Head down. Nose to the grindstone. The BUSINESS elements of ARTZ are not the most fun. The JOY comes in the making (with a little bit of fun in the sharing with other folks.) The SELLING B.S. (though essential if one wants to eat and have a house to sleep in) isn't fun---in-fact is tedious and grueling. But we soldier on. We make art and we sell art so that we can make more art...
[Slight tangent:] I would rather sell a hundred pieces for five bucks each than one piece for a thousand dollars. Spread the fun around. Then, I'll take that dough and spend half (at least---usually more than that) buying arts from other folks. I don't own many FANCY works or RARE pieces by well known creators, but I have an entire GALAXY of cool, quirky, and (usually) weird works by hundreds of different artists. (That is not an exaggeration.) It makes me happy, and not because I'm speculating on some bright FUTURE where my art collection will pay for a new house or some luxury vehicle. I'm happy right now, knowing that I've made some cool shit, that I own some cool shit, and that I've given a few dozen artists validation that what they have to say is worthwhile and entertaining. [End sermon mode.]
Here's my most recent tokenized art bits!
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"...and That Sunday Morning, Albert was Stricken with Cubism"
[Ink on paper (I think---I drew this about 8 years ago) with digital embellishments and color!] The number of recorded cases of spontaneous Cubism is fairly small, but this debilitating condition (which is, unfortunately, NOT fatal) causes some of the strangest physical alterations that a human (or other physical entity) could image. Poor Albert...
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/38
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"Blippy-Man"
[Felt pen and brush pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] He's balled the Blippy-Man because he seems to blip in and out of reality. He appears, terrifies and sometimes attacks victims, and then vanishes. It's unknown how many people may have actually been killed by the Blippy-Man...if he actually exists at all...
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/39
Sold!
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"Round One!!!"
[Digital drawing created in MS Paint.] The fight of the decade! (But nobody knew Glorch was planning to throw the fight in the third round... Nobody, that is, but Chester...)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/40
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"Crawl"
[Digital drawing created with a free app on my digital reader.] This beast had a rough night... Or, perhaps he just feigns helplessness to lure in potential victims... Best stay clear.
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/41
Sold!
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"Don't Move, Earthling!"
[Digital drawing created with MS Paint.] I would listen to this creature! That object in its hand might be some kind of weapon...or maybe just a squirt-gun. Probably best to play it safe! (Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya???)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/42
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"Layers of Thought"
[Digital collage based on one of my drawings and a photograph I took of my living room window (decorated with Xmas lights!)] Layers and twisting and blending and smooshing and transparency and saturation... These are a few of my favorite things!
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"Damn..." by RFY (HF) & FEH (TT)
[Felt pen, pencil, and sticker collage on reclaimed coated paper with digital embellishments, drawing, and color.] The goofy granddaughter of mine can be QUITE the ink slinger. She is uninhibited and expressive, while I provide a layer of controlled silliness over her wild charm! (And I kind of cussed, a little bit, with sticker letters.) Together, her bravado and my quirk mean nothing...which is just how it SHOULD be! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) & Felicity Echo Hanson (Toddler Terror)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/43
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"Weird Thing"
[Digital drawing created with a free app on my phone.] This is an artificial demon developed in a hidden lab at Henpeck University in Henpeck, Washington. It's been spotted nearly a dozen times around campus, and was once caught in the act of selling insurance to a foreign exchange student! (Evil.)
https://hicetnunc.art/objkt/568814
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"Brawl"
[Digital drawing created with a free app on my e-reader.] Throwin' down!!!
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/44
Sold!
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"Zombie Flower"
[Digital drawing created in MS Paint.] If a creature is bitten by a zombie, they will often succumb to the undead viral infection. In this case, a simple flower was accidentally nibbled on by a zombie that had been knocked to the side of the road by a bus full of fleeing survivors. The flower, unfortunately, died from the bite...but then came back...
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/45
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That's it! Now I gotta get ready for my OTHER work... (Ack.) Good luck!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)