Mothman! Max painted this at a fairly young age and graciously allows me to use it here. In exchange for free T-shirts. I love how happy she made him! Get this image on almost anything at RedBubble. Bigfoot, who has become ubiquitous in my daily life, is also included, along with a “Field Investigator” Tee. …
I worked with a tactical gear manufacturer to improve the quality of their bartacks (a reinforcement stitch comprised of long-form straight stitches bound over by small zig-zags) used for their MOLLE webbing. A frame was built to hold lengths of Cordura webbing in a Juki large-field pattern sewer, but the default bartack programmed into the …
I worked with brothers who struck me as very much like the Venture Brothers – one stockier, one taller… so I broke down and spoofed the show logo, drawing caricatures of this pair in the style of the original logo. The text was hand-drawn in a “clean” version, then roughed up in Adobe Illustrator. This …
Skiffle Creek is a local, songwriter-driven band with a string-band vibe and an eclectic set list. This is a poster design with a large flexible area to give me the freedom to cram in a lot (as in the “two shows” sample below) or give a cleaner feel to more straightforward promotions. These guys did …
I’m always learning new techniques and art styles; this is my first trial at traditional Celtic knotwork. I’m working from George Bain’s “Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction” originally published in 1951. This piece is drawn on cotton bond paper with a Speedball D series nib using India ink. Original drawing measures a shade over …
What a great project! After a brainstorming session with the business owner, where I brought several design samples to give us a reference for discussion, I took his conceptual ideas and generated this drawing. My first submission was a 2′ by 6′ sample generated on a pen plotter from a vector original. After choosing a …
Marco and Mariposa is the story of a tadpole who falls in love with a monarch butterfly. The two know their relationship will not be accepted, so they run away together, having life-altering encounters along the way. The theme is “Love Conquers All”. The Illustrations were created entirely using the Paper by 53 app on …
You’d’ve thought the sand was on fire if you caught sight of the Bucket Brigade running to the ocean for water and hauling it back up the beach two-fisted, a bucket in each hand. Trip after trip, the two girls labored so earnestly I was compelled to seek the impetus of their efforts… ah, a …
Always jitteryAlways hurryingAlways hurtingAlways night Sick or woundedDisorientedAlways urgentAlways night Damp and coldShoved alongAlways strugglingAlways night Always blackAlways skewedAlways anxiousAlways night Drowning in the darkGrasping at patches of greySensing consciousnessAlways night When the dream comes
I can’t stop watchingthis precious humanloud and tough andbeautiful to understand Let this take me down You make meshook obsessed mesmerizedYour torment is hypnotic geniusdissolving me, cleansing my soul Let this take me down liquid talent dripping off your browlike you’ve been to the crossroadsbut stayed true through the change I am baptized in the …