¡Dia de los Mars Attacks!

¡Atención, los seres humanos sucios! ¡Su planeta patético está condenada. ¡Prepararse para la aniquilación total!

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I'm a huge fan of Mars Attacks, specifically, the original bubble gum cards produced by Topps from 1962. So, naturally, I was really excited when Pete from legendary ska band, The Porkers, commissioned me to make this t-shirt design for his company, Hardcore Logo.

The idea was to draw a martian as a Mexican Dia de los Muertos sugar skull. I decided to add a little reference to the 1996 Tim Burton film by adding the Martian flag on the forehead

You can order your shirts here

"Is you is, or is you aint my baby?"

Here is my piece for The HB Show - A Group Art Show Tribute to Hanna-Barberra.

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This piece is 18x24, acrylic on illustration board. It was inspired by a classic scene from one of my favorite Tom and Jerry shorts, "Swingin Serenade" (1946)

The show opens this Saturday, April 6th at the Van Eaton Gallery. Over 100 incredible artists participating! You can see the rest of the work online here at the Van Eaton Gallery website.

If you're in the Los Angeles area, come on out to the opening reception!

"Inka Dinka Doo"

So, as I mentioned in the last blog post, I've been working on my digital inking since I got a new Cintiq. Here's some recent pieces I've inked, along with their original pencil on paper drawings. I think these are getting better, but there's definitely room for improvement.
These inked drawings are for a a project I'm very excited about and I'll be announcing at some point in the near future.

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"Don't stop skankin'!"

Here's a tour poster I did back in December for my pals, Reel Big Fish, but forgot to post it.

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This poster was for the US leg of the world tour which was this past January and February. Since the tour was in support of the album they released last July, which I also illustrated, I knew I wanted to incorporate the same characters. For those who don't recognize him, the guy in the middle who is at the mercy of these cuddly sadists is Aaron Barrett, the singer and guitar player for the band. 

On a side note, this is the first piece I inked using my new Wacom Cintiq. Previously, I had inked things like the album cover in Adobe Illustrator and it was all just vector paths. I think I could do much better better now that I've had more experience with the Cintiq. I'll be posting some samples of my more recent inked projects in the next day or two.

Here are a few of the early concepts for the poster.

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