Was stoked to see the notepads make it onto The New Yorker Magazine Blog via The Book Cover Archive Blog – a very cool blog that may interest not only people who love books, but designers as well.
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010New Skullphone Shirts Available Soon at MOCA(LA)
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Sometimes you have a good idea, but it’s not yours to keep, so you give it to a friend. These Skullphone shirts should be available soon from the MOCA store (online and in reality).
This Just In : New Notepads!!
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Just got in my new notepads. They are similar to Moleskine Cahier notebooks, but with a nicer drawing paper inside so when you write in them with ink, it doesn’t bleed through to the other side. Comes in three flavors with some recent art of mine on the cover. 3.5″ x 5.25″ 64 pages.
Cleon Peterson : Studio Visit
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
“A psychiatrist once bought one of my paintings, and he said I must be mad at my mother.” - Cleon Peterson
A couple weeks ago I interviewed Cleon Peterson for Anthem Magazine. He lives over near the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the outskirts of Los Angeles. I ended up hanging out there for about 2 hours and had a great conversation with him. He’s a super nice dude, and as a fellow designer/artist, we had a lot to talk about. Below is the interview as it appears on Anthem Magazine’s website. (more…)
Weekend Wrapup: Girl Art Dump, Waterfalls & Cleon Peterson
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Saturday night was the Girl Skateboards Art Dump show “Make The Logo Wooden” at The Little Bird Gallery in Atwater village. It was a pretty small show with small mixed media works. Here are a few shots: (more…)
Parra Exhibit @ HVW8: 04.04.09
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Last Friday we went and checked out Parra’s show at the HVW8 gallery. It was a cool show and a nice turnout. Parra has started to work on canvases, which is nice to see. He’s also doing screen prints of his poster work in addition to the Gicleé prints he has done in the past. I really prefer screen prints over digital prints as it just seems to lend more of a fine art feel to the work. Digital prints just feel so transitory. (more…)
The Color Turning CD Single Font Design
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Just finished this font design for my friend Steve’s band, The Color Turning. Their new album is coming out later this year, and this is their first single off it. Check out more about them HERE
Punk Pencils
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
This is a concept for a poster I’d like to print, hopefully soon. I’m working on a bunch of new art concepts in the “poster” format right now because it’s something that I’ve always loved, but have done very little work in.
Graphic Designer Shigeo Fukuda Dies at 76
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
JAN 11, 2009 – Shigeo Fukuda dies in Tokyo. I didn’t know Fukuda by name, although I should have. I’ve seen his work and although I liked it, I never investigated who had done it. Sometimes it’s like that for me with graphic designers. I usually do a bit of research on painters or illustrators when I see work that I like. However, when I saw Fukuda’s yellow cannon poster (Victory 1945) in the obituary column, it was such a strong image that I had to do some looking.
Fukuda was a master of graphically simple, yet creatively complex posters and graphic designs. He was a follower of the Swiss Style, a Western design style from the 40′s and 50′s known for it’s minimalism. He worked mostly in the realm of political and social issue advocacy, as opposed to the commercial world.
He has this great quote about his view on design – I believe that in design, 30 percent dignity, 20 percent beauty and 50 percent absurdity are necessary. I’m sad to see him gone, but he’s left a great legacy and will continue to be an influence and inspiration to future designers.
Above is a spoof I did based on the satirical poster that caught my eye, and below is my sketch idea and process for making my drawing. Also below are some other samples of Fukuda’s work, including his amazing shadow sculptures (created from trash and found objects). (more…)
DFA Party Flyer
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
I just finished this flyer for a party Scion is throwing with DFA next week. I’m not sure what a mango has to do with The Juan MacLean, but that was one tasty piece of fruit. Unfortunately they changed the lineup last minute after everything was approved and went to press. The new lineup features a live performance by Yatch and dj sets by TNT (Tim Goldsworthy and Tim Sweeney) as well as The Juan MacLean. It’s going to be a good show, Thursday, Jan. 15th at the Roxy. You can RSVP for the party HERE.