Hey, I'm A Sophomore At MICA And I'll Hopefully Be Taking Your Digital Illustration Class Next Semester.

I decided to paint a little Japanese beetle tonight. They have furry stripes on their bellies! #gouache (Taken with instagram)

The Cosmic Shroud

This is The Cosmic Shroud. I created him for Rotopol's Super Villains exhibit opening November 25 in Kassel, Germany. There are tons of really excellent artists taking part including Hellen Jo and Victo Ngai. This was a lot of fun, and I was so happy to be invited to take part. I wish I could be at the opening! Check out Rotopol's site here for more details.

Here's my little backstory on the Shroud (warning - real nerdy):

The Cosmic Shroud burst from the shadow of a lunar eclipse, and roams the galaxy compressing matter into singularities for absorption. It hunts anything from space-traveling heroes, to satellites and space stations. It must encircle its victims with its shroud in order to compress them however, so the larger the target, the longer it takes the Cosmic Shroud to unfurl and bind. If you're quick enough, you can escape it, but as yet nothing has successfully defeated this villain. Missiles and beams alike pass through it, and it can't be contained any more than a shadow can. If spotted, avoid at all costs.

The flower-child witch and her bob-tailed familiar.

This is among a set of four prints, pages taken from my new zine “Cauldrons & Casseroles”, that will be available for purchase at SPX this weekend. You can find me at tables F6-7 with Jimmy Giegerich, Kali Ciesemier, and Sam Bosma. Come visit us!

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Reblogging my own post because GOBLIN. THE GOBLIN. IS IN BALTIMORE. TOnight. And I'm gonna see them and wear my own dumb shirt and it's gonna be the strangest, most rad time, and everyone? go ahead. be jealous.

"Suzy, do you know anything about…witches?"

Suspiria, a masterpiece by Dario Argento. This trippy, amazingly surreal horror film is the subject of my newest tshirt design for Pizza Party Printing's upcoming movie night at the Ottobar. They'll be showing not only Suspiria, but the 1989 horror, The Church (paired with a fucking metal shirt by Jimmy Giegerich), so if you’re in Baltimore at the end of the month, be there! Immerse yourself in blood and beer (and the music of the one, the only Goblin). It’s gonna be spooky.

The Suspiria shirt is up for sale now at Pizza Party! Pick one up while you can!

A ghost wrote this in my sketchbook I'm pretty sure.

Helllo! I just want to say you inspire me so much! I found you a while back on the book report. I just thought I would let you know and I haven't asked anything on here yet. I'm really trying to get back to drawing, I've neglected it far too long. I usually lean towards print design :)Soo question! Do you use a tablet to draw digitally sometimes? Or is it always scanning in and adjusting the levels? If you ever draw with a tablet do you have any tips? I'm discovering lots of neat tricks for photoshop with line work but i was just curious if there was anything you wish you would have known starting out with the tablet!Okay! I'm just being long winded now, thank you :)

Hi! Thank you! Great to hear that I've inspired a designer :) I ALWAYS use a tablet to draw digitally! Daniel Krall put it in the best way for me: if working with a tablet is like working with a pencil, then working with a mouse is like trying to draw with a block of wood with a point of graphite sticking out the bottom of it. The tablet was a little awkward at first, but I just spent a day messing around with it until I was used to it and now I can't go back. Just take a bit to get the hang of it, and pair it with key commands in Photoshop, and drawing digitally will seem much more ergonomic. You'll love it.

Illustration for the New Yorker's Bar Tab column about a cozy-sounding trivia-night-loving bar in Brooklyn, Black Rabbit. I'm all in the mood for festive drinks now. Thanks to AD Deanna Donegan.

A prince!

pumpkin gnome

I painted a couple of rebels for gouache demos in Alex Fine and Greg Houston's illustration classes. These guys are kind of evil...kinda got a devilish lean to em...the rebels too! (badum chh) (sorry)

I'm always amazed that anything I have to share in demos with classes are things students will appreciate and be able to use, but it's always great. So long as I'm not going off on too many random rants about dumb things then I just hope I'm imparting some tips, and it's a pretty good time.