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5:03:00 PM

ArtCrank 2013

5:03:00 PM

Monica and I did our first Artcrank in LA. Will post the back story behind mine when I get a few more minutes to finish this blog. We didn...

Monica and I did our first Artcrank in LA. Will post the back story behind mine when I get a few more minutes to finish this blog. We didn't sell too many this year, so if anyone is interested, we will be thowing some of these on Etsy or just message me about buying a print. Both are 4color Silk Screened on French Paper.

10:33:00 PM

Someone's turning 30!

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And she changed her hair color half way through my Illustration process!

10:32:00 PM

THESE FRIENDS 4 PHOTOS

10:32:00 PM

My lens wasn't the best for low light, but I am hoping to make it back soon to gather images of the work. Holy packed house!

12:12:00 PM

These Friends Show Friday Night

12:12:00 PM

Monica has been spending her week back in LA, helping Day 19 set up their final group show hosted at THIS gallery LA . She has a piec...

Monica has been spending her week back in LA, helping Day 19 set up their final group show hosted at THIS gallery LA. She has a piece in this show along side some of my art and illustration industry heroes, Tim Biskup and Shepard Fairey for starters. I saw Ed Templeton, Aaron Rose, and David Choe on the email list, but not sure if they are in. Sounds like people will be delivering art all of the way up to the opening.

Running through the list of participants was pretty mind blowing. Should be a great time. Come out if you are in LA.

9:28:00 AM

Beauty Is Embarrassing

9:28:00 AM

Our friend Jake was just in town for the final 48 hour film festival. We got to hang a little in Silver Lake, where we noticed Aaron Rose s...

Our friend Jake was just in town for the final 48 hour film festival. We got to hang a little in Silver Lake, where we noticed Aaron Rose sitting across the way from us. This or course lunched our conversation of artists that we love and have been inspired by.

Jake turned me on to this documentary that somehow had made it under my radar until just now. The fact that I have been inspired and in love with the work this guy has done since I was 5 years old, but didn't know about him until now IS embarrassing. Well not really, but I am stoked on this. Behold my most recent hero.

2:53:00 PM

Rapture of the Deep

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Really digging this project by Stephen Hilyard. Inspiring to say the least. “ Rapture of the Deep " consists of large prints ...

Really digging this project by Stephen Hilyard. Inspiring to say the least.

“Rapture of the Deep" consists of large prints of digitally manipulated landscape images. The series deals with the glamour of risk as personified by eight famous British mountaineers from the 70s and 80s, a golden age of high altitude mountaineering which made many of them national media figures. When I was growing up these men were my heroes and they all died in the mountains. Each piece in the series is named for one of them, along with the location of his death. These images were created from photographs I made of underwater landscapes at Silfra, a unique location in Iceland.”

Found Via Adrifts

5:20:00 PM

Belly and Julia Pott

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Wow. Just wow! Do yourself a favor and set aside 7 minutes to watch this. A film by: Julia Pott Production: Royal College of Art Sound D...

Wow. Just wow! Do yourself a favor and set aside 7 minutes to watch this.

A film by: Julia Pott
Production: Royal College of Art
Sound Design: Joseph Tate
Animation Assistance: Robin Bushell
Eammon O’Neill
Ben Cady
Voices: Olivia Gurney Randall
Cornelius Clarke
Joseph Tate
Robert Blythe
Laurence Weedy

I am falling in love with everything I see from her. All of these strange little cutesy animated films are so great.

9:40:00 AM

Henry Darger Birthday Tattoo

9:40:00 AM

If you aren't familiar with the Folk Artsist Henry Darger , then view the video posted below. I wasn't that familiar until a couple ...

If you aren't familiar with the Folk Artsist Henry Darger, then view the video posted below. I wasn't that familiar until a couple of years ago.

My girlfriend has had a half sleeve of Henry Darger's fantasy water color work. She is obviously a huge fan.

She's been talking about finishing her sleeve for quite some time now. The fascination of his story and his ability to produce odd little cute things has Monica written all over it.

Monica didn't really know what she wanted for her b-day, so I told her to start looking through the Darger book for new characters for your sleeve, because that is your bday present.

Once she had these guys all picked out, she brought this to Luke at Allstar in Saint Louis. He made them all a little more tattoable, with out losing their free flowing watercolor and sketchy outline characteristics that everyone loves.

