Arsenic Lullaby - Illustrations and Xmas stuff

FIRST AND FOREMOST...I know the Holidays are a tough time of year for many of you out there ( myself included) BUT every year at this time the regular Arsenic Lullaby website is replaced by the ARSENIC LULLABY BOMB SHELTER! and it is full of holiday comics, podcasts, rants, ect for people who dread the holidays ( like me) so if the season starts getting to you...you can hide there!

http://www.arseniclullabies.com/ASVxmasbunker.html

Speaking of X-mas...

You know what makes a nice X-mas gift? Artwork. Commissions in particular are a fine idea. Getting one from me is an even better idea! Speaking of that, here's a recent one of a character called Big Barda. She's a creation of comic book legend Jack Kirby, after he left Marvel and went to DC comics. He's they guy who originally drew Galactus

( see my illustration of him at this link https://steemit.com/comics/@arseniclullaby/arsenic-lullaby-fantastic-four-galactus-pin-up )

Upon drawing my second Kirby character in a row I noticed a couple of things.
1-his other worldly/alien/inter-dimensional characters have a heavy Aztec influence.
2- he had an amazing ability to draw the same character for several issues without ever really nailing down just what the f*ck he or she looked like. There wasn't drastic differences...but the details would vary.

Here's three samples of the same character drawn by the same guy...

and we have three different ways of drawing her headpiece, three ways of drawing here belt/shorts and does she have circles on her boots or not? I could show you three more picks by him done three other ways...anyway I got the jist of it.

here's some progress shots of my take on Barda.

I'm fairly please with how it turned out.

while we're talking about confusing yourself as to what a character looks like...here's a commission of the Swamp Thing...notice anything wrong?

If your answer was "that's not the Swamp Thing, that's the Man-Thing"...you are correct and where the hell where you when I was working on this?! The two characters are pretty similar looking except Swamp Thing has a more human looking face and is from DC comics, while Man-Thing has just bulging eyes and that weird root eyebrow/nose.

This found a home though, as someone else saw it and laid down a few bucks to have it.

ALSO ... on the ole Arsenic Lullaby online store is a buncha other stuff that would make nice gifts ( if you have a weirdo who is hard to shop for ) or if you have no one to shop for...f*ck it, get yourself something nice!

Coupon code - humbug- is good for 25% all holiday season long! and if you want to use crypocurrency or steem, just lemme know!

See you tomorrow