Naughty. Been shopping. I bought the following pulp magazines as I thought they’d look great framed. And the theme (there has to be a theme) - octopus. Inspired by Pouple Pulps I sort sought these out on ebay. I give the octopus obsession another three or four months before I have lost interest. It will dissipate even faster if I get the “Vulgar Army” project up and running. Oh, and 1994 is a seriously dodgy magazine. Sheesh. It is still going on the wall though. That “Provocative illustrated adult fantasy” tag line is simply precious.

This is the image is the source for the title of this project. Can you guess why it is called the “vulgar” army? Can you, can you?

This is a is a pen & ink and acrylic on ~5?×7? stretched calico canvas. I wanted it to look like a battered post card so I scuffed it with a piece of sandpaper. This is one of those images that I went, “drat, I ruined it” after I added the text. Oh well, I still like it.

Due to issues upgrading the site, a lot of posts were lost. Instead of reposting each sketch, one by one, I am just going to throw must of them in here. So, in no particular order: