Jamming with Bigfoot in Quarantine Times

"I Sharted During My Solo"

14.5 x 19.5"

So, I had no idea there was so much Bigfoot fan art there when I started working on this piece. I guess there's just a lot of us that want to imagine Bigfoot is out there just jamming away in complete solitude. There's even someone who gets dressed up and plays music under the name Saxquatch. Wild stuff. It does feel very appropriate during these self-isolating times.

Nick Waterhouse/Soul Clap & Dance-Off

New one for the late night Nick Waterhouse and Jonathan Toubin Brooklyn Steel after party/Soul Clap & Dance-Off. I had originally planned on doing a Hanna Barbera inspired title card color way for the background but opted for a worn out record sleeve look, which I think fits Nick's aesthetic better. Party goes down on November 17th from 11:30PM - 4AM at Brooklyn Bazaar!

Space Jamming

I did a quick portrait of Kurt Vile a few months back(pictured directly above) and decided I wanted to revisit it and turn it into more of an anonymous stoner guitar player zoning out while he/she jams in the living room. Note how I did not write 'spacing out' because that shit would just be cheesy.

Some of my work from the last year is currently hanging up on the walls of Gimme! Coffee on Lorimer Street in Brooklyn. Go check it out!!!!!

The Boss of Hearts in progress

Ooooh, yeah. This is happening.

The History of Future Folk

I did these a-frame drawings for some guys I know to help promote their new film The History of Future Folk. I've had the fortune of seeing it once already and it's a super fun movie. If you are a fan of A) science fiction. B) love. C) bluegrass music, then you should check out some information below.

Who: You and your friends
What: A movie
Where: Cinema Village
When: May 31st
Why: You really tryin' to go out to a bar in the East Village on a Friday?
How: Get on the subway, your bike, razor scooter, horse, hovercraft, etc. and get your ass to 22 East 12th Street

The Crossroads

I've always had a fascination with the history of blues music and even more so, the tale of Robert Johnson going to the crossroads (highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, MS) and selling his soul to the devil in order to be a great blues musician. There's just something about Satan and music that go very well together.

Hank Revisited

Went back to the Hank Williams piece and tried to get it a little bit closer to something that resembled a finished illustration. I try not to rework drawings after I begin work on another project, to me it's just retreading old ground, I think it's easier for me to accept the mistakes and just work past them with a new piece. But, I had spent so much time on this one that it felt like I had just left it unfinished, without trying to fully solve the problem. At the moment it feels completed, but either way, I'll have to move on this time.

I've also included some warm up sketches I try to do before I work on a more involved piece. These tend to help me loosen up or give me idea's for bigger projects.

And a random drawing of a wolf.

Hank

I really got the urge to do a portrait of Hank Williams recently, so I got down to sketching out some idea's and tried to come up with something that captured some sort of feeling/look I get from his music. I've tried here and there over the years to work text into my illustrations, with mostly poor results, but this piece made me want to delve into really concentrating on the dynamic of the image and text and how to create a cohesive illustration utilizing the two.

Below are some preliminary sketches for the palette, text and the atmosphere I was trying to achieve.

Jonathan Richman

He's the guy who sings songs periodically throughout the movie, There's Something About Mary. Also was the lead singer of seminal punk group The Modern Lovers. He mostly plays music similar to tunes from There's Something About Mary these days and even though most people would call him a pussy indie rocker because of it, it's far less embarrassing than listening to guys his age milk tunes from a genre that died years ago.

Ding-Dang Drawing for a Friend!

I just did this for a friend. He wanted a drawing of a young Bob Dylan and that's just what he got, gosh darnit!