Article by E. R. Vernor, aka Corvis Nocturnum

Here is a link to an article by Corvis Nocturnum that he recently posted.
http://corvisnocturnum.livejournal.com/

Vintage 1922 Kodak color test film

Here is a interesting early Kodak test video for color film that I found through this blog:
http://16sparrows.typepad.com/16sparrows/
If you like vintage fashion, you'll enjoy her site.

1922 Color Film Test

Happy Halloween

Here is some Halloween fun:

Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest: Heckles and Twitch Show! (Opening Ceremony)




Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest: Heckles and Twitch Show! (Half Time show)

Wings of Crimson and Armor of Silver

Wings of Crimson and Armor of Silver
by Eilfie Music

Once was an angel,
A warrior of Heaven.
Who served his lord with sword and shield.
The angel saw a radiance that shinned like a thousand suns,
And yearned to hold this bright burning beacon.
Descending from the heavens with wings of crimson and armor of silver,
Did what no angel had done since the fallen.
For this, the spark was snuffed out, and the warrior was ordered back to the gates of Heaven.
Once was an angel,
A warrior Heaven.
Who serves his Lord with sword and shield.
Who waits to see a radiance that shines like a thousand suns.

Baron Samedi at Hecate's Crossroad

The last painting I was working “Baron Samedi” is now up on my Cafepress store Hecate’s Crossroads, as a print, t-shirt, and button.

www.cafepress.com/eilfielee

I am trying at the moment to get more artwork done for Synesthesia

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Synesthesia-Official-Facebook-Page/132711800091440

http://www.myspace.com/synesthesiaus

I actually heard the new song “Lake of Fire” the other night on Rocky 104.9FM. November 7th. They will be on again along with an interview with the band.

update on art projects

The Baron is almost finished! It always seems to take forever to just finish the finale details, to get little bit done for it to truly be finished. I have loved working on this painting and constantly hopping I am doing the Baron justice. Not sure what my next painting will be; though I know it will be something soon so I don't loose the momentum.
Besides the paintings I have also been working on artwork for Tony Mollick and his band Synesthesiaus. He just recently added a new member to the band, Timmy Aymar who will be lead vocalist. Now I need to make look like a zombie and start putting together cover ideas for the first album.
Fun with dead things.

Current painting of Baron Samedi

This is the most current picture of Baron Samedi. I almost have him finished with just the detail work to do on his walking stick, eye, and more of the back ground. Once I am done with the painting, I will then go over the lining with felt tip marker again which really pops it out. Thankfully, the Baron has been pretty patient with me; as long as I supply him with enough rum.

Dr.Steel - "Childhood Don't A-Go-Go" official music video

New painting in the works "Baron Samedi"

Started a new painting recently. This is sort of a compaion piece to the Marie laveau painting I did last year. This one is of the Voodoo Loa Baron Samedi. He is quite a interesting gentleman and very cool to paint.

This is during the early stages after inking over the pencil. After painting with acrylic, I will go over it again with the inking to do touch ups and add more detail.

At the moment the colors are pretty solid and with little depth, as I go along I will be adding more layers and hopefully add more to the background, I want to incorporate symbols connecting with New Orleans. Baron Samedi's veve* is not completed, I will be finishing it when the painting is closer to being done.

* The veve is a the word used to discribe a symbol that is used during a voodoo ritual to call on a praticular Loa or spirit. This like the loa's signature.


Here is a site with some information on Baron Samedi:
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Baron-Samedi

This is my personal painting, please not copy or use in any way. Thank you.

Beauty in Decay

About eight years ago, I became interested in abandon buildings. I was practically interested with asylums and hospitals. Through the research of the structures I learned more about the inner working of the institutions themselves. What they were like fifty years ago, and why so many were shut down. I have only been in a few old buildings that would be condemned, if they were not considered historical. Once you get past the fear of breathing in lead paint, asbestos, mold, and who knows what else comes along, the structures take on a unique beauty. What was once man made is slowly but surely being taken apart bit by bit by nature from the ground up, an ever-changing piece of art. It is amazing to see something that was built by man a century ago quickly disintegrate, compared to the great monuments of the ancients that are only now being effected by modern pollution.

Other buildings that I have become fascinated with recently are warehouses and factories. I have passed by quite a few factories at night in my travels, all lit up like post-apocalyptic cities. Some are small with only a few lights while others seemed to be many blocks wide with hundreds of flickering yellow bulbs. They pump out billows of smoke or steam; some even have blue and yellow flames shooting out of the pipes. For all the harm they can cause to the environment they are a wonder to see. I try to imagine what it was like when the industrial age started and people saw such similar brick mammoths being built. These cities devoted to creating products for the masses. A love hate relation most likely started quickly with the general population. Now the Grandfathers of the new steel machines sit empty and forgotten. Some are bought and change into something else that was never there original purpose. While others go the way of many forgotten buildings. They become condemned and quite dangerous with not just flaking of harmful particles but also the weakening of the structure before it finally buckles in on itself.
In some way, they are a reminder that nothing lasts forever.

Photos of a crazy Toy Soldier

The week before Toy Soldier Day, I had entered into a contest just under the wire with the Help of Sergey and his mad camera skills. In all, he took about a hundred photos in which five were chosen to have text added and then submitted.
Here are the photos I sent in:

"X Marks The Spot"

"Manufacture Tomorrow for a Utopian Playland"

"The Loving Eye of Education"
(Wish I had put the Dr.Steel image in the T.V. for this shot)

"P.S.A."

"It's Time for Some Payback. It's Time for Some Fun."

Contest update!
Winners for C.R.E.A.T.E.
Contest put together by
Toy Soldier Nurse Dr. Ophelia Strating
Judged by Dr. Steel

FIRST PLACE: Monte!
SECOND PLACE: Lyca
THIRD PLACE: Professor Jimmy Blue!

Sergey Poberezhny Blog http://photoserg.blogspot.com/
Doctor Steel www.doctorsteel.com
Toy Soldier Unite http://www.toysoldiersunite.com/

Doctor Steel logo (C) Dr.Steel
Photos (C) Sergey Poberezhny

Celebrating Plastic Beach with new and old drawings.

Here is a quick water color sketch I did in celebration of Gorillaz new album that came out Monday called "Plastic Beach". I've notice a slight change in the style of drawing for the characters but not too different from "Demon Days". Murdoc is of course one of my favorite to draw. I actually did this one real fast just to see if I could still draw Murdoc at all. I had a quick reference from the "Demon Days" cover and that was it. So it actually turned out pretty good for not drawing this character in the last three years or so.

I then had to dig out one of my old Murdoc drawings to compare; it was a favorite of mine. Had to dig deep into my bin of old art work in order to fine it. Now I have a pile of artwork I need to go through and pull out some new ideas.


Here is a old piece dated 5/23/06
I made a copy of it and slapped it on the cover of one of my sketch books.
Gorillaz © Damon Albarn & Jamie Hewlett
Art © Eilfie Music