It had to be done...

These are previews of the Siege piece I am working on, the last of the "big four" in the series I am finishing up. Call me whatever you want, I say Siege was one of the greatest hardcore bands of all time, they were incredibly fast and their music still sounds fresh; they were decades ahead of the curve in 1984. Napalm Death site Siege as (one of) their biggest influences, hence the song "Siege of Power".

The drawing itself is modelled after Bosch's Seven Deadly Sins and Four Other Things. In my case, the sins have been replaced by Siege songs, and the four other things are seminal album covers. The top two are from bands which came before, and the bottom two, after Siege.

The two banners at the sides contain lyrics, the reapers above them are from Cleanse the Bacteria and a Japanese bootleg. The background will likely say "DROP DEAD" over and over, eventually turning into "DEAD" at the bottom, like the beginning and end of their only record.

KOYAMA

Anne Koyama of Koyama Press has a project where artists redraw her logo in their style. I had a go at it, and in the face I've put a collage of Noothgrush related things. I don't know if and when I will ever complete a Noothgrush collage, mainly because a piece of fine art with Star Wars and Dr. Seuss references might just be totally ridiculous.

I seem to be the only artist who hasn't used red, and now I feel like I broke something.

OMI

This is a parody I did of Shepard Fairey's OBEY/Giant logo. In ink!

It's done in ink because 1) I can't use a computer and 2) "The Great Omi" was one of the first heavily tattooed western men, certainly one of the first to be tattooed on the majority of his body in one pattern. Born Horace Ridler, Omi was a sideshow performer who, essentially, modified his body until he became sensational enough to make a living and, later, get very rich off of his performances/appearances. His schtick was that he was captured in New Guinea and forcibly tattooed all over. Right. But this was the early 1900s.

Anyway, it's a cute pic. Expect more of these smaller pieces until I'm done this huge one.

Then expect more small pieces.

Another one bites the dust...

Bomp bomp bomp. Bunna na na na nah.

Here are two photographs of the last drawing I have completed. There is one more large one to go.

This piece uses imagery from two Skaven releases, as well as Bosch and Japanese symbols. There are a few things I completely made up. There are connections between the music of Skaven and the first instance of the black plague in Western/Northern Europe. As well, the Japanese and traditional Chicano flower motifs work well with the plague theme, as they were believed, erroneously, to ward off the plague. This was well before the germ "theory" of disease became widely accepted. And the pieces of the Malleus Maleficarum and Bruegel's Triumph of Death directly addressed the plague as it happened.

The next piece is about Siege.