Blogging in 2011

Welp, it's a new year and it's time to release some life updates. I'm still alive, I survived the great NYC blizzard of 2010 and recently did some more spot illustrations for Steez. Another round of the ongoing illustrated definitions. Could we end up releasing a dictionary of these? Would anyone buy it? Would anyone care? Questions 2011 may or may not answer.







I moved from the great outdoors of Upstate New York to Manhattan in August. Stayed with an extremely gracious friend for a few months in a tight living situation. This air mattress was my bed, couch, desk, and kitchen table all in one. Let's see the folks making swiss army knives beat that combo!


Moved on over to Brooklyn in early December and was able to spread out a little more.


Heat is included in the rent:


Finally have my life situation stabilizing and finally have a wall for this Dennis McNett print. So far so good in ol' Brooklyn. Now Spring just needs to arrive because I'm already over winter.

Steez Spots: Part 2

So, here are the other 5 spots I had done for a 2 part article in Steez magazine. In case I forgot to mention it before, these spots were done to accompany definitions of terms used by snowboarders and skiiers. I especially got a kick out of drawing the fourth image down. Back when I did snowboard, I loved it when people ate shit so hard going down the hill; Powder and clothes went flying in every direction. Coincidentally, it was usually someone showing off, so I never really felt bad for blatantly laughing at them. But, in case they weren't showing off, and did get seriously hurt, I apologize now for laughing.

More stuff from this issue later on.

Spots

I recently did 10 spot illustrations for Steez Magazine. The article is split into 2 parts, so the other 5 will be on here in a little while. The purpose of the spots were to accompany definitions of slang terms that are commonly used on the slopes. I think I recognized 3 out of the 60 that Joe sent to me. I feel out of touch.

Snowboarding in May

A childhood friend of mine helped start up a snowboarding/skiing magazine called Steez a few years ago, and he recently told me to e-mail their art director, Joe LoVasco, about doing some illustrations for them. A week after I initially contacted Joe, he shot an article my way for thier new issue about the SIA snow sports trade show in Vegas. After 37 years, the event has started to become too polluted with "glitz" and "glam," and is being moved to Denver to help get back to the roots. The magazine is usually black and white so it was great to read from Joe that they are now doing it in color, and to just do whatever I want.

These were the 3 quick ideas I had that I was sure would all be turned down. I still want to do the one of that infamous neon cowboy with the snowboard under his arm, just for kicks.