Dropping The Shopping.

I’m secretly hoping 2019 is the year I get to add some more Babayka-Lives fan-art to my Deviantart Babayka-Lives fan-art folder. It could use some fattening up, if anybody wants to feed it art?

Also I have to confess, I’m kind of considering maybe shutting down my Etsy Store this year at some point too, sadly. Babayka-Lives is (for good or bad) totally a one-man show, and so I haven’t really been able to give my online store any time or love or really do anything with it since it started. I very much like the idea of making and putting out Babayka or Yana themed knick-knacks and oddities on the side to help with cost, but struggle to find the time to do so or set anything up (plus the daily Etsy emails drive me mad).

My plan in the beginning was to maybe hook up with other arty creators (like plushy makers and print makers, etc, etc) and put out some Babayka-Lives related merch that way. But with all my time going towards actually making the comic, this hasn’t really happened yet.

That said… I would be very open to hearing what folks might like to see me sell if I do keep it going? Another setback and something I haven’t really had time to tackle is even just thinking of things people might wanna see in my store, so all feedback is very welcome and really does help. As always, Babayka-Lives contact address can be found here. 

I have watched youtube videos on how to make homemade action-figures and done research like that, but realistically it really would be stuff I could do on the side in my downtime, and in a small workspace with a small budget. Although maybe one day I’ll meet an indy action-figure maker and team-up with them on some Babayka and Brides toys.

I also enjoyed doing the Slasher paper doll of me on the cover of SLASH-UPS back in 2017, and have played around with the idea of maybe doing some Babayka themed ones at some point in the future, too, if people would like to see those?

I sadly just suffer from the curse of having more ideas than free time to do them in, annoyingly. I’m sure many of you are probably the same.

Scary Spider Sunday.

What better way to end the week, then with some more terrifying spider action.

Just between you and me, I think this particular spider is my favourite of all the many eight-legged creepy crawlies I’ve had to draw recently. He just seem the most organic looking of the bunch.

The big question is who or what has he caught in his web, though?

Infestation.

It’s crazy how many spiders I’ve had to draw and ink recently. I figure I must have drawn well over a hundred legs lately. Here’s a sneak peek at sixteen of them.

With all these Rats, Bees and Spiders posts recently, it’s like this blog is infested.

ZOM-BEE.

Christmas might be over for another year, but here’s a little slice of unseen Xmas 2018.

It’s a card I did last month drawn in the theme of the next SLASH-UPS challenge (which I’m still not announcing just yet, but also not really doing a very good job of hiding).

I’m actually pretty pleased with this sketch, considering I did it so quickly and was so worn out when I drew it.

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.