tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247733622024-03-13T23:16:00.319-07:00The Continuing Adventures of the BoogervampireBoogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-39077258921613433692018-02-24T11:46:00.000-08:002018-02-24T11:46:10.954-08:00The Shining and Tim Curry Tribute Art Shows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Greetings all!<br />
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This Saturday, February 24th, 2018 I'll have work on display in two different shows just a couple blocks apart.<br />
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Up first, taking place from 6 to ll pm over at <a href="https://creaturefeatures.com/" target="_blank">Creature Features</a> in Burbank, CA, I'll have a piece in the Tim Curry Tribute Show. Mr. Curry is rumored to be in attendance, so it's probably going to be rather crowded.<br />
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My painting is titled "World's Second Best Terrorist" and pays tribute to his villainous role as Vladakov in McHale's Navy. Yes I went super obscure, but as some people may know, that pleases me.<br />
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My second piece is going to be two blocks over at the <a href="https://squareup.com/store/BeardedLadysMysticMuseum" target="_blank">Bearded Lady's Mystic Museum</a> Shining tribute show. (WOW! Say that three times fast!) I'm rather pleased with this one because I not only tired painting on wood in acrylics, I FINISHED the painting this time. Back in June of 2017 I tried for the Twin Peaks show and it was intimidating and I stopped. After talking to a friend familiar in the methods, I approached it differently (properly) and once I got over a low self esteem issue, finished it and am very happy.<br />
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The new Shining painting is called "Danny's Not Here Mrs. Torrance" and will be on display starting at 8pm, Saturday, February 24th, 2018 and running thru April.<br />
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Please contact both galleries (click the links) if interested in purchasing either painting.<br />
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Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-42118288590828447622017-09-08T00:08:00.000-07:002017-09-08T00:08:13.620-07:00Ben Cooper Tribute Show<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Decided that the world needed more Sushi Gremlin Halloween antics. This little guy has obviously had a very productive evening of trick or treating and decided to start eating his haul before he could even get home. Eating way to much of his haul.<br />
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If you'd like to see "Good & Plenty" in person, come out to the Ben Cooper tribute show over at the <a href="https://squareup.com/store/BeardedLadysMysticMuseum" target="_blank">Bearded Lady's Mystic Museum</a> Saturday, September 9th, 2017 from 8pm-Midnight. They'll be having three events that night: The Ben Cooper Tribute Show, The Slashback Video Pop-Up event, and the Grand Re-Opening of Bearded Lady's Vintage and Oddity shop. Both stores are now combined into one and Saturday will be an event not to be missed. For more info, see their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/720004591534513/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22bookmarks%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmarks_menu%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22dashboard%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22upcoming%5C%22%7D%22%7D]%2C%22ref%22%3A46%7D" target="_blank">Facebook event</a>.<br />
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Next up, I'll be participating in the Flipside Art Fest gallery show devoted to Phobia's. It'll be opening in October so if you're not following me on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, you should for all the work in progress posts!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-220614276639101462017-08-02T19:05:00.000-07:002017-08-02T19:06:00.772-07:00Fun Size! and the Grim Manor Gallery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Update time!!<br />
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Hey all. Decided to wait a week or two before updating again. Anyway, I've got two new paintings to share this week. The first is for a show opening in Lakewood, Colorado on August 3rd, 2017. The second is from a show that's already passed that took place in Austin, Texas.<br />
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First up, the upcoming show!<br />
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I'll have my newest little piece, entitled "Bite Sized", on display over at the <a href="https://www.sallycentigrade.com/" target="_blank">Sally Centigrade Gallery</a> in Lakewood, Colorado thru the month of August. If you're in the area and can make it out to the opening, the show opens Thursday, August 3rd from 5pm to 9:30pm. It's got a super amazing list of artist and I'm truly honored to have been asked by the curator, Sarah Banks (also known online as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pinksugarfueled/" target="_blank">Pink Sugar Fueled</a>), to take part in the show. I wish I could be there for the opening, but work takes all my fun away sometimes.<br />
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Anyway, I brought one of the <a href="https://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2015/02/sushi-gremlins-and-spook-show-3.html" target="_blank">Sushi Gremlins</a> back for "Bite Sized". I was told I could do whatever I wanted and I thought it would be good to get an idea I've had in my head out onto paper. I've been wanting to find ways to kinda do crossovers of a bunch of my characters, so as you can see I took my <a href="https://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-years-blog-dump.html" target="_blank">Candy Corn</a>, from my Devious Desserts line, and had them attack on of the Sushi Gremlins. I'd love to do more of these little cross over type paintings in the future, but for now this little guy will have to do. FYI, he's wearing a Ben Cooper devil mask that I really liked.<br />
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If you're in the Lakewood, CO area, swing by <a href="https://www.sallycentigrade.com/" target="_blank">Sally Centigrade Gallery</a> thru the month of August to pay this little Gremlin a visit!<br />
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The second new painting was a tad experimental and from the now passed Grim Manor Gallery show.<br />
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The show was another Haunted Mansion tribute show, only this one was supposed to be darker and creepier. Unfortunately, I had a million ideas, but as usual, they were all charming and cute. I didn't feel right doing any of those other pieces because they didn't really go with the show's theme and the guilt was kinda giving me 'painter's block'. <br />
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After racking my brain for a couple weeks, and having a mini melt down, my husband suggested I do a free flowing, train of consciousness type thing. You know, just sit down and see what comes out. I don't do those very often because gouache can be a pain in the rear for me, but this time I got out my Acrylic Gouaches from Holbien and just gave it a go.<br />
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I tried playing with dry brush techniques a little (which this particular gouache is great for) and mostly just tried to have FUN. I'm relatively happy with how the little doodle turned out. I'm particularly fond of the gradient and the way the faces transition in the back ground. It's busy, but I learned a few things and had that fun my husband told me to go have.<br />
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Next Up: I'll be taking part a show called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/118483898768257/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22permalink%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22dashboard%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22upcoming%5C%22%7D%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22dashboard%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22calendar%5C%22%7D%22%7D]%2C%22ref%22%3A1%7D" target="_blank">"Phobia"</a> in October and it will be curated by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FLIPSIDEARTSFEST/" target="_blank">Flipside Art Fest</a> people. I've got a few ideas I'm tossing around, all pretty detailed. So, if you're a fan of watching me pull my hair out because I got way too lost in the pretty, be sure to follow my work in progress images by following me over on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or keep up with me on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-71627989066915990522017-07-16T12:56:00.002-07:002017-07-16T12:56:17.956-07:00"Matty's Toy Shoppe" and "The Joys of Toys" Mattel Tribute Show @ Gallery 1988<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in 2014 I took on a rather ambitious painting, considering my style and my aptitude for getting 'lost in the pretty' (also known as caught up in tiny details). Some of you may remember it. It was called "Little Leota's Fortune Telling Kit for Beginners". If not, you're in luck because I posted a pic of it. :P<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Little Leota's Fortune Telling Kit for Beginners", 11"x14" Gouache, 2014</td></tr>
