Gap Tees

Some of the new GAP Kids tees I did . It's fun to do some nuts and bolts perspective work, and drawing sweet rides is pretty gnarly too, especially when you're pretty much just making them up.

Haunted Hizzle!

A little haunted house that's one of about 15 buildings that are part of a new advertising job I'm working on . . . More to come later!

Rogues Gallery

Its on the way . . .Loki, Apocalypse, Doc Ock, Thanos, Mephisto, Magneto, Blob, Juggernaut, Electro, Mysterio, Dr. Doom, Venom, Red Skull, Sabertooth, Bullseye, Emma Frost, Mystique, Leader, Super Skrull, Mister Sinister, Arnim Zola, MODOK, Madame Masque, Green Goblin, and Callisto.

Wednesday to Friday . . .

Well, the internet works pretty fast. After the "completed heroes" post on Wednesday, which I also posted on WFOF, fellow contributor Jashar posted it on a few comic blogs and a few people picked it up on my blog, and weezoo - on Friday I get a call from Daniel Franzese - the actor who most notably played "Damian" in Mean Girls. Along with being a nice fellow, he also curates shows, and is curating a show based on superhero art which opens on this Friday at Royal/T, owned by Susan Hancock, who is a big contemporary Japanese Pop collector as well as being on the board or patron of major contemporary art museums from the Guggenheim to the New Museum, to MoCA in Miami and seems to run a pretty great space in Culver City.

All in all, in two days, this piece went from a fun little side project to a gallery in LA, thanks to good ol' Mr. Internet, and his miraculous tubes.

Plus it looks like there's going to be some really fun work and costumes for those of you on the sun-drenched side of the country!

Jim Wright

I love Jim Wright's Japanese print meets Grandma Moses on acid look.

Completed Heroes . . .

Heroes!!

How do I spend my time sometimes? Why .. . Nerding, of course. This is a little piece Im working on inspired by a T-shirt I got in Walmart.

John Ensign - Naughty Boy . . .

A cover and interior spread for the great Maureen Adamo at Las Vegas CityLife. It's fun doing a story about sexual indiscretion!

Adam Janes

LA based artist Adam Janes has some super work. I always like people who have a good control over vibrant color. He's got a very nice manic, but tempered feel.

Shelby Bolognie

A self portrait by infamous milk smuggler, Shelby Bolognie.

Inaugural Visit to Citi Field!

I went to see the Mets defeat the Cards in a 3 - 2 pitchers duel between Johan Santana and Chris Carpenter. Nice stadium. Im an old codger at heart and I still prefer Shea, but the new House of Amazin' grew on me a bit. A win always helps.

Forest . .

Mercury Comet

A little portrait of my buddy Wes's 1964 ?. . 3? Mercury Comet. It's from my favorite car era being post big fins, and pre-totally boxy.

Khomeini

Did I say everyday? I meant every weekday . . . here's the lil' Khomeiniac I painted up on Saturday. Had the urge to do some portrait work, and he's got a great mug.

Pong Ping

One of my favorite games in the world, and probably the only indoor sport beside pool that I can really get behind. This is from a few years ago, but Im trying to put up something new everyday . . . We'll see how that goes!!

St. George - Finito!

Here's a not so great digital pick of the new piece - better reproduction to come, but I kind of couldn't wait to get it up online:).

Northside Festival!

Here's some of the usages of the Northside Music Festival logo I designed.

David Byrne For One Smacker!

Caught David Byrne last night at the Prospect Park band shell. A great show - especially for the "Suggested Donation" of 3$! (I only had a buck on me:)) I will say, trying to sketch in the dark, dance, and draw is rather diffficult . . .

Peeps

St. George in progress . . .

A new painting about half done that Im havin'a blast with - working on 300lb hotpress mounted on a wood panel is fantastic!

V-Day . . .

Why do I do art? It affirms my existence, it's a calling like tunder in my ear, the universe looks better with more pictures . . . Sure, but mostly to get girls. This was one of my Valentine's Day presents for Michelle from last year. Throw in a man, a woman, a group of intertwining "noodles" as she calls them, and a sarcastic statement relating to age, and boom. Grotesque to romance in 4 easy steps.

Conspiracy!

A 3' x 4' painting I had a lot of fun doing a few years ago. One of a few large-format-completed-in-24 hours-paintings. A full day of fun i should say. . .

I love my mini-sketchbook!

Arm Wrestling

My friend Hoppie started a Bartender Olympics down in Chapel Hill and had me do the illos for the fliers. Events included: Karaoke, Arm Wrestling, Air Guitar, and a Battle of the Bands. A good time was had by all.

