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No weekly whirly this week, “awwwww…” But don’t fret because I’ve been hard at work compiling the first Whirly compilation booklet! “Hurray!!!” A World of Whirlies (Thanks for the great title Chantze!) A full 24 pages of helicopter goodness. It’s currently off at the printers and I’ll be picking up the books later today! Just in time to be premiered this weekend at MECAF in Portland Maine. Where I will be with all my books, prints, paintings and smiles. I can’t wait to get up there. It was such a fun event last year, and promises to be just as good this year.
And keep your eye out on my etsy store. I will surely be adding the book there after the show.
It’s been a lot of fun going through all my old whirlies and compiling them into a whole. Hard to believe I’ve been doing these for 5 months now. Here’s hoping I can keep it up for 5 years! I’ve got a lot more ideas for new fanciful copters whirling round my brain. Be sure to check back next week for more rotor’n'motor contraptions.
Oh yeah, and that’s me over there. I drew it to spice up the book with something new, and I couldn’t bare the thought of not showing any whirly related artwork today. I’m not sure if they make calipers that large, but heck when you got a big job to do…
Poetry Broadside: Landscape: Containing Green
11″ x 17″ ink and digital color
Another poetry broadside I did with the Boston poet Roger Hooper. When first looking at the poem and beginning to generate ideas Roger asked me what would happen if thought of “green” as though it were a character moving through the landscape as it moves through the stanzas and the seasons in this poem. I loved the idea and got very excited for the chance to develop a fanciful character, like a magical beast who does his part as the world shifts from season to season.
Weekly Whirly
This Week: The Peddlecopter
If you’re in good shape, and like a bit of exercise you might just want to take a peddlecopter out for a spin. But don’t be too brazen, a peddlecopter pilot who runs out of steam can quickly find themselves in quite the unfortunate situation. Actually, most peddlecopters are built in tandem fashion for this reason, it’s a bit too dangerous to try flying a any distance on your own, and having an extra pair of legs or two will ease the burden of keeping rigs like this aloft for longer journeys. Typically these birds aren’t used for much more than recreation and a bit of site-seeing, and most folks don’t keep one in their garage, but with a little looking you can find them for rent by the hour at various parks and tourist destinations. What better way to see the wonders of the world than up in the air powered by your own two legs.
One Android Limited Edition Print Now Available.
My artwork which premiered in Jesse Lonergan’s art book Robots is now available as a limited edition digital print. These prints are 12″ x 15″ and fit comfortably in an 11″ x 14″ frame or mat. Each print is numbered and signed, there are and will only ever be 12 of them available. I’m selling them on Etsy, or you can get them directly via paypal below. Or if you happen to be going to MECAF in a week and a half (May 20) I’ll have them there as well. Woowoo! Below is a little blurb I wrote about the piece which didn’t appear in Robots due to space restraints.
No one knows for sure when and where “One Android” was constructed, or who constructed him. There are some who even speculate that One Android wasn’t built in a traditional fashion. All we do know is that he has the tendency to gravitate toward large and typically ornery beings of one kind or another. Case in point, meet Megabotcopter. Part robot, part copter, Megabotcopter is indeed one of a kind. There have been a few forays into robot/copter hybrid design in the past, a few intrepid souls who dared crossed these streams of engineering bravado, but never has such a conglomeration been braved at quite this scale. No-one is sure who built this monstrosity or even why it was built, perhaps Megabotcopter was made to do battle with irradiated beasts from beneath the ocean, perhaps to punch other giant robots in the nose, perhaps simply to befriend lonely nerdy ten year old boys, we may never know. Sightings of this engineering marvel have declined in recent years, but it’s still out there, walking, talking, flying short distances and towering over almost every robot and copter it encounters.
Hellbound II Signing
So this Saturday AKA Free Comic Book Day. I will be at Million Year Picnic in Cambridge signing copies of the recently released Hellbound II book. In which I did the art for the opening story. So come and chat, pitch a story idea for Hellbound III get some free comics, pick up your own copy of Hellbound II and get it signed!
Here is some information and a schedule for the days events at Million Year Picnic.
When: May 5th, 2012. Million Year Picnic’s Saturday Schedulle is 10 AM to 10 PM
Where: Million Year Picnic:
99 MT Auburn ST
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-6763
What:
Limited Free copies of Hellbound #1!
