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BEATLES UPDATE!

I redid the Beatles print because I wanted it to be a little more get-able for folks, and this one's 60% less money. Also, it looks real great in black and white (with some nice texture), especially given the subject matter. Perfect for any BeatleManiac in your life. Get it in the shop!

Hadn’t seen this one before, very tense and creepy. Poor bunny.

Another gig poster for the now Chicago-based DJ Lani Love. I like them all, but this one might be my favorite. This one is up before the event, do you live in Chicago? cuz this bar is in a bank vault...

And a close up on the face without text:

Game Map

More work on the little iphone game I’m working on. Here is the ubiquitous swamp map. I like this swamp map a bit more than most because it is actually pretty inviting and good for ghosting ghosts if you ask me.

Signature Woes

I changed my signature about a year ago. It was a big deal and I’m still coming to grips with how it deteriorates under pressure or time constraints. Time constraints here mostly mean impatience, because I can’t remember the last time I was given a certain amount of time to make my signature happen.  Anybody with signature woes knows what I mean when I say pressure. It has to look good.

Process Post: Cover Art

Again, a view into the way I work for better or worse.  Process of the cover art for DJ Lani Love’s winter mixtape Snow To Stars.  Projects for Lani always get me to work in a more sleek, hip fashion.  Not much room for smiling pixelart or batmen, but I’d like to think I can do cool too. You be the judge (I’ve decided this is going to be pretty cool if I stick to it, but your confidence is highly appreciated).

Step 1 & 2.

Left: Extra rough sketch for the basic layout and concept. I went with the snow and stars.  Right: Less awful rendering of Ms. Love. Coolness tip: head slightly raised, shoulders slightly back? Coolness. Who knows why.

Step 3 & 4.

Left: Serious cleanup of the face and hair with a rough shape for the space-blouse.  Right: Her hair loaded the right side of the frame unexpectedly - so the sweet gloves and dropping the collar for a bit more asymmetrical balance.

Step 5.

Clean it all up.  Next step will involve the tough decisions of shading, color, text, etc.  

Working on a character for a new haiku/comic mashup done with haikuist Kalia A. Comin' soon. Yeah, he shoots a laser out his fingers.

Twiggy & Harry - log pals.

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Every year, I host a dumpling party in which we make a heck of a lot of dumplings and watch a whole mess of movies starring a selected, beloved, actor. This year, it's John Cusack, so I drew him on a poster for the FOURTH annual ae Dumpling Party.

Bird 9: Canada Goose

I am making a concerted effort fo finish up the Birds of Brooklyn poster by the end of next week. It will have 15 of the most commonly seen birds around Brooklyn, mostly my home-base Prospect Park. This one here is the venerable Canada Goose. I've always been into these birds as we had dozens that would summer in the pasture next to our house.