Feeping Creatures:Feep o' the Morning

Feeping Creatures Green Razzer Monster

2012-02-13T07:22:00.000-08:00

The phrase "blowing a raspberry" has its origins in cockney rhyming slang. "Raspberry tart" = "sounds like a fart." Charming, no?

Feeping Creatures Tentacle Barnacle Figurine

2012-02-10T07:25:00.000-08:00

This barnacle is known to affix itself to nauseatingly cute creatures, thereby restoring balance and harmony to the universe. It nourishes itself upon the moment sappy sentiment gives way to perplexed horror, as the viewer of the original nauseatingly cute creature shifts from "Awww!" to "Ewww!"

Feeping Creatures Plesiosaur Dinosaur Figurine

2012-02-07T07:16:00.000-08:00

This here is Plessy the Plesiosaur of Loch Pless. It may please you to learn that Plessy is not any kind of a hoax, but a true flesh 'n' blood (or polymer clay, at any rate) entity.

Feeping Creatures Blue Whale Figurine

2012-02-06T07:23:00.000-08:00

The first feeps of 2012 have begun rising from the depths and crawling from the crevices. I'll be adding them to the Etsy store throughout the week. Let us begin with the tiniest version of the largest animal on earth.

Feeping Creatures Purple Corkscrew Snoot Wine Charm

2012-02-03T07:31:00.000-08:00

Not that I am suggesting anything about what I might wish to do this weekend. Ahem hem.

Feeping Creatures Purple & Gray Tentacle Twist Figurine

2012-02-02T07:24:00.000-08:00

Why did I have to go and invoke things going according to plan yesterday? They, of course, did not. Sigh! Fate needs to learn to resist temptation, is what it is.

Feeping Creatures Green & Black Squid Necklace

2012-02-01T07:19:00.000-08:00

If all goes according to plan (and when does it ever fail to do so?), I will get crankin' on some new monsters this afternoon. O my yes.

Feeping Creatures Snail Figurine

2012-01-30T06:53:00.000-08:00

This is about how fast I'm moving this morning.

Feeping Creatures Sea Serpent Necklace

2012-01-27T07:39:00.000-08:00

This feep likes to hang around your ocean-neck. Ha ha. Get it? Ocean-neck? Oceanic? No? Okay, fine. Whatever.

Feeping Creatures Fire Snat Figurine

2012-01-24T07:27:00.000-08:00

Those are racing stripes, obviously.

Feeping Creatures Turtle Snail Figurine

2012-01-23T07:24:00.000-08:00

The question is, which half is the slow half?

Coil Cyclops Necklace

2012-01-18T07:29:00.000-08:00

For all your cyclops-wearing needs.

Feeping Creatures Anti-Valentine Monster Card

2012-01-17T06:52:00.000-08:00

I've been making cards of various sorts for years, with a particular focus on anti-valentines. I have only just now gotten around to printing up cards and offering them for sale, but at long last it is done (for one design, at least).

You can see the listing for this card here in my Etsy store.

Blue & Black Tentacle Twist

2012-01-16T07:20:00.000-08:00

Lately I've been working on getting some older pieces listed in the Feeping Creatures Etsy Store, mostly flat art that's been hidden away in folders, waiting for me to get around to dealing with it.

I've also been upgrading photos of pieces that only had one image, or whose images were too small. What I have learned is that my camera is kinda crap. I mean, I did get it for free several years ago, so perhaps I should not be surprised, but an upgrade of equipment may well be in the offing.

Feep sketch from New York Comic Con 2011

2012-01-13T07:37:00.000-08:00

This is from last October, and I am posting it now because I am just that organized, o yes! I stole the markers of a tablemate to do this one, but I think from now on it would be wise for me to keep a red marker as well as a black in my con pen bag.

Tentacle Squid Monster Necklace

2012-01-12T07:27:00.000-08:00

For all your tentacle-accessorizing needs.

Bat Demon Orneryment

2012-01-11T07:26:00.000-08:00

I am experimenting with a new way of making bat wings (always something of a pain to shape by hand of polymer clay, because it's hard to get the curves and the symmetry right without a template). I snagged a relatively small bat-shaped cookie cutter at a Halloween after-sale, still on the large end relative to your average feep, but small enough to work with nevertheless.

Coil Worm

2012-01-09T07:29:00.000-08:00

This particular feep worms its way into your heart via a corkscrew motion.

