This year's sale features, for the first time, greeting cards and hooded sweatshirts (pull-over & zip-up):
Long-sleeved T-shirts:
Tote Bags and Aprons:
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Amazing Turkey... & Beyond!
Be sure to check out Leon Beyond's take on the Great American Turkey's nutritional and historical legacy at the AMAZING FACTS & BEYOND blog. Gobble gobble!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Family Feud! Melon vs. Gilmore
Here are two paintings I'm showing at this year's Famous Fictional art show at the Mad Art Gallery here in St. Louis. The theme of this year's show is "FAMILY FEUD" and I chose two of my favorite fictional families to make portraits of: The Melons (from Back to School) and The Gilmores (from The Gilmore Girls).
Some sketches and reference:
I settled on "family crest" kind of images based on the blue blood pedigrees of the two families.
I built the original drawings with vectors in Illustrator:
I traced the drawing on to large sheets of foamcore and painting them as precisely as I could, paint-by-number style. Then I cut the shapes out. Actually my lovely wife did all the exacto-ing.
"The Melons at Grand Lakes University". Acrylic, Gold Leaf & White Out on Foam, 32" x 40".
You may remember this cover I drew for the Gilmore Girls graphic novel last year (still waiting for a publisher), so you know I'm a big fan.
I was excited to get to return to the wonderful town of Stars Hollow and the Dragonfly Inn.
Vector drawing:
Finished painting:
"The Gilmores of Stars Hollow". Acrylic, Gold Leaf & White Out on Foam, 32" x 40". The show runs for the remainder of the month of November, so if you're in town be sure to check it out! There are lots of other great family portraits represented.
Some sketches and reference:
I settled on "family crest" kind of images based on the blue blood pedigrees of the two families.
I built the original drawings with vectors in Illustrator:
I traced the drawing on to large sheets of foamcore and painting them as precisely as I could, paint-by-number style. Then I cut the shapes out. Actually my lovely wife did all the exacto-ing.
"The Melons at Grand Lakes University". Acrylic, Gold Leaf & White Out on Foam, 32" x 40".
You may remember this cover I drew for the Gilmore Girls graphic novel last year (still waiting for a publisher), so you know I'm a big fan.
I was excited to get to return to the wonderful town of Stars Hollow and the Dragonfly Inn.
Vector drawing:
Finished painting:
"The Gilmores of Stars Hollow". Acrylic, Gold Leaf & White Out on Foam, 32" x 40". The show runs for the remainder of the month of November, so if you're in town be sure to check it out! There are lots of other great family portraits represented.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Cyclopz Halloween Costume
My wife was a Unicorn. This picture was taken at the bowling alley (that's why I'm wearing bowling shoes). Sketch:
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Shirtoberfest!
Although I think it's too late to participate in any of the shirt.woot! Shirtoberfest sales, here's a bunch of fall-themed stuff I drew for the festivities anyway. Enjoy!
We combined ideas from sketches #2 and #3 (above) and went through a crazy corn maze to get to the final designs for the frontpage and banner ads. Click to enlarge!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Redbird Fever!
In honor of my beloved home team's exhilarating and unlikely quest for an 11th World Series title, here are eleven Cardinals-themed drawings from the archives. There are a lot more where these came from, so we'll just have to win a lot more championships. Let's go you Redbirds!
11. History of the Birds on the Bats print.
10. Tony La Russa, classic rock connoisseur
9. Mets are Pond Scum
8. Amazing Facts and Beyond takes a close look at Fredbird
7. Some shoes I painted
6. Best Fans in Baseball
5. Hollywood Jim Edmonds in a hot tub with Fredbird. 'Nuff said.
4. Mike Shannon 'The Moon Man Speaks" print
3. Page from a comic about the 2004 NLCS (published in Not My Small Diary #13)
2. Bob Gibson painting
1. Year-end illustration of last year's Cards. Glad this year's roller coaster is pointing back to the top!
10. Tony La Russa, classic rock connoisseur
9. Mets are Pond Scum
8. Amazing Facts and Beyond takes a close look at Fredbird
7. Some shoes I painted
6. Best Fans in Baseball
5. Hollywood Jim Edmonds in a hot tub with Fredbird. 'Nuff said.
4. Mike Shannon 'The Moon Man Speaks" print
3. Page from a comic about the 2004 NLCS (published in Not My Small Diary #13)
2. Bob Gibson painting
1. Year-end illustration of last year's Cards. Glad this year's roller coaster is pointing back to the top!
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Get Lost + F(o)und!
We're looking forward to this event on Thursday night (Oct. 6th). Perennial is a really cool local organization and I'm honored to have done the posters 'n tickets 'n stuff for their first big party/fundraiser.
The event will have the usual music and drinks but will feature special a DIY rebuilding/redesigning challenge and other neat upcycling-type activities.
These were my sketches:
We settled on this idea, a sorta county-fair/science-fair theme focussing on the exhibits and process-oriented activities.
I also designed (and silkscreened) some teaser postcards:
These were printed on random bit of chipboard packaging we collected:
I also made some traditional postcards (front and back)...
... as well as the little tickets required for entrance to the event (you have to buy those to see 'em!). Get your tickets here! Hope to see lots of you there! I'll buy you a Perennial Ale.
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