He's out. And I'm back.

It just doesn't get any cooler than DINOSAUR MUMMIES!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
A lot of folks are still having Halloween parties tonight, so this technically isn't late. I hope everyone had/has an awesome Halloween. A group of folks at work went as the Clue crew and invited me to be their avaricious Mr. Green. Sometimes the best answer to 'Who dunnit?' is 'All of the above.'

CHADES CHALLENGE VII: ORGANIC VULTURES
Thanks to Josh Billings and Jeremy Spears for the challenge words. Post your fine-feathered figurations Friday! And please...no skeksis.

Riff of the Fates
One of John Williams' most sweeping operatic ballads composed brilliantly as a guitar solo! Amazing.

Week II of Chades Challenge VI: Vicious Gators
Okay, so technically Killer Croc is a crocodile, not an alligator. But he's pretty dern vicious.

Great Mosby's Gharial!

For those of you participating in our biweekly Chades Challenge, tomorrow's the last day to post 'Vicious Alligators' before a new subject is posted. I stumbled across these badboys on wikipedia. They're gharials and they're pretty dang awesome. More proof that God is in fact the greatest character designer.

FUTALONGKOSAURUS
They don't get much bigger than the colossal new find just announced in Argentina. The aptly-named Futalongkosaurus, or 'giant chief of the dinosaurs' measured over 100 feet long and weighed over 80 tons. More on this bygone behemoth here, here, and here.

VICIOUS GATORS

CHADES CHALLENGE VI: VICIOUS GATORS
For those of you with any free time this week, the Character Design challenge is 'Vicious Gators'. Thank you Moro and Leo for an actually coherent theme. Here's a little reference for those of you who wish to participate in the art-off. Warning: the video is a little graphic--it is a natural battle royale, after all.