Showing posts with label zombie cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zombie cats. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

cleaning house ...

There's nothing like a mid life crisis and a murderous brain to really get a person thinking, which is often a bad thing ... and now that I've hit rock bottom ... again, it's time to change everything and start over, because OBVIOUSLY things haven't been working out very well going the way they have been going.

Besides ... what do I have to lose except stuff I have lying around here anyways .. right?

So ... it's time to sell off everything I can and start over ...

Starting with these sticker packs. They're 3 high quality large stickers for just $10, shipping included, and I'm throwing in a magnet and thank you sketch as well.
The best part, the envelopes are already made, all they need is your address.
There are only 10 available, and then that's it.
Get 'em  while you can: http://thehorde.storenvy.com

Part of the new strategy includes having everything ready to ship before even advertising or selling.

Monday, January 29, 2018

getting back online ... slowly



I'm offline now ... there is no home wifi available. It's my own fault, mostly. I could dwell on it and weave a sad story about it all but no one has time for that. Bottom line is shit happens.

Admit it and move on.

To all the awesome patient people that have been waiting on artwork ... thank you for your continued patience. I got overwhelmed with the amount I had to send out, combined with a bunch of other mental  issues ... it became to much. I flopped. It got dark and nearly fatal.
But I'm better at the moment and I should have everything in the mail and off my plate before the month ends. This is a huge step for me. Monumental even.
If you haven't gotten an email from me yet let me know. I have had so much happen that I may have lost track of a few items.
On the bright side of it if all ... I levelled up

the future behind the past ... but it's really the present

Anyways ... I'm offline. It's been over two weeks now and I have gotten so much drawing and artwork created. Sketches, a couple of paintings, a lot of cats, skulls, more sketches ... and my 3rd last commission is nearly complete. It's my last zombie couple portrait for a very long time probably and it looks gruesomely great ... at least I think so ;)


You might think that with all the artwork being created, there should also be some artistic growth. You'd be right! Especially since access to the internet has been stripped away.



I don't know how to describe everything that I want to accomplish, and all the ideas that are scrambling around in my head. I'm hoping it will show through in the upcoming weeks. Eventually everything should start to make more sense and some organization will become obvious. Right now I'm just having fun being offline and creating whatever my mind desires.
Speaking of being offline ... I am off of social media mostly now, except for occassional posts, so if you messaged me on facebook, g+ or any of the other platforms, I probably won't get back to you. If you need to reach me, send an email or post in the comments in one of my blogs. I will try to check email at least every other day or so.

In other news, I was recently gifted some great art supplies from one of my patreon patrons. Thank you Jacqueline Bartels for that. When I create something with those supplies, I'll mail it out to you. Should be soon :D



If anyone wants to trade artwork for artsupplies, let me know. I'm down for that.

I'm done for now. There is so much more to say though ... so stay tuned. I hope to post here at least once a week, with all the artwork that I have created up to that point. I hope to fill this blog with artwork and stories.
If you want to get behind the scenes even more and find out about the secret stuff I'm working on, consider becoming a patron for as little as a buck a month. There will be books, sketches and a tonne of other things going on.
If you want to see more zombie cats, check out www.thezombiecats.ca
Those undead kitties are running the show now, so it's a bit chaotic and messy, but they're trying. I will be posting all the zombie cat artwork over there from now on, except for the secret stuff, that goes on patreon.
 If you're in the mood for more  artwork of mine, with a two sentence horror story attached, visit www.twosentencehorrors.com ... and if you want to own a little piece of me, my artwork is available in my store. Everything there is already packaged and ready to ship. Part of my new business model :D
Stay tuned for much more coolness :)
Byron

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

murderous mind

This is a self portrait from the time leading up to the whole Christmas holiday season. Much feeding to the inner Troll was done, which caused what seemed like unending stress and anxiety and depression.

It took hard work but I had my wife fighting beside me, and together we stopped that troll long enough for me to see what I have in front of me.

Even posting this is a bit of a mind fuck for me but I'm trusting myself that it's okay. Weird right? Fucking brain is trying to kill me. Am i feeding the troll ... ?
crazy



Anyways ... all that depression caused some big mistakes to happen, so if you don't see me online for a while, don't panic.

It just means I'm trying to make enough cash to pay the phone bill.

