Deadcat Design

three chords and the truth

Three Chords and the truth

R Batty 2016-2020

Jacob, dirt poor and eager, wants to take Mary Lou to the prom but he needs a truck to get them there. So as many had before him, he walks to the crossroads at midnight and sells his soul to the man there. The truck is shiny, new, and of course, possessed by a demon.

The devil had a plan. he would design a guitar with all the malice he could conceive and give it to the world

The devil had a plan. he would design a guitar with all the malice he could conceive and give it to the world

At the end of the road and at the crossroads

I will present the most ambitious gallery show I have ever attempted. This show, called “12:06 AM, One Artist’s Response to the A.I. ‘Crisis’”, has challenged every artistic and creative skill I possess and pushed me into realms I have never explored before. Starting as a response to the rapidly emerging A.I. generative models, I began examining what they meant to me. Using a motif, I had been exploring in my writing, the devil at the crossroads as a point of departure. I postulated what guitars designed by the devil would look like, and from that starting point, the show grew.

I will present the most ambitious gallery show I have ever attempted. This show, called “12:06 AM, One Artist’s Response to the A.I. ‘Crisis’”, has challenged every artistic and creative skill I possess and pushed me into realms I have never explored before. Starting as a response to the rapidly emerging A.I. generative models, I began examining what they meant to me. Using a motif, I had been exploring in my writing, the devil at the crossroads as a point of departure. I postulated what guitars designed by the devil would look like, and from that starting point, the show grew.

In the dark where two dusty back roads cross a black car sits waiting. The man inside will make a deal he has many times before and will again. He is known in these parts as The Judge. Folk go to him when they have a powerful need, a want that can’t be satisfied any other way. Some are to young to know better, others are desperate and still others just pain stupid. His price is high and many never believe they will have to pay it but the bill comes due eventually. There is no escape. No lead pill that can free you. Once struck the deal is all that remains.

And Drop Yer Linen

Thigh slapping 98% brewed in the shed out back

Thigh slapping take yer breath awy 99%

Brewed in the Shed out back

96% thigh slapping proof

The Methane Marauder

The methane Marauder

I know Karate

nothing runs like a goose

The Captain and Skidmark

Takin' A bit outta bad videos

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, I will fear no evil for I am the meanest Son of a Bitch in the valley

666 deals since 1972

we endanger species

Dark stories of moonshine and shotguns, obsession and transcendence, love and darkness, and the blindness of human desire.

Designs inspired by the HARD PLACE novel series. He had heard all his life about the few that had gone to the crossroads. Wanting a better life, Jacob went and made his deal. Years later forces are aligning with Death to end a curse that had played out for millennia. It’s unclear who will still be standing when the world Jacob has known breaks.

Don't get mad, get hoppy

Tripaw’d Spiked IPA, “u’all be walkin’ funny. Ah got bite!’

Dark stories of moonshine and shotguns, obsession and transcendence, love and darkness, and the blindness of human desire.

The devil run Hard Place

Penny University, intellectual trading company, and coffee house

Brewed in the shed out back Thigh slappin' 90 proof

Back Home radio the voice of HARD PLace

Nothing runs like a Moose

A three legged dog bursts into a bar with a growl. The bar goes silent. Through its bared teeth, it says, “I'm looking for the low down who shot my paw.” TriPaw’d spiked IPA “u’all be walkin’ funny. Ah got bite!’

The Jurors from a HARD PLACE