Art Library: 4 volumes of my collectable art books will be going out of print at the end of June!! Be sure to pick up copies of Early Works, Comic Art, Motley 2020, & Motley 2021 ($12.99 ea) before they are gone! Collect’em All!! www.blurb.com/user/shanhedg
(New Artwork) Queer Icon: Mystique (Raven Darkholme)!! X-Men adjacent, mutant…anti-hero!! Intended to be the first queer & gender fluid character in a major comic company (Marvel). Sadly Chris Claremont was forced to make her to be heavily coded instead. Raven has recently FINALLY being allowed to be themselves and have everything they ever wanted… including getting married to her very long time partner, Destiny!!
LGBTQ Pride: Here’s two pieces I drew for Pride Month (Rainbow Crew & Walk on Down the Line)!! Be Safe, Be Seen and Celebrate!!
Morning Work-in-Progress: Justified & Ancient!! Going back to this piece I started a month ago. It’s been pretty fun!!
Character Design: Northstar!! Just playing around with one of my favorite superheroes. Jean-Paul Beaubier is a member of both Alpha Flight/X-Men, is canonically the first out queer heroes from a major comic company (Marvel), and first to marry within its pages!!
Morning Work-in-Progress: Returning to a larger piece, I’d like to complete this weekend!! (Pardon the quality of the photo. I was in a hurry!)
Morning Work-in-Progress: Ultra-Menace!! I’ve been watching a lot of Ultraman and Gridman type shows lately…so this one might be just for me!!
HMN and I ran to Cincy to run some errands and visit old haunts. His main intent was to pick up another portrait I drew of him from his framer, for his ongoing collection. This was actually the first one I’d ever done, years ago, and probably my favorite!!