Bejabalo's Commission

2012-01-06T07:36:00.000-08:00

This drawing was a commission I did for a holiday gift. The name and concept for the monster were the invention of the couple, and the girlfriend wanted me to draw it up all fancy as a surprise present for her boyfriend. The monster is called the Bejabalo, so I'm guessing the room it's hanging in is the Bejabalo's den (or possibly restaurant and bar).

Tentacle Barnacle

2012-01-05T07:22:00.000-08:00

I finally managed to get the last of the 2011 feeps listed in the Feeping Creatures Etsy store.

Now, we merely wait to see what new monsters shall squiggle forth in 2012 ...

Blue & Purple Coil Cyclops

2012-01-02T07:24:00.000-08:00

I'm hoping to get the last of the 2011 feeps photographed this week, that they may be seen here and on Etsy.

Happy Feepmas to Thee and Thine

2011-12-23T09:42:00.000-08:00

Merry cluster of holidays that happen at the end of the year, y'all.

Coil Eel

2011-12-22T07:25:00.000-08:00

Despite the bulbous eyes, this eel actually has poor eyesight and must navigate by taste.

Blue Coil Cyclops

2011-12-21T07:21:00.000-08:00

If you lived here, you'd have granite counter tops. No roof or anything, but granite counter tops!

Raspberry Nightcap

2011-12-20T07:22:00.000-08:00

This feep's name sounds like randomly-generated bot text, doesn't it?

Fire Cat Snake and raccoon tracks

2011-12-19T07:05:00.000-08:00

The cats of my household are endlessly fascinated by the raccoons that make occasional appearances on the back porch. Thankfully, their only interactions are through panes of glass. The cats don't quite seem to understand that raccoons are lawless brigands who will cut you given half a chance.

Mustachioed Raspberry Nautilus

2011-12-16T07:24:00.000-08:00

Oh, it's been that kind of a week. If this feep had a fist it would shake it, but failing that, it razzes the world.

Swirled Sea Turtle

2011-12-14T07:28:00.000-08:00

Just chillin' by the lagoon. Or, in this case, tiny spring-fed puddle (but to a feep-sized creature that's as good as a lagoon).

Purple & Green Snat

2011-12-13T07:23:00.000-08:00

This snat is thinking of hopping a train, but it gets dizzy at speeds over 2 miles per hour.

Bee-Striped Octopus

2011-12-12T07:25:00.000-08:00

This feep is trying to lurk in the shadows, but it's a bit too sunny here.

Round Rattler

2011-12-09T07:30:00.000-08:00

Just a friendly reminder, should you be considering giving the gift of feep this holiday season, that shipping times slow down at this time of year due to the general volume of mail being handled by the dear ol' USPS, so it's best to get your orders in soon to ensure a timely arrival. Head this way for your feeply needs:

The Feeping Creatures Etsy Store

Blue & Pink von Snoot

2011-12-08T07:23:00.000-08:00

Been workin' on the railroad. You didn't know the tracks were maintained by tiny monsters, did you?

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops observes the George Washington Bridge

2011-12-07T07:27:00.000-08:00

Viewed from Fort Tryon Park, it is the very bridge that takes one (and one's feeps) out of New York and into New Jersey, en route to Newark Airport, not but a couple of hours after this photo was taken. Adieu!

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops at the Cloisters in Manhattan

2011-12-06T07:26:00.000-08:00

What to think about a door that is simply labeled "known point," and then tightly shut? One has to assume that, along with transporting the stones and artifacts of European cloisters to New York, they also inadvertently transported a few of the resident ghosts or demons. You know, the sorts of things that can't be destroyed, but have to be sealed with wards behind thick doors, and are spoken of only in hushed whispers for centuries. Oopsie!

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops at the Cloisters in Manhattan

2011-12-05T07:33:00.000-08:00

A portcullis only really works, of course, if your average horde can't fit through the openings. Prepare to be overrun by tiny monsters, o Cloisters.

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops at the Cloisters in Manhattan

2011-12-02T06:38:00.000-08:00

Evidently you need a portcullis to keep out the barbarian hordes from lower Manhattan.

New feeps in the Etsy shop

2011-12-01T07:37:00.000-08:00

Also, for your edification, there are several new feeps in the Feeping Creatures Etsy Store, including the intrepid explorer of north Manhattan I've been featuring this week.

