my tarot - XXI - the garden

 

xxi - garden (sketch; partial pencils)

(finished pencils)

my ocd is acting up so a lot of the raw penciling began being built with granddad's lightbox, then the markmaking brain took the wheel-- the bark & shading are all hands running on automatic with "me" as a backseat driver.  doing my best to go with the flow r.n., to not kick & argue with the compulsive impulse, because this is what my subconscious & the card wants.  when we listen to the OCD the work comes out clean.  look forward to the dry brush stage of this thing.

"automatic penciling" sessions 1-3:

 

automatic penciling 1

 

automatic penciling 2

 

intermission (gingerbread)

 

automatic penciling 3

addendum: final strokes

inking stryfe - 4 (((return of galactus dildo)))

james knows:  comix is a helmet you commit to.  james KNOWS

a helmet that, when you put it on, you may just neck yourself "--but it's cool"

what better metaphor for comix, than stryfe's galactus dildo helmet?

i ask you.  I ASK YOU

s/t:  'blankets of ice' by tom kasas

'radio friendly unit shifter' by nirvana

'eldorado' by electric light orchestra