Giving Money-A-Tize a Little Attention: Part I

Adding some carved letters and a hand to Money-A-Tize.

Starting the base layer of imagery.

One of the drawings/sketches I am using for the base layer has actually appeared in several sketchbooks over the years and has even made a prominent appearance in the piece Visitors.  The original sketches started just as 'Snake Charmer'.

A couple of iterations later Snake Charmer was paired with the King Sadim character.

Eventually they were merged.

The name King Sadim is a reference to the song: King Midas in Reverse from the band The Hollies.  Part of the lyrics are:

He's King Midas in reverse

He's King Midas with a curse.

...all he touches turns to dust...

'Midas' spelled backwards (in reverse) is 'Sadim'.

In the top center of Visitors, the King Sadim character has morphed into a two-headed entity (vs. two-faced) with a spiky beard -who is still playing the three flutes of the Snake Charmer.

Time to apply this little history lesson to Money-A-Tize.  This time it's just the Snake Charmer.  I'm giving King Sadim the day off.

Next time we check in with Money-A-Tize, we'll take a closer look at the base layer of imagery.