The companion piece to Alice. I wanted to capture anger and rage with this one, while still holding on to the heart motif. I also wanted her to be pointy and dangerous, I even fashioned the hair to be reminiscent of horns. A sort of juxtaposition of the ideal of the heart and the reality of the Queen.

The Cheshire Cat is already insane, but I wanted to put my own mad spin on him. The way he appears and disappears makes me think of a snake's stealth, so I elongated the cat's body to a serpentine figure. Then I pushed his most prominent figures past the edge of propriety, his eyes and teeth. I'm truly satisfied with how unsettling it is.

This mysterious pale figure with glowing green eyes beckons you to join her. I got ambitious with this one and the foreshortened hand! I wanted an air of elegance and mystery, should you go with her? Does adventure wait for you, or something less pleasant?

When thinking about the composition I thought "what if she is reaching out of a painting?" Years ago, my dad made out-of-frame photoshop edits, and I thought of that effect and said yes, that will add to the atmosphere I'm trying to create here!

The only real question is, will you join her?

The Jolly Jester is an exercise in balaning paradox. The tattered left balanced against the new right, the stripes against the polka dots, the knife against the game, the beauty against the beast, and the humor against the horror.

The cards in her hand are the Aces and Eights of the black suits, that's known as "the dead man's hand." It was the hand Wild Bill Hickock had when he was killed.

This character started out when I was doing some gesture/life drawings and didn’t want to draw a head or face so I thought it was funny to draw a big eyeball instead. Eventually the eyeball got wings. And after drawing her a few times I named her ‘Candi’ (that’s Candy with and i [eye] – get it? It’s a pun, and she’s also ‘Eye Candy’) Sometimes I draw her with the back wings and sometimes not. I thought Candi would be perfect for a Halloween piece. So enjoy some Halloween Candi from JW608! 

This started with a pun. Somewhere online someone had mentioned a nekomancer. (Neko - Japanese for cat and necromancer - a practitioner of the dark arts). I found the pun amusing and so I made my own version. Though instead of a necromancer, she is just an undead cat girl.

My favorite parts are the ears sewn onto the hood, the bell, and hte stuffed mouse.

I called this one Mr. Mummy thinking I'd get a better title in the future. I never did and Mr. Mummy stuck.

This was an exercise to break away from my normal line art heavy style. I think it was a success. Rendering the gold was also and experiment for me.

I love this piece, it's one of my favorites I've ever done. The way the light bounces and plays, the harsh neon colors, the pensive look on the lady's face, I love it all and it was a joy to make!

The mask was the impetus for this piece. the rest just flowed from it. This was the first time I really started playing with colored lights and exploring them.