WTF Alchemy Request – UPDATE
You may remember seeing this Alchemy Request posted here last April:
Shortly after I posted this, I got the following email from Etsy seller Rose Briccetti:
Dear Regretsy,
When I saw the Alchemy request for a ‘Lady Gaga devouring a Unicorn’ painting you featured, I just had to bid on the project. Lo and behold, I was informed today that I will be able to put my art school degree to good use and have been commissioned for this project.
I would like to thank Regretsy for helping me bring this kind of whimsicle fuckery into my life and artwork. If you want, I’ll send you a picture of the piece when it’s done.
Namaste bitches,
Rose
I think you can imagine my reply, and how many exclamation points I used. I have been waiting patiently for the final product, and today, Rose sent me a picture of the finished painting.
Click below for the full sized image.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN PROUDER.
August 11, 2010 at 1:35 pm
How freaking AWESOME is that?! Rose, that totally rules! I wonder if you’ll be doing prints?
August 11, 2010 at 1:39 pm
ahhh, whimsicle fuckery at it’s finest
August 11, 2010 at 1:39 pm
ah yes, i made the photoshop picture of that… it got about 900 views, i never had that many! i will post the link again:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coops_e/4497022557/
August 11, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Regretsy: bringing together bat-shit crazy alchemy requests with the artists who can fulfill them.
::slow clap a la @ the end of ‘Lucas’:: Well done, April, well done.
August 11, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Am I the only one who sees Phoebe from Friends in that pic…? Even funnier, as she was a vegetarian!
August 11, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Wow – Rose is very talented – no joke! : )
August 11, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Fabulous! The blush is finally back on the rose-now THAT’S true alchemy!
August 11, 2010 at 1:42 pm
YAY! I couldn’t be happier for the artist and the new owner of a fuckery baby!
August 11, 2010 at 1:42 pm
does Rose have an etsy store?
Yes, her name is linked to her store in the post. She’s amazing. – HK
August 11, 2010 at 1:46 pm
May I be the first to respond with a hearty:
“Rah rah ah-ah-ah Ro-ma ro-ma-mah, Gaga, ooh-la-lah”
August 11, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Chase you down until you love me. Paparazzi.
August 11, 2010 at 1:48 pm
OMFG, I think I have a new desktop wallpaper.
I have no doubt that my clients will be as impressed as I am the next time I show them stuff on my laptop!
August 11, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Oh la la! I actually think this is fantastic! I’ve never noticed the resemblance between Phoebe and La GaGa until now. Odd how the universe works, isn’t it?
August 11, 2010 at 2:04 pm
What? No “View It In A Room”?
Ok, then. Here’s mine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/billsbayou/Unicorn.jpg
August 11, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Oh crap, the person who requested this lives near me. ::locks doors::
August 11, 2010 at 2:12 pm
April and Rose:
I’m your biggest fan, I love your whimsical fuckery
Re Re Re Regretsy…
August 11, 2010 at 2:21 pm
i believe this event can best be described in a song by the byrds’ pete seeger who was right on target when he said:
To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
***********
for every bit of crazy out there, there is a reciprocating bit of lunacy.
***namaste bitches indeed***
August 11, 2010 at 2:21 pm
that thump you just heard was my jaw hitting the ground.
i may possibly be a bit in love right now
i mean that in the least creepy way possible
August 11, 2010 at 2:24 pm
It is lovely and demure; beautifully toned down from what we know features many more blood-soaked entrails when she does it in real life.
August 11, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I was hoping for more teeth gnarling, but this will do!
August 11, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I would so buy a print of that.
August 11, 2010 at 2:54 pm
The artist did a wonderful job!! I bid on this alchemy but glad she got it. She really rocked the theme!!!
August 11, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I can’t even begin to say how much hope this gives me for the future of humanity. Instant. Classic.
August 11, 2010 at 3:37 pm
here’s a thought… I’m certain that aside form being clever, witty, and urbane, Regretsarians are also a massively talented bunch. (this post being exhibit A) I, for one would really like to see the skill behind the snark.
Regretsy talent show?
…just throwing that out there.
August 11, 2010 at 3:43 pm
I’ve never experienced so much whimsy, fuckered all in one place before. That was beyond awesome comprehension!
August 11, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Rose is an awesome artist…another person I never would have gotten to see if it wasn’t for this site.
Too cool.
August 11, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Thank you, this is beyond my eyes’ comprehension of frickin’ awesome :’)
That little sliver of picture is almost better than the whole thing. It’s now my wallpaper.
August 11, 2010 at 4:35 pm
<— Tears of joy
Best … Regretsy … EVER
August 11, 2010 at 5:07 pm
It really is awesome. It’s cool that someone really put real money into an alchemy request so that a good artist would bite. That kind of desire for customized freakish art is awesome.
August 11, 2010 at 5:09 pm
The blood of this unicorn will keep Gaga alive for a short time, but then she’s going to need to kill Harry Potter.
August 11, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Awe with a capital some! Regretsy rules!
August 11, 2010 at 6:29 pm
I realize #21 already mentioned this…but will she be making prints of this? Because it is amazing, and I would very likely buy one.
August 11, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Hey, would the artist let you zazzle this? I would rock a gaga/unicorn beer stein so hard!
August 11, 2010 at 8:39 pm
That is wondrous.
August 11, 2010 at 8:43 pm
SO
FUCKING
AWESOME
August 11, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Ohoho, Mello’s got a new wallpaper!~
August 11, 2010 at 11:46 pm
You guys keep your unicorn eating Gaga, I’m sticking with a classic! Steampunk Kitty!
In all honesty, this if FANTASTIC!
August 11, 2010 at 11:51 pm
It’s really a testament to Rose’s talent that this actually made me kind of want a painting of Lady Gaga eating a unicorn.
August 12, 2010 at 4:44 am
I love it so much that I would bake it an effin’ cake.
* applauds wildly*
August 12, 2010 at 4:48 am
I can totally see this in my living room gallery, between the Magritte and the Dali. WELL DONE, ROSE!!!
August 12, 2010 at 5:02 am
Looks Like Britney Spears
August 12, 2010 at 6:06 am
WOW!
August 12, 2010 at 6:19 am
Ahh, dreams really do do come true!
August 12, 2010 at 7:54 am
And you’ve been boingboinged, congrats!
August 12, 2010 at 6:07 pm
I love everything about this post. I love the internet for facilitating this situation.
August 12, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Helen Killer has fostered a true masterpiece of fuckery. I can see Rose’s work hanging in the Louvre one day all because you encouraged her. Thank you.
August 12, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Ditto #1 – 45.
And I loved evacooper’s version, too. Really delivers on the raw emotion and absurd horror.
August 13, 2010 at 9:28 am
I was driving to work this morning and the gal on the radio started talking about Lady Gaga, and then Etsy…and at this point I was thinking, no way…but yes, she mentioned this site and this print…I was laughing my butt off! Nice way to start the day!
August 14, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I have to say, this is the first time ever I have ever enjoyed Lady Gaga in any way.
August 15, 2010 at 7:50 am
Really, much less offensive than I thought it would (or could) be! Good job!