Artwork: Black Dragon

. Posted by Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions.com

Black Dragon

This is the first time I incorporated coffee and tea in my artwork. Since I’m not a coffee drinker, the small coffee grinds in the kitchen were finally of use. Also, I found that Darjeeling tea had a darker color over Lipton.

After a few washes, diluted sumi ink was splattered by tapping on the paintbrush. The dragon was then applied with several pens on the very forgiving clayboard. Overall, the creative process was very fun and satisfying.

Apparel Artwork: Rambo Rabbit

. Posted by Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions.com

Rambo Rabbit Shirt

Rambo Rabbit is a hand-illustrated character armed with a carrot gun and a take-no-prisoners attitude. The design is available as a shirt.

Having the t-shirt medium is very freeing as it gives me the opportunity to dabble in different art styles. I realize the subject of “animals and guns” is not a new concept, but I wanted to explore my own version. The inspiration stems from Tokidoki’s lovable creatures with guns, a conversation with a friend and a live-action 80s comedy film. Although I don’t recall the name of the film, the opening sequence always stuck with me–the main character was a cartoonist and draws a rabbit, which comes to life and starts shooting people. That was perhaps the most interesting part of the movie too, but overall, film is always a great inspiration.

Artwork: Scarabs and Their Eyeballs

Scarabs

Posted by Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions.

This piece was inspired by the King Tut Art Exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. I’ve always been fascinated by the incorporation of the dung beetle into the Egyptian mythology as a Scarab, a creature associated with the god Khepri, who pushed the sun through the Egyptian underworld. In my version, I replaced suns with eyeballs, as eyes are the windows to the soul–our own suns. The beetles are created in a bio-mechanical style and the minimal colors elude to the Ancient Egyptian influence.

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