As a companion piece to the other WoW druid painting, I present to you, Caturday Nite is All Rite for Fite.

The chief inspiration again is Alamo’s guide, somehow combined with Elton John for no real reason. The Alamo is in the background on the left.

There are a few other details alluding to some other things. The cat in the left corner is inspired by this video. The robot references Keith Kadera’s main complaint about WoW: not enough robots. Pilot Mountain looms in the background as a reminder of my native region.

I found an awesome frame for it at the flea market.

Man, this is an old post from last year. I never got around to publishing it until now. It’s an interesting note about my varnishing process and the musty old frame I found.

8 coats of varnish. Here’s my varnish schedule!

1-21-08, 9am - 1st coat
1-21-08, 12:40pm - 2nd
1-21-08, 4pm - 3rd
1-21-08, 9pm - 4th
1-22-08, 9pm - 5th
1-23-08, 8am - 6th
1-24-08, 7am - 7th
1-26-08, 2:30pm - 8th

And that’s when I ran out of my varnish mix. I could have mixed some more, but I was satisfied with the wet glossiness by this time.

I found an authentically crusty old frame from the flea market. It had a reprint of a photo of Confederate Army Leadership in it when I bought it.

2007. After re-reading Alamo’s Guide for playing the Druid Class during the release of the Burning Crusade, I was so inspired by this hero to all druids I wanted to immortalize his wisdom.
16x20”, Acrylic on canvas.

HAY GUSY!
I was so inspired by Alamo’s guide to playing the druid class in World of Warcraft, that I decided to make a painting to memorialize his hysterical post, especially after he returned to teach us all about Burnin Croosaid.

Here’s a color study I made after a few initial sketches.

Here’s a more detailed drawing that I transfered to the canvas with a projector.