days go by without a new body, I get complaints. People come from all over the building to check it out. And, while I can't necessarily put up a new one every day, I think I have averaged two new versions every three days since it all started.

My favorite, so far.

Run, Lola, run!

God bless...

Um, well...

Look, up in the sky...

Kawabunga!

La la laa la laa, la la laa la la la laaaa...

Betty Boop.

Come fly with me, come fly, let's fly away...

A non-zombie ballerina.

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Zombie Ballerina

"The Zombie Ballerina En Pointe With Brain"

Acrylic paint on 1960s "brush stroke textured" print in plastic frame.
Made for White Elephant gift exchange at work.
Should go over like gangbusters!


(Click for BIG)
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Coffee Break

I'm a fan of the French Press. I just got this little half-sized model for Carol, a while back.

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Productive Meeting

Spent 2 hours in one of the most aggravating, annoying meetings I have ever been in, today. I've redacted the actual text of the meeting agenda, but you can see what was accomplished.

PS R.I.P. David Carradine.

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Ew! Is that guy sketching me?

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