Opsanus Output

[Opsa]

I don't know what you'd call these. They are painted, but with a drawn feeling.


The first two are for Goatie. Please excuse the odd angles, as they have glass over them and I was trying to avoid reflections.





This was the first in my cartoony series. I was trying to break away from being too exact and literal.



These were some morning glories on my front porch:

[goat starer]

lovely! if I ever get a digital camera I will put up some of my tree frog paintings.

[Sibling Kephra (Tansy)]

ooOo!  (drool)
I'm eternally fascinated with people who can really draw/paint...  I'd love to be able to, but I'm just too 'logical' along those fronts.  Everything has to be symetrical or I go bananas.

Kephra the OCD doodler..

[The Meromorph]

I understand the amount of sheer effort that goes into achieving that kibd of simplicity.
Wow!

[Sibling Chatty]

I am in complete awe of the strength of the cat and teaset picture.

It's all great work, but the cat just gets me...

[Opsa]

Aw, gee. Thank you!

[Opsa]

Pieces o Nine

A friend I never met has gone.
Through words alone we began
and carried on through highs and lows.
She was my sibling, my sister,
my partner in crimes against the language,
my crazy boisterous pirate playmate.
She was always here, but now she's
not, any more.
I will come to the playground and look for her,
even though I know she won't be here.
I will look at the words she left behind.
They will hang in space like angels.
Like angels
aloft,
aloof,
they will not respond to my replies.

Pirate woman spirit,
are you bouncing around the afterlife
in your leather bodice,
firing up the margarita machines?
I'll fire one up for you
come Friday,
just like you would for me.

No-one could draw like you, Pieces.
No-one could think like you.
Your spirit was always free, and now
the rest of you is, too.

I only knew a tiny bit of you-
just what you shared here,
but that tiny bit meant more than you knew.
That tiny bit
was part of my heart
but now it is broken
in Pieces.

[Bluenose]

Beautiful, just beautiful.

[Bruder Cuzzen]

Thank you Opsa.

[Griffin NoName]

Beautiful Ops. I am teary.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Thank you Opsa.  that actually helps a little. 

[Opsa]

Thanks, I hope so. It helped to write it. I just didn't know what to do with myself when I heard the news.

[The Meromorph]

Well done, beloved sibling. 

[Opsa]

I wanted to make some Darlica-style ice candle holders last night, since we were having arctic conditions. I remembered that Aggie had thought of filling balloons with water to make round shapes, but looking around, I was fresh out of balloons, so I used a pair of rubber gloves.

Below is how they looked this morning. They are so solid that there's no place for a candle (except maybe between the fingers?) but they are interesting.

The second photo shows icy outlines of where the gloves may have leaked a little before they froze. I thought it made a neat shot. This was supposed to be a tribute to Pieces.

[Darlica]

Cool! 
You can make more of them, put them upright in a circle and light a candle in the middle.