Happy New Year!

My sparrows would like to wish you a happy new year!!!

See that snow? That's the most snow we've had so far this year. It's quite pathetic.

Sparrow Speed Paint

Ahhhhhhh. It was so nice to take a week off from blogging.
So here - enjoy a male house sparrow.
Did this with paint tool SAI, about an hour.

NEW INK

OMG YAY!!!!!

Got my new tattoo this past Saturday!!!! I FREAKING LOVE IT!!!!!!!

See this painting I did?

OMG see my tattoo?!?!?!?

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!

My tattoo is so full of SAUCE!!!!! And surprisingly, it didn't hurt at all. I'm already designing my next tat . . . . .

BIRDS!!!!!

OMG I LOVE BIRDS!!!!

And I get tons of birds in my yard!!

We get red winged black birds, brewers black birds, house finches, house sparrows, and song sparrows!!! I wuvs them all - but especially the sparrows!!!

Sparrows are my favorite . . . .

Project 365

I found a dead pigeon!!!! Had to get some pictures of the wings, as they make good references for drawings. He grossed Jeremy out. I thought he was nifty. I put him in our composter to decompose. And then I'm keeping his skull :)

Project 365

ALMOST caught the shot without being blurry!

Wish List!!!

It's been awhile since I've posted anything from Etsy. So I thought I'd share my wishlist!!!





I LOVE LOVE LOVE this sparow skull pendant from mrd74. Want. So. Bad.

Can you tell I have a thing for bird skulls? This little gem is from billyblue22.

This adorable print is by Toxicguineapigs.

Squeel!! Wood block print by MarkMason.

Apparently I'm on a bird kick . . . .

ART DUMP

This post is just what the title says - an art dump!!! Mainly my recent digital drawings.

Because gas masks are cool. This one took me around 8-10 hours, over a week.

Zan dog!!!! And a cupcake. Because I LOVE cupcakes!!

Sketch of a sparrow in flight. Sparrows are my favorite bird!!

I did this one after I found out that Amy had brain cancer. It's vent art.

Project 365

OMG BLACKBIRD!!! I love blackbirds. And we often have 20-30 in our yard!!!

Project 365

My latest digital art! A male house sparrow - my favorite bird and my main totem animal.

Done in Gimp, this took me 4 hours . . . .but well worth it! I'm very happy with how this turned out!

Project 365

BIRDS! IN MY BACKYARD!

This OWL is BAMF!

That stands for bad-ass-mother-fucker.

Oh yeah. I went there.


What did you say? This owl will slap you silly!

Or not. I don't know.

New arts for me! Took about an hour.

Coffee, ink, and colored pencil on watercolor paper.

(c) 2010 Icky Dog Creations

That's me. Steal it and I'll stab you in the face. Right. In. The. Face.

Project 365

Yay! A newly fledged baby robin!!!

Project 365

Happy little bird tap-tapping on the fence!

Feature Friday: Blue Bayer Designs

Today's feature is a truly amazing shop. I found him by way of Etsy's front page. His shop, Blue Bayer Designs (aka billyblue22), is unique, inspired, and fresh. Blue is a self-taught artist and I adore his use of steampunk, skulls, and victorian jewelry.

His pieces are cast from real skulls and can be plated with gold or silver.

This hummingbird skull is quite stunning, intricate, and beautiful.

Steampunk is a running theme in his shop, and is lovely.

Digging this bat skull!

If you want something unique and truly beautiful, visit Blue Bayer Designs. I know I'll be buying from him soon!

Feature Friday: Gub Factory

I'm going to be starting a Feature Friday where I feature other Etsy sellers! Yay! (I'll feature sellers other days too, but I figured having a set day would be rather nice).

My first featured seller is gubfactory. Gub Factory makes all kinds of cute plush, like this ninja throwing pea:

Now, who the heck doesn't need a ninja pea to throw at people?! I know I do. And I can think of several people to throw it at . . .

And an emo crow! Look, he's all sad and burdened by highschool drama . . .

And a vampire tomato!!! Yes, you heard me right. A VAMPIRE tomato! I vant to suck your . . .um . . . tomatoey goodness? NO! Ketchup! I vant to suck your ketchup! (spoken with a creepy transylvanian accent)

So, you need to check out gubfactory! You'll be happy you did!

Rawr!