Flock Shop - Space Smores

I have the awesome opportunity to be a part of

a very special show at Flock Shop.

Here is my piece, titled Space Smores.

 Click to make it waaay bigger:

Here are some details!

It is an amazing group of artists and I am truly honored.

The title for the show is Bright Future, in honor of this

being Flock Shop's last show. It is a time for new beginnings

and the future truly is bright for Michelle and Chad.
The opening is tonight from 6- 10 at
943 N. Broadway #103 Los Angeles, CA.
See you there!!

Edutopia - Back To School Supplies

This is a very cool project that you can help out with.

Edutopia will give money to school teachers for school

supplies if they get enough "likes" for their  Facebook page.

You can also win a really great $250 gift card. WIN- WIN!

I created some back to school items for the event.

 I had a super fun limited palette to work with.

I really like working within those limits. It's a nice challenge.

I composed the header above but also gave them each item

individually so they could use them for other things.

Pretty awesome!!

So please help them out by liking their page.

Pass it on and help lots of teachers along the way.

The more "Likes", the more money they give.

It all ends August 24th. 

Fwends Forever

This is going to be awesome!

I made a piece for the new show at Gallery Nucleus

and the subject is a favorite of mine (and everyone else's.)

ADVENTURE TIME! 

It was hard to decide what to narrow it down to but

I am super excited about what I came up with.

 What I like about the show is the amount of unhighlighted detail.

They put a lot of work into the entirety of the Land of Ooo.

So I wanted to do a piece that looked really simple but

was actually more complex. So I made the piece two-sided. 

Here is the back of the piece.  

 It looks like it is just the backside of the paper but

it's actually a whole other piece, waving snail and all.

Then I got a floating frame for it to all sit in.

Everything was really fun to make but
I think my favorite part of the piece is Finn's backpack. 

So go out tomorrow to Gallery Nucleus for the opening.
There will be lots of people from the show there as well
as well as a lot of amazing art.It's always a good time at Nucleus.

Artist In Residence

Wow peoples!

I have an amazing announcement.

I am going to be the Artist In Residence at

Wonderground Gallery at Downtown 

Disney in Anaheim.  I will be cutting paper

in person on Fridays and Saturdays from

5- 9PM for the whole month of August.

Come down to see me cut some paper (it will be 

especially awesome if you like Monsters, Inc!!)

Feel free to ask some questions or just chat.

It's going to be amazing.

Diagon Alley

Here is a commission I did for a friend of Diagon Alley. 

Cutting buildings seems like a nightmare in my 

head but it's actually super fun once I start doing it.

This was so fun it makes me want to do more Harry Potter.

Mickey's Deep Sea Dive

I never got around to posting the other piece from

Wonderground Gallery so here it is.

This was a lot of fun to make. I love doing the

kind of work were there are a lot of little parts but

they don't need to fit together perfectly. I had most of it

planned but I made lots of new coral and fish to fill it out.

I wanted to hide a lot of Mickey heads down in the sea life.

so that it could be a piece where you could look at it 

everyday but all of a sudden find new things.

Also the Wonderground opening in Downtown Disney

was amazing. So many great people came out to the signing

and I got to meet some amazing people I have wanted to

meet for awhile (I'm looking at you Jerrod and Michelle.)

At the gallery they also have an exclusive print of the 

Wall-E piece as well as a Wall-E sketchbook!

Super cool and only at the gallery.

The show will be up for about 6 months so swing by if you

are going to Disneyland Anaheim. It is an amazing space.

Wonderground Gallery

I have the great honor of taking part in a brand new 

gallery opening up in Downtown Disney called

Wonderground Gallery. The grand opening is June 9th

where there will be an artist signing from 3 - 5 PM.

There is more info here on the Disney blog.

I'm excited to finally be able to show this 

Wall-E piece I did for the show.

I'll talk about this piece closer to the opening 

and share more details as I get them.

Zapdos!!

Here is a piece I did for the Pokemon Battle Royale

at Light Grey Art Lab.

151 different artists representing 151 different Pokemon.

Each piece is $40 each. It opens on Friday, April 20th.

It's going to be a very fun show.

