This is an album cover I did for a heavy metal band called Hill of Foreskins.

Actually it was for church.  We’re going through the book of Joshua and Joshua 5:3 mentions Gibeath Haaraloth which translates to “hill of foreskins.”  My pastor said that would be a great name for a heavy metal band and one thing lead to another.

Anyway, I didn’t take into account the fact that this would be projected on a screen with the lights on, so it basically looked like “Smell the Glove” with a lightning bolt.  I should have made it lighter/higher contrast.  But I didn’t.  Oh well, live and learn I suppose.

If you’re interested in the technicalities (which you probably aren’t), I created it in a combination of Corel Painter, Inkscape and the Gimp.  It took me much longer than I probably should have spent on it.

Look, I’m going to be totally honest with you: zombies have just about worn out their welcome.  I remember a time when zombie movies meant something.  They were the exclusive property of movie geeks and were only made by small, indie studios and only came out of Italy or Pennsylvania.  But now it seems like every other movie, video game, or comic book is somehow zombie-related.

I guess that’s the geek curse.  You love something so much, but then the boring people of the world get a hold of it and overdo it and it’s just not cool anymore.  Oh, well.  I still went and drew this even though zombies are overdone.

Another day, another design that never went anywhere…I’ll let the art speak for itself.

There’s not much to say here, really.  It’s an eye with a Rubik’s cube in it.  It’s art.

It was originally a t-shirt design, but nothing ever came of it…oh well.

I don’t usually do portraits of other people’s creations.  That being said, I wondered what Stewie Griffin from Family Guy would grow up to look like.  Well, this is what I came up with.

Not a bright looking future, huh?

This, my friends, is a terrifying before and after look at our protagonist as an optimistic, straight-out-of-college young man on his first day of work.  The other side of the cup shows this same man as a haggard, world-weary, 3-year veteran of that same job which he had been so happy to have at one point in his life.

On a more techincal side, this is another striking example of the artists “two-sided cup” technique.

Yes, even zombies need recreation.  Also, it helps them stay fit so that they can chase down the living.  Man, I hate the living…

This is a moving picture of a dead man with his dead dog on the corner of Dead Street and 42nd Avenue.  It’s summer.  The sun is blocked by clouds and to the east, a young man is discovering Nintendo for the first time.  And everything is leaning slightly.

You’ll notice that I used blue ink in this one.  I think the blue really accentuates the feelings of loss and suffering that this skeleton must have.  I think like all true art, this piece really leads the viewer to ask the hard questions: Why does this skeleton lover rock’n'roll?  What happened to his skin?  How can he manage to keep his head upright without muscles and sinews?  Are those spiky things on his skull hair?

There comes a time in the life of any website where they just stop trying.  We here at Gimorozo take great pride in the fact that we started at that point.  We are so far beyond not trying that we are actually quite actively trying to make your life miserable.  How else could you explain this?  It’s a picture of a duck with sunglasses.  It’s not funny.  It’s not well-drawn.  In fact, there are absolutely no redeeming qualities to this post.  It is a complete and utter waste of your time.

Ok, well, I believe I have accomplished my goal.