the zombiespoon manifesto

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 16 of 26

2012-01-30T07:33:00.001-07:00

P is for Phantom

“P is for Phantom”– 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …the sixteenth week of Alphabeasts.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 15 of 26

2012-01-23T07:37:00.001-07:00

O is for Ouroboros

“O is for Ouroboros ”– 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …the fifteenth week of Alphabeasts.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 14 of 26

2012-01-16T07:25:00.001-07:00

N is for Nymph

“N is for Nymph”– 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …the fourteenth week of Alphabeasts.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 13 of 26

2012-01-09T09:29:00.001-07:00

M is for Minotaur

“M is for Minotaur”– 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …the thirteenth week of Alphabeasts.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 12 of 26

2012-01-02T22:39:00.001-07:00

L is for Lycanthrope

“L is for Lycanthrope” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …the twelfth week of Alphabeasts.

● It has been asked more than a few times after each of these weekly posts, whether or not I plan to publish these drawings in book form after they are all completed. In all honesty, the prospect of doing so at first seemed a bit inappropriate, seeing as the whole idea of the project was not my own. But the more I do these, and the more thought I give in to the whole idea, the more the idea of collecting them into book form seems to make sense.
So, the short answer is “Yes”. Yes, I will be collecting these drawings into their own volume – titles something other than Alphabeasts, of course.
I’ll be working on layout ideas over the next coming weeks, with more info to follow.
By the way – Happy New Year to all of you!! I hope that this year finds you all well and happy!

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 11 of 26

2011-12-26T14:50:00.000-07:00

K is for Kraken

“K is for Kraken” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …eleventh week of Alphabeasts.

The End, as We Know It, For Now…

2011-12-19T22:29:00.001-07:00

…and I Feel Fine-ish

Last week I posted the last of the Crumbly Drawings to my Etsy storefront; not ALL of the drawings, just all of the ones that’ll be made available.
The full collection is still available in book form in its entirety: My Legs Are Useless

There is more news, but I’ll save that for its own post in the coming days. Until then, thanks to all the positive responses to these drawings and to those who have purchased some! Cheers!

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 10 of 26

2011-12-19T09:03:00.001-07:00

J is for Jackalope

“J is for Jackalope” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …tenth week of Alphabeasts.

Two in One…or The Second to Last Day..

2011-12-12T19:39:00.001-07:00

I is for Imp

“I is for Imp” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …ninth week of Alphabeasts.

I’ve got two posts in one for you today, the latest Alphabeast drawing, as you can see above, and the five latest Crumbly drawings just recently listed to the Etsy Store below…

Tomorrow will be the last update to the Esty Store (well, last update of Crumbly Drawings).
There will be other items eventually listed – handmade Curio-Styled items; Prints: other drawings; etc. – but not before a break to get some needed work done…namely: completing the new website and finishing artwork for several submissions I can mention no more about at this time.
Sometimes I find it hard to think of how to end these posts, so today I’ll just do so by punching myself in the face and hitting “publish”…

the End is Near…

2011-12-11T21:17:00.001-07:00

Only two more days, ten more drawing to list after these…and who knows? Then I might start list strange little sculptures or other things.

A Horizon Drawing Closer…

2011-12-08T18:22:00.001-07:00

Three days and fifteen more drawings posted. We’re getting close to the end of these…only a few more days left to go.
Thanks to all those that have purchased a drawing or two; to those that have helped me by retweeting/reposting the drawings & the store; and to those that have just browsed the collection and enjoyed them enough to say so.

It means a lot to me.

The Math is Dressed in Vinyl…

2011-12-05T21:11:00.001-07:00

It’s been several days since my last update about the Crumbly drawings that are being listed, so there have been many added:

This brings the total to 75 drawings now posted of the 115. Only a few more weeks to go….and then I can rest…..or not:

IN OTHER NEWS -

I’m currently choosing a few of these Crumbly characters to sculpt for limited edition either vinyl or resin figures. This will be an entirely new area for me, one I know very little about, so I’m sorta feeling my way as I go.
The idea is to start out with five of my favorite characters from this entire series. If I’m able to accomplish making them into finished figures, then I might continue with a second series, but that will be down the road a ways if at all.
The first thing to do is to pick five and start sculpting…in which I’m open for suggestions.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 8 of 26

2011-12-05T20:41:00.001-07:00

H is for Harpy

“H is for Harpy” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …eighth week of Alphabeasts.

And We all Fall Down….

2011-11-30T18:47:00.001-07:00

Two days, and ten more drawings listed on the Etsy Store.

