“when your problems overwhelm you; go get drunk it’s party time!”

when you’re undead, dead, or a reanimated collection of corpses what better way to spend the afterlife than to PARTY!!!

chocula, frankenberry and booberry decided to set aside their differences to hold a total rager known as “spoons toons and booze” at the knitting factory last saturday. frankensmo was slated to host [coincidentally frankensmo doesn't even drink!] but a scheduling debacle led to the event being canceled and frankensmo was left to wander the streets; but our monster friends are now further immortalized in this ink drawing!

the middle cleanup pencils above were done using the sample blackwing i was sent by pencils.com! more on this soon! i used a bunch of windsor newton inks and a higgins for the brown.

would you want prints of this? because i might make some REGARDLESS!

two months ago, someone out there decided they should take the highway to the danger zone right into the danger zone.

in taking my most valued material possession and primary mode of transport from me [by cutting the bolts off the stop sign, hoisting it lock and all over top of the post and fleeing like a coward into the darkness. they did not win it fairly in a thunderdome match or a game of crossfire.] this stranger has incurred my wrath. oh and the wrath of a tiny sicilian/concentrated humanoid is boundless.

i have since ordered a new bike so that i may once again be mobile. and appropriately i have named it vengeance [the demon whip]. tempered from raw steel built beyond the 7 seas. with vengeance i shall ride to protect those who may fall victim to bike theft and to avenge those who have been wronged in such a manner. a trying charge indeed.

to aid me in this quest i had prepared this pendant to be mounted on it’s headtube.

HOWEVER recently it seems to have been vanquished to the nether-realms and i’m left without it’s aid! because everyone knows magical talisman are a primary source of such powers.

so to you i pose this offer:

if someone will purchase a replacement talisman/pendant currently available here [though please get in touch before taking me up on this]

i will return the favor by making for you an inked commission of your description!

if this is of interest to you please leave a comment or email me at smo [at] smomotion [dot] com and discussion shall be had!

certain monstrous beasts are so intense you can’t look at them directly, or you’ll disintegrate into a pile of cabbage eating maggots.

you can only confront them by approaching their reflection.

only the bravest most masterful of artisans attempt to capture their likeness and to do so they must draw the creatures backwards on parchment with only the aid of brush and ink.

i melted 3 different brushes while inking this, the demonic fires shooting up from the bike tires were too intense for my windsor newton series 7 but i pressed on.

to the right is a digitally remastered version of what we think the creature may have looked like were it drawn directly without the need for a mirror.

because they’re tough enough to handle it and they have access to shiny reflective things like mirrors they break because they laugh in the face of bad luck; i am sending this drawing to the silver sprocket bike club.

they love bikes and songs about demons that’s why they handle bands like the groovie ghoulies. that’s right they’re a bike club that deals in rock and roll! sick!

a few months ago they made me an honorary member of their crew, even though they’re stationed in califonia and i’m in brooklyn.

their spokes are true.

artist statement:

“i drew these smaller ones first then i drew the bigger one. after inking the red guy i made some ink from blackberries and colored in his eyes and gums. goes on red, comes out purple. brutal.”

to be a freaking sick hunter gatherer and make your own ink go out and ravage some bushes [the berry kind]

if you decimate 1/2 cup of berries add 1/2 tsp of vinegar and 1/2 tsp of salt. you can change the proportions too: for 1/4 cup use 1/4 tsp. i just threw crap together and crushed it.

try and scoop out the guts before you add the other junk. or cram them through a colander or busted up window screen so you get all berry blood. keep it in a little jar locked up tight so it doesn’t magic itself to death.

the vinegar helps the color stick.  the salt keeps if from turning into rotted fruit stank.

i found out about the vinegar stuff on this wussy website.

if you don’t know what the different between tsp and tbsp is punch yourself in the teeth.