genesis the greykid - a thought video

I've been working with the super talented Chike Ozah (music video director for the likes of Kanye West, Erykah Badu, Curren$y, etc.) over at New York's Creative Control on a bit of stuff.

Genesis the Greykid is gearing up to release a new mixtape, and I'm providing a bit of illustration work in correlation with it.

You can see some of these drawings at the beginning of his newest music video "A Thought", really dope song and artist, so make sure to check out for more stuff of his this year.

sled island

I created this illustration for Sled Island, an indie music festival. Pictured below is the process . It is currently running in ads and will be used in other promotion related to the event. Below is a bit of the process that was involved, from sketchbook, to rough, to final, to print (click to enlarge).
























The pilot is inspired a bit by a cockatoo's appearance. His apparel is mad maxish/stitched together, and he has over sized headphones on. His plane is inspired by the WWII fighter planes, and I tried to tie that era into it's features as well (like the 40's cartoon eye). Speakers are tied to the back of the vehicle, inspired by the kids in Queens, NY who would jury rig giant speakers on the back of their bikes. Continuing with this idea of adaption, the 45 rpm adapter is a recurring symbol, and the missile is a headphone jack adapter.

Sled Island is an annual music festival that takes place in Calgary, some unreal artists will be playing (I can't wait to see The Antlers and Feist again myself) so make sure to cop your wristbands and come out June 20-23.

Your song of the day below.

superstition

Superstition Show

I'm in an art show next Friday the 13th, it's a group exhibit with a theme of Superstition which Limelighter is putting on. I'll be showing 3 pieces I believe. Bonnaventure James will be providing some music.

More info at the Facebook page here.

Your song of the day below, "Lucky You" by The National.

pokemon

I went to Drink & Draw at Dicken's last night. A few of us drew our own Pokemon and their respective trainer's, mine is above. Make sure to go to this Drink & Draw page to see Fiona's, Ben's, and Steve's Pokemon.

Drink & Draw occurs every Wednesday.

new string bridges poster

Here is a new gig poster I created for String Bridges' upcoming show.
They play the Ironwood stage on March 29th, hopefully I'll see you there!

To see the last poster I made for them go here.

under the covers

I have a new column in FREQ Magazine, where I interview artists who have done album covers. For the first edition of "Under the Covers" I interview Lois van Baarle about the Oneirology album cover (pictured above) she created for Cunninlynguists, her musical inspirations, and more.

Read it here.

Your song of the day below:

saucy iphone apps

Here's the March illustration for BeatRoute's monthly sex column "Keepin' It Sleazy" with your regional sexpert EZ-Breezy. Sex related iPhone apps was the topic of discussion, read the article here or on news stands around the city.

Your sex/phone post related song of the day below.