A short while back, I set upon the challenge of completing a new illustration every day for as many consecutive days as I possibly could. I did it because I was in a bit of a creative funk, and I wanted to serve my most fundamental creative impulse: to draw pictures that tell stories.
Read MoreI– like many illustrators– keep a day job. We're mostly a bunch of working-class jabroni's who beat the creative anvil on our nights and weekends. It's not the robust industry it once was. Maybe a guy like me would have had a desk in the offices of a newpaper 20 years ago, but that time has passed. So I push lead and sling ink between shifts, mostly for love of the art but it also pulls in some extra scratch. That's called the American dream, babe.
Read MoreListen up you fat, ugly rednecks: with last weeks "Villains Of New York" illustration, we officially broke the previous record of 6 consecutive days of new illustrations. "Aquaman In Captivity" got color and a minor redesign and brought us to day 8, then "Sir Grzzwall" took us on to 9.
Read MoreSir Grzzwall is a dynamic, high-octane musical persona. He first found local accolades as a member of the popular Latin-fusion collective Bayonics. He's also been a close friend of mine for the better part of 10 years. I've seen him on stage with Bayonics several times at the venerable Elbo Room and I was consistently blown away. He brings an intensity to the stage that can overpower the horns section. He exudes charisma and animalistic intent. The audience seems to bounce and gyrate a few inches off the floor, like marionettes dancing as he pulls their strings to the beat.
Read MoreI decided to use today's illustration to loop back to one of my favorite pieces and hit it with some long-overdue color. I used watercolor (as I typically do) and went for a washed-out bubblegum palette.
Read More"Sometimes my powers kick on when I'm not expecting them to. Like I'll be in the middle of a conversation with somebody and I'll just kind of zone out. I'll start day-dreaming or whatever, and then the next thing I know they're all goggle-eyed and drooling."
Read MoreA couple of portraits of CTOB's founding power-couple will bring us back to day 4 of the #IllustrationADay challenge
Read More"Au-auw-AAAUWOOOOOOO!!!" This piece is going to get adapted into a feature-length film entitled "An American Werewolf In Tampa Bay".
Read MoreToday's illustration is a personal allegory about how our young brains sort information. Also, pro-wrestling.
Read More#IllustrationADay is back with a piece inspired by two of my favorite pro-wrasslers and The Secret.
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