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Anyway, "Little Leota" was ambitious because it was my first painting at 11"x14". In it, I told a story of Frannie, my version of the Bride of Frankenstein, trying to use all sorts of ways to determine if her crush, Sheldon, liked her back. There were all sorts of games and fortune telling things that a kid may use to find out the answer to such a question. In addition to that, it was also a Disneyland Haunted Mansion tribute piece. All the Haunted Mansion items were relatively subtile and made up the room that Frannie, Gillian (creature) and Prudence (vampire) were all playing this little game in. If you know the ride well, you can recognize many elements.<br />
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"Little Leota" was a monster. It took nearly 300 hours to complete. The wallpaper alone took 18 hours because my idea of using a stencil failed miserably and I had to painstakingly paint the pattern one section at a time. In the process, I pinched my sciatic nerve and my leg would go numb or hurt for nearly a year. "Little Leota" got the nick name "the Beast", and she was a beautiful beast. The Beast drained me, shortly there after I went into a period of burn out. It lasted for 3 years. I didn't stop making art, but I never felt like 'myself' when I worked. It was hard to come up with ideas and nothing seemed to work right. I swore to myself I'd never do anything as ambitious as 'The Beast' again. (For the record, the <a href="http://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2015/02/sushi-gremlins-and-spook-show-3.html" target="_blank">Sushi Gremlins</a>, which would take a year and a half to complete and exponentially more time to finish, was only 8"x10". It will always be considered the M.O.A.B., or Mother Of All Beasts.)<br />
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Until now.<br />
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<u>Return of the Beast</u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Matty's Toy Shoppe"; 11"x14" Gouache; 2017</td></tr>
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Back in early 2017, I had the extreme honor of being invited into a group show over at Gallery 1988 on Melrose, in Los Angeles. Gallery 1988 was one of those galleries that I felt only people who had "made it" showed in. They present mostly pop culture inspired work, so a lot of themed group shows and "cool" individual artists who use popular culture as their muse show there. The show I was invited into was a Mattel tribute show and a portion of the proceeds from the event were to be donated to the UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital. I graciously and eagerly accepted the invite. (Not to mention the curator, Cuddly Rigor Mortis and her husband Ed Mironiuk are some of the nicest people I've met in a long time.)<br />
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For my piece I decided to repurpose a concept I had initially thought up for the Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock show I mentioned in my <a href="https://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2017/07/while-i-was-gone.html" target="_blank">last post</a>. It was probably the best decision I could have made, to scrap the Curiosity shop idea for Twilight Zone and repurpose it as a Toy Shop for the Mattel show. <br />
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The idea was once again, ambitious and required the painting to be the same dreaded 11"x14" that nearly killed me on "Little Leota". I didn't care. For the first time in 3 years I felt excited about a painting. Inspired. It didn't feel like just going thru the motions to hit a deadline, which so many of my pieces had started to feel like. <br />
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It took 2 months, and if my calculations are correct, 200 hours to complete. I named it "Matty's Toy Shoppe". Unfortunately it was late and got there two days before the show opened, but it was worth it. I couldn't compromise on the quality.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail shot of the store window. M.U.S.C.L.E. Men are teeny tiny.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emily, Iggy, and Ollie's toy inspiration.</td></tr>
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The story is relatively simple, as was the story for "Little Leota". Emily (the skeleton girl) gets left behind by the boys, Iggy (Hunchback) and Ollie (Wolfboy). She runs as fast as her boney little legs can go to catch up to them. The story is simple, but as always, the execution is the hard part. <br />
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I wanted to fill the toy store window with a ton of Mattel products. And I did. There's He-Man toys, She-Ra toys, Hot Wheels, a long lost Hot Wheel Toy line called Farbs is in there, Little People, Barbies, the 1988 Barbie Ultra Vette, a Chatty Cathy, a Uke-a-Doodle, some M.U.S.C.L.E. men, a Food Fighter, a Magic 8 Ball, a View Master and a TON of Fischer Price toys. The monster kids all have Mattel products with them too. Ollie (wolf boy) has the Hover Board from Back to the Future 2, Iggy (hunchback) is playing a hand held football game and Emily has a Chatty Cathy doll. There are so many things in there, and wanna know a secret? Most of them were toys that I wanted as a child but couldn't have. There are only 3 toys in there that I had as a child, two of which are 'hidden' (a 1988 Hot Looks Model doll and the Barbie driving the Ultra Vette is supposed to be a Dream Date Barbie, which was one of only 2 Barbies I ever had as a child) and the third is front and center (She-Ra and Swiftwind).<br />
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This time around, on the actual painting part, I was so paranoid about ruining the painting that I had a 'drop cloth' on the painting at all times. It would be placed on a section I'd already finished to protect the painting from myself. When I get nervous or tired I tend to drop my paint brush a lot. I've pretty much done it to every one of my paintings, and gouache is unforgiving, so if you drop a paintbrush you're kinda screwed. And damn was I tired. I still work full time as a retakes board artist over on American Dad and don't get home until 8 at night. I'd then feed my husband, make sure things I had to get done were done, and then sit down to work from 10pm to 2 or 3am every week night and then all day and most of the night on weekends. I'd take a night off every 4 days or so to sleep in hopes of not frying my brain, but it was pretty crazy this time around. I've learned that my work takes time and I used to tell people I'd need a month notice in order to be in a show, but now it's looking like I need two months notice.<br />
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Okay, enough rambling, time to wrap up.<br />
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The opening night was wonderful. I met some of the other amazing artists in the show, got to catch up with some friends, and got to talk to a few people about the painting. I don't normally do that. Talk to people about my work, but I was so proud of this one I couldn't not tell people about all the little things I put in there. It was a great experience, and just like the <a href="https://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2017/07/while-i-was-gone.html" target="_blank">Twin Peaks piece</a>, which I produced at the same time I was making the Mattel Piece, something good came out of the finished piece. The Gallery, which I admit I put up on a pedestal a bit, used my painting as a banner on their front page. So flattering.<br />
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To see the Mattel Piece, "Matty's Toy Shoppe", in person you can swing by Gallery 1988's until the show ends on July 15th. The show is also available for viewing online over on their <a href="https://nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/mattel-2017" target="_blank">website</a>.<br />
<u><br /></u>Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-2460026035465651662017-07-15T19:50:00.000-07:002017-07-16T11:07:15.863-07:00While I Was Gone. . . <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 of the 5 paintings that have been done since my last post.</td></tr>
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So, a year has whizzed by since the last time I posted here on the bloggy blog. I've been in a few art shows I didn't post about (which is just downright silly). Here's what you missed:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Frog's Breath"; 8"x10" Gouache; 2016</td></tr>
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Back in October of 2016 I was in a Witches and Ghosts themed art show over at the <a href="https://squareup.com/store/BeardedLadysMysticMuseum/" target="_blank">Bearded Lady's Mystic Museum</a>. The piece, which I titled 'Frog's Breath' was a fun and ambitious little piece. Recently all my paintings take much longer than I think they will. This one was late, but the trade off was that it was my first forest painting! The piece didn't sell at the event, which ended in early December, so I donated it to a Charity Auction at work. The piece sold there and all the proceeds went to the Los Angeles Children's Hospital.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Madeline"; 5"x7" Gouache; 2017</td></tr>
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Then, back in February I was in another show over at the <a href="https://squareup.com/store/BeardedLadysMysticMuseum/" target="_blank">Mystic Museum</a>. This one was a tribute to both the TV show "The Twilight Zone" and the movies and TV shows of Alfred Hitchcock. I chose to do a Hitchcock piece, and referenced Vertigo. I was very happy with how this piece turned out and it's now very happy at it's new home up in Washington.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Audrey Horne"; 5"x7" Gouache; 2017</td></tr>
