"Moth Man is My Co-Pilot" [compilation station] by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

It's so dang close, we can almost SMELL it! (Or is that just the rum...???) Keep your chimney clean, and make sure to sharpen your pitchforks! The HOLIDAYS are upon us!!! Muuuha ha ha haaaa!!!!

Here's some celebratory arts:

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14 Dec. 2023

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"Moth Man is My Co-Pilot" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, liner pen, brush pen, mechanical pencil, tape, paper collage, and sticker collage on notebook page with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] Just a standard notebook page from a standard, old, weirdo... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/708

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"Warm Winter Nights" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen, felt pen, and colored pencil on paper notecard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] Fling wide the windows, children, for the nights are warm and the skies a bloody red! We hope the dreams are sweet, but we also know what the morning brings... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/842459

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"Sun Thru the Trees" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Photograph taken with my phone on location, actually OUTSIDE!!!, at Lake Sacajawea in Longview, Washington, USA.] Do you ever think, "That guy's complete batshit. Can't he do ANYTHING without a ghost, monster, snake, or robot in it???" Why WOULD I? Those things are awesome. Some days, however, the commonplace accidentally grabs my attention... Sorry! (This type of interest never lasts long, though, so don't worry too much...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/709

P.S. - [Here's what I wrote to explain this photo at Bluesky]: "Photo that I took with my phone. Sunlight pouring leisurely through the trees in the evening, probably piss drunk, already, and it's not even dusk yet! Stupid lush of a sun..."

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"Skull of Destiny" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] Found in a cave near Mt. Hood in Oregon, the skull seems to be made of malted milk, and there is a prophecy that to drink milk mixed with dust from the school will make one into a MYTHICAL BEAST... I saw we try it! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://zeroone.art/artwork/skull-of-destiny-by-richard-f-yates-holy-fool-3906

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"Division of Labor" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] The plan is simple. EAT. EAT IT ALL. Are you ready, Thom? Let's do it! GO! GO! GO!!! (And watch out for ghosts...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/710

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15 Dec. 2023

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"Hippopotamus Rex" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Digital drawing created with a no-longer-supported, free app on my phone!] I'm thinking there was some horrible, radioactive mishap that led to this mutation... I'm not sure if it's a new species, but his name is Doug, and he works in IT. ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/711

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"Kids are Screamers" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Liner pen, felt pen, and pencil on paper notecard.] Automatic writing that I created while the family around me was making holiday treats... (Spend time with the fam while they're still around!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/842536

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Objkt.com is having image loading trouble today, so I'm sticking with Teia...until it glitches out. I suppose I could just make a new zine or record a pirate radio show... but NO. I've got more than 80 images waiting to be shared, and (as a benevolent creator... HA!) I have a responsibility to my creations. Right?

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"Art Me Shazbot Cough" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and minor color tweaking.] Here it is! The thrills and spills and probably something unseemly. Freaky! Yeah? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://teia.art/objkt/842543

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"Frightful Collaboration" by Richard F. Yates & Felicity Echo Hanson

[Felt pen, brush pen, crayon, metallic marker, and sticker collage on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] My granddaughter, Felicity, and I full-on PUNISHED this paper with our artistic energies! (She's only four, so she has atomic grade energy reserves!) It's all for the fun it! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) & Felicity Echo Hanson (Preschool Potentate)

https://teia.art/objkt/842546

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Rev. Canis (aka: Richard O'Brien) has released the 2nd episode of the CHURCH OF DOG podcast for all those folks who love the furry, little beasts! Listen to the goodness, laugh, and feel GOOD!!!

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"Bumbling" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] This automaton is meant to be the perfect detective, and that means he says silly things, drops stuff, and trips a lot! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

https://objkt.com/asset/KT1F94smAkoLSgNT7PLaxYj7Ba1SKqXfGjsY/712

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16 Dec. 2023

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I used some of my free time to update the lovely and talented, MUSEUM OF POSTCARD ART!!! A handful of new cards have teleported into the mix, including this funtastic piece by the Hanson Family!

Check out the museum archive HERE!!!!
https://museumofpostcardart.wordpress.com/

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AND I just learned this evening that the QUEEN ALIEN herself -
@juliakponsford - has initiated a HIVE ART EXCHANGE for the holidays!!! Here's your chance to make and collect some ALIEN ARTS (or normal stuff, if that's your grind) from the 18th THRU the end of December!!! Check it out so you don't MISS OUT!!!

https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@juliakponsford/announcing-the-hiveartshare-event-starting-dec-18th-mint-collect-share-and-trade-art-3

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That's it for now!!! I gotta get to work on some HIVE ARTS!!! Speak at you froods pretty soon!

---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)