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“This Is Some Bullshit!” a Tribute to Harry Vanderspeigle by Artist Living Dead Girl Nicole

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I’m not sure if it’s due to my enduring fascination with aliens, being an “out of this world” Aquarius, or simply the sheer delight I feel whenever I tune into an episode of Resident Alien, but Alan Tudyk’s portrayal of Harry Vanderspeigle fills my soul with joy. If that isn’t motivation enough to reach for my drawing pencils, I don’t know what is.

My husband and I have been watching Resident Alien since it first aired on SyFy. It’s one of our “happy place” shows. This means that no matter what is going on in life we can escape to it each week when it airs and laugh our cares away. Not to mention getting to hear Harry’s viewpoint from observing humans can be quite eye opening, and I wholeheartedly can’t imagine anyone that could fill his skin the way Alan does.

When I first laid eyes on Harry in alien form I was mesmerized and immediately put him on my art bucket list. I knew drawing this one would be a fun challenge for me and season after season it kept calling to me. So I decided to move it up to the top of the list and got to work. With the color it’s taken me a little longer to complete it, but I have to admit every time I picked it up to work on it I would get a cheesy grin on my face just like I do when I watch the show. So needless to say, I am pretty thrilled to share the completed split face portrait I call “This Is Some Bullshit!” done in pencil, chalk pastels, and colored pencil…

Now my goal is to to travel galaxies so I can gift the original to Alan Tudyk and tell him how much light he brings into our world as Harry!

For those of you that are also fans of Dr. Vanderspeigle, I have made-to-order* prints and t-shirts listed in my Etsy shop. Apply coupon code PIZZAPIE to your order at check out and get 10% off either!

Prints will also be made available to purchase in store at Closet Collectibles in Crete, IL as soon as I make my next art drop off.

Be sure to check out the other portraits I have masterminded on the Spitting Image page of my portfolio website!

Stay Spooky & Magical!
LDG Nicole

* None of my artistic creations are ever mass produced

Game Over Man!

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Spooky season is upon us and that is why I spent a majority of my weekend in my art studio working on commission orders. As most of the items I was working on needed time to sit and dry I decided to take the opportunity to make another Horror Villain Icon Dead Girl Decay barrette.

After creating my “Ugly Mofo” Predator barrette I knew I had to make another one inspired by their nemesis. I also decided to make Private Hudson proud and named it “Game Over Man!”

The center features an up-cycled Alien action figure head surrounded by a multitude of flower petals with each representing the color and feel of the Aliens movie franchise.

For those of you that are fans of the film this is a Limited Edition creation so there is only one pre-made and available in my online Etsy shop. It will soon be available to purchase in person when I make my next art drop off at Closet Collectibles in Crete IL. Love it but you don’t wear barrettes? No problem! Many of my customers clip these to things in their home making them unique additions to their horror and sci-fi collections and decor!

Stay Spooky & Magical!
LDG Nicole