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My second to last piece (the 4th will get a post all it's own), was also at the <a href="https://squareup.com/store/BeardedLadysMysticMuseum/" target="_blank">Mystic Museum</a> and opened back in June. It was for a Twin Peaks/X-Files show. There's a kind of funny story about that piece (simply titled "Audrey Horne"). Audrey is pretty much one of the most popular characters on the show. I loved her and totally wanted to paint her, but I assumed that everyone else in the show would be doing pieces of her and I didn't want to be just one of many people doing Audrey. So I thought I'd try doing Laura, but trying to be all pop-surrealist with it. I also thought I'd try painting on wood. Only problem was that I was working on two big paintings at the same time and that was NOT the time to be experimenting with new mediums. The painting failed epically after an initial good start. I missed the deadline completely for that show's opening night. As luck would have it, NO ONE painted Audrey and I was given a second chance by fate to do the piece I initially wanted to do. Which was pretty much what I painted. Had I had a little more time I'm sure it wouldn't look TOO much different, but it would have been noodled a bit more than it had been.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ms. Fenn at the signing. My painting is right next to her.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The framed version of the painting, w/ autograph.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the autograph.</td></tr>
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"Audrey" also got a very special honor. She was submitted in time for Sherilyn Fenn (the actress who portrayed Audrey) to Autograph it! The same day I submitted the painting to the shop, they were having a meet and greet with her, so they had the frame autographed. <br />
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She is still listed as available over at the <a href="https://squareup.com/store/BeardedLadysMysticMuseum/" target="_blank">Mystic Museum's website</a>, so if you're interested go check it out!<br />
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<br />Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-90216830128156284192016-08-01T17:15:00.000-07:002016-08-01T17:15:02.397-07:00He Loves Me Not<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"He Loves Me Not"; 4"x6" Gouache; 2016</td></tr>
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Took a little time out of my busy schedule to finally sit down and do a painting I meant to do back in July of 2015. She'll actually come free with any purchase made from my shop, the Crypt of DOOM, once I get the postcards back. Exciting to finally have a nicely rendered version of the flower picking Frannie. The as you may notice, she's in a familiar, old, pose. One of the first Frannie illustrations was done in a similar pose.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early Vector illustration of Frannie that was on my website for a few years in the bio section.</td></tr>
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This image was part of my website, at one point, and was located on my bio page. I've sadly lost the original flash file for it, but still have a couple fairly decent resolution files of the export. It's always fun to see progress on stuff.<br />
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Next show I'll be taking part in is the "Godzilla All Art Attack 2" over at Creature Features. I'm working on the third piece in my drawn out Kaiju trilogy. This one will feature Gamera.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Godzilla All Art Attack 2 opening will be Saturday, August 13th, 2016 from 5-7pm</td></tr>
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<br />Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-40934601882483526932016-06-06T22:54:00.000-07:002016-06-06T22:54:22.667-07:00Upcoming Poe & Lovecraft ShowGreetings all!! Time for another Gallery Show update. . .<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Innsmouth Girl"; 5.5"x7.5" Gouache & Tea; 2016</td></tr>
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I'll be participating in an Edgar Allen Poe & H.P. Lovecraft Show which opens this coming Friday, June 10th, 2016 at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/themysticmuseum/" target="_blank">Bearded Lady's Mystic Museum</a> in Burbank, CA.</div>
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For my piece (above, of course) I chose an H.P. Lovecraft story called "Shadow Over Innsmouth" as inspiration. In the story, there is a town no one dares go to where the residents give everyone a bit of the heebie jeebies. If you haven't read it, it's totally worth a read. In the story, the kids appear relatively normal, but for my piece I chose to have one fully transformed into the Fishy-Froggy people that they eventually turn into in their older age. Since Lovecraft wrote very early in the 20th century, I chose to have my little fishy-froggy girl be going to the beach around the same time period. </div>
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To change things up a bit, I did a couple new things. First, I tea stained the paper before painting on it. I used the "Digestive Blend" tea from <a href="http://www.speak-teasy.com/" target="_blank">Speak Teasey Teas</a> to get the color I wanted. Secondly, I chose a color pallet featuring yellows. I rarely do anything with yellow so it was a really nice change of pace. Or at least I don't THINK I use yellow a lot. . . I probably do and just haven't noticed.</div>
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Opening night: Friday, June 10, 2016 from 8pm-Midnight</div>
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Next Show: The Roald Dahl Tribute show at Creature Features in Burbank on June 25th.</div>
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Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-73469076624644850502016-04-30T00:00:00.000-07:002016-04-30T00:00:15.471-07:00Fashionably Late to the Party for the Gallery999 Hatbox Ghost Tribute Show<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Greetings Ghosties and Ghoulies! Another Bats Day in the Fun Park Weekend is upon us, and that means it's time to unveil my Gallery999 painting for the event. This year's show was called "Home Is Where You Haunt Your Hatbox" and is devoted to everyone's favorite returning star, the Hatbox Ghost. The unspoken theme of the show is 'where has he been all these years'. My concept was that he's been trying to figure out what hat to wear!<br />
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If interested in prints or the original, they will both be available exclusively thru the Bats Day website until mid June, at which point it will return and be listed in my Etsy Shop, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/boogervampire" target="_blank">The Crypt of DOOM</a>!!<br />
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Show Flier below.<br />
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<br />Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-41121536044725129012016-04-13T16:50:00.000-07:002016-04-25T14:25:01.037-07:00Carnival Casanova at PiQ Products Hello Kitty & 99 Friends Show<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Decided to post the final a couple of days early. I just get so excited when I finish the paintings. Anyway, just a reminder that this painting will be on display at PiQ Products Grand Central Station location in New York City starting this Saturday, April 16th, 2016. It will be there for a month, so if you're on the East Coast, check it out! If interested in purchasing prints or the original, while it's on display in New York, contact the gallery at: <a href="mailto:customerservice@piqproducts.com." id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461619436713_2125" style="color: #196ad4; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" ymailto="mailto:customerservice@piqproducts.com.">customerservice@piqproducts.com</a><br />
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Prints will be available starting May 1st, 2016 thru my Etsy Shop, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/boogervampire" target="_blank">The Crypt of DOOM!!</a><br />
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Greetings followers!<br />
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It's been forever again. Let's face it. I'm horrible at blogging. Enough excuse making, let's delve in, shall we?<br />
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Work has been crazy. Season 10 of American Dad has started airing over on TBS again. Just last week the show's 200th episode aired. I did a couple things on it, but not nearly as much as I do on other episodes. We had a big party for it, but sadly I was home sick. The byproduct over over working myself to finish a painting for a couple of shows. Which I will tell you about NOW.<br />
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First, and super exciting for me, is that I'll have my first piece on display in New York! A few years back I was able to display a piece in Philadelphia, PA and I've grown sooo much as an artist since then, that sending a piece to New York feels like the first time THIS incarnation of me is shipping a piece off to the East Coast. (If that makes any sense.) I'll post the finial piece on April 16th, when the show opens, but until then, have a work in progress image and the show flier! (We'll disregard my name being spelled wrong, because there's a LOT of people in this show.)<br />
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The piece is called "Carnival Casanova" and features my favorite two little monsters: Sheldon and Frannie. But you may be noticing that I'm participating in a Sanrio themed show. Where are the Sanrio characters? The show's format is simple and kinda cool. They went thru all the characters Sanrio has produced since they started and each person got assigned a different property. Some properties were super well known, like Hello Kitty, and other properties were so obscure that there were no images anywhere on the web EXCEPT the Sanrio website. And, you probably guessed it, I chose THE MOST obscure characters ever. They're called the Youkai Kids. They were a series of classic monsters and came out in 1986. Since I had next to no reference, I chose to just "do my thing". <br />
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As you've undoubtably noticed I'm super excited about this show, and this piece. I've noticed I'm growing more partial to a teal/red/pink/gold combo choice when working with Frannie and Sheldon, but it sees to work well with their skin tones.<br />
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Anyway, that's it for now. I'll blog a bit about this year's Bats Day/Gallery999 Hatbox Ghost painting next week.Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-7447172908450595042016-01-02T11:31:00.000-08:002016-01-02T11:31:20.043-08:00Happy 2016<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"New Year's Gillian"; Holbein Acryla Gouache; 2016</td></tr>
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Just wanted to try kicking the New Year off right. Sadly I couldn't get to this until late night on the 1st, but it was still finished before heading to bed. . . so yeah. First painting of 2016. Here's to hoping that I can make more time for the people and things I love (like painting) in 2016. Thank you, as always, for your continued support and may you have the best of luck and good tidings for the new year.<br />
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P.S. I will be taking a year off from my vending events. So no Spook Show, Bats Day Black Market or Hollows Market for me this year. In addition to that, my shop, the Crypt of DOOM will be closed for a year as well. I'm taking time to make new art, and making things to sell at these events takes time away from that.Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-4416966854130927252015-09-25T14:00:00.000-07:002015-09-25T14:02:09.515-07:00Monster Squad Tribute Show<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I've Got Nards"; 4"x6" Gouache on Watercolor Paper; 2015</td></tr>
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Greetings and Salutations all!!<br />
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Yes, it's been forever again. We all know I'm horrible with updates. I'll just blame work again.<br />
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So, Monster Squad! The above painting was made for a Monster Squad Art Show taking place at my regular showing spot, Creature Features in Burbank, CA. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monster Squad Art Show at Creature Features in Burbank, CA<br />Opening night, Saturday, September 26th, 2015 from 6-9pm</td></tr>
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I'm pretty happy to say that I feel like I'm back to my normal self with this one. I LOVE finding a way to 'do my own thing' when doing piece for tribute shows. I like challenging myself and I usually have more fun doing pieces this way. <br />
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For this one, I had the super simple, cheese ball idea of Ollie the Wolfboy wearing a t-shirt that says "I've Got Nards". In recent months, Monster Squad has been on everyone's mind and I've been seeing a lot of "Wolfman's Got Nards" shirts over on Etsy (in addition to "Stephen King Rules" shirts and some other Monster Squad versions of the monsters). The idea of having a Werewolf wear the shirt was too tempting to resist. Since it was so simple, I was afraid someone else could easily come up with a similar piece, so I decided to throw a few more subtile movie references into the back ground. Nearly all the stickers on the skate ramp, and even the sunglasses that Ollie holds, are references to the movie. Most of the stickers are product placement references, but I also threw one of my two favorite monsters from the movie up there, and an inside joke my husband and I have about a sequence from the film that wasn't intended to be funny, but is to us.<br />
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Coming up next on your pal the Boogervampire's "To-Do List" is the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/112159105801489/" target="_blank">Heroes & Horror Con</a> in Bakersfield, CA on October 18th. Entry is $5 and located at the Bakersfield Marriott. In addition to everything I had at ScareLA in August, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/112159105801489/" target="_blank">Heroes & Horror Con</a> will be the first place you can get the 2016 Boogervampire Calendar. If you've been following Instagram or Facebook, you'll know I've had a few printing issues with this year's calendar and it has taken a while iron that stuff out. I'm happy to say I finally ordered the first batch of 10 calendars and they'll be with me when I vend in Bakersfield.<br />
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The week after the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/112159105801489/" target="_blank">Heroes & Horror Con</a> I'll be vending at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/880147998745963/" target="_blank">Hollows Market</a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/880147998745963/" target="_blank">The Hollows Market</a> will be Saturday, October 24th at the Santa Anita Racetrack and entry for that will also be $5.<br />
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Hope to see some of you there!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-50872573091644126272015-07-21T13:01:00.002-07:002015-07-21T13:01:11.986-07:00Atomic Tiki Terrors Post 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Well, if you don't follow me over on my <a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Instagram account</a>, you missed out on all 1,000,000 work in progress photos of this bad boy. If you do. . .I'm sorry you saw so many work in progress images of this bad boy. :P<br />
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This past weekend, over at <a href="http://creaturefeatures.com/" target="_blank">Creature Features in Burbank, CA</a>, was the opening of the "Atomic Tiki Terrors!" group art show and the artwork was AWESOME! I'm always excited and happy to contribute to the shows over at Creature Features, not only because I like supporting small businesses, but also because they come up with some pretty fun themes for their shows. As I said in the <a href="http://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2015/06/atomic-tiki-terrors-wip-post-1.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, this show was a mash up of Tiki culture and old horror films, both of which with a focus on the 50's and 60's. Also, if you saw my previous post, you know that I was using characters from 4 different b-movie horror films from that era. For those that didn't see the<a href="http://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2015/06/atomic-tiki-terrors-wip-post-1.html" target="_blank"> last post</a>, I referenced <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052646/" target="_blank">"The Brain That Wouldn't Die"</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050210/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">"The Brain From Planet Arous"</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060893/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">"The Reptile"</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054462/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">"The Wasp Woman"</a>. The piece was a lot of fun, and although I almost didn't make it, I got the piece in JUST before the deadline. The show is up and on display over at Creature Features until August 9th, 2015 if you'd like to see it in person.<br />
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Anyway, I hope you like it.<br />
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Coming up, in just two and a half weeks, is <a href="http://www.scarela.com/" target="_blank">ScareLA 2015</a>. I'll be vending again and am really excited that it's going to be at the Pasadena Convention Center this year. I'm working on some new stuff, not a whole lot, but some new stuff. I announced on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Instagram</a> two nights ago that I had some purses made that have 11 different designs on them from my painting and sticker catalogue. I'll be slowly previewing them over the next two weeks over on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a>, so if you don't follow me there, and you're interested, you may want to check those pages out. Also in the works for ScareLA a new pillow design. I'm turning the Monster Date painting, who's actual title is "IceScream Social", into a pillow. It'll be cropped slightly and have a pink stripe backing. Unlike the other pillows this one will be more like a pillow slip and will be removable so you can wash it if it gets dirty. I'm also going to try to restock some of the necklaces from last year that had Prudence and Frannie on them.<br />
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That's all for now. Catch you next month!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-13752030508343176732015-06-22T15:07:00.002-07:002015-06-22T15:07:42.925-07:00Atomic Tiki Terrors WIP Post #1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Greetings again, all!<br />
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Well, as I mentioned in the last Bats Day follow up post, I'm getting to work on my new painting for Creature Feature's next group art show taking place in July over in Burbank, CA. I just wrapped up the sketch Sunday night/EARLY Monday morning and am chomping at the bit to get to work on the color comp. I've only got about two and a half weeks to paint this one, so I'm already getting nervous. Thankfully I've learned from my Sushi Gremlin painting how to handle bamboo so hopefully it goes smoothly.<br />
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If you're curious, I'm referencing 4 different movies made during the mid-fifties to the mid-sixties in this piece: Anna from Hammer Film's The Reptile, Janice from The Wasp Woman, Jan from The Brain that Wouldn't Die, and Gor from The Brain from Planet Arous.<br />
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I'm not sure if it's the weather over here in Southern Cali, or what, but there seems to be a lot of Tiki themed shows popping up here over the last couple of months. Creature Feature's has decided to do a Monster/Tiki mash-up show and their description of the event is as follows from their event page over on Facebook:<br />
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This summer, Creature Features presents Atomic Tiki Terrors!, a group art show that focuses on 50's and 60's monster movies, and vintage Tiki Culture, two seemingly disparate subjects...<br /><br />Mid-century America, at the dawn of the Atomic Age... to dodge the concept of nuclear annihilation, our fine citizens found refuge in exotic worlds and fantastical situations:<div>
<br />Kids thrilled to Monster Monster movie matinees and collected Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, where mutants, giant bugs, and space invaders all tempered (and fed on) the fear of atomic armageddon. <div>
<br />Adults escaped into an exotic, make-believe world of tiki bars and backyard luaus, where Polynesian trappings and rum-based cocktails took them away from their urban surroundings and allowed them to forget their radioactive reality.<br /><br />Atomic Tiki Terrors! pays tribute to this fascinating era of fads and crazes, of tikis and terrors with artwork from over 50 artists in the fields of film & TV, fine art, comics, make-up & visual FX, children’s book illustration and more!<br /><br />The show will also feature a Tiki Trading Post vending area in the lot behind the gallery, live tiki-inspired music, a special tiki cocktail provided by Tonga Hut (LA’s oldest Tiki Bar!), and more surprises to be announced.<br /><br />The opening reception for the show is Sunday, July 19th, from noon until 5pm. The show will be on exhibit until August 9th, during regular business hours.<br /><br />This event is free, and open to the public!<br /><br />Exhibiting artists include:<br />Abbybelle<br />Atomikitty<br />Baï<br />Christine Benjamin<br />BigToe<br />Robert Bowen<br />Kevin Cannarile<br />Anthony Carpenter<br />Ken Daly<br />Eric Diaz<br />John Eaves<br />Kimber Grobman<br />El Gato Gomez<br />Gris Grimly<br />Michael Flemming<br />Dawn Frasier<br />Thomas Fernandez<br />Jake Geiger<br />Kenneth J. Hall<br />Mary J. Hoffman<br />Doug Horne<br />Robert Jimenez<br />Phil Joyce<br />Junkhauler<br />Lake Tiki<br />Rebecca Lord<br />MP<br />Scott Mabbutt<br />Chris Mason<br />Woody Miller<br />Ken Mitchroney<br />Ken Morgan<br />John Mulder<br />Nesshead<br />Eric October<br />Brad Tiki Shark Parker<br />Doug P’Gosh<br />Alex Quintero<br />Ken Ruzic<br />Matt Reese<br />Mireya Romo-Bowen<br />Michael Sbicca<br />Ethan Spaulding<br />Eric Swartz<br />Mark Tavares<br />Tiki Diablo<br />Tiki tOny<br />Michael Uhlenkott<br />Amy Watson<br />Paul Wee<br />Woody Welch<br />and More!<br /></div>
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Hope some of you can make it out for the event! If not, have no fear, you know I'll blog the final painting (once finished).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"In the Key of X=?"; 5"x7" Gouache; 2015</td></tr>
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Greetings and Salutations, followers!<br />
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Bats Day 2015 has wrapped up and I'm somewhat back to normal after the crazy, fun filled weekend. So I figured I'd give you guys a re-cap!<br />
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This year's Bats Day weekend started on Friday, as always. My husband and I headed down to the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim, CA after loading up the car. Every year the organizers of the Bats Day in the Fun Park weekend always throw a party. This year was no exception and they had a wonderful costumed event. Every year, I never commit to the party because I'm a horrible procrastinator. I'm never sure if I'm going to have everything ready for the Black Market the next day and choose to leave the party night open in case I have any last minute scrambling to do. So, although I didn't formally attend the soiree, I was lucky enough to slip in for 5 minutes to check out the Preview night for the Gallery999: Through a Child's Eye's art exhibit!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Rap on a Table"; 5"x7" Gouache; 2015</td></tr>
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You can see my finished pieces above. I did two small paintings for the event this year. The first, the Trumpet playing ghost, is titled "In the Key of X=?". It's a 5"x7" gouache painting on watercolor paper and turned out pretty darn cute. The second, entitled "Rap on a Table" is also a 5"x7" gouache on watercolor paper painting. I'm particularly fond of the little lamp behind the ghosts head. At this time, the "Rap on a Table" painting is still available on the Bats Day website for $75.00 (plus tax and shipping) if anyone is interested.<br />
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Speaking of the ghosts, the companion piece I was working on didn't quite get finished in time. Which really bummed me out. I'm going to work on it and try to have it finished in time for ScareLA, and will have the original and prints of it on display there this year. (Hopefully.)<br />
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So, the next day was the Bats Day Black Market, the spooky vending event. I had to trim stock a little bit in order for everything to fit on the table, but what I didn't display wasn't really missed much (hair clips and earrings). I took 4 different throw pillows to the Black Market this year: the Candy Corn from the Spook Show in March, plus a pillow of the "Help Us Master Gracey" painting (R2-D2), and a Black and Green versions of the Kissing Bats I have available on Cosmetic Bags in my shop. Since it's Bats Day (the day the Goth's take over Disneyland) I'm sure it'll be no surprise to anyone that I sold out of the Black colored Kissing Bats pillows, and the R2 pillows. I do thankfully have more fabric on hand and will be making a few more to throw in my shop when I open it for business this Saturday, June 6th. The new stickers went over well, and the surprising big seller was the Sushi Gremlin sticker. I sold out of a few of the Coin Purses and one of the cosmetic bags. I'll be placing a reorder for those items in the next day or two so they'll be back in stock in time for ScareLA but not for the shop opening this month.<br />
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As far as non-stock related stuff and the Black Market, I just have to say Noah and the Bats Day team went above and beyond this year. This year, the hotel layout was fabulous. Everything in one place and it was clean, air conditioned and the bathrooms were easily accessible and tons of parking. . . my personal fave about the hotel? STARBUCKS IN THE LOBBY!!! I know, I shouldn't be so excited about Starbucks, but seriously, I need some caffeine or I'm cranky. I had a wonderful time vending next to Ish and Jason from <a href="http://myviciousboutique.com/" target="_blank">My Vicious Boutique</a> and was super happy to be able to run in and chat for a second with the amazingly awesome Drew Rausch, the artist on IDW's limited Edward Scissorhands comic. I got to chat with John, the man behind the awesome <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Killhouettes/110477645660639?fref=ts" target="_blank">Killhouettes</a> line, Kimmy from Moonlit Studios/Spooksieboo, and my good friend Queenie from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Posiez" target="_blank">Pocket Full of Posiez</a>.<br />
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Overall, Black Market was a wonderful success this year and I'm contemplating doing it again next year (was thinking this might be my last year for a while)!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Your pal the Boogervampire made it into the LA Weekly! I'm front and center, looking like a dork.</td></tr>
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Big news about the actual Bats Day in the Fun Park event, that happens every year on Sunday of Bats Day Weekend, is that I went for longer than an hour this year!!! Last two years I was so exhausted after the Black Market that I'd go long enough to people watch a tiny bit, eat some food, buy a droid at the Build-a-Droid stand and then bounce. We were actually there most of the day and actually ran into people I know!! I also had the great opportunity to meet a few people I didn't. Overall, it was a great weekend.<br />
