The CD is out!

And I think it turned out pretty snazzy. Can't wait to see the vinyl print. So if you aren't familiar, The 4 On The Floor are a local Minneapolis band who I've been doing poster art and such for awhile now. Their new album 4X4 is out and features an interior spread (depicted above ) done by yours truly. It's already hit #12 on Billboard's Uncharted charts and is available through Amazon, the iTunes Store, Electric Fetus and other options I'm unaware of. Digital copies are nifty but the cd and album are simply cooler. There seems to be something missing...

Oh yeah...

Stomp!

Possible finished art for Spree's first 2011 event.

Map or no Map? Can't decide.

Map:

No Map:

Merry Christmas everyone... but mostly Mike.

It's taken more than a year (sorry about that, Michael) but the shoe is finally done. It began here and continued a bit here and the last update on it was here. I've been picking away at it in between projects and whenever I needed a breather. It was done using acrylic based inks and a series of small brushes. The ink wouldn't initially cover well so quite a few layers had to be applied to get the colors you see on the finished piece. So it was draw a bit. Wait for it to dry. Re-coat. Wait. Re-coat. Wait.Re-coat. Wait. Draw a bit more. Wait. Re-coat. Wait. You get the idea. Fixing mistakes consisted of a similar process.

The inside is my favorite part. Something about Mike, in his Freddie Mercury jacket, singing karaoke that causes others to vomit made it special and heartwarming. Especially since some of the bits of semi-digested detritus become the musical notes.

Hope you all enjoy it and this lovely holiday season.

The election may be over...

but the classroom project continues. Last week was the start of an Intro to Illustrator course I'm teaching and the course long project is doing pieces inspired by the campaign of Jimmy McMillan. Today we started using the pathfinder and text tools so my students are creating possible logos for the candidate. In between questions I made one as well.