New collages online

Howdy friends of scissors and glue!

In order to chillax and "take a break" from the constant collage-making of The Micturating Angel, I ... made a bunch of collages from old Nat Geos. Thanks to my buddy Cardinal Dotdline (who? click HERE ) who found a whole suitcase of the buggers at a garage sale. There'll be more of these coming and I'll be putting together a book (like I wouldn't) soon-ish...
Anyhoo, see the whole damn lot here:
http://www.gadzooxtian.com/images/collages/simpleviewer/web/collages2014.html

You can purchase some of them here:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/gadzooxtian/collections/325270-collages-2014

Here's a preview (the first one's called "Harmony", the other two are untitled):

New blog, new art, etc etc

Reshuffling.
This blog will now be a "What's news?" blog, keeping whomever informed of all things Gadzooxtian Productions.
For The Micturating Angel, I have set up a blog here:

CLICK ME

Go there and grab your free copy of issue one NOW !

Random thoughts on collage

Ambiguity of words VS. ambiguity in images.
I make images to make the ambiguity "crystal clear" (or as Dalí called it "concrete irrationality").
So the ambiguity created is exactly what I'm trying to say (without me knowing what exactly it is). There is no need for words as they would muddle the "message". (It's why I mostly don't title pictures either.)
Words can be ambiguous for many reasons - you misunderstand me, I misunderstand you, I don't speak the language, you lie, I lie, I'm jibber-jabbering, double entendres, and so forth. We're trying to communicate but the 'ether' is filled with random noise and obstructions - things come out as glitches.
(I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE digital glitching, btw.)
With collage, whatever it is I'm trying to say is nailed the fuck down (or glued) and presented to you in its FINAL form. There is nothing left to add or say or take or interpret or anything.
Sure it's ambiguous, but it is so on purpose. It was made that way. It's not trickery or cop-out - the image IS what it IS.
Crystal-clear ambiguity.

Why I'm anti-social a lot lately...

... coz I hate youse ALL!
:-)



No really, coz I'm busy as Hell working on the Micturating Angel.
Behold the evidence:

The mess, oh the flammable mess...

As above - so below.

Above:

I didn't end up using this page, but I'll use the idea again later...

(It took ages with a damn scalpel - ended up as a toy for the kitten...)

See, I waste my life cutting tiny, tiny bits of paper out...

... then glue them to pix of old ladies.

Conclusion

KIDS!
Collaging is anti-social, don't do it, stick with alcoholism it's more people friendly.

Infinite Collage Movie

Hey,

Made an hour long film of the "infinite collage". Basically animated a whole lot of characters and scenarios. It's great.

Likey the soundtrack? Hear it in full or buy it [HERE].

Music by Maniacs

My good buddy Mat Blackwell has written a rather interesting (philosophical) article about art and murder.

As in art by murderers.

Is it OK to like it? Why or why not?
The article is actually very good, and yours truly has been quoted in it as we sort of discussed this issue back n' forth via email.
Whilst it mostly deals with metal muzax, it's not written just for metalheads - like I say, it's an article about art "in extremis".
Read it here:

Music by Maniacs: Navigating the Tricky Ethics of Enjoying Art Made by Bad People
http://heathenharvest.org/2014/05/30/music-by-maniacs-navigating-the-tricky-ethics-of-enjoying-art-made-by-bad-people/#f3
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Micturating Angel update, or "The sloooooooooooooowness of collage-making"

A few days ago I realised I've been working on the Angel for almost two years.

TWO!

YEARS!

And it's nowhere close to being finished, but it's very close to being launched upon the world.

Anyhoo, the purpose of this post - to show you why it takes so long to make this beast of a comic book.

The image below shall explain all. Namely it took me half an hour to cut out a little bush or flower the size of a guitar pick - which is then just one of many things within a panel, which is but one panel on a page.

Behold:

(clicka to see it bigga, sucka!)