NEW BLOG LOCATION!

Hey there, anybody who's interested! This blog will from this point on continue on its very own page on my new website, HERE.

TESTING, 1... 2... 3...

I just connected this blog and my library blog to my newly-revamped tommykovac.com website. I think I did it correctly, so that any new posts I create here will automatically appear there as well. But I want to check it, so... here goes.

ORIGINAL ART : "eat a dik"

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 : "Clownsidious"

"Clownsidious"

     I think this weird clown drawing was probably inspired by that scene I love from the movie, Insidious, where the lipstick face demon appears unexpectedly just behind what's-'is-name.

COMICS : "Go Ask Flower Bean"

(FLOWER BEAN VERSUS TEEN)

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CRANK UP THE SQUIRREL

Front cover

     In 1998, I put together a squirrel-themed zine called CRANK UP THE SQUIRREL with friends Julie and Matt, and husband Anthony. It was 28 pages long, photocopied on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, and we left stacks of them around for free in various coffee shops and laundry rooms.
     The cover says "#4," but it was actually the first and only issue. But four is my favorite number, so there you go.
     It was pretty rough, but had some cool comics, stories, and silliness by all of us. And it garnered a legitimate crazy fan, who used to send fan letters and packages to my PO box.

Table of Contents

     Above is the Table of Contents. NOTE: the email and street address above are now defunct.
     See how it says Heenie will be handling correspondence? Heenie is an old character of mine who also showed up in my Skelebunnies comics published by SLG.
     Our crazy fan sent all sorts of stuff for Heenie, including a "nest" for him that was actually fairly complex and made up of plastic and straw and cardboard. Crazy Fan also sent Heenie some bizarre squirrel-themed art that was really good. But disturbing.

Movie review in comic form of Heavenly Creatures, by J. Squirrel

     We each used squirrely pseudonyms for the zine. Jules was J. Squirrel, Matt was Branch Maplebum, and I was alternately Nutsy Whiskers and Claw Twiggins. (Anthony did an uncredited parody advertisement)
   

"play" by branch maplebum

"An Entreaty" by Nutsy Whiskers

The end of J. Squirrel's short story, "Stunted," and Anthony's gross ad. I reminded him of it on our walk a few nights ago and he just chortled.

COMICS : "Squirrel"

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T-SHIRTS : "Bibliophile" and "Artificial Demonology"

Get "Bibliophile" T-shirt HERE!

Get "Demonology" T-shirt HERE!

SKETCHBOOK : Doodle

T-SHIRTS : "Razors"

"Razors" t-shirt design on Amazon, courtesy of "CleverT"

     This is another design I did for CleverT. There are two colorways available. One is for a black or dark shirt, and the other is for lighter or brighter colors.
     You can buy it on Amazon HERE.
   

I can't decide which background color I like better- red, or blue.

ORIGINAL ART : "Artificial Demonology"

"Artificial Demonology"

Photoshop Quickie : CRIMSON PEEP

   
     Did I get to this before somebody else did? I Googled "Crimson Peep," and didn't find anything like this. Anyway, just thought I'd leave this here.

T-SHIRTS : Scream of the Bear

"Screaming Bear"
design for T-shirt by yours truly.

     I did another design that CleverT has released as a special limited run Tshirt. Here's a screenshot of the listing on Amazon:

     Click HERE to purchase it from Amazon!
    But please note, they run SMALL, so order several sizes larger than you think you'll need. I prefer men's 3x, because then it's comfortable and there's room to grow. Not that I plan to grow any fatter, but the trend is pretty obvious at this point.

T-SHIRTS : Valentine's Skull

     I had to order my own to make sure I liked the quality of Amazon's Tshirt printing, but I received mine today and it looks pretty cool, if I do say so myself. So Adam (CleverT owner) has the following two color versions of the shirt listed, and I've placed links below each. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Valentines-Vintage-Skullman-Mine-T-Shirt/dp/B01B3XPPFW/ref=sr_1_5?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1454026758&sr=1-5&nodeID=7141123011

http://www.amazon.com/Valentines-Mine-Heart-Skull-T-shirt/dp/B01AR4WNJ4/ref=sr_1_1?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1454027405&sr=1-1&nodeID=7141123011

T-SHIRTS : experimental Amazon product

     Above is a screenshot of a listing on Amazon for a T-shirt with some original artwork I did. This is a new thing I'm trying out.
     A high school friend contacted me recently, and said he's been selling T-shirts on Amazon through a new venture they have in which Amazon prints and ships the shirts on demand. My friend's company is "CleverT," and he asked if I'd be interested in doing some designs and sharing profits.
     What I'm most interested in is seeing what the quality of the printing on the shirts is like. Usually print-on-demand isn't the best quality. I've done CafePress before, and others like it, and the image is usually okay at first, but grows faint quickly, especially when washed.
     He's doing a test one for me, and I'm going to wait until I see Amazon's t-shirt printing quality before I start really promoting this.
     But I have to say it's nice to have somebody else doing the legwork to create the listing, and I like the way he worded the stuff about me and my artwork. So, that's cool.

Here's a link to the page: http://www.amazon.com/Valentines-Mine-Heart-Skull-T-shirt/dp/B01AR4V886/ref=sr_1_6?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1453135009&sr=1-6&nodeID=7141123011

ORIGINAL ART : Um... this thing.

ORIGINAL ART : "Beezus"

"Beezus: Jesus' less-amazing kid sister"
by Tommy Kovac
ink, watercolor marker, and metallic marker on sketchbook paper

ORIGINAL ART : The Specialest Christmas Tree

"The Specialest Christmas Tree"
by Tommy Kovac

CAPTAIN HOWDY DOODY

"Hi, kids!
It's CAPTAIN HOWDY DOODY Time!"