December was all about robbing Peter to pay Paul ... freaking christmas ....

well it's the new year and Peter wants his money.

Part of my new ethos is about owning my mistakes, and taking care of them. Fixing them and hoping to never repeat them again.

This first one will be a test because I have to admit to my kids that I screwed up, sorry no wifi ... not cool but it's a first world problem that I hope becomes a growth lesson for everyone.

Anyways ... not to beg for help but rather to point out something ... I am trying to adopt out 50 zombie cats and I'm doing it for just $20. The reasons make a lot more sense than just 'Byron needs some cash' ... it's more about me entering a new phase of my life as an artist, a father, a husband and even as a person. I'm valuing things differently, I'm doing things differently and above all I'm trying to live differently ... and by differently I mean better.


So I'm selling off these little bits of my past to people that really love my work and could not afford it so that it can be spread to 50 different people in 50 different parts of the world. It's a huge challenge for me to get mail out on time but I'm making this 'sale' and the whole adventure of adopting these cats out a learning and growth experience.

I'll start to post the rest of the journey on the daily zombie now since I hope to mail them all out on Friday. The envelopes are made, just a bit more tape then they're all ready for stuffing with whatever zombie merch I have lying around. Then the lucky ticket needs to be made and all of them getting sealed, mixed up, addressed to 50 different people and mailed off.

It's a bit weird to think that I might never paint zombie cats like these 50 again ... but that's growth and I would rather know that part of my growth is out in the world, rather than in a storage bin under the stairs.

who wants a piece of my growth? :P

I'm part way there, hoping to do the actual mailing on Friday.
If you want to take part in this, the link is : https://payhip.com/b/TUg8

Whoever gets that lucky ticket also wins this

anyways ... this turned out to be a longer blog post than i expected
time to go get some more work done
thanks for reading, have a great night.

Monday, March 14, 2016

On the Wall

I am painting on art cards today. This one is based on one of +mary Zeman 's cats.

If you want a cat painting, or any kind of painting, I'm offering them up for as low as $25 this week.
Message me or secure your spot via paypal.me/byronrempel

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

the last day on sale

Today is my last day of my #zombie art sale.
The prices are $20 each unless otherwise marked, but if you want to order more than one, make me an offer. Thanks to everyone that has already purchased, your support means a lot to me and my family.



Saturday, March 29, 2014

Caturday



This is my first #caturday post since I revamped the Daily Zombie. I had thought about doing a 'how to draw a zombie cat' type post but then my better half reminded me that today is the day we take our kids to Jam Can curling. So that's out ... this time. I wonder if I should do some how to draw videos though ... what are your thoughts?

As for the image ... just throwing paint around and letting it take its own shape ... this cat seems to pop up quite often in my drawings.

Monday, April 9, 2012

apocalyptic acrylic zombie cat

playing with acrylics a little more these days ... here'st a my first zombie kitty all in acrylics on a masonite board. Buy it at etsy here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/97185635/orange-zombie-kitten

Saturday, April 7, 2012

9 zombie cats

It's CATurday today and I put 9 of my zombie kittehz together in one image. Hope you dig it, and if you want a print, let me know. Otherwise you can but it on a shirt here (for north americans) and here (for across the ocean)
due to the demand on g+ and elsewhere, 5 prints are available at this time

Thursday, September 1, 2011

sept1 and my son turns 4

Title pretty much sums things up. Really looking forward to the 2 oldest going back to school next week and getting on a much better routine. So many projects on the go right now and so many other things I want to do. Be on the look out for multi-headed zombie monstrousities coming your way this month, and several other goodies I have sloshing around my wood wyrm riddled mind.

prints are available - contact me for details



Wednesday, August 31, 2011

august endings

This has been a wild month. Commissions out the wazoo, zombie kittehz, spreading the horde, computer crashes, screaming kids, visiting in laws, swimming pools and corn festivals. I mentioned screaming kids right? School starts again soon, and once it does I HOPE to get so much more work done.




Friday, August 5, 2011

today is yesterdays future post

Yeah, missed yesterday. It happens. This really is the Almost Daily Zombie ... so there. More portraits in the works, more zombie kittehz being prepared, and 2 interviews done.
Interviews?
yeah ... crazy is right.
Still stalking the googlePLUS streams looking for victims. A few people are trying to bump themselves to the front but haven't found the way yet. Randomness is so much fun too.