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops at the Cloisters in Manhattan

2011-12-01T07:29:00.000-08:00

Nestled within Fort Tryon Park is a collection of buildings known as The Cloisters, a mashup of several medieval buildings imported from Europe by one of New York's eccentric rich people (one John D. Rockefeller, Jr., perhaps you've heard of him). There's a museum inside, but sadly we were there on a Monday and the museum is closed Mondays, so we had to content ourselves with wandering around the outside.

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops in Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan

2011-11-30T07:25:00.000-08:00

This archway, just so you know, leads you to a parallel universe.

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops in Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan

2011-11-29T07:32:00.000-08:00

Nary a skyscraper or a gigantic billboard in sight.

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan

2011-11-28T07:29:00.000-08:00

The next several photos are of our intrepid little Coil Horn Cyclops friend running around Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan. It's an impressive landscape of quiet greenery in a city known mostly for its buildings and its bustle.

Road Feeps - Coil Horn Cyclops and art deco grate in Manhattan

2011-11-22T07:39:00.000-08:00

This grate protects a public utility building in a section of Manhattan that was clearly built up in the 1920s. All the buildings around there have this kind of style. Makes one feel a bit as though one is walking through a certain Fritz Lang film.

Road Feeps - Orange Round with New York fauna

2011-11-21T06:54:00.000-08:00

This feep manages to find a dwelling in Manhattan that's the right size for the price.

Road Feeps - Red & Black Coil Cyclops at Riverside Cathedral in Manhattan

2011-11-18T07:23:00.000-08:00

Just around the corner from ol' Grant's place is this ornate edifice.

Road Feeps - Red & Black Coil Cyclops at Grant's Tomb

2011-11-17T07:19:00.000-08:00

Feels a bit like sneaking around the dragon.

Road Feeps - Tentacle Larva at Grant's Tomb

2011-11-16T07:27:00.000-08:00

It is, according to the posted information, the largest mausoleum in the United States. We got there right as it was closing, so only had but a moment to peek inside. It was rather interesting to contrast Grant's Tomb with the mausoleums in Mt. Auburn Cemetery (where we had just been), and which until now had seemed impressively elaborate and ornate.

No, for this you gotta be more than just rich.

Road Feeps - Von Snoot and statue in Sakura Park, Riverside, NYC

2011-11-15T07:25:00.000-08:00

That's the Riverside Cathedral peeking through in the background. I don't know who this statue represents. It was cordoned off with caution tape, and a sign alerted one of an apparently vicious wasp nest. So the feeps and I observed from afar.

Road Feeps - Feep Snail in Manhattan

2011-11-14T07:16:00.000-08:00

The snail wishes to know what these apartments rent for, but is mildly afraid of large numbers, and thus refrains.

Road Feeps: Bat Necklace looms over Manhattan

2011-11-11T07:22:00.000-08:00

Swooping down over Grant's Tomb and Riverside cathedral to appropriate accompaniment.

Road Feeps - Purple von Snoot in Salem, MA

2011-11-10T07:28:00.000-08:00

Let us bid adieu to Salem (though there are yet more photos for future editions of Road Feeps Redux) with this parting shot of an old building in the harbor area. Next up: New York!

Road Feeps - Green & Black Coil Cyclops in Salem, MA

2011-11-09T07:26:00.000-08:00

A (presumably) decorative urn adorning someone's fence. Unless that's where the bad relatives go.

Road Feeps - Orange Cat in Salem harbor

2011-11-08T07:27:00.000-08:00

White not a huge fan of large bodies of water (for obvious reasons), the feep cat nevertheless enjoys a city that is covered in cat iconography to go with all the witchiness.

Road Feeps - Purple Coil Cyclops in a horn in Salem, MA

2011-11-07T07:19:00.000-08:00

This was part of a display along the pier area of downtown Salem. I'm honestly not sure what this thing is (the horn, I mean, not the monster). I could have read the informational sign that was there next to it, but obviously I didn't, so now I must suffer in ignorance.

Road Feeps - Purple Coil Cyclops with Salem, MA fire alarm

2011-11-04T07:23:00.000-07:00

This feep is prepared in case an antique fire breaks out.

Road Feeps - Blue Horn Blob on Salem, MA hitching post

2011-11-03T07:20:00.001-07:00

Don't forget to tether your feep, lest it wander off and fall prey to feep thieves.

Road Feeps - Bat Necklace at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

2011-11-02T07:17:00.000-07:00

Chillin' on a pillar.

Road Feeps - Bat Necklace at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

2011-11-01T07:28:00.001-07:00

And now, back to the feep bat's tour of Mount Auburn Cemetery. The place was founded in 1831, so the monuments are newer than the ones the feeps were looking at in Salem, but the ones at Mt. Auburn frequently tend toward the elaborate and ornate.

