Tried my hand at a mechanical steampunk bird mount to incorporate my birdhouse starter base and growing medieval fantasy town. Never done anything like this, and not 100% on the blocks/weathering, but I kinda like it! I’d need a custom head for the beak (to match the copper), but the zombie head works for illustrative purposes.
Went to the Key City Steampunk Convention in Gettysburg PA last weekend, it was great fun and a very friendly Con. Changed out the pin on my hat, for a bird made from a broken antique sector, I made this hat with the wet felt resist method years ago for a different steampunk event.
The Dodo for my Limited edition artist series bottles for Rabbit Hole Distillery. I reimagined Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland characters in a sort of Steam Punk vehicle riding world. Alice is all grown up and tatted with Dinah as co-pilot in the front. The Dodo, (who was a metaphor for politicians) has a Boss Tweed type driver atop his destructive steel behemoth. The Caterpillar has emerged from his cocoon even more twee and affectatious than before and flies away in a puff of hookah smoke. Will Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum ever make it out of the forest while working against their own interests? The Queen’s Card Guardsman patrols the night skies. The Queen of Hearts is imposing on her half flamingo-half machine. “Dareringer” is single barrel cask strength Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks at 118 proof and luckily is my favorite of all their offerings. Available at select retailers in South Carolina and Texas. Posters, T-shirts, and stickers are also available. This was an incredible amount of work conceptualizing and designing and redesigning these characters and backgrounds. Alice in wonderland is beloved and has been reimagined so many times it took so long to develop something new. We had several half starts and reworks but in the end it was worth it, the bottles are beautifully printed and even have spot gloss embossing on the art. Time for me to go have 2 or 3 (or 4) fingers, Cheers! (also there will be more posts with behind the scenes and details stay tuned). See more of this project on my website
Dusty as a treasure from a tomb, this clockwork machine sings out, giving life eternal to a stuffed bird. Bontems, Paris c1865. The workings of this mechanism are described in the book ‘Secrets of Automata’ available worldwide via the link in the bio.
From left to right these guys are Koi Carmello (very shady scientist and known tax evader), Simone Carmello (a normal human boy who is in fact normal and human he pinkie promises and his aunt can confirm), High General Neseryn (the leader of Storm City and an oc who belongs to Ragepotato.exe on instagram), and beloved general of the people, Glory Alabaster (leader of the sandcage army and guy who Nes wants to punch in the face very badly)
+ bonus of just the Carmello's, my favorite unethical little guys just doing their best
Hey, I'm back! And I've released a new series of art on my website! I call this one Aussie Fantasy Adventure, it features 12 Australian animals, all with a different fantasy role playing type job. Everything is available as shirts and prints!
First up is Artificer Tawny Frogmouth: Tawny frogmouths are meant to be extremely good at blending into their environment, not so much this guy, his personality was always just a bit too boisterous. So, he decided to be that guy who turned wearing a waistcoat into a personality, the perfect artificer. And he built himself a sick spider homunculus, it’s almost cool enough to make up for how obnoxious he is.