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This is what air looks like according to Paracelsus, a 16th century Swiss physician, astrologer, and alchemist. From the Anatomy of Melancholy: The air is not so full of flies in summer, as it is at all times of invisible devils. Yes, I am still stuck in Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subsect. 2: […]
Oh what’s that, a unisex nursery wallpaper pattern?
Let’s look a little closer…
And here we have Dido’s ghost haunting Aeneas.
‘Omnibus umbra locis adero : dabis, improbe, poena.”
I dunno… I’m very sleepy again, and when I am very sleepy, I draw zombies. Why does a zombie have a box of seahorses? Why is he wearing socks? Shhhhhhhhh quiet now! Sleeping. Follow me on Instagram! devon_isadevon! Facebook too!
What’s your favorite month? Well, mine definitely is not February.
Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken, may rejoice.
I really like a show called It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Happy birthday! Follow me on Instagram! devon_isadevon! Facebook too!
Well, it seems like I am going to compulsively illustrate every sentence of this section on demons. It is pretty great. Concerning the first beginning of them, the [1120] Talmudists say that Adam had a wife called Lilis, before he married Eve, and of her he begat nothing but devils. If you don’t know the […]
Have you ever wondered how ghosts are shaped? Like, really thought about it. What shape are ghosts? Squares? Circles? Rhombi? Well apparently four hundred years ago Jean Bodin thought about that question a lot: Bodine goes farther yet, and will have these animae separatae [abstract souls], genii, spirits, angels, devils, and so likewise souls of […]
So… I was going to wait a bit to get back into this whole drawing, Anatomy of Melancholy, thinking, writing thing – wait until life settled down – but I dunno, I missed it. So here is today’s quote: [Facius Cardan] asked them many questions, and they made ready answer, that they were aerial devils, that […]
Just a quick doodle thanks to my bigger kid who said: “I know THREE WORDS that begging with R! Red! Rat! Rabbit! So naturally, I had to draw a red ratrabbit for her.
This right here is the reason I do not make, or send, Christmas cards. But for Christmas 2018, I think I will try selling these in that Etsy store that I STILL haven’t managed to set up. Just to see what happens. Merry Not Christmas Anymore to all, and to all a good night. Follow […]
Happy New Year! Once again life has to take priority over art, so sadly I won’t be posting for a while. Hopefully I can get back To It in a couple of weeks 🙂 Here is a little mash-up of my most popular pictures from 2017, and see you again soon I hope!
As requested by my daughter: Rosie goes swimming in the water. Rosie is the feral cat who lives in our backyard. I love that damned cat so much, but she is never going to let me pet her because she doesn’t know what petting is. Poor Rosie. She does like to sit approximately five or […]