Hock Fooshevs

Don't ask.
All I know is that, whatever this is, it spawned from high-school weirdness and post-grad boredom.

Based on track twelve of Tenacious D's 2001 S/T. Also if you can't put a finger on why it sounds so odd, I did the same reversed voice reversal that David Lynch uses in Twin Peaks.

Melancholy Comics: 2

From 2010; concerning romantic expectation. The rag-doll is made of cloth and string and is actually sewn onto the paper.

Stand-up Comedy Attempt #2

Note: Audio is quite low. Content is NSFW if you get offended at the mention of dolphin penises and other mild profanity.

This was my second open-mic night at the Wiseguys comedy club, SLC in April 2013. My first attempt contained 100% different material, but still went about as well. I've gone three more times since then, but none were quite as bolstered by adrenaline-fueled vivaciousness. I'm working on writing more jokes, though I don't ever see stand-up as a serious pursuit for me. Nonetheless, I do consider it an art-form--especially after hearing some of the other brilliant SLC comics--so up it goes on the blog!

Perhaps more video to come, depending on how self-conscious I feel.

Genitalia

Specifically ant genitalia. . .
Even more specifically, a 130x scale replica of half of a male Formica obscuripes genital capsule.

  
^ Ectal view of the three main components.                                    Ectal view of the penisvalva and volsellus.  ^

^ Mesal view of the three main components.                         Mesal view of the three main components (exploded).  ^

Click to enlarge! (insert male-enhancement joke here)

These models were sculpted from my go-to medium (you guessed it) super sculpey, and gifted to my lab's former technician, Brendon Boudinot, before he moved back to California. Brendon is one of the world's experts on male ants and I could think of no better way to send him off than with a giant copy of what he frequently talked about with strangers: ant junk. The parts of the male genital capsule have robust setae (represented by copper wire), and though they are typically connected with muscle and thinned cuticle, here they are entirely disassemblable.

Just to make sure you don't think I crudely threw together some ridiculously shaped blobs and tried to pass them off as representations of a biological wonder, I've included some diagrams of Formica obscuripes genitalia from Brendon's recent functional morphology paper:

        Boudinot, B. E. (2013). The male genitalia of ants: musculature, homology, and functional
                   morphology (Hymenoptera, Aculeata, Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera
                   Research, 30, 29-49.

French puns: the height of comedy

Translation: "History often details the insanity of Don Quixote, but almost never speaks of his wife, the Lady Quichette."
Quixote, which is pronounced kee-shut in French, is similar to Quichette (pronounced kee-shet), which of course is a tiny quiche.

Hosewater Brewing Co.

Here are two beer labels I concocted for the beer-brewing crew I joined last year. Each is a simple pen sketch taped over a collage of ripped magazine paper. Both still need text placed on them in Photoshop, but that will likely happen when I produce more of these so that I can do it consistently all at once. Stay tuned for more! (Bitter Ex Amber Ale, Poacher's Pale Ale, Rye for an Eye, Johnny Pumpkinseed, Bitch-Tits Cream Ale, etc.)

Dapper Cactus IPA (India Pale Ale)

Wily Czar (Russian Imperial Stout)

Back on the horse!

I've accrued a decent amount of new works/tinkerings in the past couple of months--I figure it's time to start posting again!

Here's is a pair of earrings I modeled after the lace back of a friends dress (completed September 2013).

The frames are beaded lengths of jeweler's wire of varying gauges, and each row is strung to the last with thread which allows them to flow freely. The wire forming the top wedge had to be super-glued at the corners in order to keep the tension of the "loom's" coiled thread.

Another photo for scale (they should almost touch the shoulders on most people):

I'm particularly fond of these as the dangling beads are also very reminiscent of Neuropteran eggs ^_^