"To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense." -Nina Simone

Today in the Tulips. Michigan Avenue in its spring color palette peak on Wednesday. The tulips are planted by the non-profit, A Safe Haven Foundation. Help those you help you see beauty on the Mag Mile, donate what you can at bit.ly/4cdBWoG

Tony Stark resigns in disgust from being Iron Man, boldly declaring that he quits the superhero life as he tosses the Iron Man helmet on the ground! From: Iron Man Vol. 1 #21 cover. Words by: Archie Goodwin, Art by: George Tuska, Inks by: Joe Gaudioso, Letters by: Jean Izzo, Editor: Stan Lee!

It was Iron Man. Tony was once part of the DCU, but he got drunk, stepped through some dimensional portal and became Marvel's problem!

Work in progress pen drawing of a figure hugging their knees while floating over a pillar made up of coral like growths that flows into a smooth rock ground near a pillar

Slow start though I have the feeling this could be a detailed piece like the last one
11x17 pen and paper #wip
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Uptown
Darling Nikki
I Wanna Be Your Lover
My Name Is Prince
Raspberry Beret

I was thinking that Levar would be a fit for the role due to Metron's love of knowledge and the unknown!

"When I first started out in this music industry, I was most concerned with freedom. Freedom to produce, freedom to play all the instruments on my records, freedom to say anything I wanted to." -Prince

I smell what you sizzle.

Soaring in the City at Sunrise. Today in Chicago.

“The herb reveals you to yourself.” -Bob Marley

The Chicago Bridge Lifts resume this week for the 2026 boating season. First day is Wednesday.

The image is a page patch of bloomed tulips. Most of them yellow, peach, or red, with green leaves filled in

Tulips galore

"Le grille"

"Fight till the last gasp; I will be your guard."
Henry VI, Part 1: Act 1; Scene 2 #ShakespeareSunday

Today in the Tulips. The start of Sunday in Chicago’s South Loop.

"Superman' was created at a time when we needed some idealistic, perfect person to aspire to, which is why he is so flawless." -Cory Barlog

Work in progress of a skeletal thin being with a multi-lobed helmet with several lenses embedded in in front of a biomechanical framed stained glass looking set of windows

Still chipping away at this one.
11x17 pen and paper #wip
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Superman with a bald eagle on his left arm with an American flag background, following the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States by: Ariel Olivetti!

Happy #SupermanDay!

"As great a spectacle as WrestleMania is, there's something to be said for seeing a guy you like telling stories from the heart from 20 feet away." -Mick Foley

Fog layer across the Chicago Skyline on Thursday.

959pm on Friday, Lightning scatters across the Gold Coast and taps the Hancock in Chicago.

A large lightning bolt strikes behind the Chicago Skyline on Friday night.

A large lightning bolt strikes behind the Chicago Skyline on Friday night.

Big bolts delivering some Friday Night Lights. ⚡️⚡️

#ILWx #Chicago

Work in progress of a skeletal thin being with a multi-lobed helmet with several lenses embedded in in front of a biomechanical framed stained glass looking set of windows

Not a great day all round.
Just a lot of little annoyances wearing me down
11x17 pen and paper #wip
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

"Thou shalt have dominion over all the beasts of the Earth except, of course, cats."

Friday Fog. This morning in Chicago's South Loop at sunrise.

Wendell over here building an R/C fleet of destruction as a hobby! Guess I'm dreaming small! 😭

"A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician." -Al Capone

Absolute Batman #19 got me like:
#Bat-Nasty #ComicsReadMe!

Cherry Cherry. The blossoms in Jackson Park.

Indeed it is! Way back in Uncanny X-Men #164! The one where the Brood hatch a survival plan, Carol Danvers becomes Binary and Illyana discovers that she can "do neat things like Piotr", leading her to question if she is a mutant!