my mind in two dimensions

2012-01-04T12:24:00.001-08:00

2012-01-04T12:22:00.000-08:00

I made this little guy for my sweetie for our anniversary

2012-01-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

The inside cover of Act II by the Protomen.

Don't Tell Mommy 2011

2011-11-01T11:49:00.000-07:00

This is my submission for this year's Don't Tell Mommy erotic art show in Athens, Georgia.

Charles Park III

2011-11-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

This is my illustration for the cover of Makeup and Vanity Set's new record, Charles Park III. You should totally buy it because it's freaking awesome.

Stitches

2011-10-19T16:06:00.000-07:00

Polinksi - "Stitches" (Feat. Big Black Delta) from Cluster 1 on Vimeo.

Check out the new music video for Polinski's new single, "Stitches." I did all of the pixel art for the video. I want to thank Paul Wolinski for writing an awesome song, Caspar Newbolt of Version Industries for bringing me on the project, and Josiah Newbolt for bringing my drawings to life.

Hokuto Shinken is invincible!

2011-08-25T10:24:00.000-07:00

I've been recently pretty obsessed lately with the manga and anime Fist of the North Star. It's hugely nerdy but I just can't help myself. Anyway, this is a drawing of the main character, Kenshiro. Don't be surprised if you see more drawings of these characters in the future.

AN UPDATE!!

2011-08-17T10:23:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I know it's been a crazy long time since I posted anything. I promise the time hasn't been wasted. I recently changed careers and have been trying to enjoy my summer and doing both has been murder on my art production.

Anyway, my crew here in Cleveland recently lost one of it's favorite members to San Francisco and we thought we could each do a self portrait in our own styles and combine them into one big piece we could frame and present to her as a gift. Below is my self portrait along with the final image all put together. The artists from left to right are: Chris Hsu, Amy Shoff, Myself, Claire Mojher (she also did our little dog Lily), Dan Liuzzi, Julia Kuo, Ali Kurzeja, and Coleen Kolarik.

FIGHT!!

2011-03-28T18:21:00.000-07:00

This has been a long time coming. Inexplicably, finishing this piece took like 6 months or something. There were many tough decisions that needed to be made. Anyway I'm really happy with it and I hope you enjoy it.

Happy Valentine's!!

2011-02-27T21:29:00.001-08:00

This is the Valentine I made this year to give to my sweetie. I would have put it up sooner but I didn't want any of you crumb bums stealing my sentiments to use on your own ladies for nefarious purposes.

AKA Thriller: A Cruel Picture

2011-02-27T21:17:00.000-08:00

Here's my newest contribution to Sketch Slackers. This is a movie poster for "They Call Her One Eye." It's a pretty killer movie and one of Tarantino's influences for "Kill Bill." If you're interested, there's another cut of the movie called "Thriller: A Cruel Picture," that has some really explicit porn scenes cut into the movie. Enjoy!!!

Roller Derby Heroes

2011-02-18T10:06:00.000-08:00

This was for Sketch Slackers but it took me just about forever to finish it. I think it came out pretty solid though.

TRON!!!

2011-02-01T09:40:00.000-08:00

Once again I apologize for the length of time between posts. I've been really busy drawing a bunch of stuff that may or may not ever see the light of day. I do however have some things that are every eager to see the light of day. This is my most recent Sketch Slackers submission for the Tron theme. Enjoy!

NEW PRINTS AVAILABLE!!

2010-12-04T11:39:00.000-08:00

I finally got prints of my Cowboys & Indians set done! They are for sale through my Etsy store. Hurry because I'm only printing 25 of each. In related news, all of my prints have been discounted by $5 for the Christmas season. If you've been eying something, now is the time to make your move!

Charles Park II

2010-10-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

I just did a quick job for the new Makeup and Vanity Set Halloween themed album. It's a really awesome album full of music inspired by the great horror movies of the past. You can listen and download the album here.

