ESELKUNST

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Track Listing: 00:00 Sleipnir 02:49 Interlude: When the Carnival Comes 03:48 Dead Man's Curve 06:20 Palm Trees, Palms Up 10:20 Beach Fire 13:37 A Lemon Tree in The Front Yard 16:55 Angel Island 19:34 Atlantic City Blues 21:35 Manage What You Can 24:01 Marina Parking Lot 26:32 Interlude: Beach Grass 27:25 Ocean Music available for free download at: https://muleboy.bandcamp.com/album/i-sang-and-danced

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Practice using Krita, trying to ween myself off Photoshop. It's so difficult after 20 years of muscle memory, but cheaper to make the switch.

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Top: ~10" x10". gouache, pencil. 2008. Bottom: ink, digital. 2007

CD label designs for annual charity albums I was asked to illustrate to benefit the Tiger Haven animal sanctuary, back from when cds were still a thing.

The top image was painted on a laminated board intended to be used as a palette. Which means that there was nothing for the paint to soak into, because it's not paper, etc. Which further meant that the pigments still have a washy "wet" look to them, even when dry. This was an experiment for me.

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These tracks were originally intended as part of the soundtrack & UI for a game based on "Our Two Cats Love Each Other". I put these together to have a home while I'm still working on the fourth episode. 00:00 Paradise 01:32 Honeymoon 08:09 First Date 10:49 Cats In Love 12:38 Forces 15:41 Once a Widow Always a Widow 21:07 Whiskers 24:16 Better Than Love 28:00 A Simple Ceremony 31:37 A Ring Among Ashes 36:41 Anniversary Album available for free download (Bandcamp).

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I was asked to make a comic about living with nerve pain. I could not help but see the irritated nerves as Katzenjammer Kids; obnoxious little shits when rowdy, sweet little angels when sleepy.

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Here’s part 3

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Don’t give up, learn to fight. The human animal uses tools to cope and overcome. Lean on your friends, stick together, share what you know, and don’t be afraid to do what you think the world needs right now.  Find your trusty stone, make your little brick, and then use it.

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Here's part 2

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This lovely cat is Babygirl, who passed away 16 years ago. Her owner was kind enough to let me feature her as an extra in what I'm making. In the photo you can see she is a smokey tabby with very subtle markings. I used the couch to help inform the character, and in the bottom corner is how she is featured in the scene.

Because the roles vary, I'm giving everyone the same portrait treatment for the credits, that seems fair for their gracious participation.

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"Bury your friends in the morning, protest in the afternoon, and dance all night." Background characters for a party scene. I designed them in pairs, but only the overlapping couples will stick together in the final render. The rest will mix and match randomly as the scene cycles. Those in black just came from the funerals, they may be dancing alone or with memories. Also these two because

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WORK IN PROGRESS: Okay so! This is a scene still in progress, but I wanted to get some help if y'all are interested.

Initially the point for me was to make something about our two cats Carol and Freddie, because ruminating on their daily demonstrations of easy love is helping me get through the shit of the world right now. Some folks we know who have cats were kind enough to also let me feature them as "extras" in the background. And the rest were just kinda npc cats I made up. During production, one of the cameo cats sadly passed away. Which has now meant that all of the guest appearance cats are posthumous memorial features(!). This was not by design, it just worked out that way. Anyway, MY POINT IS: I am making a bunch(4) more of these and will be needing extras and background cats. Some roles are set and I have specific ideas and plans for them. Others are honestly background characters I don't yet have strong feelings about, like these two in this upload: This is an early scene in the next episode and features a bellhop on break from working at the hotel across the street. He is visiting the cat who works at a scooter rental place and their flirting is interrupted by something on the little TV she is watching. That's it. It's nothing big. A second or two of screentime. And in the end, I'll just fill these kind of roles with random on-the-spot designs. However if you're willing to let me know about a cat you'd also like to remember this way send me a note and a photo or something to help with reference. I can't tell you right now how things will end up, but I do have some crowd scenes planned and there's gonna be a need for like four or five extras per remaining episode. I need to be able to cast the cats in a way that make sense to me, so you might not make it into this one, but a future episode, etc. Here is a typical design to show that it's a basic level of detail to keep the work manageable. And the cat will get a portrait for the credits sequence. You can watch the first episode to see who is listed in the credits and how. Also: As you might can tell, this is going to skew heavily political. Like, Captain-America-killing-Nazis level imagery. I personally don't think that should be remotely controversial, but if you aren't up for your cat sharing a narrative with other cats reasonably dealing with weird fascists then this isn't for you. I will say that these extras aren't going to be doing any of that stuff, these are truly background bits - I mean, unless you're into that sort of thing, then sure let me know.