Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Escape the Farm 2009 in COLOR no less.

So now that the ole computer seems to be 100% and I have reloaded my software, etc, etc, I'm back to finishing the work on the 2009 Spree Touring pieces. So now I'm doing full color versions of the t-shirt art for use on posters and promotional material. Still not sure on how to handle the background on this one, but I'm thinking of leaving it alpha channeled ( blank and transparent ) and then having it printed out on a toned paper. I'll move on to the next pieces for now and come back to it when I start all the type work for the posters. Until next time.



ONE MORE THING:
To anyone thinking, "Gee, if only I could buy sweet originals cheap from someone before they break into the biz and mark their stuff waaay up. That would be AWESOME! If only such an opportunity existed." (sigh) Good news!
I'm taking on commission work for a little while.

Rates are as follows:
Cards
B&W - $20
Color - $35

11 X 17 Bristol
Pencils - $40
Inks - $60

Name your character, or whatever and within reason I'll do it. Try to stick with stuff I'm likely to know or will be easy to find reference.
Email me what you want, where to send it, get me the payment up front by check or Paypal, and I'll get cracking.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!
I promise to do a James Brown style dance in my apartment for the first 10 people to sign up.
Sure you won't actually see me do it, but you'll know I am and can picture it in your head over and over again.

200 Random MP3's

So, inspired by all around good guy Bill Hofius, I have chosen my entire iTunes library and set it on shuffle while tracking everything it played. I decided it was ok to skip over christmas music, and one song per day judged to heinous to listen to. For the most part it's all music but there are a few spoken word pieces. The only song chosen was Afrika by Toto which was the starting point. So if you've ever wondered what I listen to as I work... Now you know.

Aside from that, here's the list:

Afrika Toto
Pictures System of a Down
No Pain, No Gain Buckshot LeFonque
6/8 Marches Black Watch / Pipes & Drums 1st Battalion
Trip through your wires U2
El Vendedor De Agua Valera Miranda Family
A Fool For You Ray Charles
Marijuana in your Brain System of a Down
Friday’s Child Nancy Sinatra
Such a Night Elvis Presley
Milk Shake Kelis
Fidelity Regina Spektor
Delicious! Jim Backus & Friend
Extraordinary Liz Phair
Kind Woman Buffalo Springfield
Don’t Give Up Peter Gabriel
A Good Start Maria Taylor
The Path of Thorns Sarah McLachlan
Shiver ( acoustic ) Coldplay
Piano Sonata 14 in C sharp minor op. 27/2 “moonlight” Beethoven
Solo Dancing Scottish Piper Stuart Liddell
Don’t Drink the Water Dave Matthews Band
Sexual Healing Soul Asylum
I Can’t Turn You Loose the Blues Brothers
Somedays Regina Spektor
1812 Overture Tchaikovsky
O Mio Babbino Caro Redux the East Village Opera Company
Carraroe Jig the Corrs
We Die Young Alice In Chains
They Can’t Take That Away From Me Billie Holiday
One Woman fro Me Matisyahu
Mama Told Me Not to Come Tom Jones & Stereophonics
What’s the Matter With You Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Ginastera: Estancia Empire Brass
Desire Yello
Snoop Dog, Baby Reel Big Fish
The Lifeboat Party Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Hang On Smash Mouth
Five String Serenade Mazzy Star
Like Taproot
How Can You Buy Killarney? Josef Locke
Cold Shower Tuesdays Bowling For Soup
Ts Tsa Cha Skavoovie and the Epitones
Livingstone Pond, Long Point, Campion Ashley MacIsaac
Take It Off De La Soul
Una Furtiva Lagrima Nicolai Gedda
Motherless Child Blind Boys of Alabama
Remember the Orphans Fort
Hands Off She’s Mine the English Beat
Fear Sarah McLachlan
Drips Eminem
Mysterons Portishead
Latinia the Sentinals
the Current Blue Man Group
Special Class Bill Cosby
Just A Gigolo Louis Armstrong
Sleep Walkin’ Masters of Reality
Stomach vs. Heart Barenaked Ladies
Young and Insane the Magnetic Fields
Keep It Down Smash Mouth
Don’t Let Me Down Stereophonics
Tom and Mary Ben Folds Five
Valleri the Monkees
Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters
Midnight Train to Memphis Kid Rock
Lover, Come Back To Me Dizzy Gillespie
Rock Da House Gorillaz
Silverman Big Rude Jake
Show Me Tom Jones
Milky Cereal LL Cool J
An Intro to Pink Champagne the Floating Men
Russian Lullaby Toybox
Extra Ordinary Better Than Ezra
Two Way Action Andrew Bird
Till I Collapse Eminem
In the Mood Tommy Dorsey
Wait Sarah McLachlan
Poor Places Wilco
Hey Ladies the Beastie Boys
Inkomo Zodwa Miriam Makeba & the Skylarks
She... Blessed Be the One Harry Connick Jr
Especially in Michigan Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hit, Git & Split Rocket 88
Bull In A China Shop Barenaked Ladies
Get in Line ( live ) Barenaked Ladies
Farewell Ride Beck
Good Stuff B-52’s
Andante con moto Suddeutsche Philharmonie
the Word the Beatles
Beardsman Ska the Skatalites
White Buffalo Robert Tree Cody & Rob Wallace
Memorial Song Patti Smith
Alcohol Barenaked Ladies
Worms Make Dirt the Aquabats
All Four Seasons Sting
Empty At the End Electric Soft Parade
Blackened Metallica
All You Need Is Love the Beatles
the Stone (live) Dave Matthews
Who’s Knocking on the Wall They Might Be Giants
Seasick, Yet Still Docked Morissey
Ramoncito Jump With Joey
Out of the Blue (Into the Fire) The The
Start It Up A Tribe Called Quest
Tears In Heaven Eric Clapton
Stuntman Mike Kurt Russell & Rose McGowan
Hovhaness: Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b Wynton Marsalis
Pay No Mind Beck
Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave Morphine
Whatsername Green Day
One By One All Day the Shins
Godchild Miles Davis
It’s a Big Wide Wonderful World Arthur Murray Orchestra
Mother Popcorn James Brown
Everything Remains Raw Busta Rhymes
Bob Saget ( live ) Barenaked Ladies
Justify My Thug Jay Z
When I Am Gone Joe Hill Louis
I Left My Wallet in El-Segundo A Tribe Called Quest
Warehouse Dave Matthews Band
The Sailor-Song Toy Box
Lost Again Yello
Everyday (live) Pearl Jam
Kodaly: VcSn op 8/1: Alegro maestoso ma appasionato Yo-Yo Ma
Summertime Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
This Could Be Heaven Seal
Svengali’s Summer-Waltz Howard Johnson & Gravity
Girlfriend Is Better Talking Heads
The Unforgettable Fire U2
Vanishing Barenaked Ladies
Happy Day Book of Love
Hair Atmosphere
Sound of Your Voice Barenaked Ladies
Black Strap Molasses Groucho Marx, Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante, and Jane Wyman
Willie the Pimp Frank Zappa
Love Hater Andre 3000
One Week Barenaked Ladies
Turandot: In Questa Reggia Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti
Tosca: Vissi D’Arte Kiri Te Kanawa
His Name is Mutty Ranks A Tribe Called Quest
Squeeze Box Days the Murmurs
Against All Odds the Postal Service
Salsbury Hill Peter Gabriel
Roses Andre 3000
I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen Josef Locke
Rubber Lover Deee-Lite
Magical Mystery Tour the Beatles
Chain Reaction Primitive Radio Gods
Dancing In Your Eyes the Magnetic Fields
The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas They Might Be Giants
Luxurious Gwen Stefani
So Long Cheese
What a Difference a Day Makes Tony Bennett
#58 ( acoustic ) Dave Matthews Band
Same Thing Barenaked Ladies
Thou Swell Nat King Cole
Edgar Modeselektor
Blue Elastica
I’m Back Eminem
How to Make a Baby Elephant Yo La Tengo
Zip Gun Bop (reloaded) Royal Crown Revue
Allegro Yo-Yo Ma
Where It’s At Beck
Prelude To A Kiss Duke Ellington
Bone Chain Tom Waits
We Didn’t Want You To Know John Cena & Tha Trademarc
Hard deep Junction Blues Big Rude Jake
Fa La La Lo the Dubliners
Norwegian Wood the Beatles
Das Schnippets Bloodhound Gang
Crush Dave Matthews Band
JRM07 Matisyahu
For A Few Dollars More London Starlight Orchestra
Wand’rin Star London Starlight Orchestra
Tsunami Paul Johnson
Horn Intro Modest Mouse
I Know You, Part II Morphine
The Purest Blue Love & Rockets
Take the Long Way Home Bloodhound Gang
World Peace Henry Rollins
Just Another Brother Us3
Hot Dog Martini Ranch
My Only Friend the Magnetic Fields
Slow Air Jigs & Hornpipe Black Watch / Pipes & Drums 1st Battalion
After The Flesh My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Golden Slumbers the Beatles
Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz
Panis Angelicus Andrea Bocelli
Super Bad James Brown
Home to Mama Johnny Favorite Swing Orchestra
Silver and Gold U2
One Seventeen Transplants
Invention for Guitar and Trumpet Stan Kenton
Rhapsodie Espagnole London Starlight Orchestra
the Sheik of Araby Spike Jones and the City Slickers
A Pillar of Stone the Floating Men
Book of Days Enya
Top O’ the Morning To Ya House of Pain
Grow Up and Blow Away Metric

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Sigh...

I have been plagued recently by a host of computer problems including a failed hard drive. Everything seems to have been successfully backed up so, all in all, not too bad. Still, it's been hard trying to get new work done when I have no access to my reference materials, scripts, and the Adobe Suite. So... I've been trying to clean and organize my work spaces.

Before:



After:



Hopefully, tomorrow the remaining issues will be resolved and I can get back to working at full capacity.