Howdy intelligent entities! It's SPOOKY SEASON! HOORAY!!!! My goodness. The air is getting cooler. The leaves are changing colors... And ghosts, monsters, jack-o-lanterns, bats, and other junk have all begun to appear in QUANTITY. I love it!
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"#Trashtober 2022" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, liner pen, and brush pen on paper with digital embellishments and colors!] WELCOME TO #TRASHTOBER!!! Some of us weirdos who hang in the #teztrash group have decided that we needed some SPOOKY ARTS for the best month of the year!!! No rulez! (ANARCHY BABY!!!) Just make cool, spooky shit, and don't forget to add the #trashtober tag to your piece and your social media shares!!! HAVE FUN! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/733
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For those confused by what I wrote above, I apologize. One of the Tweeterz groups that I belong to (the TEZTRASH collective) has decided to make spooky trashart for October. There aren't any particular rules for playing along with this, just making cool, spooky art, and using the tag #TRASHTOBER in the metadate for the tokenized piece and in whatever social media messages you use to draw folks to your scary pieces! That's it! FUN FOR ALL!!!! (If you make some scary art, be sure to let me know so I can look at it!!!)
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"Mouse in the City" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Here's another piece for the #HENreunion event! My first post on HEN was Apr. 23rd, 2021. It was fun (I think... I honestly don't remember, although I do know what piece it was.) Anyway...here's a NEW work for folks to enjoy! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"Fear Not (Saturated)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ballpoint pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] This medium, who is clearly in a trance, is in contact with a number of spirits... "FEAR NOT," some of them said... But can they be trusted? [This is another #TRASHTOBER work because it's pretty trashy!] ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/734
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"Over the Crib" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ink on paper with digital embellishments, color, and moshing.] I think this piece would make a lovely poster to put over the baby's crib so that the little darlin' will have interesting dreams! Don't you agree?? ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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"A Day in the Life of Two Artists" (Zine) by RFY (HF) & FEH (TT)
[Digital collage zine made from a bunch of images created on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments.] This is what I like to call a "free scribble" (instead of a straight-up "free write" because I tend to make doodles and scribbles and cartoons with my words when I'm free writing...) A couple of these pieces are by my granddaughter, Felicity Echo Hanson, who saw me scribbling and decided to play along. (Her art is excellent!) 13 page long PDF file - basically pointless (but that's the point!) ART is what we do in life... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) & Felicity Echo Hanson (Toddler Terror)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/735
What's inside??? This stuff!
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"Mr. Bitey" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing over previously created (recycled) digital drawing.] This little creep is another #TRASHTOBER creation! I'm making 13 of these and setting them loose for only 0.13 tezos each! WHAAAAAT!? Yep... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/736
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"Fuzzer (Over Void Dwellers)" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen on notebook page, layers, digital embellishments and color, moshing, and digital drawing and collage...] The intrepid investigator, Fuzzer, finds himself in a shadowy void... But he's not alone!!! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/737
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"Trashtober Stickman" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] I made this spooky stickman SPECIFICALLY for #TRASHTOBER! (That's why I chose these colors!) You might be able to see it in his expression, but this is not a happy monster! (Stay alert!) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/738
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I luckily sold a few pieces this weekend so I was able to pick up some artworks!!!
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"DOS Reunion" by SquintDev
https://objkt.com/asset/hicetnunc/783510
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https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/juliakponsford_experimental-video_headlines?collection=true
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untitled (skull) by prettybad
https://objkt.com/asset/hicetnunc/783795
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"Free Parking at the HEN Family Reunion" by texadelic
https://objkt.com/asset/hicetnunc/783460
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untitled (pyramid) by prettybad
https://objkt.com/asset/hicetnunc/783302
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Back to my artworks... Cuz why not???
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"The History of Information Processing" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Ink on paper with digital embellishments and color.] I hope this piece is enlightening. Just remember this image the next time you wonder how communication technology works! ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/739
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"More Bad Ideas" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, gel pen, paint pen, and brush pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] This is a shamans party, and it was going great (until some evil spirit brought out the tequila! It all went to HELL at that point...) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/740
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"Doubtful Landscape" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] There some places that just have a certain unsettling vibe... (Is this one of them???) ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
https://objkt.com/asset/KT1ABGYuE84UQNDJdWtMEhiBi6yhsfTQ7W56/741
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For some reason, a handful of cryptoartists who I follow on Tweeterz have found their way to (often BACK TO) Tumblr... (VERY STRANGE!) Here's an example of one of my recent posts from that platform!
"One thing, as an aging punk/fool, that really BUGS me is feeling - ALL THE TIME - like I'm just trying to get folks to BUY my artz... But that's not me. Not who I am... (I know foolish secrets!)
I just want to make folks smile, laugh, feel good.... I like to imagine that my ARTZ (which I make in a punk/Dada/primitivist style) is silly and "rough" enough that just about ANYONE can look at it and say, "I could draw that!" Maybe they'll even TRY! (THAT would be awesome!)
Everyone can and should make art! Contribute to the collective culture! Leave a little bit of YOU behind!!!
How bad can art be and still be fun??? VERY BAD! Ha! Like these pieces!!!
MAKE SHIT!"
Here's a link to my Tumblr account for folks who might be interested!
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/popculturerecoveryproject
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Hope there's a bit of humor to be found in the materials above! If so, feel free to run with that spirit and make YOUR OWN artwork (and send me a link! I'd love to see it!!!)
Later!!!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)