Of course you'd never know it but I've been quite busy since moving to the west coast. I'll be posting new work in the near future. In the mean time here's an image I cooked up for a yard sale flyer I made back in Providence. Check back soon for updates and a sneak peak at future projects.

Thrilling!

Whooee! Projects are eatin' my life right now. Here's another one down. This is for my friend Ben Acker's ongoing Thrilling Adventure Hour at the Largo in L.A.

This is based on their segment Captain Laserbeam. It's the collected villains of Apex City, Captain Laserbeam's home. It's a two color version that is meant to look like a silkscreen print. I'll probably do a full color version in the future.



I'll make up a key for the villains and post it later. Hope you like it, internet!

ALSO

I drew the turkey in the beginning of this.

Tough Like a Diamond

A few more pieces to share for an upcoming small works show at the bear and bird gallery.







Thanks to the Evan "Funk" Davies Show for the tunes that pulled me through on this project. There's a great cover of Noise of Carpet by Hank IV on the playlist I linked to. As well as a brutal track from Pop. 1280, who would be my new favorite band if Best Coast hadn't dropped onto my turntable recently.

Latest

Deadlines are looming! I am responding!

Here are a few recent pieces. The first will be on sale in the Boston area in the near future! It's a big fella— 30" by 22". Hence the drawing board snapshot and not a proper scan.



Here's a detail because the pen work gets lost at this scale.



The last is a demo I did for a recent class. Can't go wrong with smoking animals!



Thanks for the look everybody.

Thwee Dee

Everybody loves smoking animals.

Summer Sides

Not a lot of activity lately on the ol' web log but I have been making progress on some projects.

Thought I'd update with a few new sketches and a test drawing.

First, a continuation of the "Face It" series.





This one was part of the same session but taking a less cartoony approach. I was looking for elegant economy.



Finally a test drawing for a children's book project. I can't decide if it should be in black and white of color yet. This was a little study to see one way to approach the main character.



Thanks always for reading! Now back to work for me.

The Slumps

Here are a few selections from last Tuesday night's drawing session. I don't know what was happening with me but I found it really hard to get started this week. I did some warm up experiments then tried my hand at a few more rook sketches— but nothing was working. When this happens, I like to switch mediums to see if something will click. Eventually I got a rook drawing off the ground but mostly I just deposited a lot of paper in the recycling bin. I really can't decide the best method to tackle creative block but I found sitting around and stewing on it definitely doesn't work. Getting loose and switching from pen to pencil was a good start this time.

First a snap shot:



Then a little character sketch with ink and sponge:



Thanks for reading/looking!