Halloween Feep-o-Lantern

2011-10-31T07:23:00.000-07:00

It is, of course, time for the annual showing of the feep-o-lantern. This year's offering is something of a mad scientist type who just drank the transformation concoction:

Road Feeps - Bat Necklace in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

2011-10-28T07:21:00.000-07:00

Is the fence there to keep someone out, or to keep something in? Eh?

Road Feeps - Bat Necklace in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

2011-10-27T07:26:00.000-07:00

I don't think this urn-like thing is an actual urn, just decoration for a monument. But I got distracted by some ducks in the pond and didn't read the inscription on the nearby obelisk, so perhaps it is an urn after all.

Road Feeps - Feep Snail on an ivy-covered headstone in Salem, MA

2011-10-26T07:30:00.000-07:00

Salem was kindly being very picturesque for me and the feeps.

Road Feeps - Cat Slug in Salem, MA Cemetery

2011-10-25T07:23:00.000-07:00

I believe we have found the headstone for Frankenstein's Monster.

Road Feeps - Red & Black Tentacle Larva in Salem, MA cemetery

2011-10-24T07:30:00.000-07:00

Sure, cemeteries are filled with ghosts and ghouls, but one must stop and appreciate the little horrors as well.

Road Feeps - Red & Black Snat in Salem, MA Graveyard

2011-10-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

I am back from New York Comic Con and the wilds of the northeast, and I have a ton of pictures to prove it. I'm still sorting through them all, but since we're in the run-up to Halloween I figured I should go ahead and start posting some of the pictures I took in some of the very picturesque cemeteries in Salem and Boston. Let us begin with Salem, shall we?

New York Comic Con next weekend

2011-10-07T07:32:00.000-07:00

For those of you who actually read the texty bits of this blog, my sprained hand is doing much better. Yesterday I engaged in my first round of feepmaking since the injury. The purpose was to get some stock together for New York Comic Con next weekend, where you will find the feeps ensconced at the Prism Comics booth.

I don't have pictures of the new feeps yet, but my plan for next week is to take lots of pictures of them around New York and Boston, so when I return I'll have some fresh new Road Feeps pix to share with you.

So! If you're in NYC next weekend (Oct 13-16), do come to the show. Otherwise, see you here online when I get back.

ArmadilloCon and hand update

2011-08-26T07:31:00.001-07:00

Just checking in to let you know that ArmadilloCon is this weekend, and I'll be there with my table o' feeps.

My hand is, unfortunately, still hurt. I sprained it pretty badly, and since it's my dominant hand it's very difficult to avoid using it altogether. Sprains take an annoyingly long time to heal, so it could be a few weeks before I'm back to normal. So I figured I'd take this opportunity to post a get well card I made a few years ago.

Squip and Service Advisory

2011-07-28T07:14:00.000-07:00

Sorry my posting has been sporadic. I hurt my hand and spending too long on the computer makes it worse, so I have been trying to limit my typing time. Hopefully things shall return to normal next week.

Conical Mollusc

2011-07-25T07:24:00.000-07:00

They use their powerful tentacles to pry open laptops.

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops takes in the view

2011-07-22T07:15:00.000-07:00

One last look out on the beach before we go ....

Dominican Feeps - Snat on a Log on a Beach

2011-07-21T07:13:00.000-07:00

I took this photo because I wanted to -- ha ha -- snat-a-log this event! Ha! Oh, my.

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops and Hibiscus

2011-07-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

We are amused to discover that one of the very common floral inhabitants of the DR is possessed of a feep-like snoot.

Dominican Feeps - Snat has dinner on the beach

2011-07-19T07:25:00.000-07:00

The snat seemed a bit grumpy this trip. I guess the cat part of it wasn't really thrilled with all the water, but I figured the snail part would dig the moisture. Then I realized it was salt water we were talking about. Ooops.

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops and Petrified Coral

2011-07-18T07:27:00.000-07:00

Either stones made of petrified coral wind up in a lot of masonry in the DR, or the place is lousy with bees that pulp rocks to make their hives.

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops and mountains

2011-07-15T07:16:00.000-07:00

It ain't all beaches here. Our cyclopean friend takes in the mountains off in the distance.

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops and Sun

2011-07-14T07:14:00.000-07:00

Turns out this is where they keep the sun. And it feels kinda like it has a giant magnifying glass in front of it. It's not crazy hot (*cough*Austin*cough*), but it is extremely intense.