Her Favorite of all of this stuff is his silly little Mustache Kitty. Mustache kitty is an interesting fellow, fully of love and craving kisses from everyone.

Monica will be writing a blog about this if you want to jump over to MISSMONIKER. She is in the process of completely revamping her blog, but when she does you can assure she will have a very informative, grammatically proper blog post all about her love for Darger and her love for her new tattoo.

4:17:00 PM

MOPED URBAN EXPLORATION

4:17:00 PM

Climbing into a abandoned building inhabited by very friendly homeless people you say? Sure, why not. I was a little put off by the mystery ...

Climbing into a abandoned building inhabited by very friendly homeless people you say? Sure, why not. I was a little put off by the mystery liquid that the man was dumping all over the steps as we approached the stairs. Peepee if I had to guess. Never the less, Wednesday was pretty fun.

Homeless man was actually very nice. Lots of people come in there to take photos, so besides that he smells like an anus, and poured his human waste in our walkway, he was a perfect gentleman.

Little freaked out to know what was slung all over our backs. I am just going to assume the worst. Bum shit, asbestos, peepee, and rain water. Look for this to pop up in a project I am working on this summer.

Some parts of St Louis look surprisingly unlike St Louis. Imagine if all these buildings were thriving businesses, rather than abandoned ghost buildings filled with squatters. Looks kind of Like a mini Dumbo or Bushwick. PS. there was a rap video being filmed a couple blocks away. It was probably a local youtube stl rapper... rapping on youtube.

Mopeds are getting lots of attention on my blog these days. I need to pay a little attention to my triumph, or it's probably going to leave me. So, while I am on the subject, check this out. What a wonderful trove of vintage moped images.

8:29:00 PM

FINISH THIS!

8:29:00 PM

4:24:00 PM

Sean

4:24:00 PM

My buddy Sean had this film in the Saint Louis Film Fest last week. Sean is a creative stud and is humble as can be. Check out his shor...

My buddy Sean had this film in the Saint Louis Film Fest last week. Sean is a creative stud and is humble as can be.

Check out his short film trailer below and check out the fun stuff on his web site. Sean is livin the creative man's dream. Traveling the world and making films. Off to Japan from Saint Louis. Consider me jealous.

Dig around Sean's site and be sure to visit the ARCHIVE. I love the constant use of the creepy puppets.

Here is another project he just wrapped up in India. Preeeety rad sir. Sean is busy as a bee on writing scripts. I think I need to reevaluate my focus on creativity. And speaking Japanese.

Keep it up homie! Hope to visit Toronto the first of the year!

9:48:00 PM

Kathie Olivas LA

9:48:00 PM

I was lucky enough to pop into 1998 gallery on Melrose before I came home. Kathie Olivas had a pretty amazing gallery opening. This really...

I was lucky enough to pop into 1998 gallery on Melrose before I came home. Kathie Olivas had a pretty amazing gallery opening. This really makes me wish i would get off of this couch and do something. I love her work, but when you have well executed cephalopods, sculls, and etc, you can't really go wrong in my book.

Kathie Olivas
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5:21:00 PM

DESERT

5:21:00 PM

Some photos we took, post Coachella driving through the Desert to Joashua Tree and the Salton Sea. I believe we were running on 3 hours of s...

Some photos we took, post Coachella driving through the Desert to Joashua Tree and the Salton Sea. I believe we were running on 3 hours of sleep, but it was worth it. There is so much to love about the desert. March 2010

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12:44:00 PM

LOVE HATE

12:44:00 PM

Just finished my piece for the LOVE HATE show this Saturday. Please come out if you can. It will be fun. I have a lot of personal emotions ...

Just finished my piece for the LOVE HATE show this Saturday. Please come out if you can. It will be fun. I have a lot of personal emotions invested in this piece.

8:54:00 AM

Late Entry, octopus Pins and Needles

8:54:00 AM

The main composition is a combination of spray pain, sharpies, and ink transfer of a partial digital illustration. It proved to be really di...

The main composition is a combination of spray pain, sharpies, and ink transfer of a partial digital illustration. It proved to be really difficult as it is dimensional and almost impossible to transfer on to. I had to cut it into 9 pieces.