Oak Glen Grammar Bear to the rescue!

One of the first things that greeted me when going to Oak Glen yesterday was a sign directing visitors to the petting zoo.  How many grammar errors can you count?  Those are some pretty possessive animals!

The Pajama Game

I'll just toss this graphic in because I think an earlier post of mine had showed a swag gift that I made for the cast and crew of the SRO production of "The Music Man"  This is a graphic that I put together to turn into a sticker.  It shows the iconic logo of the most exclusive club of 50's Boston.  Hernando's Hideaway!

Just the right size to put on a cigarette lighter.  It's dark in there, you know.

"The Flag" Loteria Card

"The Flag" Loteria Card

This is a departure from style for me because I knew from the start that I'd be using a gouache paint for the skin of the devil.  Now I'm sure that I mentioned it in an earlier blog post, but gouache paint is not for the feint of heart.  It is beautiful and valid as a medium for expression.  It's also unforgiving and scary to use.  I've had mixed success in the past, but couldn't think of anything else that would give me those solid, opaque colors.

The bold colors and thick outline for this image gave it a feel similar to a tattoo.  This was the look that I was aiming for.  The loteria card is for "The Flag", and that could be taken so many ways that it was hard to come up with something that didn't have the standard flag waving from a pole.  The tongue-flag was just the ticket for this card.

No offense to any British visitors to this site.

To find out how to read "The Flag" loteria card for fortune telling, follow the link!

Ordering The "Baraja del Papa" Loteria Deck

This project of recreating the images in the "Baraja del Papa" deck requires a pretty heavy investment in time and money.  Time is something that I'm more than willing to put in.  The images are unique and startling.  I'd gladly invest the money as well, but that's one thing I have considerably less of than time.

So I'm approaching the problem in a 'Kickstarter' fashion.

I'm selling the original painting that I'm creating for this project.  To anyone who buys a painting, you will be receiving a free deck of loteria cards once this project is finished!  How nice is that?!  Two things to keep in mind.

The first catch is that I'm not sure exactly when this project will be completed.  But considering that one suit is complete (clubs) and I have a headstart on the remaining three suits, things are looking good for this to be done in a few months.  When you buy a painting, I'll get an email address for you so I can let you know when the images are all painted and the cards back from the printer.

The second catch is that there is only one copy of each card, so if there is a paticular loteria symbol that you want, move quickly before someone else grabs it from you.