Teen Me Meme.....better late than never.

The Amazing KITEBOY!!! >ahem< ...yes, well....here it is!

Hello all! In response to 

grahamtastic

latest post, here is the other half of the "deal", so to speak.  I must admit that I am very pleased with the results of our art swap, and I encourage everyone who has the time and spirit to make exchanges with fellow artists with whom you admire!

Here's a just a few of the super secret commissions that I've sent out to good homes!!

In an effort to raise funds to do a limited publication of KATMANDI (in glorious full color), I am announcing my intentions to pimp my talents out. Soooooo....I'm taking commissions!

$35 for ink/watercolor on 8x10 watercolor paper

$20 for ink on Bristol

Shipping depends on where it's going!!

...really I can do whatever you'd like and tailor the price to fit, if you want something specific.

you may comment here with any questions or you can e-mail me @ darkwaterfrey (the at sign) yahoo.com

(yes I realize that the prices may seem low, but I understand that most of my LJ friends are students, artists, or poor. I wouldn't charge these prices for the general public!)

er.....samples.....


    

 Dear friends,

In an effort to raise funds to do a limited publication of KATMANDI (in glorious full color), I am announcing my intentions to pimp my talents out. Soooooo....I'm taking commissions!

$35 for ink/watercolor on 8x10 watercolor paper

$20 for ink on Bristol

Shipping depends on where it's going!!

...really I can do whatever you'd like and tailor the price to fit, if you want something specific.

you may comment here with any questions or you can e-mail me @ darkwaterfrey (the at sign) yahoo.com

(yes I realize that the prices may seem low, but I understand that most of my LJ friends are students, artists, or poor. I wouldn't charge these prices for the general public!)

er.....samples.....

CRABMANDI! ....and some partially inked (pre-bleed) pages!
(Pages are in no particular order.)
....Crabmandi will eventually be inked/watercolored, maybe this weekend? 


Turkey day? BAH! --CRAB!

Glazed earthenware figurines representing three of the ten Yama Kings

In Taoist and Buddhist mythology, hell is made up of ten courts, each ruled by one of the 10 Yama Kings and 18 levels in which wrongdoers are punished.

In some literatures, there are references to 18 types or subtypes of hells, or 18 hells for each type of punishment, rather than just 18 levels of hell. In some literatures, there are different types of punishment on each level.

The concept of '18 levels of hell' started in the Tang Dynasty. The Buddhist text Jian Di Yu Jing (間地獄經) mentioned 134 worlds of hell, but was simplified to 18 levels of hell for convenience.

1. Chamber of Wind and Thunder – People who kill and commit heinous crimes out of greed are sent here for punishment.
2. Chamber of Grinding – Wealthy men who do no good and waste food are ground into powder in this chamber.
3. Chamber of Flames – People who steal, plunder, rob and cheat are sent here to be burnt.
4. Chamber of Ice – Children who ill-treat their parents and elders are sent here to be frozen in ice.
5. Chamber of Oil Cauldrons – Sex offenders such as rapists, lechers, adulterers are fried in oil in this chamber.
6. Chamber of Dismemberment by Sawing – Kidnappers and people who force good women into prostitution suffer the fate of being sawn in this chamber.
7. Chamber of Dismemberment by Chariot – Corrupt officials and landlords who oppress and exploit the people are dismembered by a chariot in this chamber.
8. Chamber of Mountain of Knives – People who cheat customers by earning more than they should, profiteers who jack up prices and cheat on the quality of goods are made to shed blood by climbing the mountain of knives.
9. Chamber of Tongue Ripping – Gossips who stir trouble and liars suffer the fate of having their tongues ripped out in this chamber.
10. Chamber of Pounding – Cold-blooded murderers are pounded in this chamber.
11. Chamber of Torso-severing – Scheming and ungrateful men have their torsos severed in this chamber.
12. Chamber of Scales – Crooks who oppress the innocent, people who cheat on the quality of goods and daughters-in-law who ill-treat their in-laws have hooks pierced into their body and hung upside down.
13. Chamber of Eye-gouging – Peeping toms who go around peeking and leering have their eyeballs gouged out in this chamber.
14. Chamber of Heart-digging – People with evil hearts have theirs dug out in this chamber.
15. Chamber of Disembowelment – Instigators, hypocrites and tomb-robbers have their bowels dug out in this chamber.
16. Chamber of Blood – Blasphemous crooks who show no respect to the gods suffer the fate of being skinned in this chamber.
17. Chamber of Maggots – Crooks who use loopholes in the law to cheat and engage in malpractice are being eaten alive by maggots in this chamber.
18. Chamber of Avici – Crooks who have committed heinous crimes, brought misery to the people and betrayed the ruler are placed on a platform above an inferno. The unlucky ones fall off the platform into the inferno and burn while the lucky ones remain on the platform. These spirits are never to be reincarnated.

Katmandi returns! page eighteen....