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The Shadow Over My Drawingboard

The Shadow Over My Drawingboard

I cannot claim to remember the dreams that plagued my feverish mind, I can only say that I had the vaguest memories of men with bulbous eyes that seemed to smell of fish. When I did finally awake, I did so with a bolt hysterical laughter.Continue Reading

Eating the Hands of My Heros (just a little bit!)

Eating the Hands of My Heros (just a little bit!)

“Eating the Hands of My Heros.” Zelda Devon, of Teetering Bulb, once suggested this to me as a way learning what has been successful in the illustration works that I enjoy, and as a way to grow my own work. It’s good advice, and it’s something that has been bouncing around in the back of mind for quite some time.Continue Reading

Real Life Adventures of an Illustrator

Summary: My wife and I travel back to my old hometown. An old High School buddy and I throw a party at his skateshop and call it an “In Store Artist Event.” I find myself on the hook for 3 new skateboard graphics. Good times are had by all.Continue Reading

“Ivy” comes home with 2 literary awards!

“Ivy; Homeless in San Francisco” wins a 2011 Literary Classics Silver Medal and a Bronze Moonbeam Award! I am super psyched to be apart of this project and am glad to see that it is getting the recognition that it deserves. My contribution to this book was in creating the cover image as well as the five black and white interior illustrations.Continue Reading

Monster Mondays

I want to start sharing some of my sketches and drawings. Often my day will start with about an hour of sketching or drawing to loosen up, have fun, and often times an excuse to draw a monster. Today’s Monday Monster is our pal Cthulhu.Continue Reading

The Un-taping of Bo Diddley