Hellbound 2 premier with creators signing during the whole day.
- 11:00 AM – Lindsay Moore: writer of “Dolly” ( Hellbound II) and “Faking it” (Hellbound) and Gregery Miller author of “Nostalgia”.
- 12:00 PM – EJ Barnes: artist of “The Plage” (Hellbound II) and creator of “A House with a Past” (Hellbound).
- 1:00 PM – Jerel Dye: artist of “Necrocomicon” (Hellbound II) and Story Editior for Hellbound III (you can pitch your stories to him live!).
Nathan Kitler writer of “Necrocomicon” and “The Bloody Curse of Sarah Goode” for Hellbound.
- 4:00 PM – Patrick Flaherty writer of “The Plague” (Hellbound II) and
- Dan Mazur ( Ninth Art Press) creator of “What really happened to Betty and Barney Hill?” and publisher of Hellbound II.
- 6:00 PM – Jesse Lonergan story editor and cover artist for Hellbound II. Author of “Sweet Dreams” (Hellbound).
http://hellboundinboston.blogspot.com/
P.S. if you want to get your own copy of Hellbound II and can’t make it to the event you can buy it online! Yeah… technology!
Weekly Whirly
This week: The Cabbiecopter
Like their land bound cousins taxicabs get you where you need to go for a fee. Cabbiecopters come in wide variety of shapes and sizes but are usually fairly compact and agile. They rarely boast impressive specs, opting instead for practicality and efficiency. Most, like this one, carry up to four people comfortably, and still have room for plenty of luggage. In addition to aerial locomotion many cabbies employ a set of wheels, 3 or 4 usually, with a separate motor for puttering around a bit on land. Many drivers find it useful when seeking fares and positioning for take-off when it is especially busy in the sky above. Pilots of cabbiecopter are actually some of the best pilots you’ll find in urban areas even if they are a bit too daring for most peoples tastes . It’s real trick to navigate the busy skies, landing, taking off , landing again, and doing it as fast as they can to maximize their profits. It takes a special kind of nerve.
Weekly Whirly
This week: The Jalopicopter
A jolipicopter is pretty much what it sounds like. It’s what happens when you’ve got an old frame from an old junker, a crankshaft from another, some landing gear salvaged from a junk heap, a prop whittled out of an old park bench, some fishing line, and a whole lot of scrap metal. Add it up with a little know-how, a lot of elbow grease and a dream, and pretty much anything can take to the skies.
Weekly Whirly
This week: The Chiroptercopter
These copters are usually found in flocks. They are small, light-weight, and extremely maneuverable, capable of changing direction at full speed almost instantaneously. The typical Chiroptercopter will only seat one, and doesn’t have a significan lift capability, but it is frequently used by couriers to move small packages in and around populated areas. However, this copter is most popular among folks who want to get themselves in and around populated areas. It is very small, has a low lift capacity, and a low top speed, all of which has the added benefit of making it rather inexpensive. So for the average man or woman on a limited budget in need of good transportation the Chiroptercopter is a solid choice. Did I mention it’s also a lot of a fun. So much so there are almost always clubs of enthusiasts cruising around in flocks enjoying the freedom of airborne locomotion. The record for most Chiroptercopters in one flock together is 156.
We <3 Monsters!
An art show with an awesome concept, and an awesome list of contributors! From what I’ve seen so far it’s going to be a fantastic event! And did I mention… monsters… lots and lots of monsters!
Andromeda Gallery
One Android meets Megabotcopter, Megabotcopter is pleased.
So I’ve got some new artwork that is going to be appearing in an mini-comic style art book being put together by my friend Jesse Lonergan. The book is all about robots robots and more robots. How cool is that! I don’t have a list of contributors or links to give you yet, but I will pass along that information when it get’s closer to the release date. When Jesse told me about the project he referenced my One Android character and all the copters I’ve been drawing lately so I thought hey, why not do both. This is the result. The original image was inked in pen and colored in photoshop. The book is printed in greyscale so I stuck with tonal grays when “coloring” the image. But I decided to spice it up with a limited color palette here. It’s likely that I’ll be doing a limited edition digital printing of this piece. 12″ x 16″. So keep your eyes out for that update if you are interested.