Sketch Slacker

2010-10-23T23:51:00.000-07:00

I recently finished my page for the Sketch Slackers ongoing comic book. Each week a new artist does a page and keeps the story going. These are a couple of my favorite panels from my page. To see the rest of the comic you can go to Fuel Your Illustration or to the Sketch Slackers blog.

Sketch Slackers...GOOOO!!

2010-09-29T18:28:00.000-07:00

I've recently been doing work on another blog called Sketch Slackers. Myself and a bunch of like minded people do a piece on a monthly theme. September's theme was The Goonies. This here is my submission for the month.

Cowboys...& Indians

2010-09-02T19:39:00.000-07:00

Here, as promised, are the final color versions of my two submissions for the "Don't Tell Mommy' show. I will be doing a limited print run of these once I scrape together the money to get them printed. I'll make an announcement when they're available.

Erotic!

2010-08-07T21:48:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a good while since my last post but, shut up I've been busy. I just finished a couple new pieces for the Don't Tell Mommy show. These here are just the drawings for my submissions and I'll be posting the finished work in a little bit but, I'm quite fond of the drawings on their own.

Award winning

2010-05-10T14:28:00.000-07:00

This is a drawing I did for a contest to win Iron Man 2 tickets from the Elyria Comic Book Initiative. I won.

2010-02-22T15:52:00.000-08:00

This is a get-well card I did for one of my aunts. I don't want to put her business out there or anything so we'll just say she needed a get-well card. Anyway, this is it.

A new portrait

2010-02-09T12:54:00.000-08:00

I finally have some new stuff to post! I have a few new things to show so I will be updating a few times over the next week or so. This is a portrait of my Uncle Kenneth. He passed away almost a year and a half ago and for Christmas my family and I thought this might be a nice gift for my Aunt LeAnn, Kenneth's wife.

Obama 2.0

2009-12-30T13:27:00.000-08:00

I was commissioned to do a new drawing of President Obama. Where the old drawing was more neutral this one, being a commission, is certainly more pro-Obama. If you are a republican visitor judge me not by the subject of my work but on its quality. Because objectively, it's pretty killer. Thank you.

Natural Resources 2

2009-12-17T13:58:00.000-08:00

Hey all!
I'm in a neighborwood show called Natural Resources. Shown here are my submissions to the show. If you live in or near Asheville, North Carolina check out the Satellite Gallery for my two bears. There might be some other good ones too.

Issues!!

2009-10-27T16:03:00.001-07:00

Just a little thing to raise awareness about some local issues. If you live in Ohio and want to know more, please visit www.yes5no6.com.

Keepin' the Proto-art comin'

2009-09-23T19:13:00.001-07:00

Ok it seems that many people are receiving their long awaited Protomen CD in the mail. I feel safe now posting some more of the work I did for the booklet. Now, this is just my drawing and it looks much different in the actual booklet. One of these days I'm going to do a totally finished and highly rendered version of this that is so awesome it will basically kill anyone that gazes upon it.

Protomen Jams Part III

2009-09-09T14:05:00.000-07:00

So in celebration of the release of the new Protomen album, this is everything else I've done on my own inspired by their music. There are still a couple images from the album art that I don't want to spoil for anyone still waiting to receive their copy in the mail. Anyway, here it is.

More Protomen Art Jams

2009-09-08T13:34:00.000-07:00

I think I'm gonna wait a week or so before putting up the other work I did for the new Protomen album. I don't want to spoil the suprise for those waiting for their copy to arrive. This here is the very first thing I did after I heard the Protomen. It is also what led to my first correspondence with them and ultimately to working for them. Enjoy.

Protomen Albums Away!

2009-09-04T18:06:00.000-07:00

Check out the new jams! This is the cover to the new Protomen album. It releases on September 8th. I did some other stuff for the album that I'll post once it's out. To see the finished art with the logo and everything, you can go to the Protomen's site or to Version Industries' site. My thanks once again to Caspar Newbolt for doing an amazing job doing the design and layout for the album.

STRAIGHT OUT DA CRATE!!

