And we wondered, whenever we had the time, who the criminal, what the crime,
that Hangman judged with the yellow twist of knotted hemp in his busy fist.
And innocent though we were, with dread we passed those eyes of buckshot lead;
till one cried: "Hangman, who is he for whom you raise the gallows-tree."
Then a twinkle grew in the buckshot eye, and he gave us a riddle instead of reply:
"He who serves me best," said he, "Shall earn the rope on the gallows-tree."
-from "The Hangman," Maurice Ogden
that Hangman judged with the yellow twist of knotted hemp in his busy fist.
And innocent though we were, with dread we passed those eyes of buckshot lead;
till one cried: "Hangman, who is he for whom you raise the gallows-tree."
Then a twinkle grew in the buckshot eye, and he gave us a riddle instead of reply:
"He who serves me best," said he, "Shall earn the rope on the gallows-tree."
-from "The Hangman," Maurice Ogden
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Housecat
Size 595 x 1090px
File Size 148 kB
Geep, thanks! You appreciate the times when a sketch turns out to have really good flow <3 Something to be said for wacky lines of action. Thanks again for the tender comment <3
I need to find a better color to fuck with than orange, my gallery is gonna look monochromatic soon enough. Just be glad it's not avocado and harvest gold XD
The ominousness of the piece was that I was watching a documentary on Jonestown as I was painting in my sketchbook... death and cults and '70s colors were on my mind ^^
I need to find a better color to fuck with than orange, my gallery is gonna look monochromatic soon enough. Just be glad it's not avocado and harvest gold XD
The ominousness of the piece was that I was watching a documentary on Jonestown as I was painting in my sketchbook... death and cults and '70s colors were on my mind ^^
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