I recently teamed up with uncommon. The goal of this partnership is to help people like you cover up your naked iPhone 3G/3Gs with artwork… like mine. They are the price of two twenty dollar bills out of the atm and look great. I’ve got four available skins and laptop skins will be coming soon. I’ll keep you posted.

Check out my available cases HERE and HERE.

I get a lot of people asking me about when I will have another art book and so on. Well… here it is! This 58 page book is the summary of all of the major work I have done of my chimp, Dutch. This book has it all: two comics for Heavy Metal magazine (one unpublished and never shown to the public before!), a mini-comic included with the Pay Day toy, toy designs (one of which is in the works), as well as magazine covers, photo shoots, and gallery pieces… yeah, the works! This book is a print on demand through BLURB so you won’t find it in any stores or anywhere else. It was a lot of fun putting the book together and I hope you guys enjoy it. Also, if you are interested in having a book customized with an original chimp sketch feel free to contact me.

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Often times art is produced but never used or seen. This is one of those unfortunate cases…

I was asked by the guys at Island Def Jam Records to art what would have been one of my bigger gigs to date. Jay Z picked my art over two other big time artists to tackle the illustrations for what was going to be his greatest hits album. The title of it was to be EVOLUTION and was to encompass images of him from his current success all the way back to his early roots. The album art was going to be a four-gatefold piece collaging together various portraits and locations of where he grew up and so on. It was a big project but I was up for it even though my day job sucks 11 hours out of my day I was focused on putting some good pieces out and FAST. I did a large body of work and it was shown to Jay Z as a work in progress and he loved it. Everything was going great… or so I thought. Long story short the project got shelved due to legal complications among the record company and the use of the music. Sadly, my role on the project was also haulted along with some of the great pieces produced. Here, for the first time, is some of that work I did…

I got a little something in the mail today. It was a copy of the latest Spectrum book. This book is now in it’s 16th edition and is an annual showcase of the best of the best as far as fantasy art and illustration coming out today. I’ve been fortunate to be in it for the past five years. This year was a little different because I received a silver award for editorial illustration. The piece of mine which won wasn’t really done as an editorial illustration but rather as a piece for one of my gallery shows but I had to fit it into a category. It has been printed in magazines so there you have it. In any event… this year it got an award and the trophy to prove it. It’s this pyramid design which has various dragon eyes on all four sides (mechanical eye shown). It’s no big deal but when you reach that point where you no longer get little league baseball trophies or you aren’t Tiger Woods…  it becomes cool again. Ok, I’ll shut up now.

I did this piece for a good cause. Who doesn’t love a good cause? I was lucky enough to be one of the 100 or so comic book artists who transformed a blank Wolverine Weapon X comic cover into an original work of art. The sale of the art goes to support The Hero Initiative, which is an amazing cause…

“The Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for comic creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. Since inception, the Hero Initiative has been fortunate enough to benefit over 40 creators and their families with over $400,000 worth of much-needed aid, fueled by your contributions! It’s a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment.”

The 100 or so total pieces of art will also be collected in a comic due out later this month. The bid is only up for a short while so have a shot of whiskey and add and extra zero to your bid. The medium is ink on… comic book. Thank you for everyone’s support!

BID ON ME!

Double-fold cover…

Back cover…

Front cover…

This one just got tossed up on the web so I figured I would share. This mural is nearly a year old and the video was put together by Ante UP. It’s from when I had a solo show at the Upper Playground Gallery  in Portland. Enjoy!

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Hey guys. Just wanted to let you know that I will be out doing some live painting on Saturday, November 7th. It will be for a Four G’s Issue Release Party. I was fortunate enough to be interviewed/featured in the magazine and am thinking it will make for a really fun night. It will be in San Francisco at Club 6 wich is at 60 6th Street @ Market. I’ll be showing up around 9pm when the doors open. If you are around, swing by and have a drink.

My buddy, Noel, e-mailed me a little while back with a joke of an idea that I took too far. He came with a few pics and thought it would be funny to draw a rabbit doubling as a unicorn. Now, I NEVER take other people’s suggestions for drawings but this one was too good to pass up on. I had to do it… and this is what came of it. Thanks, Noel.

Here we are with another update. I just figured I’d help leak the word that I have a new chimp toy in the works! This one has been a long time coming. There were a lot of hang-ups in it’s production but it’s coming together and looking great. I’m currently doing a bunch of artwork for the box and figured I might as well tease you with a shot of the toy and the turn-arounds I did for the sculptor. I’ll keep you guys updated on this one in future posts. Until then… enjoy an early look.