Comics, Booze, Crazy Button Ladies, & Cake - APE 2010!

It always feels good to be home but APE was great this year! People responded to my work way better then last year and I met some very cool and talented people I look forward to hanging out & (hopefully) working with in the near future. I have zines and prints left over from the show that will be up for sale at some local and online outlets soon, or you could email me if interested. More importantly I'm very excited and motivated to get going on my next round of projects and releasing another Significant Cities Zine shortly after the new year. More work and official website this coming week!

going ape...

Horrible pun not withstanding, this year's APE is in just over a week, and like last year, I'm in last minute scramble mode. But, also like last year, I seem to be doing pretty well under the pressure, so it's a give and take I guess. Here are some more images that'll be in the zine, and at least one that'll be a postcard.
The book piece is based on NY Times Op Ed article about community based education in Afghanistan in lieu of Taliban attacks on traditional schools, and the two hair illustrations are part of a self portrait series...different phases of my life represented through hair.

worsening weather

Another in progress piece...I've been jumping between several projects at once, which is something I used to a lot and have been finding I get way more done this way. Looking forward to APE next month and having a proper website up with a lot of new work.

Drawing

Blue - John Mathis, fellow illustrator, man of large arms.
Black - Some random dude.

In Progress

I've been working on some larger pieces than normal...here's an in progress. I'm also working on the short stories & illustrations that will be in my zine for APE this year. Hopefully this is my last blog post, and I'll have a proper website up sometime in the next week or two.

Swordfought

About three weeks ago the three year endeavor that was my band Swordfights came to an end. And as much of a bummer as it is, it's also quite a relief. Devoting a larger chunk of time to illustration has been a good change of pace and I've been messing around with different styles and tools I haven't really tried before. Here are some pieces I did sort of messing around, but they'll probably end up in the zine I'm taking to APE later this year. And some sketchbook stuff, because why not?

Little Drawings

I've been treating the artwork for the Swordfights EP (and the music & lyrics) as one big piece as opposed to 4 separate songs and some drawings to go with it, and I'm pretty happy with the results. There's still much to be done and washes to be added, and when it's all done I think I'm going to retire the crazy hatching for a bit to try to new things so I'm pushing it as much as I can without completely breaking my mind. More stuff soon!