SPOOKTACULAR XI PHOTOS!

Thanks to everyone who made this year's Spooktacular such a villainous occasion! Below is a "best of" photo lineup of the festivities...Please email me if you have some favorites to add (perhaps we will make a Facebook group or something...)

Chicken and the Wolf

Dr. Venture, Poison Ivy, Elastagirl and Medusa

Villainous Velvet Villain Prizes

Hit List Game Card in order to win prizes

Someone Call Homeland Security...

Alec from Clockwork Orange guards the "Hero" Sandwiches...

Dance Party went til 4am!

This Mac Brought to you by Mickey's Grenades...

Inside the Karaoke Shark Tank

Tony the Tiger and that guy from the shampoo commercial...

Oprah & Gaga

WTF?!?!

Margarita Machine (Mr. Freeze's Truth Serum)

Death Ray from Upper Porch with LazerTag "Over Load" engaged

Death Ray from Upper Porch with too much Truth Serum

Family Reunion between Robot and Death RayUFC Champ Rocks out "Here I go Again on My Own"...

Richard Simmons dressed as Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro

A Traffic Cone...or Snooky...

Wicked cool Tron/Daft Punk costume...

Flying Squirrel Hijacking Death Ray

Moose and Squirrel barely escape clutches of Boris and Natasha

Mr. Bates and Guest

He's on a Boat

Mime's doing rendition of Elvis' "A little less conversation" (picked at random...no lie!)

Kick Ass and Elastagirl

Duct Tape Girl, Gem and a Cyberman (who has become human again!)

The Devil and LazerTag...does it get better?

"Some of my best work!"

Shot of Death Ray voted "most arty"

Tron/Daft Punk still cool with the flash on...

Boris finally uses Ray Gun to kill Moose and Squirrel!

Birds of a Feather...

Arch Enemies, Batman and the Penguin

Karaoke Shark Tank (puppet sharks actually had frickin' lazerbeams!)

Back porches from Death Ray

The Firing Mecanism (careful the safeties are off!)

Spaceghost and Lady Gaga rock out in the Karaoke Shark Tank...

SPOOKTACULAR XI IS NIGH!

Yes...all of the pieces are starting to fall into place...

Being an Evil Genius is Hard Work...

Yes, being an evil genius is hard work. In fact, it keeps you from blogging. (its hard to hold a plasma cutter in one hand and blog about it with the other...) Fortunately, I had the help of some part time minions this past weekend, and was able to complete the final phase of my diabolical plan...

Since it is an evil plan that will be unveiled during Spooktacular XI, I can only leave you with this enigmatic photo:

Minion J adjusting sensitive equipment in the semi-secret lair

Artisphere opens this weekend!

Hey, I haven't been near a computer for the better part of the last week, so I am sneaking out during a break in the action to get this weeks post out. We are only a few hours away from opening the Artisphere...Tonight's gala is for the black tie crowd...like $150 a plate... Saturday is "Burst", and Sunday & Monday are the grand opening galas for the general public. You should come on out, there's lots to see and do!

To give you a very tiny glimpse of the size of the Artisphere, you can check out this photo I took on Monday of the Ballroom (it is much more complete now)

The Ballroom of the Artisphere under construction...note the stage in the middle of the room that folds up into the wall...

With all of the Artisphere craziness I have had little time for any other artmaking, but I was able to squeeze out some time on Sunday to put the first coat of paint on the Evil Dead (Frederick edition) scenery. (opens October 15, tickets here) Big ups to Amanda, Melissa & Mimi and Mark for helping get er dun!

Painting progress for Evil Dead the Musical (Frederick Edition)

The Villainous Velvet Villains of Villainy, Part 2

Okay kids, so I am uncharacteristically posting a day early because I will not have the time to post anything (or make any art, really) for the next two weeks. Why you ask? Well, I am one of the core staff that will be outfitting the brand new Artisphere with all of the audio, lighting, video, risers and stage management in the big push to get it open (once we have our certificate of occupancy *fingers crossed*eyes rolling*) by the numerologically significant date of 10-10-10...(not to mention the fact that we will have two full galas, a press conference and an advisory board meeting all before 10/10...but who's counting?)

Anyway, long story short, I will be busy. In the meantime you can take a gander at the 5 new Velvet Villains that I have made for the Spooktacular giveaways...(BTW, big shout outs to Kirstra, Jei, Brian and KT for being my sweatshop monkeys over this past weekend...they did an excellent job preparing all 48 (!) velvets for painting...thanks guys!)

The Playboy
Acrylic on Velvet, 8"x10"

Helmut Von Chaos
Acrylic on Velvet, 8"x10"

The Cannibal
Acrylic on Velvet, 8"x10"

Faux Destro
Acrylic on Velvet, 8"x10"

Darth
Acrylic on Velvet, 8"x10"

So, yes I succumbed to the dark side and did a Darth...but I am only doing 4 (the rest get 5) so that he is a special gift for the particularly geeky...