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So what's up next?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atomic Tiki Terrors Group show @ Creature Features in Burbank, CA July 19th, 2015</td></tr>
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Up first in July is the "Atomic Tiki Terrors" Group Show at Creature Features in Burbank, CA. I just started the sketch and am hoping that I'll get it all wrapped up in time. So follow the <a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Instagram</a> to see work in progress pics. Let's just say, I'm putting a lot of brains into this one. :P<br />
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Next, a month after the "Atomic Tiki Terrors" is ScareLA! As I said in an earlier post, ScareLA is moving to Pasadena this year and if you haven't gotten tickets yet, guess who has a discount code?! That's right! Use your special Boogervampire discount code to get 25% off until June 22! Just use the code: SCAREBOOGER at checkout.<br />
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That's it for this blog entry. Later!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-86607652629602172142015-05-24T22:51:00.000-07:002015-05-24T22:53:42.870-07:00New Disneyland Tourist Stickers for Bats Day 2015<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Well, with only one week left before my annual outting to the Bats Day in the Fun Park weekend, things are frantically coming together. Last year I introduced my Disneyland Tourist sticker line featuring some of the Boogervampire's buddies. This year I continued by adding two more of his friends to the lineup.<br />
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First up is Gillian! She's a pirate lover (remember "Pretty-Pretty Pirate Playset" from a couple of years back?) and thought she'd probably love Pirates of the Caribbean and Captain Hook. Well, more specifically probably love Peter Pan. So she's decked out in some actual park mementos as well as some made up accessories. She's got her little Peter Pan hat (her trusty Star Fish buddy is hitching a ride on it), a replica of Mr. Smee's t-shirt, Jack Sparrow's boots, Captain Hook's Sword and brought a little stuffed animal of "Tick Tock" along with her for the day. She's getting ready to munch on one of those tasty Mickey ice cream bars too!<br />
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Second is Sheldon. Last year's second sticker was his girlfriend Frannie, so I really wanted to 'complete the set' by making Sheldon this year. He's a bit of a gear-head so he totally loves going over to Cars Land at Disney's California Adventure. He picked up a Flying Tire hat, a tasty beverage from the Cozy Cone and grabbed a finish flag from the Radiator Springs Racers (his car must have won)! Sheldon has a ton of tiny little details including a Disneyland 60th Anniversary t-shirt and a Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Shag Hawaiian shirt.<br />
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Next weekend, if you choose to come out and visit with me at the Bats Day Black Market, in addition to the two new stickers I'll also be debuting 3 new pillows. I decided to turn the Haunted Mansion meets Star Wars painting from 2013 into some throw pillows. They look really awesome and have a custom made brocade on the back. Currently there are two color options, but only by accident. The first batch of pillows' brocade was too dark so the second batch of fabric I ordered I fixed the brocade which resulted in a bolder, more turquoise brocade. The second and third new pillows are of the Kissing Bats design I've had around for a couple of years on pins, cosmetic bags and coin purses. I'm trying two color styles with them. The first is my 'classic' two tone lime green background color and the second is a two tone gray background. I'm still determining the pricing for the pillows right now, but they will probably be $30, just like the Candy Corn pillows are.<br />
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I will also have my regular assortment of goodies with me next Saturday, May 30th (2015). I did a relatively large restock of my regular assortment of Cosmetic Bags and Coin Purses after the Spook Show, so if you're finding yourself needing one of those, I'll have it!<br />
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So, once again (and in closing), if you're heading to the Bats Day in the Fun Park weekend at Disneyland next weekend, I'll be vending at the Bats Day Black Market on May 30th from 3-10pm at the Sheraton in Anaheim, CA (the one on Harbor Blvd.). Hope to see you there!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-30019262734347624262015-04-29T23:59:00.000-07:002015-04-29T23:59:47.133-07:00Sympathetic Vibrations WIP Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, with the Bats Day weekend rapidly approaching, I'm already starting the mad scramble to get things in order before May 30th (2015). One of the many things on the list for this year was my annual submission for the annual Gallery999 art show. This year's theme was "Thru a Child's Eyes" and although I can't show the official pieces until the 30th of May BUT something funny happened on the way to completing this year's pieces. I initially read my contract wrong this year and got nearly 75% done with the sketch when I noticed all the small print. This year's pieces are intended to be small pieces and, as you can see from the above sketch, I kinda got carried away again. Instead of just throwing this in the trash, I decided the best course of action would be to make a COMPANION piece to the two appearing in the art show! The best part about the companion piece is that I can show all my usual work in progress images! So here's the first post. Stay tuned for more updates on both "Sympathetic Vibrations" and my other new goodies for Bats Day 2015.Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-87276984284487389202015-03-19T17:35:00.004-07:002015-03-19T17:54:33.381-07:00Spook Show 3 Wrap-Up and Vending Event Announcement<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My husband took this picture of a crazy guy running around in a full Barlow (Salem's Lot) costume in 90+ degree weather. That guy had to literally be undead to survive the day in that outfit.</td></tr>
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Hey All! It appears that 2015 will be the year of bi-monthly blog posts as I'm obviously off to a bumpy start posting stuff this year. So, let's get this show on the road!!<br />
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Spook Show 3 happened back on the 7th of this month (March 2015, if you read this in the future) and just like all things, it had it's ups and downs. Overall it was a fabulous experience, again, and I look forward to next year!<br />
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Here's the play by play of events:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As good as the booth could get. The new pop up canopy has removable walls, so it looks fancier than normal.</td></tr>
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My normal booth 'babe' Natasha couldn't make it to this year's event so my husband had to help. He did a really great job, and I say that because at all my past events he usually just runs around the whole day having fun and buying cool stuff from the other vendors. But this time he had to actually work. He was super nervous but realized it was no big deal after a couple of hours. I decided to invest in my own pop-up vendor canopy and decided to be rebel and get a purple one. It was pretty sweet and made me feel so much more professional having not to borrow from friends.<br />
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I unfortunately woke up late so I couldn't get breakfast or a caffeinated beverage, so the first couple hours were the most stressful of the day because 1) I'm sooo not a morning person, 2) as I get older the angrier I get if I don't eat regular meals, and 3) if I don't get a Pepsi first thing in the morning to help me wake up, all hell breaks loose. BUT, even though I didn't eat until noon, I was still able to get us to La Mirada in time for set up by 8:30am and we were rearing to go at 12 when the first attendee's arrived!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My husband took photos of one of the Hearses at the Hearse Show all lit up after dark with Purple lights.</td></tr>
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I sold out of nearly all the cosmetic bags and coin purses and would have sold out of the three pillows I made, but I didn't find out until the end of the day that the one pillow I had placed on reserve for a client could be released to the public and they would buy one at a later date. (GREAT NEWS: There is one <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/224630857/candy-corn-monster-throw-pillow?ref=shop_home_active_19" target="_blank">Candy Corn Pillow for sale</a> in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/boogervampire" target="_blank">Crypt of DOOM!!</a> if anyone would like to snag it for themselves before I do a restock.) I'll be receiving a restock of the cosmetic and coin purses very soon as I'm starting to prep for the events I'll be mentioning at the end of this blog post.<br />
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Also in the great news category, the pillows had a very positive response from people online and at the event, so I've decided I'll be making a couple more pillows for future events! Check out my<a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Facebook</a> for working progress images or announcements as to when new product will be dropping.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Janice, the crazy happy owner of the Sushi Gremlins painting.</td></tr>
