gale wind

This is one of the pieces of mine that showed on Friday at the Superstition show. It's based on a childhood memory of mine, which involves a fetus and a chicken in the graveyard, if you are ever curious about it you can come ask me in person. :)

shakeout

I created this illustration and ad layout for ShakeOut, a small music fest that gets you geared up for Sled Island (which I also had the pleasure to illustrate for). It's currently running in BeatRoute magazine.

You get to listen to some great live music at all my favorite watering holes; Ship and Anchor, Broken City, Palomino, Tubby Dog, Vicious Circle, and Drum and Monkey. The Wet Secrets, The Get Down, and Dojo Workhorse headline so come drink some beer and enjoy some great tunes this May long.

Listen to Dojo Workhorse below.

under the covers with david homer

"Vodka & Ayahuasca"

For this month's Under the Covers column I talked to David Homer, co-founder of Debaser Studios in Australia. We talk about the Gangrene cover he illustrated, why they chose the name "Debaser", and what he does when one of their co-workers starts listening to Beyonce.

Read the full interview on the Freq website here.

Your song of the day is Gangrene's "Vodka & Ayahuasca" title track, check out the hectic video below.

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.