Happy Holidays!

2015 is coming to an end soon!

I didn’t get to spend as much time with my alien menagerie project as I’d hoped this year, but I consider it a victory to end 2015 with the second installment of “Santas From Another Planet”

These are some of the sketches that led to the final design.

Inspired by my love of the Ugly Stickers and Odd Rods from the late 60’s, “Santas From Another Planet” is a Holiday card with a trading card attached to the front.

I hope you have an enjoyable Holiday Season!

Happy Holidays!

Just about everything I work on that is “alien menagerie” reveals it to be an art project in slow motion. I’m fully aware of how many times I find myself writing in this blog about how this something-or-other was started “X” years ago. In 1995 I made a Holiday card featuring a whimsical green alien in a Santa hat.

I thought it could be the beginning of a theme - “Santas From Another Planet”. I’ve made a couple related cards in the years past, but the “Santas From Another Planet” theme just didn’t crystalize until this year. So here, 19 years later, is my Holiday card with a Collector Card attached to the front: “Santas From Another Planet #1” 

acrylic on Fabriano 300 watercolor paper

My New Years resolution will be to make a “Santa From Another Planet” collector card #2

I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season!

Now Available!

The 1st assortment of Alien Menagerie Collector Cards debuted at IlluXcon V. They can be ordered from my online store for $4.50 a pack (that includes the shipping).  Originals can also be purchased here.