You might be wondering to yourself if ghost cats have to haunt a place for nine times as long as anyone else, to which I have no answer. Now, had you been wondering if it’ll be that I’ll list items OTHER than the Crumbly Drawings I’ve been posting, then the answer is YES.

I have been working on finishing some hand made items, sculptures and masks, that I plan to add to the store as soon as finished. More info about that at a later time.

But, even so, I’ll be keeping with the five Crumbly Drawings a day routine until all 115 drawings are listed.

One-Fourth of Twenty-Fifty-Sevenths and a Half…

2011-11-28T18:24:00.001-07:00

Two more days, and ten more drawings listed on the Etsy Store.

I sent off the first batch of sold drawings today and learned that the quotes I got online for shipping were somewhat off. So I have adjusted all of the listings with updated shipping and handling charges….the main difference being that shipping to Canada and Internationally have gone down significantly.

This makes Forty drawings now listed out of the Hundred and Fifteen total.

Again, HERE’S a link to the downloadable CONTACT SHEET that shows the order in which these are being posted, in case you are waiting for any drawing in particular:

http://www.aqualabstudios.com/images/CN_Contact_Sheet.jpg

Listing Imaginary Orthographies...Part 7 of 26

2011-11-28T12:48:00.001-07:00

G is for Ghoul

“G is for Ghoul” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …seventh week of Alphabeasts.

Days Skip like a Needle at Record’s End…

2011-11-26T18:58:00.001-07:00

It’s been a few days since my last post, and while I haven’t made good on my promise to do a daily post about the drawings that I’m making available to purchase, I HAVE at least been keeping up with actually posting the drawings in question.

The following are all the additional drawings that have been uploaded to my Etsy Store since my last update:

Still keeping to my promise that I’ll be adding five per day to the store, so be sure to check it out daily…..and buy everything…..and tell me that it’ll all be ok…..and that I’m pretty!

One of Twenty Three

2011-11-21T23:21:00.001-07:00

As promised, the first five of the 115 Crumbly Drawings are now up and available on the Etsy Store. I will be posting five every evening for the next few weeks…

Agnostic Eel

Sanguinis Steward

Unrequited

Penance Bone Soup

Marooned One

I have also made a contact sheet showing all of the drawings that will be made available as well as the order that I’ll be making them available, that you can find HERE and download:

http://www.aqualabstudios.com/images/CN_Contact_Sheet.jpg

Listing Imaginary Orthographies…part 6 of 26

2011-11-21T07:11:00.001-07:00

F is for Faun

“F is for Faun” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …sixth week of Alphabeasts.

A Mostly Crumbly Month…

2011-11-20T21:01:00.001-07:00

It has been a more than a long time coming, my making good on the threats to put these drawings up for sale that is…but I not only wanted the BOOK to have its time, but I wanted to present these drawing in the right way.

As many of you might already know, this entire series was done using ballpoint pen on notepad paper…not your most commonly used fine art materials, and for that reason, not the most archival.
So, the first step in preparing these images was to give each and every one of them (including the ones that I later decided not to add to the “sell” list) two coats from an Archiving Spray, which, for anyone else who has done this knows, is a horrible horrible process! But, I now know that my lungs will long outlast me!

The rest of the process (for those interested and have not already been distracted away by something shiny on the Internet) can be witnessed in a previous post on this here blog-type-thing.

So, starting tomorrow evening, I’ll be putting these little parts of myself on my Etsy Store in the amounts of five per day, for the next twenty three days (he says in basic maths).

Being the reclusive artists that I am, with a little following (have I mentioned that I love you folks?), I’m not sure how these will be received, or if they’ll be noticed hardly at all…so I’m asking in my nicest online voice for help in spreading the word by posting links to those you’d think would be interested, reposting this blog entry (and the daily ones to follow), and shouting from street corners at random passerbys.

But now, I’m going to relax after weeks of work with several glasses of wine….Cheers!

Listing Imaginary Orthographies…part 5 of 26

2011-11-14T21:12:00.000-07:00

E is for Elbow Witch

“E is for Elbow Witch” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …fifth week of Alphabeasts.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies…part 4 of 26

2011-11-07T21:09:00.000-07:00

D is for Death

“D is for Death” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …fourth week of Alphabeasts.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies…part 3 of 26

2011-10-31T22:07:00.000-06:00

C is for Cyclops

“C is for Cyclops” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …third week of Alphabeasts.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies…part 2 of 26

2011-10-24T20:11:00.001-06:00

B is for Banshee

“B is for Banshee” – 3.5x5 inch - ink on paper …second week of Alphabeasts.

Listing Imaginary Orthographies…part 1 of 26

2011-10-17T20:05:00.000-06:00