Zock's House of Madness

This is my fourth year of Art Fight! I am not adding any characters this year because I have none that fits the theme, and with the new job, I don't have time. It was a hard choice between tragedy and mystery: I have a lot of tragedy in my of my stories (almost all of them) and many mysterious characters. I am planning one single mass-attack this year to knock off some characters on my hit-list.

Happy birthday, Garrett! I didn’t have time to draw anything for Garrett’s birthday this year, so I put together a compilation of past art I drew for his birthdays. I have lots of ideas and comics sketched out; life and other things just have to take priority.

I haven’t posted at all because life has been keeping me busy, but here is a preview of part 4 for the exclusive story featured on Patreon. To support my work, please consider pledging to read it.

This was drawn for Ephemeral Moments: A Zine of Fleeting Beauty. The roses may be fleeting, but Luci and Santiago are not, neither are their feelings for each other. For this image, I opted not to ink it and instead used only colored pencils. After sketching it out first, I refined the details, and then as I added the colours I erased the graphite lines. I have notice this technique works best when the figures are larger.

I haven't posted at all because life has been keeping me busy, but here is a preview of part 4 for the exclusive story featured on Patreon. To support my work, please consider pledging to read it.

So this started out as a sea snake, and might very well still be one--I have not decided--but I wanted do draw a sea snake / Pakeme.

The Cunning Woman This was drawn for the "Golden Apples & Poisoned Chalices" 'zine, which "is a femme-focused mythological fantasy limited-print zine exploring how feminine figures are portrayed in myths, legends, and folklore." My piece is more historical than mythological, but there is a lot of folklore about herbs and healing. I wanted to show a cunning woman treading carefully through the woods, taking only what she needs, while also choosing her herbs knowledgeably so that she doesn't cause harm to others who need her help. Care to guess which herbs I included?

And this wraps up the scene and sets the off the plot. We'll get to the inciting incident (I don't think this quite counts as one) soon.

Here are some of of the fae I drew for St. Patrick's Day and the dragon eye collection I made. The characters are either green or based off of Irish figures. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!

Jun's Portrait Room of Lovers Years ago I saw a post about an immortal keeping pictures of past lovers and having so many that they covered the walls of a room, and I thought of Jun Tao. Of course, there is still space as Jun is only a little over a thousand. I put a lot of thought into the decor and portraits themselves, trying to steep the room in meaning and give context.

Jun's Portrait Room of Lovers It is finished, and just in times for St. Valentine's Day. Years ago I saw a post about an immortal keeping pictures of past lovers and having so many that they covered the walls of a room, and I thought of Jun Tao.

Part 1

Emer opened her eyes and blinked a few times before glaring at the invading sunlight that streamed in through the linen covered window. She wanted to sleep a bit longer, but she knew her sister wouldn’t stand for it when there were chores to be done. So Emer sat up and stretched.

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This is the first "chapter" if you will of a book I have been working on. For persons who are not aware, Emer and Chevalier are Garrett's parents. This is an a.u.: they are not vampires, just humans. I had wanted to write a love story featuring them--kind of "how I met your mother" story set in Ireland (and just in time for St. Valentine's Day).

I made some more animal ornaments as Christmas presents this past holiday season. Check them out.