In Desperation

Been in a little bit of a drought, inspirationally speaking. But I wanted to get something in for May, so I went through the archives and painted something up for tonight.

Italian David

My wife and I had a blast traveling to Europe last fall. We visited several countries, including Italy (specifically, Florence). We got to see Michelangelo's David (and it is amazing in person), Donatello's David (which my wife touched by accident), and about a million other peoples Davids. Every Tom, Dick and Henry seemed to have their own David. I started to wonder if most artists of the Renaissance, when they would start some art piece of a nude male, their friends would come up and ask them, "Hey Antonio, uh who is that naked dude?" They would be like, "Oh... Uh... yeah, that is my David!" (in my head they all talk like Mario Brothers, which by the way they actually do all sound like in Italy).

With so many Davids I felt left out as an artist and decided to do my own David based on what a current Italian David would look like. And I kid you not, every young Italian guy and girl looks like they just stepped out of an H&M catalog! I saw this exact guy like a dozen or so times. And they really do ride mopeds! I should do a modern Italian Madonna, but I don't know how appropriate that would be.

Speaking of which I saw these guys in Europe too.

Gale Crow

Barbarousity

I've been sitting on this painting for almost a year.

Suspect#5 Squandered Billionaire

Troll

A Humble Request

As artists we can use our talents to bless the lives of others. I made this Christmas card for Dalton Dingus. If you get the time, you should think about sending him one.

Dalton has Stage 4 cystic fibrosis and has been sent to the comfort of his home from the hospital because doctors have told his family there is nothing else they can do.

But before he goes, Dingus wants to beat the Guinness Book of World Records for receiving the most Christmas cards. The current record is 35,000 cards and the young boy is almost there.

Dingus and his family are not looking for money, just cards. A lot of people are looking for ways to help Dalton in his final days and this is what he says he'd like to do.

If you'd like to help Dalton reach his goal, you can send him a card at:

Dalton Dingus

HC 62 Box 1249

Salyersville, Kentucky 41465

Going Old School

Our exceptionally talented character designer at ChAIR who refuses to do a blog, Bert Lewis, enjoys watching really crappy movies and TV. He was watching The Return of the Incredible Hulk.
It features:
-Thor
-Gratuitous slow-motion flexing
-A move where Thor uses his hammer like a Shake Weight
-A scene where Thor compliments a nerdy scientist for brutally gunning down a criminal
-Homoerotic scenes of Bruce Banner and nerdy scientist staring at Thor in a towel or Thor running on the beach
-And most of all horrible hulk hair.

 If I ever let my hair grow medium length without calming agents like gel. I get Hulk hair and my wife always makes fun of it.

 I often wonder how it would have turned out if 80's Hulk showed up in the last scene of Avengers when they are fighting the aliens, and approached his combat with them very similarly to how he fights on the 80's show: walks over and picks up a foam prop and then proceeds to flex in slomo for the next ten minutes.

Desperate Reporter

A long time ago I started this series of Clue-esque suspects in a murder mystery. My wife's cousin requested that I start it up again so here is another one. Four down, nine more to go. at this rate I will be done in about 36 years.

The Second Most Bad-A Character in Video Games

If you asked any common person on the street "How do you kill a vampire?" You might expect answers like: a stake through the heart, Holy Water, sunlight, a cross, etc.... But if you asked Simon Belmont his would response would be, "You jus find yo-self a nice switch and you whip that mother effer - TO DEATH."

Simon is so Bad-A that after he whipped Dracula to death the first time and found out that Dracula cursed him; he pieced his dead body back together just so he could whip him to death again. Also worth noting is the fact that he whips brick walls and eats the meat that he finds inside.

Million Dollar Idea

Vampire falls in love with a Zombie. Two cultural phenomenons come crashing together. Whoever can make this happen first, is going to be a millionaire. It is not a matter of "if" but "when."

Hey! It's October

This painting is about a year old. I painted it last November, just shy of Halloween. I figured to hold onto it until now.