Forest Obsequy

The Forest Obsequy, 2011. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

Evil Merwench

Evil Merwench, 2011. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

Slug sucking little two faced mermaid. No one would want to kiss this girl.

Pattern: Dark Garden

Dark Garden, 2011. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

I have really gotten into pattern design all of a sudden. I checked out a book from the library to see some William Morris works and also got inspired by the designs from the 1950s. Here are some of the inspired works.

Pattern: Glity City

Glity City, 2011. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

I have really gotten into pattern design all of a sudden. I checked out a book from the library to see some William Morris works and also got inspired by the designs from the 1950s. Here are some of the inspired works.

Pattern: Sea Urchins and Trumpets

Sea Urchins and Trumpets, 2011. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

I have really gotten into pattern design all of a sudden. I checked out a book from the library to see some William Morris works and also got inspired by the designs from the 1950s. Here are some of the inspired works.

No Christian Symbolism in Digital Flowers

No Christian Symbolism in Digital Flowers, 2011. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

This is a work I copied from a Dutch master that I can no longer find the name of. (I'll edit this when I locate the painting and his name ***edit*** The painter's name is Jan Frans van Dael.) The work was done in Illustrator and you can see I became more relaxed with the program as I went along. I started in the bottom with the roses, worked upward and I feel the flowers at the top of the still life came out looking more natural.

Religious images were forbidden in the Dutch Protestant Church, so flowers and other items in paintings took on symbolic meanings to get around this. These synthetic images of flowers contain no hidden meanings.

Tar Baby

Tar Baby, 2011. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

As a child my mother used to read me the Uncle Remus stories which are an amalgamation of West African tales and Cherokee folklore. Brought over by slaves to the southern United States the tales center around Br'er Rabbit (Brother Rabbit). This blending of African, White, and Indian cultures make up a great many memories I have of my childhood. We grew up in the town where 'Gone With the Wind' is set; and learned about the indigenous Creeks and Cherokees that once lived in the surrounding areas.

This design depicts the Tar Baby, a sculpture made of tar and turpentine by Br'er Fox to ensnare Br'er Rabbit so that he may eat the tasty lapin. "Tar Baby" has become much maligned as a term mired in racial connotation but was meant as a fable, that being, the more you struggle in a sticky situation the more you'll find your faculties in a quagmire. In the background is a diamond and oil droplet motif. I included them because they are two commodities that Africans and all consuming Americans would be better off without.

Sir Odeon de Lyon -- Vol. One

The ultimate unflappable first issue starring the unsung unemployed unwimpy urbane and most unique knight from Lyon, Sir Odeon de Lyon. Upgrade!

Br'er Rabbit

Br'er Rabbit, 2011. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

As a child my mother used to read me the Uncle Remus stories which are an amalgamation of West African tales and Cherokee folklore. Brought over by slaves to the southern United States the tales center around Br'er Rabbit (Brother Rabbit). This blending of African, White, and Indian cultures make up a great many memories I have of my childhood. We grew up in the town where 'Gone With the Wind' is set; and learned about the indigenous Creeks and Cherokees that once lived in the surrounding areas.

This design depicts the trickster Rabbit in his brier patch where he was, "born and raised".

WIP -- 4 Young Men

Work in progress in acrylic. More to come unless Charlie Sheen uses his adonis dna or tiger blood to kill us all.