Naked Pixels

Webcomic Wednesday

Now that I'm getting closer to being able to say, "The webcomic is up!" I can at least start by giving you all a little more information about it, and establishing "Webcomic Wednesday" here.

Some of you have read my short story/parody The Call of Sockthulhu. (Some of you have even seen the real Sockthulhu!) The work I'm doing for a limited series webcomic is adapting that story to comic format. If you haven't read it and want to spoil the story for yourself, it's here, through my deviantART gallery. If you'd rather wait and read it as it comes out in the comic... well, I can't blame you for that.

The comic will begin on a Wednesday, and will be updated on Wednesdays. Instead of having a comic specific blog there and this blog here, I'm making Wednesday here the day for webcomic blog posts. "Graphic Content by Rosa Amarilla" is about all of my art, not just the Zazzle store, so I'll do this best by keeping one blog for all of it.

If I get much more excited about this project, I don't know how I'll hold the pen steady!

The NecroNOMNOMNOMicon: Eggs, Sugar, Eldritch Horror

Happy Halloween, everyone! Today is a great day to show off my entry for the Zazzle/Avery recipe binder contest. Even if I don't win in the contest, the recipe binder is for sale as of last night.

NecroNOMNOMNOMicon by rosaamarilla
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Part lolcat, part Cthulhu mythos... your very own NecroNOMNOMNOMicon recipe binder! There's a letter of warning on the back. (Back view available if you click the picture to see it on Zazzle.)

"WARNING

You now hold in your hands a terrible book! It is known as The NecroNOMNOMNOMicon - the Forbidden Cookbook of the 'Mad Chef' Apinchof Allspice. Please - I BEG of you - DESTROY THE BOOK NOW!

It may be tempting to play with the 'ounces' and 'half cups' mentioned within. You may think you can control the forces that promise delicious treats if you merely practice their rituals of 'stir until smooth' or 'bake for one hour'. I warn you, friend - your kitchen will NEVER be as it once was!

DESTROY the book! And should you ever again see the sign of the plate-a-gram, as is on the cover, dabble not in these tasty arts!

I wish you well in all your OTHER culinary endeavors."

I can't take full credit for the "plate-a-gram" bit. While I did design it, my husband gave it the name once he saw it.

Have fun handing out candy to all the little things going bump on your doorstep tomorrow night! And if you're taking your own goblins trick-or-treating, I hope they each have a great time. I've heard that Batman and a dragon will be knocking on my door, and I have their treats and my camera ready for them!

The Four Little Ponies of the Apocalypse

Project Pony is now a product line in my Zazzle store! And it turns out that Death rides a pale, pretty horse!

Four Little Ponies of the Apocalypse Shirt by rosaamarilla
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The Four Little Ponies of the Apocalypse are available on shirts, bags, mugs, mousepads, bumper stickers, buttons, and magnets. I'm planning to get them out on shoes, but I really wanted to be able to announce this today and those shoes are going to take a little more time to get the individual pieces sitting properly on them. (I drew each pony as it's own piece.)

The magnets and buttons are availble with all four ponies on one item, and also individual ponies each on their own items.

Conquest Pony Magnet by rosaamarilla
Make a refrigerator magnet on zazzle

War Pony Magnet by rosaamarilla
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Famine Pony Magnet by rosaamarilla
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Death Pony Magnet by rosaamarilla
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To view the items in my store, your viewing preferences must be set for at least "PG-13" content.There's no "PG" on Zazzle... just "G", "PG-13", and "R". I didn't think these qualified for my "Mature Content" line, and while I'm not likely to censor myself because my ideas are likely to offend some people, I do believe in being respectful. Since this line is partially inspired by biblical prophesy from the book of Revelations, I know that's getting into offensive territory.

And on the subject of biblical prophesy... No, I didn't forget about "Pestilence Pony". Death is the only horseman actually named in the bible. Conquest and Pestilence are two interpretations of the same horse... the first one described. I'm not really sure where the Pestilence interpretation comes from, but I suspect it may have been a way of avoiding the debate over exactly what kind of conquest the first horse represents. Some say it's the Anti-christ, some say the white horse and crown could only represent the Second Coming of Jesus. By going with the Conquest interpretation, I'm not promoting any of them to be correct or incorrect. I simply drew on the biblical descriptions for putting the symbols on the horses, and a crown didn't make sense to me for Pestilence.

No, I will not go with the Good Omens interpretation and substitute Pollution. ;-)

Also, before anyone asks, I think I may be the last geek in the galaxy who hasn't seen whatever Robot Chicken is. I didn't find out until all the art was done that they did a skit revolving around the same idea. (The muses probably started thumping everyone they could in the head with it after a while.) Pestilence fans will be happy to know that they did not go with the Conquest interpretation! I'm really going to have to find this show and watch it sometime.

Spotlight On: Really Old Navy Stein

Really Old Navy Stein by rosaamarilla
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Also available on a shirt and a hat. (The stein is my favorite, though.)

I don't really have anything against that clothing store with the blue oval logo. It's not my style, but I have seen people who shop there wearing some nice things. If their customers are happy, more power to 'em!

But this was a joke that was pretty much begging to be made!

A Navy can't get a whole lot older than Viking ships. I can't say for sure what it was, exactly, that inspired me to do this. It really just seemed like an obvious idea.

Enjoy the weekend... and don't plunder any villages!