I can has...

I have no excuse for this. There can be no possible excuse for this.

Who is Tat-Woman?

Enjoy.

Adventures into Weird Worlds (again)

By popular demand, reworked (from the ground up - I foolishly managed to not save the layered artwork from the last one) and recoloured, as requested.

Adventures into Weird Worlds

Here's a larger version of this image.

Baffling Mysteries

I had a lot of fun making this one for another post. Click for the large version.

Comic - Live Help

Comic - Webcomic Secrets

Well, lots of people have asked how the comics are done, so...

Comic - Meeting People

Enjoy :)

Sunset

Don't go thinking that I'm necessarily going to be doing regular comic strips. Just if an idea hits me and I have the time, okay? Here's another one, anyway:

Guest strip

I did a guest strip for Plywood yesterday. Had the creative Spark, and had to use it.

More signs

Tatarot - revised

I was lucky enough to land five minutes with Philip Linden, and I was able to replace the image on The Emperor with a better shot.

And with that, the Tatarot is truly complete. Updated versions of this card will go on display at Linda's Mall and Fatum Castle.

I may not know much about art...

There's another place you can go and see the Tatarot until June 25. Linda's Mall in Chief has made an Art Space for showing resident works. If you've not come to see them yet, head over to Linda's Mall or Fatum Castle. Art exists to be seen :)

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

See the Tatarot inworld

Pym Sartre - pictured below has created a gallery to show the 'Tatarot'. If you'd like to see them inworld, then visit Castle Fatum in Steiger.


While you're there, take a look at the amazing job she's done on the castle!

Second Life Arcana III

Here are the last four of our cards.



The Moon - Moon Adamant
The Sun - Maxx Mackenzie



Judgement - Shoshana Epsilon
The World - Hamlet Au

I would very much like to thank everyone who made themselves available for the photography - very few of whom actually had any idea what I was working on, but just went ahead and complied with my ridiculous requests :)

If you see these folks in-world, by all means stop and let them know what you think of their contribution. This was a collaborative effort, between the artist and the models, and many of these images would not be what they are without the collaboration of the people pictured here.

Some of these people I didn't know, had not met or spoken to, and yet they consented to contribute anyway, for the sake of a crazy resident with art in her mind.

None of this would be what it is without them. Without them, this work would not exist.

Second Life Arcana II

Here are the next nine cards. Please enjoy.



The Hermit - Sladen McLuhan
The Wheel of Fortune - Alazarin Mondrian
Justice - Blueman Steele



The Hanged Man - Property Resistance
Death - Shawk Pertwee
Temperance - Tateru Nino



The Devil - Exifyde Bacon
The Tower - Ordinal Malaprop
The Star - Hyasynth Tiramisu

Only a few more to go. Stay tuned for part 3!

Second Life Arcana

Well, the participants are already calling this the Tatarot. All 22 Major Arcana from the traditional Tarot cards, made in Second Life. The frames and the text of each card are made outworld. The images themselves are unretouched inworld snapshots.

There's irony, and symmetry and symbolism there. It's the first real artistic effort I've done and I've revelled in the Spark that made it possible. I got the idea a few days ago, and it started me thinking in odd directions.

Rather than follow the Tarot symbolism slavishly, I've worked to generate new, though related symbolism for these. Some of them are obvious, and some rather less so :)

This images are all shrunk down for web-viewing. If you want to see them full-size, then you'll need to do so in-world. I'll post when and where you can come see them, as soon as the arrangements have been made.



The Fool - Torley Linden
The Magician - Yumi Murakami
The High Priestess - Mera Pixel



The Empress - Anshe Chung
The Emperor - Philip Linden (Philip was not available, so this image was lifted from Snapzilla for now)
The Hierophant - Squagmire Stravinksy



The Lovers - Lethe Naumova (left) and Harle Armistice (right)
The Chariot - Brace Coral
Strength - Gwyneth Llewelyn

We'll return after the break with more.