Another old piece, this one was a 2 page spread for OUT magazine. I like the piece, but conceptually a nightmare. The art director wanted a "summer fun" scene in hell, and specifically wanted a devil evocative of my character the Grey Otter. The piece originally had this devil driving the dune buggy, and the surfer on the wave of flame was a devil as well. The magazine editor saw the original sketch and freaked out; the magazine in no way wanted to appear to promote Satan. So, demonic reference was erased, and there we have the piece as it is now, which makes little sense.
I still like it though. I rarely do a piece only in illustrator these days.
BTW, the devil sign (being made by the passenger in the buggy) slipped past the editor :)
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Human contradictions continue to amaze me. They wanted a "summer of fun in Hell" without Satan or demons? Wouldn't a Satanless Hell just be a really hot place?? If it was such an issue, they should've just requested a "summer of fun ON the sun".
Sort of reminds me of the time my dad refused to buy Blue Devil paint because it had the word "devil" on it.
Your piece turned out cool (I mean, hot) anyway!
thanks Mike! How is life? Mind if I post some of your tattoo designs?
Life is good. Then again, what's the alternative?? heh heh.
'Course you can post 'em.
I was s'posed to get the wizard one started on my birthday, but I'm havin' trouble finding a tattooist. The most trustworthy seeming place I've found near me has a LONG wait list.
have you checked this guy out?
http://www.georgelongtattoo.com/
I'd be there in a minute, but Seattle's 3 hours away, one way.
I've been looking for something closer to home on the East side of the state. I'm gonna try either Monarch or Atomic City in Kennewick.
Thanks for the suggestion though. His work looks pretty cool.
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