What Thou Wilt
“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law, but you don’t have to be a dick about it.” Adaptation of the famous Thelemic law for the coming Strange Times. It’s unlikely that these signs and sigils will summon a gibbering beast from beyond space and time or protect you from gossiping co-workers, […]
As It Always Will Be
A resigned angel overlooks a stony shoreline, even the sky is cracked and gray. Download the full size image here This is the background for Her Soul
Modern Romance
A couple embrace as the sun sets, but their peaceful beach scene is overlaid with the harsh political reality of the current times, as ghostlike antifa protesters loom all around. Download the full size image here This is the background for This Life I Choose
Half-Remembered Home
A dreamlike collage of mountainous backgrounds, foggy valleys, and a sleepy village. The kind of place an unlikely hero sets forth from. Download the full size version of this image This is the background for Nevertheless She Persisted
Jellies In The Crowd
I have to confess, there was some laziness in the creation of this background. I meant to separate out the anatomical sketches of the jellies here and paste them around the image, but I ended up just slapping in the entire page as-is from the public domain book. Sometimes the lazy approach works, like here […]
Feelings of Unreality
From a description of depersonalization and derealization disorder, wherein the subject frequently suffers from the feeling that they or their surroundings are somehow not real, which can lead to significant distress and problems with work and relationships. Often occurs alongside other, better understood disorders, such as anxiety or depression. Like anxiety and depression, healthy people […]
Here I’ll Stand
The background here brings together five different landscapes from around the world, including one with a fairly prominent castle. There’s also a grungy layer on top with some vintage newsprint, and a second texture layer of a used cutting board to unify the colors a bit. Fun fact: this quote was actually my second choice […]
Mustachepple
It’s an apple. With a mustache. You can do anything you want with it, it’s kopyleft forever. Download the full size image here
Meant To Be
An intimidating mountain dominates a scene filled with geometric patterns and natural formations, the sky swirling with metamorphic layers, the ground nearly barren with only a hint of green to suggest that anything could live here. In the foreground, a massive mandala holds the title text. Download the full size image here
So Cleverly
A light re-write of an earlier piece, which may or may not have been part of the 2016 nightmare writing, over a background full of graffiti, elaborate decorations, and grungy ancient electronics. Download the full size image here
Wherever The Winds May Blow
One figure fishes while another sits in contemplation, they overlap but do not interact. The vast sea is overlaid with mysterious creatures and visions of cities and mountains, the whole world at their fingertips. DOwnload the full size version of this image
Your Virtue Will Not Save You (2)
Chaotic blue and green swirls embrace a dark world of sharp angles and hinted urban decay. The central message is loud and clear: we may be able to save ourselves, but merely being good will not be enough. Download the full size version of this file