Be Careful Where You Stay

Hotels can sometimes be dark, seedy places
So many come and go you can’t remove all traces

But on Occasion you find a whole lot more
Then a leaky faucet or a crack in the door

Strange stains or smells that won’t go away
It might be a good time to shorten your stay

Or request a new room before it’s too late
For exploration could put a twist in your fate

But if nosing around is what your decide
You may be a suspect in a ghastly homicide

Plat Eye 2

Here is the new Plat Eye pic

Ghosts vs Aliens

Have you ever wanted to golf inside of a haunted house or perhaps during an alien invasion? If you answered yes to one or both of the above questions you should try out Hollywood Drive-In golf at Universal city walk!

You have your choice between two courses, one being "Invaders From Planet Putt" and the other being "The Haunting of Ghostly Greens". Prices start at $14 per adult, $12 per child or you can go with the double feature for $25 per adult, $21 per child. If your annual passholder you get an additional 20%t off your bill. The starting price for a single course is just a few dollars higher than other comparable course (Such as Congo River at $11.00). But with the Double Feature it is virtually the same.

We arrived at about 7 o'clock, paid, and picked up our gear without waiting. There was literally no wait for the invaders course but there was a slight wait for the haunted course so we chose to go to the invaders course first.

This course was very sharp and clean and had lots of cool little gimmicks, one of which was a "mind control" television where your ball appears to be be on the screen. The entire course had a retro-futuristic feel to it. Each marker post has comical little rhymes that are prevalent throughout  both courses. In fact the general tone is playful and lighthearted. The finale was cute although it made me dizzy.








We then proceeded to the ghostly greens course and there was already a wait of 4 families. This we found out would be the trend for the rest of this course.

It had a very haunted mansion feel to it, though the house itself is very reminiscent of the psycho house. It too was also very sharp and clean with some creative gimmicks. Not to give anything away but the final hole on this course is more intricate than I've ever seen in a putt putt course.

Like any  new endeavor, it had its glitches. Wet paint, wheel barrels full of dirt, and a few glitches in the architecture that caused the ball to get stuck. None of which diminished the overall enjoyment of the attraction. I did however have to climb up the outside of the house's stairs and help a little girl dislodge her ball.


Overall both courses were a fun time, the music was good, and I felt it was money well spent. The production value is definitely top-notch.

So whether you like ghost, aliens, or just a fun family outing, I definitely recommend you check out Hollywood Drive Golf.

Additional pictures of the course can be found here

Plat Eye Pt 2

Working on the new pic. Completely redesigned and much more intricate.
I'm going to use this one as a sample for the book along with the poem that goes with it. So Here's the poem of the Plat Eye:

Plat Eye
If you ever find yourself in the GonnaGetchaWoods,

You best find a path home if you know what’s good.

Avoid the graveyard and the fall of twilight.

For the Plat Eye may catch you in the dark of the night.

Clutch you powder and sulfur, hold on to it tight!

Or you could fall into a terrible plight.

If you’re born of the caul you might see it come,

As a cat or a dog or hog on the run.

Faster and bigger with each resounding stride.

You’ll have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

Heed my warning chillun. Heed it good!

If you ever find yourself in the Gonna GetchaWoods.

Plat Eye

New pic for Burghal Mythos. I probably wont show all of them but at least a few full pics and some details. This one is Plat Eye. Although, after looking at it a second time, I think I'll reformat this initial concept. I think it just needs something else to really capture the idea and story of the plat eye. So once I redo it, I'll post it.

Steam Man Finished

A little about Burghal Mythos

Burgh´al

Definition: Belonging to a city.

Synonyms: Urban

Mythos

Definition: myth or mythology.


If you haven't been following my blog or my art series. Burghal Mythos: A Fascination in Human Nature, is my upcoming book. It is centered around the darker and stranger myths from around the world.

It will be stylized like a Children's book but my hope is that it will be palatable to everyone. Kind of like The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories meets Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. All of the art from last year's series will be in the book along with several others.

Here is the working preface at the moment.

The world is filled with myths and lore
Quirky stories that people adore

Some can be funny and some can be light
But many are scary and can give you a fright

It is the dark tales of death and despair
That humans find fascinating, their minds ensnared.

What is it that causes so much delight
In the evil things things that go bump in the night?

Are they a warning of what could be
Or perhaps a strange way to reconcile destiny?

Whatever the reason, I present to you
This Burghal Mythos for you to read through.Hopefully I will have it done come this September.

I'm estimating at least 30-40 pages.