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Popeye, God of Death

Working on a larger concept piece with Popeye as the central figure. Next comes Virgin Mary Olive Oyl and a background of infinitely receding screaming Wimpy heads.

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Popeye, God of Death, Greys - med-res.jpg

This will float above Popeye and Olive Oyl at the top of the piece.

She comes next.

Exxxtra Virgin Olive Oyl.

May she bless and keep you during these, the ****tiest of all times.

And a flaming, skewered, screaming heart, coughing up Popeye’s missing left eyeball. Just because.

You sir, have a new follower.
Tripster, not hipster; these are my values.:wink:

Thank you much, Coyote.

This would be the disembodied head of J. Wellington Wimpy. Polypaint comes tonight, and then on to his flying hamburger…

This is what the wings of a magical cheeseburger look like inside my brain.

Love the exquisite textural surfacing on your Wimpy - puts me in mind of the fine work of 60’s psychedelic comic artists :+1:

Thank you very much, boozy floozie. I grew up on a steady diet of underground comics for sure.

I really love your work as well. You seem to have a fairly bottomless well of imagination at your disposal.

Unfortunately, wings on a cheeseburger just look plain stupid - so, this one will just remain suspended in mid air, along with his head.

Hard surface background comes next, and then I’ll put all the pieces together. Cautiously optimistic…

Love your art!!! The most original stuff i have seen in a while top row fo show!!!

The wings may not go with a burger but perhaps a day of the dead roast chicken?
We journey with you.:+1:

I swear I’m going to tie this all together.

Here’s the background - most of which will be covered up anyway, but it was fun to make.

And some gears:

Really cool style! I love the detailing in your pieces. :smiley:

Thank you very much. Your Russian Tsar Cannon is bonkers!

Swear all you like, you’re having too much fun teasing us.
One needs only to look closely at each individual cog to see that’s been keeping you from us.
Each cog a Mandala.:+1:

Oh, I am and I’m not (having fun teasing). I’m really just flying by the seat of my pants here. I’d be having more fun if I was totally confident that it’s all going to come together in the end, but as you say it’s the journey (or something along those lines). Perhaps it wouldn’t be so satisfying in the end if my workflow wasn’t such a haphazard, snail paced, scratch and sniff goat screw. Or, perhaps it would. I don’t know. I have nothing to compare it with. I just know that it don’t come easy.

In any case, I’m starting to put the pieces together now. Here’s the stars of the show, roughly as they’ll appear. Picture 6-8 floating Wimpy heads and God’s engine room (still somewhat in progress) behind them, and a couple of extra symbolic props thrown in just for good measure, and you’ve probably got an idea of where I’m heading.

Working title is I Yam.

You’re pioneering and blazing an individual path which takes just as long as it needs .

Good luck with the final stages - look forward very much to seeing it come together as I’m sure many other folks hereabouts are too.

Wow. This is magnificent! Completely bizarre and so beautifully and imaginatively executed.