2009-06-29T13:35:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

Here's the jams I did for the "Straight From the Crate" vinyl show now on display at Shoparooni. I think they came out pretty nicely. If these don't sell in the show they will be going up for sale online in July. Visit http://straightfromthecrate.blogspot.com for all the info.

The Future...I Illustrates it

2009-05-26T19:38:00.000-07:00

Here, at last, is the project I've been working on for the last few months. It's currently being used to countdown the seconds until the release of The Protomen's new album. The Protomen, by the way, are an amazing band. While you are checking out the incredible animated (that's right, animated) version of this image on their website, why not poke around and see what they're about. You won't regret it. You can find the aforementioned animated version at Protomen.com.
Many thanks to Caspar Newbolt for doing such incredible work with the web version. Enjoy.

Blade Runner...thing

2009-05-20T14:05:00.000-07:00

Here's something I did a little while ago. I was trying to mix a bit of graphic design with my illustration. I guess it's intended as a DVD cover. I couldn't decide which version I like best so I've just included all of them. If you prefer one over the others write me a comment and let me know.

2009-05-18T11:43:00.000-07:00

Many apologies for having not posted in a billion years. I have no excuse. Big things have been happening ! I have been working on a project for a rad band for a good long time now and I will be posting that project (and a link to it's animated counterpart) as soon as I know I can. In the meantime I am in a custom skate deck show right now at the Pop-Shop and this is my submission. Hope you like!

New President!!

2009-01-16T14:41:00.000-08:00

Most people know that I am really not interested in doing presidents beyond the turn of the century. For some reason they stopped wearing awesome facial hair and they just became boring to look at. But, I have made an exception in celebration of the upcoming transfer of power. Behold! Barack Obama with a tortoise atop his wise and humble head. Prints of this image are for sale at my Etsy store. I am limiting the number of prints produced to twenty so get one quickly or you won't get one at all.

I'm in a Plushform show!!

2008-11-06T19:32:00.000-08:00

Friday November 7 is the opening of the 1st annual Midwest Plushform Show (www.midwestplushformshow.com) to raise money for Toys for Tots. Below is my entry. It's Jackie Chan by the way. I don't know how obvious that is. I've completely lost objectivity. Specifically it's Jackie Chan from the opening action set piece of Police Story, one of his finest films. Please visit the website for more information regarding the whos, wheres, and whys of the show. It's going to be awesome.

Just In From Comic-Con...A Month Ago

2008-10-22T14:47:00.000-07:00

Ok so once again it's been a while since my last post but this one's a doozy. By the way, I'm not going to apologize for the late post post because if you keep coming back then you must enjoy the abuse. As suggested by the heading I am back from the Baltimore Comic-Con and it was pretty great. It's been a few weeks since then and some of the facts may have gotten a bit fuzzy. I do have a memory of Mike Mignola telling me I'm the best he's ever seen but, the whole thing was such a whirlwind I might be making that up. I didn't sell as many prints as I would have liked to but I had a great time nonetheless. We ended up sitting next to a great artist named Jeremy Bastian and I highly reccommend you looking as his site: www.jeremybastian.com

Here's a picture of us at our table

And here's a couple of sketches I did while nobody was buying my stuff.
Firstly in the spirit of my surroundings...

This is a character I've been working on. I know. He's kind of weird.

Nerdly Girls Rise and Be Celebrated

2008-09-24T15:14:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know it's been an unreasonably long time since I posted anything so first let me say I'm sorry to all my loyal readers and admirers.

Oh my god. I am so sorry.

Alright, now that I'm forgiven and we're friends again I can get to the super exciting, extra special news. During all this time I haven't been posting anything I have actually been doing things. Secret things. Wonderous things. I will first officially announce that I have been hard at work designing T-shirts and other items for Dead On Apparel which is a new clothing company I am involved with. As soon as I know it's safe to post the designs I will, along with a link to the online store. My next announcement is that I will be attending the Baltimore Comic-Con where I will be selling prints of my new series of work shown below. I will also be selling these prints at my Etsy store. They are numbered and limited to 100 each. They are beautiful high quality giclee prints. Get them fast!!

