Train Sketchbook

I'm drawing in my sketchbook again, trying to reboot and draw for fun. I got some Tombow markers that are interesting, though I miss the Pentel color brush pens they used to carry at the art store. Here's some people in Brooklyn riding the D and 4 trains.

Awesome Dudes Who Like To Rock

This is a very belated commissioned painting for my Dad's friend. It was really lots of fun to paint. He asked for a painting of rock musicians in a rehearsal space singing and playing loud and angry music. I had intended to listen to loud music while I was painting this, but there was some cool ambient stuff playing in the studio.

Over the weekend, I witnessed Gregory Benton finish the last scribbles on his incredible book, B + F. Check out this article about it via Bleeding Cool. Can't wait for its release!

Sketches From Last Night

Last night in the studio: drawing Ai Wei Wei, listening to Beyonce. Life is interesting. I recommend checking out the doumentary Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry. These are drawings for a secret project-- I can tell you about it in a week when it's done!

Drawing on Location at the Jalopy Theater

On Monday I took the day off from my photo job to draw Ernesto Gomez, Arturo Jugman, Walker Shepard, Jackson Lynch, and some others at the Jalopy Theater during the Brotherhood of the Jugband Blues recording session. The idea is to collect good drawings for the album artwork. It was slow going, since people move a considerable amount when they play instruments. They usually oscillate between two poses, and you have pick one and keep looking for the moment when they go back into the pose. It's a really fun and challenging way to draw.

New York Times Homepage Today

Two of my favorite illustrators, Victor Kerlow and Eleanor Davis, are featured in homepage articles this morning. What a nice surprise!

Illustrators on the Loose

I came back from Bethesda with a really nasty cold, all this world traveling and public restroom use finally caught up with me. Here's some drawings the other artists I traveled to Bethesda with sketched of me.

Drawing by Ray Alma.

Drawing by Ray Alma.

Drawing by Fred Harper.

Quitting

This was a super fun job I got to do over the weekend for a feature article in the Portland Mercury on escaping junk mail (and sometimes Facebook). The spots were really funny to draw, I am a fan. Thanks Justin!

 I'm silkscreening business cards at the printshop but it is really taking so long and has left me eager to work on other projects (like comics!) I'll be at MOCCA with something up my sleeve. I really want to see the talk at 2:30 on Saturday with the Pizza Island ladies. They are so talented and encouraging me to not be sad that comics is often dominated by cranky old men. Here is an etching I did while waiting for a space to open up in the silkscreen room (it sure is busy lately).

Smokey Dokey

Here's another piece for the Portland Mercury, about the tobacco industry in Oregon, roughly paraphrased. This was really fun to draw. Pascal was relatively well-behaved during the creative process i.e. camped out on my lap as I brandished my tablet pen.

Thanks Justin!

Handy Dandy

This piece was made to accompany a news story about a cop who gets his badge back after getting the boot. The AD at The Portland Mercury, Justin "Scrappers" Morrison is a pretty funny guy, and super talented, check out this cool interview.

There's another cool thing to read, about the Best/Worst Mercury covers. If you scroll down to nearly the end you can find his musings, which I found to be thought-provoking and hysterical. 

Thanks Scrappers!

I Like You

I just finished these silkscreen cards. This was a belated valentine book idea that turned into a promotional piece. I printed a few on white, hot press stock, and sent them out to my favorite art directors,  though the scan is from the edition I pulled on less-fancy cream colored card stock.

Doorways

Riffs Poster

Over and Under

Final tee design for Ride Brooklyn.

stranded

Mickey Duzyj

Sweet illos and comics by Mickey Duzyj. I must be living under a rock, how did I just find out about this guy?

Gallery Seven Tonight: Sketchbook Obsessions

RSVP: galleryseven@nytimes.com
Thursday July 16, 2009, 7:00-9:00 PM
The New York Times, 620 8th Avenue, 7th FL

Peter Arkle, Karen Barbour, George Bates, Nicholas Blechman, Blex Bolex, Loren Capelli, Josh Cochran, Matt Dorfman, Sara Fanelli, Nicholas Gazin, Steven Guarnaccia, Eric Hanson, John Hendrix, Matthew Hollister, Emma Houlston, Erik T. Johnson, Nora Krug, Pascal Lemaitre, Jason Logan, Ted McGrath, Rick Meyerowitz, Chris Silas Neal, Kate O'Connor, Mike Perry, Leif Parsons, Alain Pilon, Emilano Ponzi, Jason Polan, Brian Rea, Edel Rodriguez, Jonathon Rosen, Leanne Shapton, Seth, Shoboshobo, Rachel Solomon, Tamara Shopsin, Ward Schumaker, Holly Stevenson, Jillian Tamaki, Mark Todd, Aude Van Ryn, Andrea Ventura, Henning Wagenbreth, Esther Pearl Watson, Jeremy Zilar


AND the talented Mr. Victor Kerlow will HAVE SOME COOL PIECES IN THE SHOW!

Here's a detail of a painting I just recently finished for the BirdBeak show.


A killed sketch for a freelance job.