MY FAVORITE CREATURES

I had a dream we lived in a universe whose fundamental mechanics were compatible with the requirements for multicellular organisms to flourish within a relatively stable tectonic cycle. In that dream, I saw deep into the past, and deep into the future. I saw beauty...Experiencing beauty requires no belief in arcane fairytales laden with barbaric ignorance. It can simply come from observing nature’s examples of nearly perfect adaptations. Evolution sculpting countless magnificent creatures.Our planet is on fire, but I spend a lot of time reading about its fascinating 4.6-billion-year history. I find comfort in the idea that it will be here long after we destroy ourselves. I only hope a few of my favorite creature designs make it through the bottleneck of the Anthropocene Extinction to drive post-human species radiation into our planet’s final billion years.

FASION SNAKES

The start of the weekend is always exciting. It’s a time when you can stand in front of your closet in your underwear and ponder what sorts of expressive fashions you will unleash onto the citizenry you encounter in the next 48 hours. The snake community have always been on the vanguard of high fashion. You’d think, with their constant molting, they’d be into the current scourge of “Fast/Throw-away fashion” but that simply isn’t the case. Instead they pride themselves on classic pieces and staples. Their slender silhouette gives them a natural and timeless sophistication unmatched in the animal kingdom.

What sorts of reptilian inspired looks are you all thinking about trying out this weekend?

MAKING PLANS

Happy Friday, You all making any plans? I have a feeling these two are plotting to work together to get some French Fries on the sneak...

HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS

Happy Friday, Sagan is brainstorming ideas for his Halloween Costume this year. I'm leaving toward him being in The Outsiders... #StayGold

You all have any ideas for him?

BLOOD VINTAGE

Admittedly, I don't know much about fancy wines, so I just stay quiet and absorb knowledge when I'm around people that are talking about it. Nossy has over 5000 years of experience in all manors of bloods, so you could say he's a bit of a Phlebotelier...

"Ah yes my boy Abelard, this vintage has notes of iron, despair, and a hint of garlic avoidance. Bardolf, what are you tasting?"

DATE NIGHT II

The deadly space virus raged on, but it was still date night and she needed some time to get herself ready...

THE PLACE

Spooky arts are one of my favorite arts.

What do you think this kids story is? What happened to him here? That's the Hitchcockian mystery behind this ambiguous frame... Was a crime committed here? Did he slip and hit his head on that exposed rock? Who's to say? .... Happy Friday.

HE WAS HAUNTED

The deworming pills haunted him, but that wasn't what was making him angry per-say. It seems as though the squirrels had just up and moved to a different backyard altogether. And THAT, that was what was really getting his goat this morning.

THAT SPACE ROCK IS COMING

Happy Friday. Let's hope that interstellar object that's due in November is bringing something that will switch our timeline up a little bit. I've had all of the dumbery I can handle in our current one.

VECTOR KING

I turned King Gorgonopsid into a vector drawing.

He wants you all to know that he's listening to Alkaline Trio and trying on silky-unders for a mysterious and fancy gathering tonight. If you know about it, he'll see you there.

VECTOR KING

I turned King Gorgonopsid into a vector drawing.

He wants you all to know that he's listening to Alkaline Trio and trying on silky-unders for a mysterious and fancy gathering tonight. If you know about it, he'll see you there.

POLAR BEACH

They had some mackerel, and some herring, and even some sardines for an appetizer. It was going to be a solid day for sure, they would just need to find a nice spot to lay out their cold packs.

(Maybe I'm still dealing with the trauma of my beach trip last month but, this comic-like most art-was born of suffering).

I’LL DO IT MYSELF

This is how I feel about Village Inn Pizza in Holland MI. I actually belong to a Pizza Club here in Chicago. I'm a member of the high council as Chief Archivist, but none of our outings have matched up so far. Nostalgia is too powerful a flavor I seems.

I don't know what the actual flavor of Sagan's prescription cat biscuits are, but sometimes he looks at me like he'd rather have a delicious chipmunk every now and again.

HUGE FAN

So what happened here?

1. He got bit at while he was a sports game, became a zombie without taking off his foamy fan-hand, and then was shot with a considerable caliber weapon shortly after?

2. Eat something over priced and under cooked at the sports game, became a zombie and then had his stomach melt out from the inside?

3. He knew the Zombie Apocalypse was coming but had already paid a lot of money for the tickets so decided to go to the game despite the PSAs to stay away from zombie infected locations?

LITTLE GUY

Do you ever pass a little dog on the street and think... "I know exactly how this kid is feeling today".

VECTOR GIRL

I decided I needed to be better at making vector art. I know that Image Trace exists, but having a grasp on the functionality of all of the Illustrator tools is important so I'm spending some time doing that. Here is a girl.

WINTER STORM

Whenever I'm stuck freezing in a big snow storm my mind wonders to the very place I happen to be sat and how different it was some time in the distant past. Most of Illinois was a wetland of ginkgoes, horsetails, huge cycads and fern trees along the coast of the Western Interior Seaway (Niobraran Sea). I imagine 153 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic, on this very day, a little Ornitholestes might have been sneaking around looking for small mammals, reptiles and eggs to snack on right where I am now. His day was probably better than mine...