I was walking through the toy aisle at Target when I found this thing and had a VIOLENT AND IMMEDIATE FLASHBACK to when JP first came out and they had a bunch of REALLY COOL T Rex toys that I would have sold one of my scrawny small-child limbs for but my mother wouldn’t get me one because they were “too violent and also ate people” :(
hnn I WANT IT SO BAD
on closer inspection, it makes a lot of really obnoxious noises and is also Too Expensive. BUT FEAR NOT I found this slightly smaller dude wedged in the back!
IT HAS BITE ACTION, AND THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS
now we enter the testing phase
yup. looks good.
Extreme Chompin T-Rex says IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS
Can we take a moment to appreciate that we can use this as a rosetta stone to say “EXTREME CHOMPIN’ “ in four languages?
OH SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT, let me check the garbage to see if it’s still there! hopefully I didn’t destroy it in my excitement
*roar sound effect*
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
update update: I re-sized her collar and found a bag of toy bones at the craft store. I haven’t put this much effort into a non-school thing since my last job search, help
Happy Valentine’s Day, lovers. Take care of each other and yourselves.
So holy crap, this image has gone viral! Time to add some information I should have included with this card in the first place.
A lot of folks have been asking me if this is part of a deck, and if there will be prints. First things first - yes on both counts. This is an ongoing deck, and there will eventually be art prints. Now the details.
The current plan is to make both the Major and Minor Arcana. Right now, I’m working on the Major Arcana, and I am doing the cards in numerical order. The Minor Arcana will be done Pamela Smith style with an image (rather than just an accompanying number of pips) for each card. Right now, I’m thinking that I will make a set of art prints available only once the Major Arcana is complete. But I may also run some limited editions to sell at conventions, such as Flame Con. We’ll see.
Once the deck is complete, I do plan to sell it. However, the deck is not going to be complete for a while. It’s a passion project right now, and I can only work on it when I am not working on paid commissions, comics, show pieces, producing Dr. Sketchy’s, and bashback. And we’re talking 78 images. That… takes a while.
People have also asked if I will discuss my inspiration for the cards, the symbolism I choose to include in the imagery and my process in creating them. Yes, I will! This was the first milestone on my Patreon, and it has recently been reached. So now, patrons at any level can see posts about my Tarot project.
So if you want to help me make the deck a reality sooner rather than later, if you want keep track of its progress and get first dibs on seeing the art, please feel free to sign up and support me!
