Mike Is In The Mess Of Things.

🎃🤖P u m p k i n P r i m e🤖🎃 was a regular ol’ jack-o’-lantern minding his own business. His stoop sat adjacent to a lithium pool. A bit unsightly, but his family didn’t mind much. After all, they needed those rechargable batteries to keep their gadgets and gizmos buzzing and beeping. . 🖥️💻📷📱 . Late one rainy Mischief Night, a group of local punks and pukes thought it would be fun to hurl some pumpkins over the fence into the lithium pool. What’s the worst that could happen? Most fizzed and popped in defeat, but something strange happened when it was Prime’s turn. . ⛈️🤢🎃🤖💡 . After some unsightly melting and oozing and flashing and clattering, Pumpkin Prime emerged tall and lean - an unearthly fusion of organic and mechanical nonsense. He still roams the streets every Mischief Night. He searches incessantly for any who would seek harm against his unsuspecting pumpkin brethren. It would be impolite to tell you what happens when he finds them. . . . #drawing #illustration #pumpkinhead #inthemess #artistsoninstagram #mischiefnight #halloween #drawlloween2018 #robotdrawing #jackolantern #🎃 #🤖 #prismacolor #micron #drawmore #scarystory #macabre #sciencefiction #reanimation #zombie #robot #penandink #coloredpencil #contemporaryart #inktober #inktober2018 #artfollow #followart #artistsontumblr #art #spilledink https://www.instagram.com/p/BpcGl80HsZz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nixs9ruz8qjp

There is an untitled oil portrait of someone in the Milwaukee Central Library. They’d like you to believe it’s a founder or some ex-board member, but it’s clearly Will Ferrell.

The idea of a wasp shattering a glass block window like a bullet is enthralling. Add to that the sudden domestic need to build a home for your family, and it's almost romantic. Then you remember, you're thinking favorably, almost warmly about a wasp - an insect who can best be described as the fiery asshole of the animal kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . #prose #wasp #glassblockwindow #personification

Spring is trying to get a foothold. She's digging tooth and nail and petal and leaf. . . . . . .#signsofspring #namethatplant #namethatflower #anthropamorphic #spring #wisconsin #mkexplore #mke #mkeillgrammers #macro

Weeks ago, I posted an image of a color palette for a new painting. Well, here is that painting fully realized. 25 Laps (Logan). 8x10. Oil on canvas. #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #portraiture #art #contemporaryart #inthemess

Years ago, I made some jumping jack ornaments of @clipclopclap and I with substantial guidance from my mom and dad, of course. Well, I found them. And, boomerang provides a great outlet.

I often find myself staring at knots in wood or, in this case, patterns in plywood. Sometimes I find things. #bird #man #birdman #drawing #inthemess

#Morel Risotto at #juniper61

"Stacks on Stacks" or "Mischief to be Made". However you'd like. #nofilter #parks #spring

Wisconsin, let's do something big tomorrow. #feelthebern #illustration #inthemess #bernie2016 #bernieforwisconsin #wisconsin

The story so far at the New Hampshire #democraticdebate #typography #buzzwords #inthemess

Found this gentleman in an old sketchbook. #inthemess #skull #drawing

The absurdity of this product is not lost on me. I read the package and exclaimed "This fad has come too far!"... And then I tried them. Nomenclature aside, these are absolutely delicious. #pumpkinspice #meta

There was a #supermoon, #bloodmoon, #lunareclipse. Titles upon titles bestowed upon this one. Anyway, I took to shooting my phone through a pair of binoculars. Through some trials and many errors, I finally came up with this photo, which does no justice for what I saw with my own two eyes.

A dichotomy lies here. Two ideologies diverge in these woods: that of the urban teenager trying to make his mark and that of nature struggling to do as it has always done. One cell phone-strapped outsider snaps a photograph as he over-considers the words of Robert Frost.