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As for the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVaV0yNWTkII6BGq2lz4ZVgXCp5fo53V5QzNI2nQtSLfvMB-UsSzI-vjI2XGIaWV5wf2YVJRfk20MdOn3HXl7JBe1hVM_e49bD9eyUiukfcQxrxhh1SUBIxaOqgwUC-LTOQg6XA/s1600/sushiGremlinsFinal4Web02.jpg" target="_blank">Sushi Gremlins</a>, we orchestrated a 'Extreme Makeover' type surprise for the recipient of the Sushi Gremlin original painting. As I may have said in previous posts, I don't do commissions. I'm just too busy and stretched too thin to add all the worry that is involved with custom work to my plate, but the Sushi Gremlins piece was an exception to the rule. A very dear family friend asked me to 'do my thing' and paint his wife and two daughters as monsters eating sushi, the result was the Sushi Gremlins. He told me their favorite colors, told me a little bit about their personality types, and most importantly he related to me stories of when they go out to eat together and what happens at the table. Oh, and since they love Hawaii he asked if I could somehow make it look like they were eating sushi in Hawaii.<br />
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Anyway, our dear friend decided that he was going to bring his wife over that day, knowing that the painting was finished and that I had chosen to put it on display at the event. She literally gravitated strait to it like it had a tractor beam engaged. She just kept staring at it and smiling and commenting on all the little details. My husband was as excited as I was to have it delivered and being admired by the person who it was secretly painted for, that he was like "Oh, so you like that painting huh? How much do you like that painting?" When she said she loved it we told her it was her's and that her husband had secretly commissioned it for her nearly two years ago. She was overcome with surprise and joy. It was the perfect ending and I couldn't have asked for things to go any better. I just hope that their daughters like it as much as they do.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got to see my old Neopets pal Irene! Thanks for coming by Irene! Oh yeah, that's me and my husband.</td></tr>
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That pretty much wraps up Spook Show 3. I got a chance to visit with followers, which always brings me great joy, visit with good friends like Irene, Alan, Tom and Nicole, and meet other vendors whom I only see at these kinds of events but are equally sweet and fun to be around.<br />
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Now, onto announcements!!!<br />
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Yes, I'll be back at the <a href="http://www.batsday.net/home/home.html" target="_blank">Bats Day Black Market</a> this year! 2015's Black Market will take place on May 30th at the really fancy Sheraton in Anaheim. It's always fun and I'm planning on making two new pillows for this event! I'll be turning the Haunted Mansion/Star Wars mash up painting that I call "Help Us Master Gracey, You're Our Only Hope" into a throw pillow as well as the "Kissing Bats" that you can see in my shop on cosmetic bags and a button. I'm also planning on expanding the Disneyland Tourist Monster Sticker line up by adding two new stickers. 2015 will be bringing Sheldon (Frankenstein's Monster) and ONE of the following: either Prudence, Gillian (Creature), or Booger (as in Boogervampire). I still haven't decided, but stay tuned in and you'll find out!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My 3rd year doing this event! Past paintings were <a href="http://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2013/05/gallery999-haunted-mansion-meets-star.html" target="_blank">"Help Us Master Gracey, You're Our Only Hope"</a> and <a href="http://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2014/05/bats-day-2014-wrap-up.html" target="_blank">"Little Leota's Fortune Telling Kit for Beginners"</a></td></tr>
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Speaking of Bats Day, I'll also be participating in this year's <a href="http://www.gallery999.net/" target="_blank">Gallery999 Haunted Mansion Tribute Art Show</a> again this year. This will probably be my last year doing it, and I'm in a bit of a funk with the piece (if you've been following a while, you know I signed a contract that prevents me from showing any of it until it has debuted at the show on May 30th) but I'm hoping to get over that this coming weekend.<br />
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Lastly, I'll also be vending again this year at <a href="http://scarela.com/" target="_blank">ScareLA</a>!! We sincerely had SUCH A GOOD TIME last year, that we couldn't WAIT to go back this year. What's more exciting is that they've moved it from Downtown LA to the Pasadena Convention Center!! It's a much larger place, and the lazy little turd that I am can't deny having it closer to home is AWESOME!! You can get tickets now to the Event by visiting the <a href="http://scarela.com/" target="_blank">official ScareLA website</a>.<br />
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That's it for this month! Hopefully I'll have stuff I can post soon that's new or in progress, but until then, head over to the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/boogervampire" target="_blank">Crypt of DOOM!!</a> before I get to busy at work and have to close it again. Going to try leaving it open for another week. Fingers crossed things at work stay calm enough that I can handle both with out pulling all my hair out! LATER ALL!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-70725873953492521172015-02-18T01:05:00.000-08:002015-02-23T17:21:03.215-08:00Sushi Gremlins and Spook Show 3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I'm relieved, and overjoyed to say that this last weekend I was finally able to finish my Sushi Gremlins painting. I started it back in November of 2013 and is the most time I've ever spent on a single painting. I honestly lost track of how much time I invested in it, but I'd say it was close to 600 hours (if not more). It's the most detailed piece I've managed to pull off and probably the most fun.<br />
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I also want to announce my participation in the Halloween Club's 3rd Annual Spook Show in La Mirada this March 7th (2015). For more details, see <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1507731232814412/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming" target="_blank">Halloween Club's Facebook Event</a> and get your <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-clubs-3rd-annual-spook-show-festival-tickets-15093697656" target="_blank">free tickets</a> are available <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-clubs-3rd-annual-spook-show-festival-tickets-15093697656" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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In addition to prints of the Sushi Gremlins, I'll have a new sticker featuring one of the gremlins available which you can see here:<br />
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And testing new product of the following items. I'll only have one of each on hand, so be sure to get there early if you'd like to take one of these bad boys home:<br />
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Greetings blog followers!!<br />
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2015 is starting out much better than I'd hoped it would thus far. 2014 was a doozie of a year for nearly everyone I know, myself included, and not in a good way. A lot of things I didn't write about here happened, most on the negative side, thus being the reason I didn't blog about them. Bad news is, 2014 was a horrible year of art posts as I was too depressed and distracted to work, BUT the good news is that I am now in a good place and my head is firmly screwed back into my body and I'll hopefully do better at being productive this year!<br />
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So, why have I delayed posting thus far in 2015, quite simply because what I've been working on is taking SO LONG that I was trying to wait until it was finished before sharing it. Since I've still got at least another two weeks worth of work to go on it, I decided to give up waiting and just post a work in progress post.<br />
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As a few of you may remember from earlier in the year, I've been working on a painting 'for fun' (just means it doesn't have a deadline and isn't for an art show of any kind). You can see the first posts <a href="http://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2014/07/dear-prudence-portrait-and-sushi.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2014/07/sushi-gremlins-work-in-progress-post.html" target="_blank">here</a>. In all honesty it's been in some state of work since August of 2013 and I just couldn't either get the time or motivation to work on it, but with the new year and my better outlook on things recently I decided that it was time to wrap this baby up! I've been working on it diligently now since just before christmas and am hoping to have it done before the end of January. I hope you enjoy some of these work in progress photos from my <a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Instagram</a> account, and a happy, belated, New Year! May this year be better than the last!
