Possibly one of my worst work habits is my desire to rest endlessly on my laurels. I have absolutely no trouble convincing myself that I deserve breaks and rewards for sometimes the most basic of tasks (going to the post office, cleaning the litterbox, writing a long email) so I worked through it to jump into the next thing since it turns out I actually still have tons of stuff to do. Here's the line drawing for a blog header I'm making for a friend's blog:

I was also invited to participate in the art show that corresponds with Exhumed Film's 24 hour Halloween Marathon. It's called Video Violence and the idea is to alter or repackage a favorite cult movie VHS to be displayed on a shelf as part of a mock video store. I love this idea, as one of the last cavepeople to still own and watch (and BUY) vhs tapes and being the right age to have come up during the advent of vhs, with strong memories of some of my favorite video stores and all the weird and awesome movies I found there. I had a million ideas for this but I'm pretty sure I'll be doing Haxan and designing a fake spellbook box for it. Haxan might not exactly qualify as "cult", as it falls somewhere between "classic" and "holy shit, someone made this weird old thing?!?" but I'm really in the mood to do something witchy and I actually really enjoy the message of the movie and all of the imagery.
Since I decided to start actually trying with art a couple years ago I made the decision to take every possible opportunity to be in group shows and to NEVER FLAKE (ps- this is my second bad work habit/personal habit and one that I have almost totally eliminated from my work. Not so much for the personal). Last year the Exhumed show was the only thing I flaked on and it still eats at me. The idea was to screenprint a poster for a fake grindhouse movie. I love the idea and I actually drew the entire poster but totally failed when it came time to print and I discovered that the screenprinting studio in my basement was busted in the middle of a prolonged winter illness delirium. I basically put my hands up and said "fuck it!" Here's the poster I drew for that show, for my fictional movie called "Devil Mummy"

7 comments:
you know who is stoked?
ME.
yessssss. I'm glad! It might take me a little longer than I thought but i bet it'll be really cool in the end as a result.
I will totally buy a haxan print if you make them, and maybe a few for friends! best idea ever!
glad to hear the show went well and that you sold lots of things, although I do hope there are some pieces left for me to snap up.
bah, I just realised you're doing a box for haxan, not a poster...but what I said still stands!
The image on the box will probably be scan-able! I don't think I'll be doing a back or adding text (beyond the title). It's going to be way over the top for the project most likely haha.
As of right now there are two crosses (the wolf and the viy one) and the medium sized zombie left. 2 1/2 weeks to go. There might be something left for you! and everything is glassless and therefor might survive the trip across the world.
excellent news, on both fronts! I'd still be very happy for you if everything sold at the exhibition of course... there will always be more!
That header is going to be amazing.
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