Death Ride

This is something I've been working on recently. Who doesn't like a good skull? Exactly! Anyhow, not sure what else I'll do with this, but I dig it. Maybe a PSA for kids to wear their helmet or they could end up not as cool as this guy, hehe.

Tijuana Wildebeests!

So, the best RockBand in the world has asked me to do their logo. This is a rough skecth of the start of it. Who is Tijuana Wildebeests you make ask, well it'k my band for RockBand. Yeah, we're famous and our merch will be available soon. It'll sell quick, but with the start of awesomeness like this, who wouldn't want one? Thanks for humoring me, enjoy :)

 Yeah, I know it's not the best thing in the world, that's why it's a rough sketch...just figured I post an update on my artsy blog :)

Lemmy is GOD!

If you don't know who Lemmy is, then where have you been? Lemmy Kilmister is the lead singer for Motorhead (one of my favorite bands). There was a movie called 'Airheads' that was popular in my teenage youth and I watched it a while back and got to a part of the movie where there is a quiz:

[Chazz and Rex are testing Chris]
Chazz: Who'd win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God?
Chris Moore: Lemmy.
[Rex imitates a game show buzzer]
Chris Moore: ... God?
Rex: Wrong, dickhead, trick question. Lemmy *IS* God.

And that part inspired this design of Lemmy *IS* God! I love this design and it is probably one of the pieces that I've done that I would consider in the top 5 of my personal favorites. If you're a metal head like me, I know you'll enjoy this piece, if you're not... well you should be :)

May your metal be heavy my son!

Beer

I worked for a local beer distributor and produced multitudes of  point-of-sale advertising, table tents for restaurants, and all types of marketing materials. I was the sole producer and creator of all of the marketing and advertising materials for the company. These are just some examples of the thousands of pieces I did for this company.

Lynwood Grill table tents

Carolina Ale House table tents

Buck's table Tent

Super Bowl XLIV(2010) Brackets. Seen at bars everywhere*!

 *Everywhere = local watering holes near Raleigh, NC :)

Metal!

Adventures in metalworking! This is an attempt to make a neat stand for a decorative Day of the Dead skull candle holder that a friend of mine made for me. The skull is made from sheet metal and stained glass with a candle that goes behind the glass in the eyes to light up. Problems arose when I realized that it would be way too close to the wall when a candle was burning, so I did what any crazy person does... I went digging in the garage. I found a gear that my father machined when he was in school and I found a cam from a motorcycle that no longer needed it, haha. I welded up a stand to hold the skull, and I think it came out pretty cool looking.

Ok, so the weld isn't the prettiest, but I think it came out looking good.

The stand in action!

The DoD skull made by the fantastic Jessica VanNess

Watercolors

Here are some watercolor paintings I did a while back. The influence of working in tattoo shops is becoming more apparent in some of the work I do, even though these are older pieces. My personal favorite of these is the flying eye because it was a fun piece... and art is supposed to be fun!

Day of the Dead sugar skull.

Thanks to Kenny Howard for being a big influence

This is framed and in my mom's house, go figure :)

OBEY!

I know, this has been over done... but it didn't stop me from my knock off of Shepard Fairey's OBEY Giant. He is a very formidable street artist and encourages people to create their own art and their own versions of the OBEY propaganda. This is a simple vector piece that I made of myself. I love the art that Fairey and other street artists do, so here's my contribution to continuing the OBEY mystique.

OBEY-OBEY-OBEY-OBEY-OBEY-OBEY

Love the Bomb!

This is what happens when you have too much time on your hands and you see Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. I like the idea of this piece. It started off as just a bomb with the shark mouth on it and it evolved into this piece. I couldn't just leave the bomb alone and decided to make a propaganda type of print. This was a fun piece.

The city may glow for years after this.

Star Wars!

As a child, I loved Star Wars. Heck, as an adult, I still love Star Wars. That being said, those movies and characters from my childhood have definitely influenced my art as well as my creativity. So, if you are a Star Wars nerd like me, you'll love these. Enjoy!

Well, duh! Hans did shoot first, no matter which way you slice it. This is 'Saint Fett', the patron saint of bounty.

Fett stencil for graffiti

Storm trooper stencil for graffiti.

Team Ginger Zombie

     I came across some old skool EC comics and thought about the design process for print media. Most comics from my youth had the color dots from halftone printing, which is an economical way of printing and ideal for a small comic company. So after a night out with some friends of mine that also happen to be big zombie fans like myself, I decided to try to replicate the old style of comic halftone to create a panel for our 'zombie survival'. This was a fun piece to make.