Big Doings...

Well, the whirl wind continues.... With everything going on in my professional life at the moment, its hard to keep track of all the stuff that I've got going on. And lets not forget the travel! I mean IM days away from heading down to Brazil, to see friends, and check out a convention down there. I've been told by my chemist that "Slicker Thn' Hell" should be manufactured this very week (if not already). We just released my New Sketch/Art book, "Blood puddin". And the show "Best Ink" that IM head judge of Aires on Oxygen next week, Tuesday March 27th! Hell theres just so much. But thats not all. I was also informed by mr Franco Vescovi, that I may be weeks away from receiving one of the first very special projects that him, and I have been concocting since the end of this past summer. As a matter of fact we may be so close to seeing that project come to fruition, that I worked this lil lady up for the special packaging! IM calling her "Black Betty". Like all my images this one started as an Idea. One loosely based around the painting I did a few months ago titled "Hush". Seems I really dig that imagery. As a matter of fact, Hush was supposed to be the image for this project. But after much deliberation, and much concern over the "Horror", Blood Puddin elements of that one piece. I felt it made more sense to go back to the drawing board, and create a new piece for the project. I will admit to the fact that the image has a bit of an ethnic look to it, being entirely unIntentional (or perhaps, subconscious). I worked the sketch up in pencil, there was a certain scale I needed to work in, hence all the lines. Regardless, here she is... "Black Betty", is pretty small measuring only 5x7". she's acrylic on raw (un Prepped) water color paper. Like most of my other work all airbrush, with a fare amount of paintbrush work. IM afraid that you'll have to wait for the Big, big news on the reason for this project. But I feel I may have already Jinxed the project with this little hint. So with that. I'll shut the fuck up, and get out. Don't for get to watch Best Ink, next week, Tuesday March 27th, at 10pm, on Oxygen.