Not every gig goes the way you might hope. That’s life. Recently, I was asked by PBR to take a stab at redesigning their 16 ounce can and I jumped at it. I figured this would be a marriage for the ages… Me… Dutch… and Beer! It was meant to be, right? Well, not in this case. Here’s a look at my design which did not get picked…
I put up an art sale today. A lot of good stuff has moved but there are still plenty of steals to be had…
https://www.behance.net/gallery/9293279/ART-SALE
I get asked quite often as to when I’ll have a new drawing video out and that time is… NOW! Watch me draw a Dutch piece that I did for my new gallery show opening Friday, Dec. 13th at HoodLAB Gallery here in San Francisco. That would be… tonight, from 6-10pm. Bring the whole crew… even Gramps!
Sorry for the late notice on this one but I’ve had some technical difficulties with my computer. In any event… I’m making Friday the 13th all the cooler with a gallery opening! The opening will be at HoodLAB Gallery in SF from 6-10 pm and I’ll be in attendance. I’ve been pushing all other work aside for a good while to focus on this show and I think it was time well spent. Come by and have a drink with me!
I decided with this mixed media piece that I’d take some evolution scans of it since people are always curious about how I go about an illustration like this. Enjoy the show…
Here’s the first stage… thumbnails until I find something I like…
Next up are the pencils after deciding on the sketch I like. This is being done in a 8″x10″ Moleskine sketchbook…
Here we have an ink/marker wash to lay down the foundation colors…
After that I lay in some quick inks and muddy up the colors a bit more…
Now for the fun part… finishing it. For the paint-over I use acrylic, gouache, color pencil, spray paint and paint pens…
It’s about that time. Time to clean out the studio a little bit and sell some pieces that everyone can afford. I just uploaded over 50 works for sale. There’s a little something for everyone who is a fan of my work. Follow this link and see for yourself… Happy bidding!
I was sent this link the other day by my friend Max over in Italy. He’s handling the Euro distribution of one of my hoodies as well as other fine Upper PLayground merch. Here we have my “Dutch, Smash!” on a green sweatshirt. Some great modeling pics as well as a nice little write-up. Thanks, MAXIEMILLION!
Follow this link down the rabbit hole…
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