AUCTION! for Haiti!

yo, everyone. so i did this painting of Conan O'brien for a comedy show that happened last night in NYC. It was a Haiti benefit show and also had an "i'm with COCO" theme. based on Mike Mitchell's poster.

So they are auctioning it off right now! ending on Feb. 5th! proceeds for to Haiti relief!

so you should probably totally go bid on it right now!!

Everybody, all the time! London show!

hey, everyone! especially people of London!

I will be returning to your shores for a solo show at London Miles Gallery on March 4th! But this time they will be opening it at a space in east London. which is probably my favorite part of London. i am super excited. It will be called "EVERYBODY, ALL THE TIME"!

ALSO, i will be giving two comic workshops on March 6th at the gallery! so sign up if you want to come learn a whole bunch of stuff that i still need to figure out.

YES! see you all soon! (oh, yeah, and obviously i will be at this show.and physically at that workshop. fyi. so let's hang out.)

ZOMBIE FAIR! (final piece)

Yo, gang! Here it is! the final. all scanned in and chillin.

Remember! Mark your calendars and go check out the Zombies In Love show at gallery Nucleus! they have all kinds of activities planned for that night and you can go make out in front of this painting if you want. totally cool with me.

Zombies in Love
February 6, 2010 - February 22, 2010
Opening Reception / Feb 6, 7:00PM - 11:00PM
Gallery Nucleus (LA)

Process! For Zombie Fair!

Hey! I just finished this painting for the Zombies In Love show at Gallery Nucleus. I twittered about the process as it went along, but i figured i would post them all here! in case you were interested!

here is what happened! step by step. for ease of looking..

step 1. doodled on zerox paper. (i need to think of a better word than doodle. some day.)


2. Scanned the drawings into the computer and put them all together in Photoshop.


3. Printed it out and taped them together.


this is how loose the drawing was at this point.. loosey goosey.


4. Traced the drawing onto the watercolor paper using a light box and a 6H pencil. this is when the drawing gets a liiiittle tighter. but not too much tighter, since i'll paint lines anyway.


5. Printed out some reference and made a mood wall. i love that one of the family the best. dude's eyes are closed in a radical sort of way. He's taking a happy snooze!


6. Mixed some swatches based on the mood wall. I tried to stay within these colors for the whole piece so the colors didn't get away from me and become a rainbow mess.


7. my painting materials: mug of water, old plate for mixing, 2 brushes (cat's tongue and a fatter one), winsor newton water colors, scratch paper (for testing paints), paper towels.


8. Watercolor wash to lay in some light value over the whole thing. and texture.


9. Started laying in rough colors.


10. After the basic colors are laid in... Mixed my line color! a dark reddish color. I love this part. This is when the drawing gets tight.


11. Laid in the lines..

12. After all the lines were in, went back and pushed the value contrast of everything, so that the elements popped and looked more 3D.


13. Finished! signed my name in the corner. felt super good.


THE END!

p.s. i'll post the final tomorrow..

People of England

i will be speaking about the Art of Brutal Legend at ANIMEX in Middlesbrough, England on Feb. 9th.

You should all come hang out!

New print at Nucleus!

Hi! Check out this new sweet print at Gallery Nucleus. It's to help celebrate the airship show that is currently exhibiting there. opened this weekend. (Although this piece was actually from the Adrift show last Fall in NYC)

Tobacco Stained Mountain Goat

The first two chapters of Andrez Bergen's book Tobacco Stained Mountain Goat is now online for you to all read! With a cover i did for him last year sometime. It is a noirish story about a mountain goat. you'll probably dig it. go check it out!

society of illustrators show.

So the" Dear Ship's Log" comic i did for VICE magazine has been accepted into the Society of Illustrators: Sequential and Uncommissioned show. Which is very exciting. Because they have pictures of illustrators from 1901 in there. It opens today, but the reception is this Friday the 8th. It is like $30 to get in on friday though... so you migth want to go a different day.

But go check it out! (if you are in NYC)

Society of Illustrators
128 east 63rd street , NYC
January 6-23rd
TUES 10-8 WED - FRI 10-5 SAT 12-4