Happy Easter!!

April Fools Day!!

Here is a desktop wallpaper for the first day of April.

iPhone/iPodTouch

iPad

This wallpaper will self destruct if used on any other day.

A Parent's Guide to 21st Century Learning

I have the great opportunity to show some

work that I've been doing for Edutopia.

They provide amazing information

for parents and teachers, with teaching guides,

blogs, and message board communities.

It's an amazing resource. I illustrated their new guide

A Parent's Guide to 21st Century Learning.

It's about improving education through project-based

learning, online resources, and technology.

I did the cover including the title and border

as well as many other elements inside.

The guide covers many different grade levels.

Here is one of the page layouts.

I love doing little elements, like the numbers,

that really help tie everything together.

Here are some other spots that look like

faux apps that they sprinkled throughout.

The colors and the border throughout create an

awesome package. You can download the guide here.

It requires registration but this, as well as other

information on the site, is priceless for

any teacher or parent.

Look At This! Look At That! A tribute to Dr. Seuss

I started off friday with some green eggs and ham.

(Seriously, they were very green.)

We saw The Lorax, which was delightfully good.

And my weekend continues to be very Seussian with

the show that opens tonight at Gallery Nucleus.

As always it's going to be quite the event.

Here is a little peek at my piece:

It was super fun to do and it was interesting

to see how much I kind of draw like Dr. Seuss.

There are going to be AMAZING pieces there

like Phil's and Ping's as well as many more!

The show runs through the 24th.

Winter Coat

Snail Trails

Into The Winter

Click to view a bigger version.

Leaves

Ssssweet Ssssnake!!

New Work Great (hopefully) and Small

I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be a good year.

I am going to start it with an amazing opportunity

to show some new work in a great gallery Loft 204.

The opening is Friday February 3rd at 6 - 9PM.

Here's the address: 532 W. 1st St. #204 Claremont, CA 91711

There are pieces great (hopefully) and small

with all the colors of the rainbow.

Also showing is the amazing ceramics artist Gina Lawson Egan.

It should be a very fun and awesome show.

Here is more info:

Please come to the opening for good art and

great times! I can't wait to see you there.

I will post more preview images later in the week.

Viking Giveaway

If you like vikings or free stuff, then you will like this.

The people that published PUSH PAPER are having a

giveaway for a copy of PUSH PAPER and the original

piece I've Taken A Viking To You.

It could be a nice Christmas present or

Valentine's Day is just around the corner.

There's also a hand mirror thrown in there to boot.

It ends the 20th of December so enter now!

Muppets and Post Its

Saturday December 10th is going to be a busy one.

I have a piece at Gallery Nucleus in the show

The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me

A Jim Henson Tribute Exhibition.

I chose to do a rainbow of Muppets.

These characters were so fun to draw and cut.

Hopefully this isn't the last time I ever draw a muppet.

This show has an great line up and from the preview pieces

that I've seen this is going to be an amazing show!

That same night I have 5 Post Its

in the Post-It Show 7 at Giant Robot 2.

Here they are all together.

I didn't think I was going to get much detail on

such a small piece of paper but I think I did alright.

There are 1000's of pieces and most Post Its are only $20 each!

Hope to see you at one or both of these shows Saturday night.

Artists In Law

I am starting this month out with a very special show.

It's a family show with my grandfather-In-Law and

my brother-in-law. Both great artists.

Here is the info:

320 S. Mission Dr. San Gabriel, CA. 91776

Our reception is Saturday from 1 -5. Stop on by.

It will be a lot of fun.

I've been doing a lot of floral pieces.

I've sneak peaked a few on Twitter over the last few weeks.

Hope to see you there!

Trick or Treat?

Happy Halloween!!

Poolga Wallpapers

I got the awesome opportunity to make some

iPhone wallpapers for Poolga.

It's an amazing resource of great art work

for your tiny talking device.

I wanted to design some before and after scenes.

I've been drawing a lot of bugs lately, so I chose

to incorporate them into seasonal garden wallpapers.

Summer Garden

Autumn Garden

I'm very proud of these.

They are simple but complex and

were really fun to try to figure out.

Enjoy!