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Greetings Guys and Dolls! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween full of spooking people and eating way too much garbage. Time for the next event announcement, and an apology that it took so long to announce it. My hiatus came to an end back at the beginning of October and things have been screwy the entire month as I readjusted to the schedule and workload. Anyway, NEXT SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!<br />
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Ten: A Magical Art Collection By 10 Fabulous Females<br />
Opening Receptions Friday, November 7th, 2014 from 6-9pm<br />
The Animation Guild's Gallery 839, Burbank, CA<br />
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A month or so ago I was invited to fill the spot of an artist who unfortunately had to drop out at the last minute. I'm really excited about this show for two reasons. First is that I've never had an opportunity to hang a bunch of my paintings in the same place for the same show. Well, never outside of my living room anyway. Secondly I'm excited because this will be the first time I've had the opportunity to put the original of the "Pretty-Pretty Pirate Playset" on display. Since the painting was done for fun and not specifically for a show it's just kind of been quietly sitting on a wall in my home. Below you'll see a sampling of the original paintings that will be on display, and for purchase at the gallery thru the month of November.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Pretty-Pretty Pirate Playset"; 5"x7" gouache; 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wee Emily Dover"; 8"x9" gouache; 2013</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Dear Prudence"; 4"x6" gouache; 2014<br /></td></tr>
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Also, since it's the first week of November, I want to start prepping people for my one week holiday opening for this Christmas/Chanukah/Winter Holiday of your choice over at the Crypt of DOOM! I will open the shop on Black Friday (November 28th, 2014) and close it at midnight the following Friday (December 5th, 2014). This will be the only time the shop is open for the holidays this year as it's become difficult to run the Crypt of DOOM properly when I'm at work. So if you'd like to get someone special from my collection of products, please do so during that first week of December. Also, it'll give the post office proper time to *fingers crossed* get you your packages before Christmas.<div>
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That's it for now. Until my next update!</div>
Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-47899322997249223752014-10-03T14:29:00.002-07:002014-10-03T14:29:37.089-07:00October Shadows VII: A Celebration of Halloween in Art<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October Shadows Facebook Banner, artwork by Eric October</td></tr>
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Just when you thought it was going to be awhile before my next art show pimp out blog, you get another one! I'll be participating in Creature Features 7th annual October Shadows Halloween Art Show, with opening night festivities set for Saturday, October 11th, 2014 from 6-10pm. You read more about the event over on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/289170527955962/" target="_blank">Facebook Event Page</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Tech or Treat"; 7"x6" Gouache; 2012</td></tr>
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I'll be submitting two pieces to this show. The first one is one you've seen before. Since my "Tech or Treat" painting (the Robotech Trick or Treaters) piece was only on display for one weekend at an exclusive Macross convention, I thought it might be nice to let them see the light of day at another venue. The second is a new little trick or treater! She doesn't get a fancy title, just a number since she's the 5th trick or treater I've painted. I'm pretty proud of how she turned out and excited that I made a 'less cute' skull for the mask. It seems to make her look cuter over all as a added side bonus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Trick or Treater #5"; 4"x6" Gouache; 2014</td></tr>
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So! If you're a Los Angeles area resident and have nothing better to do with your selves on Saturday, October 11th, 2014 (or if you're on your way to Halloween Horror Nights), swing by Creature Features and check out the Halloween themed artwork between 6-10pm! Can't make it that day, have no fear, just come by during regular business hours all thru October!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-69115272488604904992014-10-03T13:57:00.000-07:002014-10-03T13:57:09.299-07:00Can I Help You?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Can I Help You?"; 5"x7" gouache; 2014</td></tr>
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Well, the Rolly Crump/Museum of the Weird show at <a href="http://www.creaturefeatures.com/" target="_blank">Creature Features</a> has come and gone. It was the first time in a very long time that I'd been asked to participate in an art show that had a line going around the corner to get into the joint. Although my finished piece was not exactly what the curator or the audience attending was looking for I'm really proud of how it turned out. I'm actually contemplating posting the original for sale over in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/boogervampire" target="_blank">Crypt of DOOM</a>, along with prints, if you're interested.<br />
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Speaking of the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/boogervampire" target="_blank">Crypt of DOOM!!</a> I'll be returning to my regularly scheduled day job on October 6th and will try to leave the Crypt open as long as my work schedule allows. That being said, do not be surprised if the Crypt of DOOM!! Closes for a couple of months starting October 13th, 2014. Once I do close it, I am thinking of opening it for a week at the beginning of December for anyone who needs Christmas gifts.Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-51114984555986840032014-09-08T12:48:00.002-07:002014-09-08T12:49:46.183-07:00Museum of the Weird Tribute Show at Creature Features<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The newest flier for the Museum of the Weird show at Creature Features in Burbank, CA.</td></tr>
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Well, it's nearly here! The Museum of the Weird Tribute Show, with special guest Rolly Crump (one of the original Imagineers behind the project) will be this coming Saturday, September 13th, 2014 from 6-10pm at <a href="http://www.creaturefeatures.com/" target="_blank">Creature Features in Burbank, CA</a>. If you've been following over on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://www.instagram.com/boogervampire" target="_blank">Instagram</a> you've probably had your fill of sneak peeks and work in progress posts and if you actually follow my <a href="http://boogervampire13.deviantart.com/art/Can-I-Help-You-479787238" target="_blank">Deviant Art account</a> you've seen just a little bit more. . . but if you've seen NONE of that, then here's a sneak peek for you!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lousy Cell phone pic of the upper Left corner of my new painting, "Can I Help You?"</td></tr>
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The title of my piece is called "Can I Help You?" which I'm sure you can see is derived from the expression on her face. As I said in the last post, she came from the first round of the tumblr "Monster Girl Challenge" last year and had been created as the solution to the "true monster" challenge. Basically, it's Cthulhu's daughter or something like that. Not officially of course, but since people saw it I've been getting 'Is that Cthulhu?" a lot. So yeah, she turned out pretty much just the way I wanted her to. I'll post the full, finished piece here next Sunday.</div>
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Also, in honor of the opening, which I inexplicably seem to become more excited about every day (it's honestly a bit out of character) I'm having a one week only sale over in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/boogervampire" target="_blank">Crypt of DOOM!! </a> Just enter the code WhyNot20 during check out and you'll receive 20% off on orders over $4. The code automatically will expire on Saturday (I believe at 9pm PST) so enjoy it while it lasts! I recently got a small restock of cosmetic bags and coin purses that sold out at ScareLA last month, so if you've been waiting on any of those, now's your chance!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24773362.post-13517777999452430512014-08-25T13:35:00.000-07:002014-08-25T13:35:29.062-07:00Weird Things Are Happening<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WIP of my Museum of the Weird painting for Creature Features Rolly Crump tribute show.</td></tr>
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So, as I mentioned at the tail end of my last blog update, I'm taking part in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/668040166608199/" target="_blank">Creature Features "Museum of the Weird" tribute show on September 13th</a>. The piece is due in a couple of weeks and I thought I'd post a BLOG EXCLUSIVE (which will then be shared to the Facebook Page via Networked Blogs) of my progress! I'm excited about this piece because I'm going to incorporate a <a href="http://boogervampire.blogspot.com/2013/02/30-day-monster-girl-challenge-part-3.html" target="_blank">monster girl from last February's Monster Girl Challenge #1</a> in it. She was by far the strangest of both Monster Girl Challenges and I tried to start a vector based illustration of her last summer that never saw the light of day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Online flier for the Museum of the Weird Show at Creature Features next month.</td></tr>
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Anyway, I'm going to try to not post any in progress pics of this one after this. I'll more than likely fail, but for now revel in your blog exclusive and come see the finished piece September 13th!Boogervampirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998341883450759030noreply@blogger.com0