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Treasure!

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When the hurricane hit, a tool shed on my new property collapsed.  As I was dumping more boards and shingles on the heap, I discovered a bunch of old tools in the wreckage.  I got a complete meat grinder and a functional high grade brace and bit.  I also stepped on a nail and fell into a thorn bush.  I got a tetanus shot which I should have done the moment I started working with that old pile of wood and rusty nails.  The shed is full of things, I have not gone through it fully yet, but if I get even one more good tool out of it the trouble of moving all that wood will make this a real find. I have never seen so many pictures of saints, crucifixes, and rosarys.  I am going to restore the Virgin Mary birdbath.  It has a dozen coats of white latex housepaint and is covered with lichen.  I think I will give it a wirebrushing and paint her like some icon.  I hope I don't start a pilgrimage craze!

Time To Write A Wrong

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Comrade Ogilvy       I have always admired Winston Smith's creation of Comrade Ogilvy, an unusually fanatic party man who's entire life was dedicated to promulgating Ingsoc and the thorough and final elimination of thought criminals.  The article he is replacing is extremely unsatisfactory and makes references to unpersons.  As a child, Comrad Ogilvy refused all toys except for a helicopter, a machine gun, and a drum.  He joined the Spies at the age of six by a special relaxation of the rules.   Ogilvy denounced his uncle to the Thought Police at age 11.  At 19 he designed a grenade that that killed 31 Eurasian prisoners in one burst.  He doesn't smoke or drink.  At the age of 23 he was flying dispatches over the Indian Ocean when attacked by enemy jet fighters.  Comrade Ogilvy weighs himself down with a machine gun, grabs the dispatches and jumps from his helicopter into the ocean.  An end, Winston reports Big Brot...

Ignition!

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 The Fire Of The Mind Ignites The World  My brother sent this to me without a word of explanation.  His stuff usually does not need one, since it would be a waste of time to try to find any meaning to his increasingly incoherent artwork.  Best just to regard his stuff as pleasing patterns of black and white served up in two dimensions garnished with electrons. steve @_livingdog - Instagram

Andibi

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Psychopomp This elegant deer is by the very talented Andibi, who is on DeviantArt.  I like to browbeat other artists to let me put up work that I admire, and this is one of those whose work makes mine look like the scribbles that they are.  (hence the name of my site).  Mr. Andibi likes anthro deer.  Not only is this unusual in my experience, but he has a pre-conquest mythos surrounding said deer.  This deer escorts the souls of the dead to the other side.   Wounded " Acrylic on panel, 7 x 5 inches.  This is supposed to be a fey being, essentially immortal, but capable of feeling human longings.  The arrow can be either metaphorical or physical, but in general, it represents heartache.  The design carved on the stone is based on the Entrance Stone at Newgrange, in County Meath, north of Dublin.  It's one of the great monuments of Celtic Ireland and a reminder that the pain of this world, howev...

1920's Crocodile Illustration And Monsters

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I have no idea who drew this but this is a simplistic masterwork. Maurice Tillet, The French Angel.  So lovely a child he was nicknamed Angel. Then acromegaly set in.  The model for Shreck.  Wrestling champion. Rondo Hatton.  Voted handsomest man in his High School.  Returned from WWI a victim of a gas attack.  Developed acromegaly, probably not from the gas.  Went to Hollywood and starred as "The Beast Man" and many other things.  He was a good man who used his deformity for the entertainment of others. And, of course, nobody works for free!  Now to tie this post together.  Here is Ben Grimm by Jack Kirby.  He is an alligator skinned orange superhero who does not care for the way he looks.  He is a good guy who uses his disability to help others.  This is owned by Marvel Comics, aka Stan Lee, the greediest man who ever lived. Pure evil.

Foxy Flapper Again

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Not too long ago I put up some of Foxy Flapper's work.  I know her from Google Plus and her "Furry History" page, the most focused Furry site I have ever seen.  I left Google Plus because it has been destroyed by letting children run wild on it.  Foxy's work can best be seen on DeviantArt, where the huge range of her interests is shown.  The above is a non anthro fifties rock and roll mix.  She is just a super artist.  I had no idea how much good artwork she has out there. https://youtu.be/XLrnU1K2Wso I grew up with an identical record cabinet. Foxy is a real music fan!  From her Victorian and Edwardian collection. What an elegant cat family. Come With Me In My Flying Machine A Seventies family. I'm going to pull a name out of my hat, let's see....Pam Grier! Eilonwy.  Lloyd Alexander has no greater fan than me. Fro...

KosmoKOYOTE

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This is by Nayikee, an artist I just met on DeviantArt.  I have met many very good artists there, but this guy has something going on.  I like penciled comic book style art, and this is a great example of it. This guy is named Ulf. Om Noms For Quetzalcoatl or Fangs For Nothing! (Speaking about Quetzalcoatl, I once caught a hummingbird in my bare hands.  Er...this is Nayikee's post, I'll save that one for later.  Carry on). Anasazi Wolf. Weird War.     Soul Of The Introvert Hello, Jawbreaker!!!!! This is just top notch action.  I wish I could make something look so alive. Scan0002 Ship of the line, looks like something out of the Anglo-Dutch wars to me. Nice. Biker Wolf. Heavy metal thunder. A Walk In The Rain Forest WIP I approve of this sort of activity. Just Another Excursion...