King of Men

Digital painting made during Hurricane Ike exile in 2008.

I lived in Houston at the time and decided to ride it out on the North side of town with some friends. The storm was intense but I've been through worse before and after. The giant pine trees that crashed down and sliced through some homes were probably the most dangerous thing at the time. I do not miss hurricanes, but now I have wildfires to contend with!

This drawing was inspired my my friend Alexander who prompted me to try drawing a big fat pig with a crown, intended to symbolize the rot in our society and how we often prop up terrible and corrupt leaders. While our political views do not agree, as is often the case with my friends, the general sentiment is something we can all get behind. Our leaders suck, they are all compromised, as more time passes it becomes more an more obvious that the system in the United States is not working for the regular people. A few years later we truly would get our big fat golden pig on the Throne, to make us all great again! Anyways, this can turn into a long essay, lets just end it here...

Three Horned Demon

My favorite dreams are nightmares.

This is an ball-point pen drawing made in 2018. Only contrast was digitally modified in this drawing.

This was a big year for me, made a big move to a new state, started a new job, and for some reason the inks really clicked that year. Ink was my original love back in the day and I had stopped using the medium for quite a long time in favor of pencil and charcoal... but in the year 2018 something clicked and reminded me of how much I love drawing with ink and how much better the art actually looks on a paper when it's done in ink.