Ab-Soul

Urban Scrawl 8

August 23rd and 24th made for a pretty cool weekend spent at Columbus's own Urban Scrawl 8. It's a two day event with live music and painting. Paintings all go to the benefit of the arts district and art programs around the area. My friend Ian was harping on me and my roommate Maxx to apply for canvases earlier this summer. A month later we were given big primed plywood canvases (4X8, 8X8). Here's a picture from Saturday night as well as Saturday afternoon, followed by what I ended up with and me being a terrible dork:

Wish I would have taken more photos - I only was able to catch a few of my friends by their pieces. I feel really fortunate to know a handful of people who want to and can make giant paintings with the sun beating down on them. Take a look at their websites, too:

Ian Ballantyne http://ianerballantyne.com/

Maxx MaEvoy http://maxxmcevoy.prosite.com/

Kyle Bergamo http://www.kylebergamo.com/

Aaron Kirchmaier http://www.aaronkirchmaier.com/
Lucie Shearer and Jake Mensinger http://www.lucieshearer.com http://www.mensingerart.com/

Jacob Tanner http://illustrateyourworld.wix.com/badtrumpeteer

Mandi Caskey http://mandiellen.wix.com/fine-artist

Sam Thomas http://waywardventure.tumblr.com
(and Logan Schmitt's on the right!! http://loganschmitt.tumblr.com/)

Happy Tooth & Dug

Piece I made for my friends Happy Tooth & Dug
https://soundcloud.com/happytoothanddug

Candy Hearts

Another gig flyer for a show coming up, featuring a psycho flamingo:

Sketches:

End of Summer Recluse Status

Rad Fortress crew is jumping in some cars and heading to http://www.spxpo.com next month.

There's a comic I'll be handing out, but there's one catch - the back of the comic tells you to watch the animated version online.

My plans with this short was to do it as fast as possible - no straying far from the keys I initially thumbnailed, no rough animation, no cleanup - just going from pose to pose until it's finished. Slap some colors on it at the end. I've dug my own grave of a goal here. Stay tuned ~ ~ ~

Fashion Meets Music Festival Flyers

Posters for four of the Fashion Meets Music Festival after parties.
I'm gonna cry when I get to see New Found Glory for free.

Rebel Tornado

Design exercise for s77.

We had to use the hat-drawn words "Rebel Tornado".

A group that goes so hard they turn into tornadoes.
Plans for a finished comic/short... someday.