Pages From My Accordion-book Sketchbook. Trying Out Paint Markers (Posca And Molotow). Really Liking

Pretty Alien

Ok, so this is going to be the first in a series of pieces. And it has a backstory.

I was working the night shift and it was totally dead and I was super bored and I got to thinking... technically speaking, Sailor Moon is an alien. She's from the moon. So why does she look like a human?

And then I thought, maybe her Sailor Scout uniform is actually what she looks like, but in attempting to describe Sailor Moon's alien physiology, eye-witness accounts were mistaken for a description of a costume, not an actual body.

So, Sailor Moon's pigtails, bangs, and the little whiskers that I've given her, aren't hair. They're sensory organs, like antennae. The red "gems" described in her uniform are actually poison glands, which are brightly colored to gain the attention of predators. When subject to pressure, they secrete a poisonous liquid, kinda like Cane Toads. The "collar" of the costume is actually a wattle that Usagi's species uses in mating displays. It's inflatable!

Kinda like this:

As for the bunny nose and upper lip... Well... her name is Usagi.

The kanji at the top of the image is bi (pretty) uchuu (extraterrestrial) jin (person) and the katakana at the bottom is the phonetic spelling of Sailor Moon.

I'm sure that Kyozuka sensei would be pleased to see that I'm keeping up my calligraphy skills, all these years after her classes.

If anyone with a better grasp of japanese than me has any corrections, I'm happy to hear them.

Nerd rant over.

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Three figure drawings, circa 2009 before I dashed my parents hopes by saying "I wanna quit art school, get a bachelor's in psychology, become a counselor with a focus on art therapy, and also I'm queer as fuck."

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Just dropped these pieces of at The Factory for “Through the LooQing Glass”

I’ll be taking some comix over too!

Opening night is 6/13 and the Pride party is 6/27

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(Apologies for the lack of activity. I moved and still haven’t gotten internet set up.)

More sketchbook pages, mostly done while taking notes in class. 

Also, a beautiful portrait of me by my six year old cousin.

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replying to messages!

lb-lee: The images seem to be dead?

Aw, dangit. This is an ongoing problem I’ve been having! I can get the java code for the little etsy ad to work on my blog, but not the java code for the Society6 ad. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d appreciate them.

Anonymous: Not much to say regarding recent works. I just really want to say you're a really neat artist! Keep up being the helpful person you are ^_^             

thank you!

Anonymous: i recently came across your comic strip dealing with the relationship Homer, Peter, and Hank had with their sons. I just wanted to say that it was awesome, and a bit thought provoking. i had never put to much thought into those shows besides just simply watching it. i really enjoyed your take on it stuff. im not very good at complementing art and whatnot but yours is fantastic. keep trying cause its only gonna get more amazing! 😊😊   

thank you very much! It means a lot to hear my art got you thinking about stuff in a new way. For me, the goal of art is to communicate, whether that’s communicating my personal experiences or my perspective on something, so it’s really cool to hear that my scribbly attempts at communication are working!

Anonymous: I just wanted to write you a message to say I think you're really great and looking at your art (especially your comics) makes my soul feel good.             

Aw, thanks! Always glad to hear I can cheer the soul.

Anonymous: you're the one who did the therapy comic right? With the chris, bart, and bobby? i want to say at first it was weird seeing them all in the same place. but the message it brough across made me cry so hard because it hit so hard to home. it makes me wish i could be able to do what bobby did at the end. i honestly started cry, I've never really had anything hit me so hard like that. Dont take this the wrong way, its a good thing and what you drew has so much truth to it. I just wanted to tell you

Dang, I don’t think there is a wrong way to take such a heartfelt message. Thank you so much.           

Decided to just accept the blur and paint into it

doing some painting

in case there’s ever been any ambiguity about the themes and focus of my art, Baruch HaShem for hairy trans masc titties.

was there ever a part two to ur therapy comic? also following because Naruto and Sasuke are my faves

Yes! And think you for making me realize the first post of the comic doesn't have a link to the second part lol!

The second part is here: https://panic-volkushka.tumblr.com/post/146046796495/its-here-a-hard-copy-version-of-my-comic

I’ve decided this will actually be my test weave... gonna start the whole thing over because I have brainworms.

All this work and I’ve concluded I’m gonna have to cut it up to harvest some of the yarn for the next one! The custom multicolor yarns that I made. The issue is those plain weave sections are uhhhh almost 4 ft long. If I reduce the number of picks, I can reduce the length of the plain weave section by half and have a lot more room for cool stuff.

Doing insane shit with string today

“original illustration - a kiss 2″

sold!

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