Edgar DeGraff

A portrait of my Grandfather who I unfortunately never had the pleasure of meeting. He was the last of three generations of DeGraff men to be Presbyterian ministers, and from what I hear, a hell of a good whistler.

This season's new Freddies are out . . .

The Freddies continue. More to come on the new site, coming as soon as I can figure the dang internets out!

Green

Two full page spots and some lil' fellas for Maureen Adamo at Las Vegas CityLife. I had fun with these fellas. Man, I am obsessed with traffic jams.

Natty History

Drawing from the dioramas at the Natural History Museun in NY. A little 4-5 year old girl walked up beside and said, "Oh my. What a talent you are!". It was precocious and patronizing at the same time. God Bless the chilluns.

Big Fun Wedding!

Michelle Provencal, me, Greg Zadrozny (the groom), Delano Dunn, Chang Park and his lovely daughter Emily, and Owen Sherwood - a Pratt reunion, and a hell of a wedding.

Hella-Nation

Illo for Lisa Lewis at Los Angeles Magazine for a review of Evan Wright's "HellaNation". I love traffic jams.

Payday Loan Machine Terror!!

Cover and two spots for the lovely Maureen Adamo at Las Vegas CityLife. I do love doing big things crashing through the streets.

The Benediction

My good friend Caleb providing his blessing at the end of an eventful evening.

The Times, They are a changin'

NYT Op-ed piece for Leanne Shapton. Made me realize what a weird room the Oval Office must be . . . But you cant get cornered! . . Ha ha . . . uh . . hrm.

Save the Date!

My Big Bro Nate is getting married to the lovely and talented Katie Reetz, and they let me get my grubby little hands on the save the date card:). Gonna be a great wedding. Very excited!

Allergic Reaction!

Piece for the super nice Annemarie Neff at American Medical News, which is sadly no longer printing on paper but has moved onto digital pastures . . . Saving money - yes. Saving trees - yes. . . But mark my word, paper is king. Long live the king.

Maps of Meat! mmmm!

Diagrams for TimeOut Chicago's Eating out section.

Sci-Fi Heroines

This was a super fun piece to do for Sarah Smith at Spectra Pulse about the great female heroes of Sci-Fi to accompany an article by TA Pratt.

The Busy Work of Late

Piece about internet music broadcasting for Larry Gendron at The Deal LLC.

Cover for Cecilia Ziko at the L Magazine. Let's go Mets!

Type design and running spot for Shane Luitjens at Go Magazine.

Piece about the ultramarathons (50 - 100 mile marathons) for Kory Kennedy at Runner's World.

My favorite new sketchbook piece.

Preview of one of the small pieces (6 total: 2 large, 4 small) for the upcoming show at Giant Robot Gallery.

Freddie 2 - Queen II Tour

At Amy's 29th Jam, I met up with a trio of illo and design genius: Kiersten Essenpries, James Tischler, and Kate Glasheen. They also make a fantastic doo-wop trio. This is during Kiersten's solo on "Under the Boardwalk".

Another Freddie for my friend Amy's 29th birthday. This is from the white leotard era which ran through the Jazz album, and the Live Killers records with some variation.

March 15th Show @ GiantRobot NY

Group show in East Village coming up! Pretty sweet lineup.


Melinda Beck
Andrew Degraff
TheoEllsworth
Matt Furie
Mollie Goldstrom
Katy Horan
Jay Howell
Jordin Isip
Kelly Lynn Jones
Joe Keinberger
Kenneth Lavallee
Thom Lessner
Fiona Logusch
Alex Lukas
Emilio Santoyo
Alexia Stamatiou
Elisabeth Timpone

Let Me Entertain You

There's never been any one better than Freddie. This was actually a belated birthday present for my buddy Colin, who Ive been friends with since the Kindygarden. We both started listening to Queen pretty obsessively in 4th grade, and while I had a lapse of interest for about five years, Ive found them again, right where I left them, and those harmonies sound so sweet.

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! My first job of the new year? I managed to snag the cover of the ol' family newsletter.

New and Improved upon nothing!

So, away we go with this new concept that all the kids are talking about. Blog entry 1. Well, the general ideer is that this is going to contain all the fun new stuff I do all the time because I have the greatest life ever. I realize that at this point I'm pretty much talking to myself, but soon enough I will conquer this "internet" in the same way I conquered Nantucket, and Temptation Island. I will also post the locations and times when you MAY (I get in trouble with my therapist when I say "must" all the time) MAY go and see pictures I have created from the darkness of my soul, which is actually "mixed media". In summation, I called dibs on this blog a long, long time ago, and you can't have it.