Gothy Gothicness and the Gothy Goths who Goth it

r: Today you get a two'fer as I actually have a few things done and have the time to post about them. I'm going to blame the time between my posts on learning the harmonica and Mass Effect and not that other thing (rassemfrassem dissertation, you'll be the death of me!). My first project is a gothy/faux Victorian (the best kind of Victorian) frame and image. It came about as a matter of necessity. I have this beautiful picture that I'm clipping from a comic book--the back cover of the most recent issue of Usagi Yojimbo which is not a series I collect and was acquired for cheap so I'm not eyeing my collection with scissors--and I don't have a frame. We have no frames. We are half a dozen things behind in the framing game. A. may have a scarf problem, but collectively we have an art/print/poster problem. Mary Shelley is a practice run at the solution to my Usagi Yojimbo problem. The frame is made out of old Amazon shipping boxes. Simply cut to appropriate size, mount the object to the back piece with (elmer's or craft white) glue, cut the window so it overlaps the original and decorate as you like. Then apply an ample amount of glue to both sides of the frame and stick'em together. The downside is that what you frame can never be unframed so be aware of the that, but the plus is that it comes out super cool and can look, as Mary Shelley does, old and funky. The second item is a pretend wrestling poster. The two wrestlers--the silhouettes came from a photo of El Hijo de Santo and Fray Tormenta (I think)--are stenciled onto a loteria card with acrylic paint. The words are scripted on with a great and wonderful invention that probably makes street art very easy if you're into that kind of thing: the paint marker. Buy these things if you need to letter objects, far more control than a paint brush and less hassle than cutting a stencil. They are available at Utrecht Art Supplies, Loteria cards which you should have too are available on the internet or in Mexican shops.

For your viewing pleasure something delightfully goth:

And something I just find awesome, tell your friends: