Just A Giant Hurricane Art Dump

[storm_in_a_teacup]

So...I finally have finished some series of comics so I can post the hurricane art I have done in the past couple of years.

In summer 2020, UTMB Galveston handed out commemorative water bottles for graduating residents...




Hmm...that little drawing looks kind of familiar...?

hmmm....I wonder who could have been asked to do a series of drawings of the disasters UTMB has overcome for them.

When people were predicting Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Marco to do a Fujiwhara interaction, I drew this:

it didn't exactly age well given that the interaction never happened and Laura was a beast, but I'm putting it here anyway.
The weird green hands are meant to represent the Mayan storm god Hurakan, who was often depicted in art with green skin. Marco is nervous because the much stronger Laura will undoubtedly rip him apart as he gets close.

Lastly, here is what is so far my "magnum opus" of hurricane comics. I took the song "Comet" from the TV show Steven Universe and changed it to be a song played by my character for the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane









Basically Labor Day (a) has a decent singing voice and (b) shreds a mean guitarfish. I imagine it would appear to be a kind of abrupt transition, as his normal voice is probably a combination of a drill sergeant and screaming Category 5 winds. And then he starts singing, and sounds like Billy Joel or something like that.

For those who want to know what the tune of the song is, it is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3M47LlGAWU
For some reason when I heard it several years ago I thought "I could totally turn this into a song about the life of a hurricane."

[Chris90]

Congratulations on your art being used for those commemorative water bottles, that’s really cool that you got to do that!

[AnnularCane]

Very nice! (I had a feeling this would all be posted here eventually.)

If you don't mind my asking, how did your drawings come to be used on the water bottles?

[storm_in_a_teacup]

Very nice! (I had a feeling this would all be posted here eventually.)

If you don't mind my asking, how did your drawings come to be used on the water bottles?

I have family that works there, and they asked me to do it for the graduating residents. That’s all.

[Iceresistance]

Just a Hurricane Art Dump? Your work is AMAZING!


And there was more storms of the century: 2011 Super outbreak & Superstorm Sandy (2012).

Even Extratropical cyclones can become extremely powerful. (As demonstrated by the Storm of the Century in 1993)

I do want to mention that Supercells also have a mind of their own, they can suddenly change direction, collapse, explosively grow, slow down & speed up! I've tracked some very weird Supercells in the past few years . . .

[Kingarabian]

Fantastic work!

[FireRat]

Absolutely awesome stuff, wonderfully entertaining way to bring hurricanes to life storm_in_a_teacup!!

[storm_in_a_teacup]

Just a Hurricane Art Dump? Your work is AMAZING!


And there was more storms of the century: 2011 Super outbreak & Superstorm Sandy (2012).

Even Extratropical cyclones can become extremely powerful. (As demonstrated by the Storm of the Century in 1993)

I do want to mention that Supercells also have a mind of their own, they can suddenly change direction, collapse, explosively grow, slow down & speed up! I've tracked some very weird Supercells in the past few years . . .

The “storms of the century” thing was a reference to a Weather Channel special at the end of the 20th century where they ranked the top ten biggest storms. The storms you mentioned weren’t on the list because it was specifically restricted to 20th century storms.

[Iceresistance]

Just a Hurricane Art Dump? Your work is AMAZING!


And there was more storms of the century: 2011 Super outbreak & Superstorm Sandy (2012).

Even Extratropical cyclones can become extremely powerful. (As demonstrated by the Storm of the Century in 1993)

I do want to mention that Supercells also have a mind of their own, they can suddenly change direction, collapse, explosively grow, slow down & speed up! I've tracked some very weird Supercells in the past few years . . .

The “storms of the century” thing was a reference to a Weather Channel special at the end of the 20th century where they ranked the top ten biggest storms. The storms you mentioned weren’t on the list because it was specifically restricted to 20th century storms.

True on the 20th Century list, but Supercells, they have a mind of their own . . .

[SootyTern]

Liked for the panel with Sooty terns having one hell of a ride. Nice work!