HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Admittedly, having New Year on a Monday night has killed the vibe a little. But I do hope you all have a good one.

A big thank you to anyone and everyone who has shown support for my artwork in 2018. From visitors to the Spring art show. Regular readers of Babayka-Lives. Or just those who enjoy my pin-ups. As an artists, it’s always good to know people are getting something out of your artwork.

I have many plans for 2019. I’m currently hard at work on my next SLASH-UPS pin-up. The theme of which, I hope to announce soon (although you can get a sneak WIP peek below). It’s something I’m very excited about, and have been enjoying working on over this Christmas holiday. Let’s just say I got to tick something off my artistic bucket list, drawing this current image.

I’m also working on new Babayka Land content as always (and hope everyone enjoyed the latest cliffhanger). As well as trying to move a couple of smaller side projects along.

Hope everyone enjoyed Christmas last week (if indeed you celebrate Christmas). And hope you all have a great 2019.

Step Into My Parlour.

I wish I could end the year by announcing what I’m working on next, but since I can’t, I can at least post a sneak peek of it to finish 2018 on.

I will be giving more details on this new piece of art in the coming weeks, but for now, this is all I can show… a spider readying his parlour.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2018.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas this morning.

I’m both a little behind on all things Christmas-y this year, and a little hung over, but I would quickly like to take this chance to send out some Christmas wishes (for those that survived the night, and weren’t taken by Krampus for their sins. God help us if he ever gets access to peoples’ internet search histories).

I have both boxsets of Game Of Thrones and American Horror Story to keep me going for the next few days this Xmas. As well as plenty of Vodka and Pringles and a loaf of Stollen (which I’ve really been getting into in recent Christmases, even though I hate fruit cake). As well as a couple of new graphic novels to read.

So those are my plan for getting through this Christmas. I hope people out there have their own. I know not everybody celebrates Xmas, and many can find it stressful, this time of year.

I will try and give an update on exciting stuff happening in 2019 soon, so stayed tuned.

Surviving The Purge.

As I put Babayka-Lives to rest again this weekend until it returns (hopefully) in 2019, it’s with a heavy heart I must make this next announcement.

While I have recently witness the carnage the forthcoming Tumblr anti-nudity purge has been having on professional photographers (who I very much consider artists), it wasn’t until I recently signed in and saw some of my own work had been “flagged” that I realizes I was also gonna have to take action and make some changes. I foolishly thought anything that clearly wasn’t photography or pornography wouldn’t be caught up in this nightmare… I was sadly wrong. So from now on, all nakedness will have to be censored on the webcomic until further notices.

While Babayka-Lives isn’t really known for its nudity, and in reality this will only effect a few pages, and therefore I hope to survive the purge this coming Monday. It’s still something that has been force upon me and my art, and not something I agree with or want to do.

Anyone who knows me, knows I’m very anti-censorship. Especially when it comes to nudity. Things like this come way too close to villainizing the human body, and feel like decisions made by people who are as far away from being artists as is humanly possible to be, while forcing very strong beliefs on artists and their art and output.

Who knows if Tumblr will still be around this time next year? As it’s clearly become a platform that is no longer a safe space to be creative or express yourself in for artistic types. I am nothing short of baffled at its recent business decisions.

I hope readers will understand. And this of course doesn’t effect Babayka-Lives in printed format. I’ve always secretly considered the books the best place to read this series anyway, and this just proves it. Digital is just way too easy to be tampered with. 

I feel very sorry for those that do express themselves more fully and include sexual themes in their work. You have my sympathies if you too have been caught up in this shitty purge. It honestly feels like a win for the bad guys and taking a step backwards, if I’m totally honest.

The Best Till Last.

As the year starts to come to an end, I still have a couple more treats up my sleeves for readers.

Firstly… it’s the last instalment of Babayka Land for 2018 over on Babayka-Lives this weekend. Tune in one last time this year to see what awaits the rattled solders hunting Babayka, as they come face-to-face with a big surprise.

And lastly, here is the final Rat victim of Vampire Cat (a character James Holcombe recently created for a quick art show). This last Rat is my personal favourite, as he looks a little like he died happy, laying on his back, with a slight smile. Maybe secretly, it’s how he wanted to go… sucked dry by a big kitty…

One thing I did like about 2018 was I finally got to do some Vampire artwork again this year. I do have a soft spot for drawing bloodsuckers.