Episode 1 of Two Loaves of Bread sees Harry Massey explain his views on art in the perspective of his chosen discipline, CGI modelling.

My new podcast, containing my actual, real life, voice.

8 days until issue 1

So around November a friend gave me a deer carcass for a project I’m in the process of cultivating. I left it hang in a tree over winter to dry out. Today, I went to take it down…but to my surprise, I found new life forming in the heart of death. 

THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME

I’m sure I’ve reblogged this but it’s one of my favorite things.

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I wanted to generate what the aliens, Ariekei, in Embassytown look like before I looked up the better job other artists have probably done.  It’s almost instantly one of my favorite books, everyone.  I don’t think I have any better examples of Literary Sci Fi.  I can compare it to Babel-17 or Anathem but better.

Anyway, the Ariekei are described with mixed analogies to earth creatures, enough that you get an idea of something very alien-looking.  Their technology is all biological and they speak a non-representational language with two harmonizing mouths, the “cut” (above, on the neck) and the “turn” (at chest level).  They walk on four “spider”-like legs ending in “hooves”, with spines and dark hair.  They have two coral-like “wings”, the giftwing (manipulation, from under the turn mouth) and the fanwing (hearing, behind cutmouth and eye antlers).  Wings and eye-antlers all retract or furl and emerge like those of sea creatures or stop-motion plants.  Mature hosts are accompanied by battery creatures (zelles) and older ones grow edible sacs.

A very special Pen & Ink featuring poet Saeed Jones, whose new collection Prelude to Bruise is in stores now.

Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them will be released on October 7th. You can pre-order your copy here, here, here, or here, and learn more about the book here.

"The Sea of Dead Children"

Margaret Jane died whilst in a slumber so deep Tragically murdered in her bed as she was fast asleep She opens her eyes with a fright, hoping it ‘twas just a dream But the water fills her lungs, drowning out her blood curdling scream

For if a poor child dies before the age of eleven They don’t go to Hell, and they don’t go to Heaven The Sea of Dead Children becomes their new home Upon the ocean’s floor, their souls eternally roam.

The ghostly hands grip tight, pulling Margaret Jane down Even though she already died, her soul has to drown. Dead children are always excited to play with someone new Since the afterlife can be boring, so it’s something to do. :-)

Deeper and deeper she goes, into the dark depths of the sea To play with every child who ever died, for the rest of eternity

Posted 2/28/2012

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