A couple new pieces

I was happy to find that Dick Blick carries Dr. Martens concentrated watercolors - was worried they were getting phased out or something...now if I could just hunt down a new palette for them...mine's like ten years old and is looking pretty wrecked. Anyway, here's a couple new pieces. The skull one is for an artful dodger themed art show in Columbus. It's kind of hard to tell from the picture, but there is a separate matte with an acetate window on it. The second one is just a screwing around piece...nothing earth shattering, just getting comfortable with my inks after three lengthy jobs using mostly the computer.



Also it must be mentioned that the white neon has officially died. Apparently the water pump exploded on it and when it did , wreaked havoc on my engine and timing chain. I hate cars. Will someone just invent a teleporter already? Anyway, she was a good car for the 7 years I had her and I'm sure will end up as a 1' foot cube like my last car did.

Brain = fried

For the past four-five days I've spent 95% of my time in the vicinity of my drawing desk / computer area working on stuff for the Warped Tour / Alternative Press brochure....finally done and waiting to hear back from the art director if any changes are required. I'll post pics of it as soon as I'm able....in the meantime, here was a poster I worked on earlier this month for the kind folks at Echo Ditto . They just celebrated their 3rd anniversary and commissioned me to do a poster to mark the occasion....here's the final piece as well as pics from their party where five framed copies were given to the main players. It was a fun project to work on.....

Record art show

Here's a new piece for a painted record group show in Dayton.

Leapin'!

Just got one of these the other day...this was one of the cars I did last year for the Road Beasts series for Hot Wheels...honestly, I didn't really like the final design when I turned it in, but seeing it in person and in 3-D I would have to say it is probably my favorite of the designs I've done for them. Nice and simple.

Not much to update, mainly because most of the stuff I'm currently working on right now I can't show yet...I'm just wrapping up designs for temporary tattoos, signed contracts with a digital licensing company, and I can't say anything about yet because my name hasn't been announced as a participant, but whereas I thought doing the work I've done on Hot Wheels fulfilled a childhood wish, this new thing kind of one ups that in the dream job department - you'll see......stay tuned........

Tattoo Flash article

Be sure and pick up the newest issue of Tattoo Flash, which goes on sale March 20th (cover date May 2007). I owe a lot that has happened to me over the years to Frenchie Nielsen and Roberta Conroy of Paisano Publications (Tattoo Magazine, Tattoo flash, Tattoo Savage) and they devoted the entire 16 pages of the supplemental magazine to showcasing my rock posters and illustrations. So go and check it out.....

They're always after me Clover Cars......

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, one of the newest cars I worked on for Hot Wheels is now available as part of the Wal-Mart exclusive Clover Cars series. Good luck finding one....get it? It's got a leprechaun on it, and I said LUCK....c'mon, that's comedy gold....get it? It's got a leprechaun on it and I said GOLD......oh never mind.

Buffy 10th anniversary poster

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer 10th anniversary poster I worked on late last month is now available on the Mondo Tees website in two versions - on brown paper and a white paper variant. Both are extremely limited so jump on 'em while you can.

Brown Paper

White Paper variant