Enshohma Escapes to Live Again

06/04/2025

May 2025 UPDATE: Improved some of the atmospheric effects and added some dust / sprinkles to the foreground.

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Long before I stumbled upon the technological wonders of the Layers and Paint Bucket features in Photoshop, I did everything, gradients, coloring, and effects, all in one single plate and man, did that take for-freaking-ever!

Which is one of the reasons why this ambitious fan-piece took so long to do because, by the time a discovered Layers, half the work was already done and restarting from scratch was a most unappealing of options. That, and I wasn't being paid for this one by an outside party BUT it's finished and I, Enshohma, once again, have given an obscure character high quality artwork which it probably didn't deserve to begin with.

Not that I like admitting this where Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla is concerned as I am a big supporter of that simple but entertaining series along with its colorful plethora of original enemies of the week like The Seaweed Monster who's the very first plant-based challenger in the Godzilla franchise, predating Biollante by 11 years!

True to its name, The Seaweed Monster is a mass of aquatic algae mutated by radiation into a hostile beast who goes after the crew of Calico and Godzilla when they first discover the aberration deep within the Sargasso Sea: a real-life region of the North Atlantic Ocean steep in legend, including seaweed that ensnares ships. The Seaweed Monster is simple but very serviceable antagonist with a creepy enough design reminiscent of the far more famous Hedorah, even if The Breeder Beast from this same series is the true Hedorah analog.

Plus, The Seaweed Monster does have a surprisingly well executed death scene for a late 1970s adventure cartoon produced by The House That Fred Flintstone Built (Hanna-Barbera).

06/04/2025

Originally done as a submission for the 100th issue of G-Fan back in 2012, Daikaiju Jidaigeki (roughly Giant Monster Period Drama) features my dream crossover between three gigantic monster heroes - the artificially constructed shisa (lion-dog), King Caesar (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, 1974); the stone god of retribution, Daimajin (The Daimajin Trilogy, 1966); the fugitive ninja sorcerer / part-time giant frog Jiraiya (Magic Serpent, AKA Dragon Showdown, 1966).
I couldn't relocate the individual layers from the original illustration, IF they were ever saved in the first place, but did my best to tweak a few elements, notably Jiraiya's flaming breath.
Hope you all enjoy these small updates and massive thanks for your past and future support towards this illustration.

06/04/2025

Fan art portrait of Amethyst Iris, a gorgeous mushroom thief created by artist and plant girl aficionado Deterex525 whose main account is via Twitter.
At the time of this writing, there isn't too much to say about Mrs. Iris' character but her design greatly appealed to me (I do have a thing for b***y mushroom girls) and I was compelled to draw her.

06/04/2025

What started out as a small throwaway gag in an equally meaningless improv session has now become an overlooked and never-appreciated mascot for a live-stream series that holds no special meaning for anyone beyond myself just wanting to hang out with friends for a few hours. Pathetic, huh?
This is Hootie the Night Owl, the sleep-deprived mascot of my Night Owling series, which you can find (almost) every episode RIGHT HERE with the better episodes placed near the top of the playlist (or so I tell myself).
Brayton, my co-host for Night Owling, designed and drew up Hootie while I did the final digital inks and coloring.

06/04/2025

This one was illustrated on one of my more cynical, if not angry, days and will very likely get me into a lot of trouble with fans and non-fans alike.
However, I'm also of the equally cynical and angry mindset of "you're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't", soooo... What the Hell! LET'S JET SKI DOWN THE RIVER STYX WITH STYLE!
Jack Hogson and Miss Blou are not happy to be in there, by-the-well.

06/04/2025

MAY 2025 UPDATE: I couldn't relocate the original layers for this one but was able to save them at a higher quality along with retrieving the original version that doesn't look like a crappy poster. Also included are separate segments featuring Vampire, Eye, and Genie.

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Original 2012 Text Description:

Happy Halloween everyone! And possibly the last one ever, seeing how the world is supposed to end before New Year's Day, 2013. But the world being destroyed at year's end has basically been the popular opinion since 1996, so I'm just literally 'Apocalypse-d Out' by this point of my life.

Crap, even if the Mayan End Times does happen, I'll still be unsurprised.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do much this year, beyond this single illustration that was literally done minutes ago of it's uploaded. And why this article will be unusually short from yours truly, though I'll try to expand it at a later date.

The important thing is to get my lone 2012 Halloween picture up before the holiday ends.

Long overdue artwork for Chad Rocco (CR)Chad Rocco (CR), featuring three more of his infamously beloved Ghouls of Halloween creations: basically, the Ghouls are sexy monster girl versions of well-known horror themes and tropes.

For this year's entry, the lovely trio of Vampire Ghoul, Eye Ghoul, and Genie Ghoul are enjoying themselves at a Super Sexy Scary Halloween Party, attended by other hip and happening monsters like themselves. And without a single masquerading human dork to spoil the festivities (admit it, our species sucks).

Unfortunately, Eye, whose always been known to party the hardest, is drunk again. And getting way-too-frisky with girlfriend Vampire, much to said blood-sucker's annoyance.

The background 'Party Monsters' are all my doing, and deliberately kept them in silhouette, as to not take away from our lovely leading trio. And yes, that's a Succubus dancing with a Plesiosaur-like Sea Monster. And how the Hell that particular hook-up is going to end up, is anyone's guess.

06/04/2025

Here's a vintage oddity for an evening watching - my personal recording of THE TWONKY during one of its last known airings on Turner Classic Movies (possibly April 15th, 2009):
https://youtu.be/arSnkwdUUS0
THE TWONKY is a somewhat forgotten sci-fi comedy from 1953, based on a 1942 short story by writers Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, and starring the always wonderful Hans Conried as he contends with a faithful but troublesome robot helper from an uncertain future age.

My personal recording of THE TWONKY during one of its last known airings on Turner Classic Movies (possibly April 15th, 2009).THE TWONKY is a nearly forgotte...

05/24/2025

In a little over 2 hours, we're watching two Joe Don Baker films back-to-back, CHARLEY VARRICK, followed up by GOLDEN NEEDLES. Join us for Joe Don Baker's Dozen TONIGHT on 100% Weird Fridays over at twitch.tv/enshohmalives

05/04/2025

May 4th was, for a very brief time, the shared date of Demon Girl Appreciation Day, back when DeviantART use to have some swell over internet trends. Said art meme was conjured up by fellow monster girl drawer TheEnglishGent. This illustration features Mistress Mephestia and her daughter Pike (both OCs of mine) celebrating the OTHER holiday of May 4th, adding confusion to the date overall.

05/04/2025

Yes, I'm a cheeky jerk! Why do you ask?

04/28/2025

Another one? So soon in the same month? Yes? We're doing another Night Owling live-stream of random chatter. My tentative guests should be Brayton and Luis, both returning from the grave and hanging out at Club Med!

Share Link: https://youtube.com/live/OUkbndKKLT0

Our stream starts around 9PM PST / 11PM CT / 12PM EST

Another one? So soon in the same month? Yes? We're doing another Night Owling live-stream of random chatter. My tentative guests should be Brayton and Luis, ...

04/24/2025

The first part of our Don't Stop for Strangers double feature, DETOUR, tells the tale of an unemployed piano player who hitches a ride and finds a whole heap of trouble barely held together by a wonky alibi: https://youtu.be/Qbv--uzmKHY

If that wasn't bad enough, our anti-protagonist is joined by a viperous companion, played by the fittingly named Ann Savage, who would famously murder and disappear noir expert Eddie Muller many years later!

Mind the damn typos!