I have been on a viking inspired art frenzy recently. I am really enjoying the process of choosing an art theme and sticking with it. I like to make 6 designs per theme. So I have one to go with vikings.

I created these designs using Clip Studio Paint / Manga Studio 5

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I realise this image is essentially the opposite of the way the poem goes but I still feel it represents this classic tale well. The poem was written by by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is a sailors tale of a epic journey at sea.
A ship is driven south by a storm to Antarctic waters. An albatross appears and leads them to safety. However the Mariner kills the albatross. As the whether calms and warms the sailors are happy until the wind stops.

"Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean."

The crew hang the albatross around the mariners neck to show the burden he carries for this.

Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the albatross
About my neck was hung.

The poem goes on as the death and despair visit the ship, but the mariner is spared. When he prays the bird falls from his neck, but the burden new leaves him, he walks the earth telling his tale.

This design  has a black and white albatross flying with a human skull around it's neck.

You can find this design in these places TEEPUBLIC DISPLATE ZAZZLE DESIGNBYHUMANS SOCIETY6 REDBUBBLE

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When I was traveling in South Thailand, Phuket, I found myself alone at a bar. Usually that would be a sad and lonely place to be, but the woman behind the bar was good company.

She kept telling me about all the men she had done Jiggy Jiggy with recently.
She kept asking "Do you want to play games with me?"
I kept repeating "No"
Eventually I worked out she meant actual games, when she pulled out connect 4.
We played a few games for drinks, she won them all.

This design was inspired by that night of games, with no Jiggy Jiggy.

If you have M.E. / C.F.S. or fibromyalgia you face many challenges in everyday life. One of the difficulties is explaining your condition to friends, family and often government welfare agencies too. This is near impossible to do, you don't want to complain, you want to be positive but your batteries are flat.

This graphic is how I see the this condition. The initials ME there the E has needed to lie down on the page for a rest. Its arms and legs dangle from the page.

As you can see below this design is on some nice products at society6, I love the throw blankets and mugs.

If you have  ME CFS my wish for you is the very best of health. I know how hard it can be. You can get well and I encourage you to stay positive and enjoy all the small victories.

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For Fox Sake Polyvore Collage

For Fox Sake, a meme that is popular right now. We often told a joke about the Queen. Prince Charles coming to New Zealand wearing a fox skin hat. When asked my he says "Mother said , NEW ZEALAND, wear the fox hat!" That jokes is still good.  These Tshirts can be found along with many other products here, in my new zazzle shop, designs by Early Kirky, thanks for checking out my work.

This design is also for sale on the blow products in my Society6 store

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