When in doubt, draw cute animals with guns and liqour

Just a little sneak preview of a freelance poster I'm working on.

Sneaky sneaky

Just a quick gestural doodle I did to kill sometime before class started last night. This Fink Cretin, one of my own characters and one half of the Cretin Brothers.

"Hola, Amigos!"

Here's a quick doodle of Jim Anchower, slacker, stoner, columnist extraordinaire. Jim is a distunuished contributer to the the editorial section of America's finest news source, The Onion.


Jim's articles detail the particulars of his life including his unending string of McJobs, his search for weed and MGD, his love of classic rock, and the deplorable state of his Ford Festiva. You can read Jim's column, "The Cruise", here. Print a few out and take 'em with you next time you go to the can. Here's a picture of the man himself for a point of reference on the caricature

Mutants on parade

Here are some detail pictures of the Radioactive Chicken Heads from the back cover I drew for "Poultry Uprising".

Carrot Topp

Cheri Tomato



Pastafarian


Puke Boy

Bird Brain

El Pollo Diablo

Sgt. Psyclopps
Bone Head


Wiccan Chicken

Punky Rooster

Frankenchicken

Unused bumper sticker design.

Here comes cartoons!

Here's a flier I made at the Los Angeles Animation Festival at Cinefamily to promote Jerry Beck's Animation Tuesdays. Jerry is an animation historian with an encyclopedic knowledge of cartoons. He also co-runs Cartoon Brew. Every first Tuesday of the month, he screens some real gems of animation. If you're in the LA area, definitely check out one of the screenings. Next month will feature Max Fleischer shorts! More info on Cinefamily website.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is delicious!

One of the things I love most are anthropomorphic cartoon animals kowtowing to those higher up on the food chain by serving as a representative of their own species, extolling the mind-blowing flavor of their brethren's flesh and promoting their wholesale slaughter and consumption. All while sporting a smile to mask the guilt and tears that hide just beneath the surface.





I did these back on my vacation to Atlanta in December/January. My pal and fellow artist, Emer, let me paint these in his garage. These were commissions for a great little resturant in Atlanta called "Home Grown". If you're in the area, check it out. They've got some kick ass potroast.

Also, it's the home of the Corn Bred Gallery, which is run by Emer. These are all 32"x48". Acrylic on wood. Here's a pic for size reference

I love the fact that these are hanging right above the dining booths, just staring at the customers while they chow down serving as a reminder that flesh is delicious and the animals know it! It started with the pig painting which is actually a reworking of an earlier painting from a few years ago. This was a major improvement, but I plan on posting about that later. From the pig, it just expanded to include the cow and chicken. There was one more space between a booth in the restaurant, so a 4th painting was commissioned to fill all the space. I was batting around a few ideas before settling on the fish. At one point I was thinking maybe a dolphin or something.
The whole idea behind the series comes from my love of cannibalism endorsing food mascots. You know the kind, we've all seen 'em. One such mascot that stuck with me from my youth was from Ted's Hot Dogs, a great local hot dog chain from Western New York where I grew up. This was their mascot/logo


Not only is he sporting an apron and chef's hat implying that he's cooking other hot dogs, but he's also standing on hot coals being cooked himself!! I remember being a kid and thinking this was just hilarious. Unless my superior memory is failing me, I'm pretty sure they used to have him in front of a little grill using tongs to poke at other little hot dogs that aren't quite as sophisticated (they weren't wearing clothes).

Local food always come up with the best cannibal-endorsing mascots. To see some other great ones, check out http://www.flickr.com/groups/autophagy/pool/

Here's a great one I found in a newspaper ad at my parent's house.

The Chickens are STILL revolting!

Here's the finished back cover to "Poultry Uprising" from my genetically-altered pals, the Radioactive Chicken Heads. I kept with the mix of the Chinese and Russian propaganda poster styles.



Originally, all of the Chicken Heads were going to be posed as the figures appear on the Mao poster below. Pastafarian and Puke Boy (the 2 chickens in the top row to the right) followed the pose of the 2 figures in the bottom left of the Mao poster. Each character was drawn separately, and I abandoned the idea they were drawn.


To see the front cover and a more in depth look at the style, inspiration and process, click here