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1 hr, 10 mins, pencil on printer paper

I came up with this two cons ago as a costume to wear all my own, but last year I found some old drawings of redneck voodoo totems (the ones Zappa peed on) and I thought it'd be cool for the costume to be of something too. The name comes from the Waits song ' On the Nickel', referring to the 5th street slum in LA.

Nickel is a subordinate dream spirit under the Sandman and Lady Luck. His domains are the homeless, hobos and the luckless leftovers of the night-life. He is invoked by goodwill, anything from sharing or giving your only food to those with nothing to very small things like giving a light to someone's smoke.

Vitality from nowhere and finding your way out of the dark are some of his spiritual nudgings, also invoking pleasant dreams in those whose life is hardest. However, he can also punish the wicked.

Usurpers, thieves, even whole groups of vandals.. they'll get lost down alleys, have whole streets worth of lampposts go dark, even encounter Nickel himself in his dark form, Drifter, who'll steal you away from the world, grab your soul and reverse your luck, even attack you in various real-world forms and rob you.
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CanoScan LiDE 600F
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