The Musclemen

This piece is for sale at Etsy now -- see him here if interested!

<sub>Listen to the curfew bell
It's time to go and raise some hell
And do you need a new tattoo?
‘Cause we are the boys in black and blue

We could ink it in on you
We could ink it in on you
With the toecaps of our boots
In black and blue, in black and blue

We've got work to do
We're going to work on you
It could be dangerous
For you ...to be you.

MEET MY FRIENDS.
WE’RE THE MUSCLEMEN!
MEET MY FRIENDS.
WE’RE THE MUSCLEMEN!
We're the boys in black and blue
do you need a new tattoo?
We're the boys in black and blue
Do you need a new tattoo?
In black and blue?

We got the boneheads and the roughnecks
We got the braindead and the rednecks

These paving stones are drenched in blood,
And it's yours--so mop it up
Two heads are better than one
‘Cause when you hear that cracking sound
You know we've got work to do.
We're going to work on you.

MEET MY FRIENDS.
WE’RE THE MUSCLEMEN.
MEET MY FRIENDS.
WE’RE THE MUSCLEMEN. (We’re the musclemen...)
We're the boys in black and blue
Do you need a new tattoo?
We're the boys in black and blue
Do you need a new tattoo?
In black and blue?

We're going to obliterate ya
We're going to exterminate ya
We're going to obliterate ya
We're going to exterminate ya (MEET MY FRIENDS)
We’re going to obliterate ya (WE’RE THE MUSCLEMEN)
We're going to exterminate ya (MEET MY FRIENDS)
We’re going to obliterate ya (WE’RE THE MUSCLEMEN)
We're going to exterminate ya

We've got work to do.
We're going to work on you.
It could be dangerous for you...
To be you...
...tonight.
-Cubanate</sub>

Every summer I try to do a big coloured pencil drawing--2007’s being Forced Out Of Flame, 2008’s being Richter, and now 2009’s is The Musclemen. MASSIVELY inspired by Cubanate’s amazing song with the same name--if you’re an industrial fan PLEASE go and give it a listen! It’s not on YouTube, but Last.fm has a preview of it.

I’m super duper uberly crazy pleased with this one--you guys can’t imagine. I just LOVE how everything came out--my scanner likes to sharpen things, which is the reason for the white bits... annoying, I’m sorry, but I can’t get rid of them. It does that to all my coloured pencil drawings. The original is super smooth.

Anyway, please do comment, I want to hear your thoughts. :]
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_{Medium: Copic pens and Prismacolor pencil on bristol paper, flat blue background added in GIMP.
Music: Cubanate’s Barbarossa album on shuffle. XD}