ORIGINAL ART : "Robot"

     I would like to mention that this little robot's chest plate is (a scan of) the cover of a discarded library book. his head is from a wooden castle thing I painted and assembled months ago. I think he's pretty cute and I would be friends with him.

ORIGINAL ART : Um... this thing.

ORIGINAL ART : "Castle" digital print

"Castle" digital version for print

     So I scanned every block of the original Castle structure before I glued it all together, and created a digital version of the real thing. Wasn't that clever of me? I did it partially because I half-expected my shoddy craftsmanship to result in the castle falling apart, or getting otherwise ruined.
     Which it sort of has. I put it out in the back yard and it got rained on, and it fell over and some of it came apart. But I'm fixing it. :)
     Such is the transitory nature of art, and life.

ORIGINAL ART : Crazy Castle!

"Crazy Castle"
wood blocks, laser-cut frame pieces, assemblage, acrylic and spray paint,
German foil scrap, and various mixed media
by Tommy Kovac

     We had all these extra little square wood shelves from some media shelving we keep CDs and DVDs on, and they've been sitting in the garage for years, because I kept thinking I could use them for some art project. So this is the project.
     I used all of the little square shelves, and then started sawing off pieces of other long shelves I got from my aunt, using my jig-saw to make the turret thingies.
     I had sooooo much fun with spray paint, acrylic paints, and these rad paint markers I ordered on Amazon! Not to mention weird little found pieces of shit I used to hang in the windows.
     Here are some detail pics:

It's one of those baubles from a chandelier, but now it's a NOSE!
Isn't that just the SILLIEST?!

Broken piece of wind chime I've been hoarding for about a decade.

Tiny baby with chandelier bauble head! CRAZINESS!

     And here are some pics of the various stages of construction, and my cluttered work areas:

This was really where most of the magic happened, right on the living room floor in front of the TV. I make messes like this all over the house, and leave stacks and piles of paint tubes, colored pencils, spray paint cans, shavings of stuff, etc. Then Anthony has to come along and vacuum when I'm done because I'm allergic.

ORIGINAL ART : Forest Skull Girl

     This is the "I think I'm finished but maybe not" version. I feel like I need to add stars, and some clarifying lines on the antlers. And maybe a slightly darker shadow on the skull, cast by the ferns. But in case I totally fuck it up, I wanted to get a good pic of it in this state.

ORIGINAL ART : Flying contraption sketch

ORIGINAL ART : Reindeer & Elf Fantasy