Blasted Flies! Rascal Cat!

Somewhere in Muddy River County of course.

Clown Girl

"Leap from ledges
Leap from ledges high and wild
Learn to speak
Speak with wisdom like a child
Directly from the heart
Crown yourself the king of clowns
Or stand way back apart
But never give your love, my friend,
Unto a foolish heart"  
-The Grateful Dead- Jerry Garcia-Robert Hunter

A couple people

ColorKeys

Balzac getting crazy, inktober

Story Development

"Hands that inspire in the fortune teller naught but profound confusion and mystery!"

"You're in the wrong place, my friend, you'd better leave"

"Get outta here if you don't know"

The Descent

Far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees
Out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach
Of crazy sorrow

Sketching/writing ideas for "Jungleland"

"I've stayed above the ground, where life had was so ordinary and routine. Up here, I've swung upon every vine, and I have kissed the sky. I thought I was to be ever happy here, but there is naught else for me to do, and I am not satisfied. You, stay clear and tempt me no further, it will not work. What? That we should only ever look up at those distant twinkling lights and never reach them? That will not do for me!
 "Below I have seen a strange steam rising and I have followed it to a vast and terrifying crevasse into which many rivers flow. This yawning gape in the jungle is deep and there is only blackness I can see therein. To this pit I now go, for I tire of the limitations I have reached in the sky. Perhaps below there are fewer limits, and I will be able to ever carry-on and explore, to descend deeper, never stopping, following the void and the call of the unknown. And should this be folly to which my restless ambition carries me, and by some accident or disaster I cross the final barrier, then blame the stars to which I could not climb!"

How long must I keep my eyes glued to the door?

There's a marchin' band still playin' in that vacant lot.

A New Story has begun!

Yes, both figures are part of the same story tentatively titled "Jungleland." Writing it up now. The story is a doozy. Meet Henry and Alligator Slim.

Been Busy...

I have not been posting due to various projects I've been working on in the past year. The Fantastic Strange illustrated novel is in the final stages and should be available by February. For more recent activity, updates and random sketches, Instagram is better for now, @dvonderahe. Thanks.

Heard a Kenny Rogers song on a player piano...

Scoundrels

"HAHA, YES! Everything is very uncertain I am sure!" he mused.

Lights

Fire the Cannons

But Some Are Cracked

Excerpt from a tale in development

From All The Things I Did Not Know

Textures

Laundry time