Maurice Sendak`

What an incredible influence on so many creatives.  RIP, Mr. Sendak.

Sketch!

 Lots of things going on - Convention prep, Personal projects, Work stuff, etc.  I'll have more to show soon, but for now here's a little nibble from the sketchbook.  Talk soon!

comic?

I'm leading of a team of artist putting together a sort of storytelling collection... a comic anthology-ish thing, and we are super-stoked! It's consuming a lot of my time, and I've wanted to dive into comics for a while, so this is really fun and really educational. Flexing art and design muscles that I didn't expect to flex. Totally worth it. Can't wait. Here's a little peek of an in-progress page (cropped detail):

more sketching

Sketching on Post-Its, during meetings. This seems to be a fruitful practice, as I discovered here.

Just for funsies!

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A sketch from 4 years ago

I lived in New York when I did this little marker sketch. Seems relevant. Looking forward to hearing from the good people of New Hampshire, and other places.

more sketching

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Here are a couple hipsters, drawn to warm up this morning.

busy busy busy busy...

Hey all-

I apologize for the lack of posts -- I've been painting, sculpting, designing, drawing, traveling, planning, writing, boarding... GAH. It's been amazing, but very busy. I'll have more art very soon and more stories to tell.

Very soon, I promise!

In the meantime, here is some inspiration that I use to get myself warmed up...

Royal Bangs

Another quick musical break here on the art blog:

ROYAL BANGS are a band from the musically ripe town of Knoxville, TN - they have a great eclectic, video-game/indie-rock/metal/garage/dance sound that is rare, and wonderful.

They are currently touring and are great, live. Their third album FLUX OUTSIDE will be available March 29 and is promising to be great, based on the first track released, Grass Helmet:

Grass Helmet by Glassnotemusic

They are playing at SXSW in Austin, TX next week, and unfortunately I will have left Austin before they play (damn that work scheduling!) -- but you should NOT miss them! And if you live outside of Austin or cannot make the festival, they are playing LOTS OF SHOWS this year, so see their tour schedule and more over at their MySpace page.

...and no, they did not pay me to say any of this. They just rock.

More sketching!

I've had some fresh influences lately. Just having fun and trying to get better.

Old caricature scan

I promised a few artists in 2009 at the ISCA Caricature Convention that I'd put this sketch up for anyone interested, at a print resolution. I was cleaning my studio the other day, and found it!

If you are one of those pals who wanted it (or even if you aren't), here you go!

Click the image for hi-res.