Seven O'Clock Man or The Bone Setter

Bonhomme Sept-Heures (the Seven o'Clock Man)
in this French-speaking province, the Bonhomme Sept-Heures (7 o'clock man) is said to visit houses around 7 o'clock to take misbehaving children who will not go to bed back to his cave where he feasts on them.

The Bonesetter is an old Quebec bogeyman legend about a traveling peddler and medicine man who journeys from town to town. During the 19th and early 20th centuries when this legend arose, many Quebec towns had no doctors or nurses. There were real bonesetters, both men and women, who would perform modest surgical procedures and who specialized in reducing fractures and dislocations and, as the name implies, would set broken bones and perform manipulations that today might be done by a chiropractor.

In the days before the discovery and use of effective anaesthetics, if a large bone had to be rebroken and reset, the resultant pain and screaming of the patient would have alarmed the entire village. Kids would hear these screams and be terrified of the bonesetter and he or she could easily earn a reputation as a bogeyman. The horrid folktale adds a special fright: Bonhomme sept-heures took disobedient children as payment for his work and the children disappeared from the town and were never heard from or seen again.

the Queen of Derbies large print preview

Kingof Gears large Print

The King of Gears large print preview

Joker-X large print

Steampunk Owl Card_print

This is the second in a series of limited edition prints based upon my steampunk card deck. This is a reinterpretation of the card back; the sky pilot owl complete with smoking cigar.

Jack of Gears Large Print

The first of a series of limited edition prints based upon the steampunk card deck. This first is a reinterpretation of the Jack of Gears.

Red Door Drawing Group April 23rd 2011

I showed up a couple of minutes late and the place was pretty full... which is really exciting to see. Also some new faces were in attendance, which is even better to see. Good For Lacey.

Red Door Drawing Group April 17th 2011

we got a celebrity, a performance artist, and juggler... fit as fit could be... and could hold a handstand for a full minute.

Red Door Drawing Group April 2 2011 two week pose

Two week session, same pose. I don't know if it reflects in the quality of the drawing, but it allowed me to fix a lot of problems that were showing in week one.

Red Door Drawing Group Feb 2011

I have been tardy in posting the weekly Red Door Drawing group sessions. So starting with the February, if I remember correctly, until last night, here they are in order as I best remember.

card deck logo

This will be the short side of a tuck box design. The front/back would be a card front and back.

Jack of Windows

Steampunk Card Deck- Joker-X

Joker-X is one of two native jokers in this cast of houses. Joker-X has was originally adopted by the House of Dirigibles and accepted as one of their own, but her thirst for power and perpetuation of chaos created such an uproar within the House of Dirigibles that the House of Derbies was asked to step in, as a tutoring agent due to their abilities to work with free spirits. The House of Derbies accepted the youth for tutoring with the understanding that if the entity who would one day become the Joker-X wished to stay under the House of Derbies, that would be her choice. However the chaos tendencies were too strong for even the Lords of the House of Derbies to aid in teaching how to use her skills towards more beneficial outcomes. The whereabouts of Joker-X are unknown. But it is believed that she may have found a kindred spirit in the being known as Joker-Y.

Jack of Dirigibles

Ace of Windows

Steampunk Card Deck- Joker-Y

Joker-Y is one of two native jokers in this cast of houses. Joker-Y has was originally adopted by the House of Gears and accepted as one of their own, but his denial of structure and perpetuation of chaos created such an uproar within the House of Gears that the House of Windows was consulted. The House of Windows offered to accept the youth for tutoring with the understanding that if the entity who would one day become the Joker-Y wished to stay under the House of Windows, that would be his choice. However the chaos tendencies were too strong for even the Lords of the House of Windows to teach control of. The whereabouts of Joker-Y are unknown. But it is believed that he has found a kindred spirit in the being known as Joker-X.

Minotaur

A friend of mine asked a favor, to work up a character for their men's roller derby team; The Cow-town Butchers. They were looking for a Minotaur, or an angry bull character, and asked for something in my drawing style. While it doesn't hit the 'roller-derby' answer at all, the character is interesting I believe.

Ace of Dirigibles version 2

Version 1 started to rub me the wrong way. He looked to villainous. So, since it's my game, I redid it. I am more satisfied with this option. Yes, HE is the Ace of Dirigibles. Done... I think.

The Ace of Dirigibles

The Ace of Dirigibles is a dog-eared Commander of battles across space and time, witnessing the rise and fall of so many, for so long, yet he refuses to give in to what he truly believes to be wrong. The Ace of Dirigibles has found a loyal House to follow, and a family to call home. For this he will devote and give all that he is.

King of Derbies

The King of Derbies is one who demands as much from his entire house as he does from himself. He expects victory over all he pursues and expects the same effort in all who follow him. This does not mean that defeat may not happen someday; it is just that it has not happened… ever. The King has a charisma, an ability to reach deep to a core of the individual where the pure self resides, that which is only the defiant independent and is able to touch it, to connect to it, and do speak directly to it. During this link, ideas, concepts, solutions, whys all become known.