Billy Strings - deep space friends Stickers I spent about 50 hours

I spent about 50 hours on the skin and horns alone

The wild stallion emerging from the flames symbolizes a rebirth

I made a point to avoid obvious choices like making earth an eagle

This was another pandemic special and ended up taking me about 2 months to draw while the world was locked down

The two bears here are set in an unpredictable environment of a meteor shower

Billy Strings - deep space friends Stickers I spent about 50 hoursThe idea for this art came from witnessing Billy live in Austin (Stubbs) in 2022 with my friend Seth. He played over 4 hours alternating sounds between traditional bluegrass and psychedelia. There were moments in Billy's set where the music swells and playing speed rapidly increased. For me, it felt like being blasted into deep space! I felt all the warm colors and kaleidoscopic shapes from being pulled into the vortex of hyperspace. The image is