One-Eyed Tentacle Mollusc - Feeping Creatures monster figurine

Aaaaand new feeps are all up in the Feeping Creatures Etsy Shop! Won't you lend them an eyeball?

Fiery Tentacle Twist - Feeping Creatures monster figurine

Waiting for random knights to show up and storm the castle can be lonely, dull work. Hence, the typical tentacle twist composes angsty poetry to pass the time.

Waiting here in solitude,
Upon the loneliness I brood.
Guarding treasures is my lot,
But such trinkets please me not.
I yearn only to be free
of self-imposed captivity!

As you may have gleaned, the tentacles are really just for show. The monster intends to slay the hero with bad verse.

Feeps at Space City Con: August 10-12, 2012

 I'm off to Houston for Space City Con. This will be my first show in Houston in three years, so if you're in H-town this weekend, stop by and say hi!

http://spacecitycon.com/

Tentacle Barnacle - Feeping Creatures monster figurine

In just a couple of weeks I will be setting up a table full o' feeps at Houston's Space City Con. It's their first year, and it sounds like it's going to be great! Also, this will be my first visit to Houston in, I think, three years. Come on out, Houston, and support your newest gaming con!

Squid Twist - Feeping Creatures monster necklace

Good news, everyone! The Feeping Creatures Store on Etsy is now set up to accept credit cards directly. This means you don't need to use PayPal if you don't want to. Should make for faster checkout, too, if I am not mistaken. If you give it a try, let me know what you think!

Green & Purple Tentacle Twist - Feeping Creatures monster figurine

Time for the ol' postprandial evening scuttle.

Eyeball Leviathan - Feeping Creatures monster figurine

Something's gotta take on the task of cleaning up any spilled sailors. If the spill happens because the monster "accidentally" bumped the boat, well, whatayagonnado?

Black & Blue Striped Tentacle Twist - Feeping Creatures monster figurine

When sneaking into the basements of Lego castles, it is best to be on your guard for slithery, squiggly things that may be lurking amidst the bricks.

Feeping Creatures Tentacle Coil monster figurine

My guess is that this creature reproduces by budding - once the number of tentacles becomes cumbersome, a little batch of them will detach and a wee new tentacle horror is born.

STAPLE! this weekend

It is once again time for Austin's own Independent Media Expo! This weekend, March 3-4, you will find the feeps at the Marchesa Hall. More deets on the STAPLE! website. Hope to see you there!

Feeping Creatures Eyeball Leviathan figurine

A variation on an old favorite.

Feeping Creatures Tentacle Barnacle Figurine

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 Purple & Gray Tentacle Twist Figurine

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

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.

Blue & Black Tentacle Twist

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.

Tentacle Squid Monster Necklace

For all your tentacle-accessorizing needs.

Tentacle Barnacle

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 ...

Bee-Striped Octopus

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

Road Feeps - Tentacle Larva at Grant's Tomb

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 - Red & Black Tentacle Larva in Salem, MA cemetery

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