THE FORMATION OF BLACK SABBATH

This is still part of the chair project, these are my ten roughs of a story based around an event that happened in 1969, the year my chair was designed.

Black sabbath formed, but not nearly excitingly enough as anyone might hope, so I decided to create my own version of events.

1. One day in the depths of hell, the devil was just hanging out with some of his most evil pals, when he started to feel rather nauseous...
2. ...and so, threw his guts up into the fiery pit.
3. After examining the results of his stripy laugh, old Lucifer realised he had unleashed a force to be reckoned with...
4. BLACK SABBATH!!!
5. Bill bargained with the devil about getting the hell out of hell. 6. Satan agreed and handed Ozzy a magic kazoo that he knew would do something but hadn't ever been figured out and had just been lying around for thousands of years.
7. Ozzy knew full well how to use the magical implement, filled it with some 60s weed and blazed it up. 8. From the thick smoke emerged a mystical wizard... 9... who gave them the keys to his Rover 10. and the lot of 'em did one to Brum to start writing for the first album! I can see a more developed and sophisticated version of this working well, maybe in some sort of comic book format. I may end up making a short black n white zine out of this...
Maybe do my own story of some other bands' early years too, or as Charlie suggested, doing a timeline of doom metal bands. That might be a larf.

Alphabet of my mind

THE ALPHABET

A is for APPLE BUMMERS.

B is for BOAT.
C is for DALEKAT
D is for DAILY LIFE, URGH!
E is for ECTOPLASM
F is for FLASHER
G is for GHOSTS
H is for HEAVY METAL HARIKIRI
I is for IRELAND
J is for JAUNDICE JESTER
K is for KUNG-FU KNACKER
L is for LETHARGIC LUDDITE
M is for MEMENTO MORI
N is for NEUROSIS
O is for OATCAKES.
P is for PASTA
Q is for QUINCUNX
R is for RUBICON
S is for SKINHEADS
T is for TANDEM CLUB
U is for UKEBRELLA
V is for VEGETARIAN VULTURE
W is for WHISKEY WIZARD
X is for XENOPHOBIC XPAC
Y is for YUPPIE YAUCHTING ACCIDENT
Z is for ZOMBIE INVASION

I did these in 2 batches basically..

batch 1 = A-K, M, O, P, S, T & X
I am especially pleased with A-D, G, P & S from this set.
Using different media, colours and selective collage is beneficial to the overall final look of these images, which I think are quite strong. I found that the yellow graph paper pleasing to the eye and I think it made my images more interesting.
In contrast, look at O, where I have drawn straight onto the graph paper. This image doesn't have the same impact, whereas if I had drawn the oatcake on white paper, cut that out and collaged it onto the yellow, it would have stood out more. Some of the others such as T are also a bit rushed and so don't look too hot.

batch 2 = L, N, Q, R & U-Z
In the second batch I started using felt tips, pencil crayons and markers.
L turned out pretty well, the main skin tone is crayon and the neck and boob shadows are felt tip. This worked out better than I expected really.
Q is wank. Would be acceptable with fineliner outline and maybe a bit of pattern. And if i could colour in within the lines...
I am content with W, Y & Z,
W & Y saw me using crosshatching technique for shading, I think this adds an interesting effect to the images. I could have done with carrying on with the sea in Y but my wrist hurt haha.
Z is mostly crayon, fineliner and blood red marker. It looks well scribbly like a really badly made comic but I think that adds to its charm more than anything.