Wild Times at The Drive-In

New one in honor of the holiday I make the most illustrations about and the Elmira Drive-In, and just drive-ins in general. I miss the days of hanging out there and watching some b-grade, and sometimes top shelf, horror double feature. And some probably fondly recall going there to make out with someone for hours. 

This was originally intended to be a straight forward landscape painting but I couldn't resist adding all this mayhem. The drive-in is a mash up of several looks that they've had over the years. There are some nods to favorite films of mine and then just general nonsense that I associate with the genres. Detail pics below.

 

Mount Thingmore

I missed getting this posted before President's Day but a day behind can still be considered timely in this case, I think. I've decided that we need to revamp Mount Rushmore in honor of a very important event that occurred in my life on President's Day when I was about 10 years old: My first viewing of John Carpenter's The Thing. So, here is my proposal for the iconic monument's new look, 4 key figures involved in making what is easily one of my favorite movies of all-time. From left to right we've got John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Rob Bottin and Ennio Morricone.  We may even need to consider adding a fifth head to honor Keith David. Him and Kurt Russell share, what has to be, one of the most discussed and analyzed endings in horror movie history.

New Gimme! Coffee A-Frames!

Some brand new a-frames for Gimme! Coffee in Williamsburg. There's a new mega fridge in the shop, full of fancy juices, matcha, kombucha, and 'gurt and I couldn't help but think of the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey when I first saw it. 

It's October so I might as well use this month to give some nods to my favorite horror films and we're kicking it off with a salute to Dario Argento's neon witchy ballet flick, Suspiria. I did an homage to the creators of the films soundtrack, Goblin, a few years back so I dug that photo out as a nice companion piece. I really think I've made a valiant effort at getting better photos of these signs over the years. I mean, just look at that little thumb blur, distracting background, and slightly out of focus look on the Goblin pic. Someone was definitely not givin' 2 shits.

Return of The A-Frame!

Several months ago someone ran off with Gimme! Coffee's a-frame and it's been a hard pill to swallow. Well, not really. I actually think it's funny someone carried that thing off. It was not light. It's probably in a dump somewhere or smashed to pieces in some dark, lonely, cold alley way somewhere but, I can always dream that someone was so in love with one of my drawings that they took it home and placed it there so they can admire it for years to come. I can dream, can't I?

Anyways, Gimme! got a new one and I'm back at it with drag queens and serial killers.

In Between Documenting Europe..

This was done before I sat on the couch on November 8th and watched the results of the election in total disbelief.

Around Halloween I always wanna do some sketches about my favorite horror movies and it always comes back to An American Werewolf in London. It's the one for me. I even found the alleyway from the final scene in the movie while I was in London. 

Portrait of Dylan Rieder.

An alien for the birthday boy

Recent commission. The birthday boy who this was done for loves Alien 3 and his friends wanted to surprise him with a picture of the creature from the film. Below are some sketches and process pics. 

All day. Every day.

I've been on a mission to draw every single day for the next year. It's like a new years resolution for me in a way. I read an interview with a pro skateboarder that was going through getting comfortable on his board again after an injury and it inspired to get on a mission. I started off with drawing some of my favorite moments in horror movies, or just characters from my favorite horror movies. I did this all the way 'til Halloween and the rest are just from the past few days.

Return of the Gimme! Coffee signage

I've been on somewhat of a hiatus from doing these signs compared to my diligent work ethic with them in 2012, so I wanted to strike back in a good way. It also helped having someone else around who was willing to tackle them if I was feeling zapped of ideas, or just unmotivated. Anyways, 2 signs and 2 references to rad movies. Put on a scary movie and get in that Halloween spirit, y'all.

C.H.U.D. Lives!

Life feels a bit more complete; I finally finished my ode to C.H.U.D. Ever since I did that little head study that was posted a few months ago, I've been wantin' to get around to doing a fleshed out illustration of a C.H.U.D. Welp, here it is. I included some detail pics as well, for your viewing pleasure.