#57 The Cowfish

Animalia: Day 40

The Cowfish

Animalia is back from a 3 day hiatus with the cowfish!

I first learned of the cowfish when I saw them at the City Museum in St. Louis.

They were my second favorites in the aquarium after the nautilus,

which ended up dying. So they're my favorites now.

The cowfish is one of those animals that is so ungodly cute

that you can't possibly believe they actually exist.

It has the legs of a Zubat, the fins of a Horsea, and the ears of a Pikachu.

+___________

cowfish

I mean, honestly. It's adorable.

I will probably add color and repost tomorrow.

Also, maybe the mouth of a Jynx.

Tomorrow: the Crocodile

#17 Molded Heroes

The Molded Heroes show happened last weekend in Aurora, IL.

Nick and I both had prints in the show (Nick's is hyper-violent TMNT),

and they are both up for purchase on the Molded Heroes website.

Here is the print I did:

Nick actually printed this for me and everything,

so a big thanks (and a bottle of night train?) is owed there.

It is basically a knockoff of this etching by Rembrandt.

The print is a little bit of a one-liner, essentially equating all life decisions as fruitless -

by way of juxtaposition of Rembrandt's original message and references to starter Pokemon.

The original print deals with the myth of Faust

and his decision between worldly and religious pursuits -

a pretty common theme in art of the Dutch Golden Age.

Its presence is seen in vanitas, still-life, and genre painting.

Elements of these can be found in the original print and the "copy"

(take, for example, the skull in the background and book in the foreground).

Two posts in one day, gettin' busy.

#14 SGC

So SGC was fun.

Here's the painting completed and framed.

I guess I'm happy with how it turned out?

Not sure how I feel about abandoning concept

in favor of convoluted art historical references?

Either way, the composition and what not is taken from

this Honthorst painting.

The characters are Baltan, Godzilla, and a Hopi Kachina doll.

I always loved Kachina dolls.

I made some when I was in 3rd-5th grade.

On to the next project I am way behind on:

Here is a sketch for the print I am doing for this show.

Nick and I are both doing stuff for it.

Again, not sure how I feel about just completely ripping off of Rembrandt

and replacing the symbolism with Pokeballs.

But you know, "Life is full of decisions,"

is what some old guy at the Metrolink told me

when I was deciding whether or not to get a 2 hour pass.

So who's your starter pokemon?

Mine was squirtle.