Gein Shoes!

The ever popular Gein Shoes are now available on the OpenWound FX Etsy shop.

Mother's favorite...

Get your very own pair of people-skin shoes! This popular OpenWound FX original will have heads turning and bellies churning everywhere you go.
Underneath the real latex skin and hand stitching of these killer kicks is a high quality black soled canvas shoe. You can choose between laced sneakers or slip ons, just send a note and be sure to include your size!

The black soles aren't always available but they are for now, so get yours at shop.openwoundfx.com!

i leik

monstars.



merry christmas.

dandy

I couldn't decide.

grrr arrrg

I was definitely glad to get this page started. I'd been agonizing over how to do it but I think this is exactly how I want it...well, its how i want it today at least.. but tomorrow, i'll have to just accept the fact that its already done.

i'm hoping to finish this one tomorrow. and do something with that hand...

cake.

I've been neglecting IDT all week but for a good cause. Now I feel out of practice and worse, lacking experience. Holidays will be over soon though and I'll have more time to my work. I've been stretched pretty thin this month between photoshoots for Heavy Red and Lip Service, fx orders and holidays. I got some good sleep in though and spent the day on this page. I may have to re-do this a few times to get it just right. Every time I work on it I get new and better ideas how to lay this page out. See? experience. practice.




I've also been deeply involved in cake

Left Hand WIP

One left hand. Just a final coat and it'll be sent off. I'm pretty happy with it so far though and can't wait to get one of those toe tags on it! yippie skippy.

p.s. don't mind leland's hair...he thought he was being helpful.

Spiffy!

New OpenWound FX orders will soon be going out with these nifty toe tags!

Check out what's for sale at shop.openwoundfx.com!

oh and..

I cannot wait for this page to be done.

so far its just a scan of an image I plan to use for page 7

man alive

its page 5.

and the very beginning of page 7

Page...errrr 6?

I'm excited to add text to this one...just some weird stuff i want to lay in there. I plan to write it directly over some of the drawing and to be honest, i'm terrified i'll put it in the wrong place and ruin everything!!! so, we'll see if I can't grow some balls and do that soon.

2 more pages mostly done and on their way.

Stockholm Syndrome

The instincts of a keen mind often outwit the wishful deceit of a weakened heart.

Its easy to look back. The struggle is tearing yourself away once you do. Its a tug and a fall and you'll sit with your knees bloodied and your heart aching ...and there you'll be, wondering where it all went. Its a goodbye to a room that's all but burnt up, the memories peeling away like paper from paint. A faint smokey smell that follows you down the hall as you latch the windows and close the doors. It dissipates around corners and down dark corridors while the ghosts bang on the walls and you can hear it all crashing down behind you. And the corpses you let rot are finally laid to rest. Its a warm glance behind as you walk forward, face to the sun, eyes ahead. A voice that says its going to be okay as you wander the winding path away from your home: a cage. in the woods. off-grid. -an island indeed.

Quarter Life Crisis

I took a long weekend off from work and art to turn 25 and eat some Tofurkey and was quickly reminded how agitated I get when idle. Turns out a little break combined with the horrors of aging really inspired me to jump into monster making this week. So far its this but there's more to come before I do the layout for the past 3 pages:



So, like I said, getting older really adds a sense of urgency to all of my normal anxieties so I've always fought back by cramming as much as I can into each year. At least I can't say I regret any wasted time or laziness. So this year will be no different. Time flies and you have to keep up.

Onward!