billie stage 2. almost done!

i'm not the most skilled or even passionate pencil artist, but i do enjoy being hyperfocused on one activity. not 100% happy with this, but i'd still like to put another hour or two into it. miss billie holiday deserves that!

for no reason.

here's this little guy. i like him.

getting into the spirit.

i've decided that this year, my loved ones will receive creepy xmas cards from theirs truly.

just the tip of the iceberg. i had some great ideas. will post upon completion.
UPDATE: i only ended up making one card. for my brother. on a pre-existing card with a jolly santa with a giant beard on it, i drew the remnants of an elf in sandy claws' stomach. if he still has it (which i'm sure he does, since we're both infamous packrats), i'll have him send me a photo.

thinking of leonard.

i've been thinking about famous political prisoners, leonard peltier in particular; an american indian movement freedom fighter failed by the justice system & government corruption.  after watching incident at oglala, a documentary about the events--scratch that--the masacre that took place on the pine ridge indian reservation leading to leonard's incarceration, i wasn't surprised so much as utterly disgusted. not only did the u.s. government support militant forces of "goons" grossly intent on wiping out american indian traditionalists, but it has never investigated the 60+ unsolved murder cases on the reservation. the trial was a parade of "witnesses" threatened with their lives to testify, whose accounts of the events were blatantly changed on affidavits to include impossible detail. leonard's appeals & petitions for clemency have all been denied. an innocent man remains in federal prison.

fellow political prisoner mumia abu jamal has broadcasted an essay on prison radio about leonard that deserves a listen.

caricatures in korea.

i'm no stranger to them, but this is the first time i've actually produced drawings of strangers to take as, what, a cruddy souvenir? at least they were free i guess, although i was surprised by how popular it was. 3 straight hours of korean marker fumes (they ain't no joke).

soonchunhyang univ. "global day" festival.

elsa contreras, fellow artist from baja.

one of my exchange partners, english name "yankee." epic.

billie stage 1.

started this sketch of billie holiday a couple of weeks ago. just added some more detail today. more to come.

eyes?

weekly planner gone awry. i started obsessing over eyes, then this happened.