How I hate that peculiar state where the mind is still going a mile a minute but the body just goes "ugh NO".

One of my favorite items in my modest little library is a fully intact copy of the April 1936 issue of Esquire (Christmas gift from my wife), and I thought I'd invigorate my battered self by painting my version of that issue's Petty girl.

CIH Studios Video repository for a vintage style illustrator. Digital art, miniatures, and some rather limited animation here and there. F*ck AI.

It took a while, but I finally got around to restocking my old Youtube channel, mainly with highlights from my IG reels, animations, and a couple of previously unpublished items. Still needs work, but it's a start.

Hey artists, if you see this, post a dog

Does this fellow count?

I won't dance
I won't use trendy songs
I won't use no damn ai voice
I won't bow down to a sponsor
I won't play the damnable influencer game
I don't give a rat's ass about going "viral"
I won't do shitty green screen videos with my hand pointing at something above my head.
I WON'T FUCKING DANCE

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY IS SITTING ON A SMALL STOOL, AND SHE HAS HER HEAD PROPPED UP IN HER LEFT HAND SHE LOOKS WORRIED, SHE IS THINKING OF A JAIL P2- NANCY HAS HER HANDS OVER HER EYES AS SHE THINKS OF MUGSHOT PHOTOS, THE FIRST ONE IS AL CAPONE THE SECOND IS JOHN DILLINGER AND THE LAST MUGSHOT IS A PICTURE OF HERSELF P3- FRITZI SEES NANCY SITTING ON THE STOOL, NANCY IS COVERING HER FACE AS. SHE THINKS OF HERSELF IN A STRIPED PRISON UNIFORM FRITZI: WHAT'S WRONG, NANCY? P4- NANCY: THIS BOOK IS SEVEN DAYS OVERDUE AT THE LIBRARY

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 19,1947

Petty girl sketch, might do something with it later.

I figured I needed to take some time to revisit the things that made me giddy, and I casually thought I'd draw a sequel to a Malcolm In The Middle cover I did ages ago. I have a really bad habit of just abandoning fun things, and now I'm atoning for that sin.
#malcolminthemiddle #comicart

Illustrated poster of Divine from John Waters’ “Female Trouble.” She is wearing a leopard print dress with a large black wig. The poster reads “Who wants to die for art?”

WHO WANTS TO D*E FOR ART? 💋 The repulsively beautiful DIVINE in John Waters’ FEMALE TROUBLE, ya D-I-G it?

Portrait of the RMS Titanic at sea.

Seeing how the pertinent anniversaries are upon us, I thought I'd bring back this cursed painting from 2016, now with a suitable coat of patina. Took me years to figure out how to paint water like that.

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A devil girl watching the second circle of hell, her freshly done hair getting messed up by its restless, unreasoning winds.

A re-draw of an old gag from my catacombs.

Portrait of the RMS Titanic at sea.

Seeing how the pertinent anniversaries are upon us, I thought I'd bring back this cursed painting from 2016, now with a suitable coat of patina. Took me years to figure out how to paint water like that.

Face warmups, cont'd.

A few random face warmups, clawing myself out of a most HORRENDOUS funk.

See a couple, post a couple. 💙🖤

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

Is an uneventful day too much to ask for??

If you see this, post a character from space

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

1960s-ish panel. A man faces us sitting and leaning on a sill or a bar. He's pouting one forearm resting, the other elbow tilted up so he's resting his chin on his right hand. A worried blonde woman listens to him from behind. Her fingertips of her right hand resting just below her lip. He asks, "Why do all these things have to happen to me?"

The ad speaks for itself folks!
(Seriously, my rent just got jacked up)

If you see this, post a rabbit

Fun sized holiday cannibalism with our favorite Lint Lagomorph ✌️🐰🍫💀

See a merfolk, share a merfolk

You know, the sinuous shape of the tails always gives me a hard time.

Doodle of a depressed pug, giving the sad eyes and moping "Paww why you throw out my poo-poo?"

Cleaning out the backyard, and he gives me this look....

See this? QRT with your ghost art.

Going out for a moody night drive with the radio on.
I just had to make another little cinematic clip.

a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️

#art #tdov #transart

Time to go burn someone's house down.