Co-Conspirators

July 31, 2008

Live Mural Art Dopeness!

Last night saw Tony Tyrant and I throw down in our Live Mural Art Battle at Eli's. We had a blast! Lots of friends showed up to support us, hang out, have a couple drinks and give us a hard time! I got there a bit early, loaded in, had dinner and started sketching. About 15mins of scratching away in the sketchbook and I had my loose plan. Started doctoring up the boards right @ 6pm. It was a great set up as it allowed people to float in and out, get food and drink. Saw tons of great friends that came out to support us. I stopped working just about 12AM. As soon as I decided I was finished, my body just about shut down. I packed up, hung with a few friends til about 12:30 and headed home to bed! Here are some photos from the evening:

Dougy Fresh popped these:









My photos:


-Tony's piece


-My piece


-Two tired artists...


-The arsenal.


-Crew.


-3 fast guys right there.


-My boy Ad-Rock and his fiance Kanani rolled through.


-Showing Kate how my camera works. Impromptu self-portrait.

Click here for Tony's photos.

July 28, 2008

Inked Up!

Couple pieces inked up. The last one was a little ink sketch over on the side of my pad. Kind neat. Check it:


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July 23, 2008

Mural Art Date Moved!!

Hey everyone! Quick note: Due to the prediction of rain of biblical proportions, Tony, Eli's and I decided that it would be best to move the event to our rain date of July 30th @ 6PM. No art tomorrow evening. Hope to see you next week!



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July 21, 2008

Quick Flyer Piece

Had to do a quick flyer (because of overwhelming resistance to the original one I put together) instead of working on my current pieces. Oh well, gotta promote! Here's the new one:



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Please feel free to print a copy for yourself if you dig it. Better yet, print a few and post 'em up to get some more folks out to the battle! See you on Thursday!

Ink

Dropping some ink on my tattooed head-phone girl.



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July 18, 2008

Photoshop Magic

Next time you see that hottie in your favorite magazine or online, think about this...

"We oughta make 'em tell 'em the truth, from what the camera shoots, and use the negatives for evidence provide'n the proof." -The Procussions

New Sketch

Another fresh piece coming together. There are some proportional issues I need to work out, but another sketch nonetheless.



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The mural battle is on! Tony Tyrant and I will be slinging paint and hanging out next Thursday, July 24th starting 6PM at Eli Cannon's in Middletown. We're chill'n on the back patio and gett'n our art on til close. Come on through, have a drink with us, socialize, meet some cool new people and enjoy some live art! Good times!



Also currently stoked on the new From Monuments to Masses that's coming out shortly. They've been posting videos on their myspace of some of the recording process. Annnd their producer is none other than Matt Bales (who produced the last Mastodon album)! Super stoked!

July 14, 2008

New Drawing

Started a new drawing yesterday. I started it as just a quick kind of sketch, like what I've been working on lately. But I really like the way it's turned out so far so I think I'll take it to a clean finished product. Here are the pencils so far. I might get to start adding some ink tonight. We'll see how things pan out.



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I really pushed the contrast in photoshop cause the pencils are so light. But this gives you a good idea of what's happening. Pretend it's a top-secret spy photo.

Talked to my homeboy Ad-Roc to day. I don't want to jinx anything, talk about anything too soon before it happens, or let the cat out of the bag, but he and I are in the infant stages of something big right now. Big like something that CT hasn't seen before. I'm super-excited! I think this has some huge potential. Can't wait to see where it goes. All in due time.

Other than that, been going riding a bunch. I watched what was almost a really horrific collision between a couple of cyclists and a car. I swear that most people's IQ's just plummet as the pace increases. They're so deadset on passing each other (on a damned CLUB ride!) and are so competitive that they don't check over their shoulders for cars. I watched two guys literally swerve out in front of a car after 'Car Back' had been yelled out. And I watched some dipshit try to blow up the group, sprint out, lose steam, and no one would let him into the paceline, sit right in the middle of the road with a car behind him. It's no wonder why motorists hate cyclists so much. Sharing the road doesn't mean taking the lane when a car is trying to get past. Don't be an asshole.

Still training for cross season. I don't really have a benchmark for where I'm at so I'm not sure how things are going to pan out. I feel like I'm caught between the A's and the fastest B's on our group rides. Once things start going up, I can pass most folks like they're standing still. But there are a few guys I can't keep up with. No matter whether they're on hills, especially when they're on the flats. Had a lot of knee pain tonight too. I think the combination of cooler weather and pushing 20mph for 35mi kind of added up together. I feel like I have to embrocate unless it's stupidly hot out or constantly wear knee warmers. The cooler weather really knocks the shit out of my knees. I hope I can keep up this pace of riding right through cross season and that I don't get burned out. Just have to keep it fun, think right and "I got my PMA...we got our PMA!" Word.

July 11, 2008

Racing Is War.

Another sketch. Playing with textures, practicing my hand-drawn fonts (they need LOTS of work!, and working off the top of my dome. Keeping the creativity flowing. I think the bombs on the bottom are my favorite part of this one.



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I had a visitor stop by the studio last night as well. He was here just long enough to zip around the joint, provide some entertainment and terrorize things a bit. I shot some video that I hope to have up by this weekend. Stay tuned.....

July 02, 2008

More Artwork....

I've been pretty much MIA for the past couple weeks. Here's what I've been up to. Been riding a bunch. Still not drinking beer. I feel like I'm slimming down a bit...getting a little leaner. Hopefully I'll be ripped for cross....but if not, I won't feel like I failed. Been drawing much more frequently. Getting ready for the "Art Battle". Feels pretty good...I feel like I'm learning stuff a little quicker. Knocking out a bunch of sketches/semi-finished drawings per evening. Here's a little taste:


-a semi-classic pin-up bike mechanic for the service boys at work.


-I used a photo from David Perry's Hot Rod Pin-Ups 1 for this portrait. Trying to brush up on my speed and proportions.


-Still really stoked on Todd's tattoo...so here's a girl and her friendly, fire-breathing robot pal...notice the other robots she's chill'n on...the ones that her pal "took offline".

These are still pretty much sketches...nothing is really finished, 'cept for the portrait one. I may post updates as I tweak them more.