New Sketch

2008-07-08T18:46:00.001-07:00

At Long Last...

2008-06-22T13:24:00.000-07:00

Prints of my president drawings are now available through my Etsy store. Please use the link "my Etsy store," to access them. I know I said these were going to be available a long time ago and I apologize for making you, the masses, wait for such a long time. If there is a president you would like to see let me know and I can do an original especially for you. If there are many requests for the same unavailable president I will do a print version. Thank you everyone for the support and kind words and I hope you enjoy the work.

2008-06-14T12:24:00.000-07:00

This is a card I made for my friend Dan's 25th birthday. He was going skydiving to celebrate so I thought I'd try to scare him more.

SPEED!!

2008-06-05T19:56:00.000-07:00

This is the first of three planned works based on Speed Racer. Because I am obviously such a big fan of the series you may be wondering, "what did you think of the movie, John?" The answer is that I loved the movie and my love of the series was reignited by it, hence this series of works. This is the drawing and color study for the first piece.

2008-06-03T17:40:00.000-07:00

Here's the newest addition to my Etsy shop. Ever since I saw "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" I've been really interested in Jesse James. So far everything in my store is only $40. For original drawings, you can't beat that.

New item at my Etsy shop!

2008-05-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

2008-05-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

My Etsy shop is up and running finally. Although at the time of this post there is only one item in there I have some big hopes for its eventual success. Here is that one item.

2008-05-20T19:04:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday I had my first gallery opening at the Pop Shop gallery in Lakewood. Here are some pictures from the gallery starring myself and some kids that were there.

2008-05-11T09:28:00.000-07:00

My presidents made it into a gallery show!! They will be hung in the Pop-Shop gallery on Madison Avenue for the Lakewood artwalk on Saturday May 17th. Here is a little preview of the presidents snuggled up in their pretty little frames and custom mattes.

Even More Presidents!! (jeez, does he ever stop??)

2008-05-06T19:41:00.000-07:00

More Presidents!!

2008-03-25T18:28:00.000-07:00

Man, I am really bad a this blog thing. I can't believe it's been a month since I put up the last set. Anyway, here are some new ones hope you like them.

Just in time for right after President's Day!

2008-02-21T14:26:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone,
I know it's been a long time since I posted anything (not that anyone reads this anyway), but this time I got a whole batch of things to show. I call this series "Presidents With Animals on Their Heads." Prints of these will soon be available for purchase at Etsy.com. I hope you enjoy them and I will let you know when they are up on Etsy.

Spaceboy

2007-12-09T13:28:00.000-08:00

This is a quick little sketch I did.

Here is a Bear

2007-12-04T17:48:00.000-08:00

Halloween!!!

2007-10-22T19:53:00.000-07:00

I love Halloween. It's the best time of the year hands down. At Halloween, anyone can be anything they want, and I did this to illustrate that.

My sister's B-day

2007-09-21T15:04:00.001-07:00

Ok, I lied about posting the unaltered version of The Protomen poster, not that you really care, dear reader. But here is something equally as awesome and totally out of character for me. I did this for my sister as a birthday present and I thought it came out really nice.

The wait is over...

2007-09-03T16:37:00.001-07:00

I hope to post artwork more consistently than I have been but I thought an appropriate place to start would be my first freelance job. This is a tour poster I did for a band called The Protomen. I love these guys. They are an awesome band, first of all, and when I met them they were really cool on top of that. I have to admit I am not responsible for the text but the image is mine. I will post my contribution to the poster ,unaltered, next.

Thus it Began...

2007-08-17T21:35:00.000-07:00

I have finally found an easy way to display and update my artwork without paying someone to build a website for me. I will be using this forum mainly for posting new sketches, drawings, and paintings. I hope that I will find some work through the use and upkeep of this blog, but don't worry I don't discriminate; the general public is more than welcome to take a look around.