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops amongst the foliage

2011-07-13T07:16:00.000-07:00

Taking a brief break from the water to examine the local flora and fauna ... or, rather, the landscaper's impression thereof.

Dominican Feeps - Poolside Cyclops

2011-07-12T07:13:00.000-07:00

Waiting patiently for that perfect wave.

(And yes, apparently it's important to have a pool when you're a 2-minute walk to the beach.)

Dominican Feeps - Rooftop Cyclops

2011-07-11T07:33:00.000-07:00

Watching the kite surfers from a safe distance (you'll probably have to click on the photo to enlarge in order to see the kites). But yes, it can be a little scary to be on the beach with them, as they're moving pretty fast and the kite wires look like they could garrotte you in you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Dominican Feeps - Cyclopean Beach Comber

2011-07-08T07:27:00.000-07:00

Even though the promenade isn't very far away, when you're only a little over an inch high a hundred yards is like a mile. So, to the beachmobile!

Dominican Feeps - Snat and Truck

2011-07-07T07:22:00.000-07:00

What's this? Feeps with a vehicle? Nothing can go wrong!

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops Sand Castle

2011-07-06T07:13:00.001-07:00

Let's face it - we know why we're here.

Dominican Feeps - Chillin' on the porch

2011-07-05T07:14:00.000-07:00

It was a long drive to the rental house in Cabarete, but try not to feel too bad for the feeps. They're tough, and they're managing.

Dominican Feeps - Santo Domingo Colonial Zone

2011-07-04T07:18:00.000-07:00

A bit more ogling of the old Spanish fortifications before we head off to the real business, i.e., the beach.

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops and Cannon

2011-07-01T07:27:00.000-07:00

Our protagonist prepares to repel the invaders (who, given the hardware, were probably the French or the English).

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops and the life-size metal bull sculpture

2011-06-30T07:29:00.000-07:00

The Cyclops briefly ponders a career as a steampunk cowboy. [Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo]

Dominican Feeps - Cyclops in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo

2011-06-29T07:01:00.000-07:00

The feeps and I have returned from our trip to the Dominican Republic. We started out in Santo Domingo, and wandered around the old Spanish fortifications in the Colonial Zone.

Coiled Cat Snake

2011-06-16T07:24:00.000-07:00

I'm going to be away for the next week and then some, so no updates for awhile. But! When I return, exciting new photos of feeps in exciting new places. Stay tuned ...

Tiger Rodent

2011-06-15T07:17:00.000-07:00

The tiger rodent practices its angrycute snarl, using a classic feep as inspiration.

Orange Tabby

2011-06-14T07:14:00.000-07:00

That bone, by the way, is now on the ground, as the raccoons have decided certain objects on the porch need rearranging.

Squid Spike

2011-06-13T07:11:00.000-07:00

Clearly this squid hunts by shooting itself like a javelin and impaling the prey.

Purple & Green Squid Necklace

2011-06-10T07:09:00.000-07:00

The squid has found the treasure chest ... but whither the booty?

Blue & Orange Horned Slug

2011-06-09T07:01:00.000-07:00

Some feeps make their home amidst antique packaging materials.

Purple Vulture

2011-06-08T06:38:00.000-07:00

The vulture sits down for a wee afternoon snack.

Squid Necklace and Bean Cat Pillow

2011-06-07T07:12:00.000-07:00

There's something very meta about a feep accessorizing with a feep.

Green & Purple Upright Tentacle Twist

2011-06-06T07:19:00.000-07:00

Sleepytime feep needs caffeine.

Tentacle Swan

2011-06-03T07:11:00.000-07:00

I suppose a tentacle swan boat would be appropriate for a river ride in the land of bones, bats, and spider webs.

Bug-eyed Round Monster

2011-06-01T07:21:00.000-07:00

I just added this critter, plus quite a few others, to the Feeping Creatures Etsy store. Observe!

Concerened Eyestalk

2011-05-31T07:15:00.000-07:00

One thing that might cause an eyestalk consternation: "Where did I leave my monocle?"

Blue Tentacle Twist

2011-05-30T06:44:00.000-07:00

This looks like a fire place to lurk.

Purple Squid Coil Necklace

2011-05-27T07:08:00.000-07:00

The feeps' run at Austin Books is nearly over! Last weekend for the show (though it be a long weekend for many of you), so hie thee hence and get yer feep on!