NYNT 14th Annual NEW YEARS BALL!

Here we go, folks! The NYNT 14th Annual New Years Ball is upon us! If you're dreaming of spending your New Years with Jonathan Toubin and co. at your favorite neighborhood bar TV EYE, I'd strongly suggest you get those tickets asap. This baby will 100% undoubtedly sell out!

Now, for some insight into my poster. After Jonathan gave me some initial direction, and I got over drawing old man faces on the baby (scroll down for another chapter in the historical struggle artists face when trying to render a baby's face) I really tried to draw something that echoed the iconic Saturday Evening Post illustrations by JC Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell...but with leather. It felt good to be working on a poster for New Years again because after that one for 2020....well, ya know.

Old man #1

Old man #2

Now it's a baby.

after getting so wrapped up in the face I completely neglected the weird arm that was forming around the champagne bottle. Very happy this one didn't slip by me. It would have haunted me.

This one felt better.

 

New Year, New Venue, Same Great Party!

Welp, here we are folks, the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 and it means one very important thing is coming our way: The 13th Annual NY NIGHT TRAIN NEW YEARS BALL! This baby is going to sell out fast so get your tickets ASAP. An added bonus to all this is Jonathan Toubin and Co. have gone and opened up a new venue, T.V. EYE, for the big night, plus many more amazing nights, and it sounds like it is going to be a doozy of a place. 

I hadn't given it much thought but now that I am being inundated with end of year/decade lists at every second, it's made me reflect on my first full decade of being a part of the illustrator working force. A lot has changed, and a lot has not changed. I'm going to kick back, reflect on what all this means, where I'm headed, what new and interesting ways I can wear white tees with blue jeans, and hopefully I can compile a list of some of my favorite pieces from the last 10 years. But, for now, enjoy my final piece, I think, of 2019 and of the 2010's.

Ahh, yes, that moment where you get stuck at a spot in the piece and are a little nervous about what way you are going to push this forward. At first I totally imagined this blue gradient and then it began taking so long around all the text I knew I had to change gears. I figured I could fade to black but where on the piece was really giving me some trouble. Luckily I had the baby, rocket, moon, fireworks and daddy long legs to help obscure any shortcomings I might give away on fading the blue into black. 

The Haunted Hop featuring Roky Erickson!

It's time of the year again for Jonathan Toubin to throw his monstrous HAUNTED HOP  Halloween party which means it's time for me to gear up for some marathon illustrating. I was psyched when I heard ROKY ERICKSON was going to be headlining the show this year because I knew this would mean I would get to draw him a few times AND get to see him live on Halloween! Oh, happy day. If you're unfamiliar with Roky, I recommend checking out The 13th Floor Elevators albums and then dig into his solo catalog, especially the albums, The Evil One, Gremlins Have Pictures, and Halloween 1979-81, purely for the face melting version of "Bloody Hammer". This poster was done with a quick turnaround to get the initial announcement out so for the big announcement I'm hoping to really knock it out of the park in honor of Roky! Some process pics below.

Soul Clap and Dance off Poster Bash!

Alright you glorious people, you, Jonathan Toubin and I are throwing a lil' bash at the GIMME! COFFEE on LORIMER ST. in Williamsburg and we have some treats for YOU! I'll have a group of select original Soul Clap illustrations hanging for you to gaze at and while you do that, you can sip on some FREE BEER and and chomp down on some FREE PIZZA! And, last but not least, I'm gonna have a mean grip of new prints on sale there in case you fall in love with one of these posters and wanna get something on your wall that night! Below are the details. Hope to see y'all there!!

SOUL CLAP AND DANCE OFF POSTER SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA!!!!!!!!!!!

GIMME! COFFEE - 495 Lorimer St. Williamsburg (btwn Powers and Grand St.)

FRIDAY, MARCH 31st, 2017

7 - 10PM

FREE BEER!

FREE PIZZA!!

PRINTS FOR SALE!!!

Sneak peek at some of the new prints that I'll have there. If you miss the show and really were hoping to score a print or two, no worries, the prints will be available for web purchase after March 31st.

Summer Solstice at Roberta's Pizza

Just wrapped up this poster for Roberta's Pizza summer solstice party on June 21st.  It all starts at 2pm and charges through for a sweet 8 hours of, hopefully, good times. In case you've never been, this place is a pizza goldmine and this could be as good a reason as any to get your butt there to give it a try. Maybe you'll even see the Clinton's there, casually snacking away. Loaded it up on the process pics for your viewing pleasure.