ancients painted stone sculptures because people knew the sculptures were stone. what else would they be? the paint was a further flex. today, painting stone seems incomprehensible because we want to flex that it's really stone. we see the paint as hiding the truth. they didn't. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0a05bc1955883d2803621fef06d4d26e2e4ac43bf768e6dbc0780e48453866fb.file

someone told me “enya lives in a castle with a bunch of cats” and i thought they were joking https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4c3484b80f0343ef22e5dbb25ef6e85b0382c10262376d93221fa65594293228.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a9a82fc8a42e97d9ab87ac66c741d87744831b74c5e05d64bebfb489da8492fa.file

we have 2 year olds pretending to be philosophical abstraction characters from 1860s poetry and you’re blackpilling https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f1774d43dc837f10184e413cd0643b8a99c09a29ad7ae954eb837328cda0678a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/c1424d8102b0a76bf4f2de307e12c61970580632d646799e05950cb7032d720c.file

had a music prodigy friend. he’d learn complex piano works, people would politely clap, impressed. another kid learned to play popular music - when he did it, people went nuts. this frustrated my friend endlessly. this is kind of an artistic litmus test, what conclusions you draw

testimonial (very cool, thanks): https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8b62ad85c0b1be711835bad822037a73f6a6606dd307c47a37b57d258500abf8.file

thread on the only person i have officially collaborated with from yesterday. the advent bazaar hype extravaganza is wrapping up. you can probably still order our new book and get it in time for christmas if you need a gift: https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d67a12b66c45336f6c511efe2cb4871207588cd09ebfc7b7c6cefe8868a4e39a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/732955acbfe3521d9fb97676e6f39e63f252cfc4a06dec94ca442cb1ce814f20.file

if you like: gardens, God, grottos https://hell.twtr.plus/media/84f8e4c4a1eb5e32924a980dfdaae4782930a52c6368d24ae5f2639cf6f50e4b.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5283f4b9103b4bdb7b0272287821dd9dc3fa49b8a9a29215e98e5a050dcbb2a0.file

last tidbit: this is for a poem by edna st. vincent millay. i'm in the book in a few forms ("that pumpkin is you". okay) but this is my only appearance as a human. i'm in the center, walking him across the street. cool. full credit: the cat in the early car was also his idea. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/712796909a1c9d6d538e182806e71f4b1e59269aa666e6178025e95eb063ff72.file

there are some nursery rhymes in the book. i like this page a lot. i did the owl myself, it's "hard" illustration. then i let him do the cats, via me. these are all cats he knows in our neighborhood. i think his excitement about the process comes through, even though i drew it. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/c7d3b7029cf0fa704fcca5734fdc47566613ab8e30064553649693d4bf81dab5.file

alone, the flavor of my comics and the flavor of my illustrations didn't meld like i needed them to. but working with him, a new iteration of my style was just there. ready. these are two of my favorite examples. there's the sophisticated design and the fun drawing, together. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3f1c17c1d95ff63da5f46f6e51b8a29615682cee99b6fb1802225a47d7e138a4.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/64fcf3d3ca8bf42e2f401bbae10529b29477c10602fc2e9d6609c32903941d85.file