Another octopus, another moly...

My monster-moly group over on flickr has been amazing. It was the first group I joined and to date has been the most successful, we are actually just past the halfway mark and I should be getting a completed book back in about, oh, I dunno four or five months, LOL.

This latest entry is for Esek's book, and has come all the way from Greece! It's stopped in Italy, Spain, Mexico and is now on it's way to it's third stop in California. When you really stop to think about it, the journey these books go on is so fascinating.

Anyway, here is my entry...with a similar looking octopus from my last entry, LOL, but you know, different. For instance this one is a different color...and look! he's wearing a sailor hat, LOL!!

Anyway, enjoy! And here are a few blurry pics of the progress this book has made so far:

Molies, molies, everywhere molies. Monsters and Dames is this books theme...doesn't it seem like a mermaid would count as both in a way?? Oh well, I added a giant octopus for the hell of it. Enjoy :P

My latest entry...

My latest entry in the International Moleskine Exchange. This one is part of group 68, which has a Pin Up theme. This is Jose's book from Spain, he started his book with a vertical format rather than horizontal and asked that we try to create a sort of apartment or storied look. So his entry which you can see here is on top and then my entry is "downstairs" in the bathroom below, LOL.

So what you are seeing below is the energetic blue brush strokes from Jose, then my line work, which I'm using as a cut-away sort of floor/ceiling. I used some patterned paper for the walls, to give it a more "home" feeling versus just any old bathroom, LOL, and even put a crack in the wall. I love these exchanges, they are so much fun to do...Now if only I could get paid to participate, that would truly be a dream job.

Agh! It's a moly monster!!

Run, don't walk from....it's....wait, what is that?? Oh never mind, it's nothing but a harmless moly monster. Part of my Moly Exchange, this group is monster themed. This is in Bea's book and her monsters have seemed to be hanging out in space lately so I took a little inspiration from the Joker by the Steve Miller Band....ahhh yeah.

New Work Soon to Come...

Dear Blog,

I owe you an apology. I know I haven't spent much time with you lately, it's not your fault really. It's just I've been so busy with other projects that I've had no other choice but to leave you neglected. And for that, I am sorry.

I promise to get back to regular visits very soon. The Exhumed game is underway and I have been creating new pieces for the level designer. I won't be able to share those, but I know you understand.

I also have three molies in my possession that I need to work on for the International Moleskine Exchange and those I can share with you in just a matter of days!! Woohoo!! They are for the pinup exchange, the monster group, and an opened theme one. All of that, plus my website is finally getting it's much needed face lift. I will finally be able to show it off in a matter of a week or two, YAY!!

I promise to get back to you soon, please be patient with me. Thank you for your understanding.

The Bad Bo-Belley Blogger

I have an announcement....ahem...ahem...are you listening??

Okay, so the super secret Ugly Baby Studios game I've been working on for months...You know the one I hinted at here and here? The same game that has occupied all my free hours doing research, painting, doing more research, coming up with concept art for background work and all that jazz? Well I've finally completed the first finished piece of concept art and entered it into a contest!! Woot!! You heard me right...now I don't know if I'm in yet, so I won't get myself too excited...but I entered and am anxiously waiting until June when I'll hear if the judges have selected my piece or not.


This actually turned out to be a much longer process than I had anticipated...the character went through a few revisions and ultimately came out looking like an awesome zombie pin up girl. I'm rather happy with it :) And the work I'm doing for the Exhumed XBox Community game is REALLY pushing my artistic boundaries, which let's face it - that is ALWAYS a good thing. Please, take a look at the new site...there's not much to it yet, but keep coming back and checking in on updates...more concept art to come, that's for darn sure!!

Happy Birffday, Sister!

So April 7th is one of my sister's birthday....and sadly this is the first chance I've had to post the painting I made for her. I did a google search and looked up silly and famous quotes about sisters and found this funny one and thought it would work out perfectly. It did, the birthday girl loved it.

"Sister to sister we will always be, a couple of nuts off the family tree"