A Perfect Caturday Night

Here's a gift I made recently for a family member.

The New Shoes

I just recently picked up a new pair of shoes, and this past weekend my lovely cat Tuna decided that's where she'd vomit her newest hairball into. Ahhhhhh, good times.

"Shake It, Like A Latitude Sun"

Here's my wee tribute to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I've become a bigger and bigger fan of them over time. They do a great punk/dance blend. I first saw their music video for the song Zero when I was in Christchurch, New Zealand. I loved the song, and I now only associate that with when I was there. Makes me happy now everytime I hear it.
Their other music video for the song Heads Will Roll is pretty cool too. Has a great stylized look to it and features a pretty good dancing werewolf.

Underground Party

This is for Illustration Friday's theme 'Subterranean'. I don't know, if this is Hell, sign me up...looks like they're having fun. Well, it SEEMS like fun except they'd probably be dancing to stuff like Ace of Base, Miley Cyrus, and Keisha.

Brave

This piece is for Illustration Friday, with the theme being Brave. It's scary making that initial move, but of course you'll never know until you try. If I hadn't spoken up at that bus stop years ago, I wouldn't be with my now wife. Good times!

Co Workers

Another day at the office...

I've been so absent from the blog lately. I'm trying to get back into it again, but with my schedule right now, it's gonna be tough. I think I'll start off with some once a week sketches joining up with Illustration Friday again. Let's light this candle!

Close Your Eyes

Just saw Bebel Gilberto tonight with my wife. She was awesome...kinda like a laid back Alanis Morrisette. It's all Bossa Nova music and oh so lively.

Old School

Oh sure, we've been fans since the Jackson 5.

Wanna Be Startin' Something

What's better to combine my two loves (my cat Tuna and Michael Jackson) for a tribute. It's really sad he passed. It eerily mirrored Health Ledger and Elvis. It was the first thing I saw as I exited the plane in Wisconsin. Not the way I was hoping to kick off my birthday, but that's life. Obviously there's a million different things that could be said about the man. Either way, it's generally nicer to remember the good times and the fact that he was human...no matter how bizarre. I think I'll dedicate the rest of this month's blog pics to Michael Jackson inspired images.
Eeeeehee!

Return to Oz

I'm flying back to my homeland of Wisconsin in the morning. If I could find a cheesehead hat to put on Tuna that would be awesome, and I know exactly the look I'd get from her if I did. Anyway I'm going back to celebrate my birthday and go to Summerfest! Always a good time. So until next week, see y'all later!

Waitin' for the Bus

Always some interesting characters at the bus stop...

Into The Light

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, shiny things.

Kiss Your Asteroid Goodbye

Well....there we go, the adventures of Space Kitty.

The Gorilla Foundation

For about two months now I've been volunteering with the Gorilla Foundation here in the Bay area. It's the home of Koko the female gorilla who can communicate in over 1000 signs of American Sign Language. It's a very special project started by Dr. Penny Patterson while she was working on her doctorate at Stanford University. Anyway, they recently had a bbq for all volunteers as a thank you. One of the fun things we did was an egg toss competition. It came down myself, my wife, and one other pair. We were pretty far apart at that point and Sarah, my wife, threw the egg, and I had to run forward to catch it. The egg was heading straight for my chest area and as I caught it...well, you guessed it, all over me. Good times!

Gotta Keep Reachin'

Almoooooooooooost there...

Sleepy Time

I'm looking at my cat thinking "Hey, good idea"

Groovy

I watched 'Drag Me to Hell' tonight......meh, I miss Evil Dead. I've had the pleasure of meeting Bruce Campbell twice, and believe he's a true talent and is highly underrated. Either way, thought I'd throw a quick sketch together of the ol' Evil Dead days. It's a little boring on different levels, but as usual, I'm tired.

Camouflage

I was wondering a lot about Zebras and their black and white patterns. Generally speaking animals are built and given a specific look for a purpose. You'd assume the pattern of the zebra is to help is blend into the grasses and sometimes wooded background, but what about their color. They're primarily in an environment filled with browns and greens, so wouldn't black and white just stand out, and say "Come get me"? Well after playing with many colors for this image and not deciding what to use (so I just posted them all), I realized that it's not the color so much as the stripes and pattern become confusing and make it look more like brush and grass. In the end of course, predators use more than just their sight...especially at night. So keep your eyes peeled Zebras!

The Schitty

Well I didn't know where this was going when I started, but here we go...a bird relieving itself in the city. I've unfortunately been under that once or twice.

Pups

Here's a few past samples of work I did with an "unnamed" company recently. It was a really fun project to explore as I worked on it from the ground up.

Peace out!