PMS & THE MOOD SWINGS

I've been sitting on this one for almost a year now but, the time has finally come for the big announcement: The PMS & THE MOOD SWINGS album is being released JUNE 1st on BURGER RECORDS!!! I loved working on this piece, not only because I know these people but, I love Coney Island, and putting these 2 things together was a dream come true. This is the time first time I've been able to illustrate almost every aspect of the album art and it was a lot of fun to tie this whole thing together. Scroll on down for some process shots and I'll have some photos of the finished product soon. Order your vinyl or cassette RIGHT HERE!!! Big Thanks to Lenaya and everyone else in the band and to Burger Records.

KOOL KEITH PRINTS!

Kool Keith prints are now available on my site. Grab 1, or 2, or 3, right HERE. There are also some other Soul Clap prints still available so dive in and grab a few while you're at it. 

Fresh Batch of A-Frames

Still workin' that a-frame life for Gimme! Coffee. Here's some new ones I've turned out since 2018 began. 

Livin' Astro at the Soul Clap & Dance-Off

We got us a wild one here! Kool Keith and Ian Svenonius on the same bill! This is going to be a Soul Clap & Dance-Off to remember. Had a blast working on this one and listening to "Black Elvis/Lost in Space" over and over. I originally planned to do this all green poster but balancing all the values was a headache so I just decided go with some of the color craziness of the "Livin' Astro" music video. Got some process pics below, if you're into that sorta thing, and click on the link to get your tickets before this baby sells out!

TICKETS!

Soul Clap & Dance-Off with Joe Bataan

We have reached chapter 4 in the Elsewhere and Soul Clap & Dance-Off saga. Joe Bataan and his crew will be gracing us with their presence for this one on April 21st. Took a little from the Subway Joe and Gypsy Woman album covers as inspiration on this one. Ya know, I spend a good chunk of time trying to get these likenesses and poses down of the performers but, I've really been diggin these line drawings of the dancers in the background. I don't spend a lot of time on them and I like their loose look and feel. I'm always struggling with my need to control all aspects of the image and attempts to create some loose and wonky parts so, these posters always feel like a step in the direction I want to head.

Had to take this one on the road so here we are spread out on one of my mom's sewing tables. Actually fell right into a groove and was pretty productive outside of my comfort zone.

Escape From Choking in NY prints are back!

Escape From Choking in New York prints are back by popular demand!! Link below.

PRINTS!!!

Soul Clap & Dance-Off at SXSW!

Right after I finished the Soul Clap & Dance-Off 11th anniversary poster I immediately got to work on this one for the 7th annual SXSW Soul Clap & Dance-Off closing party. Woof! Some marathon studio time this past week. Miss Lavelle White gracing this new one and she'll be doing a live performance at the closing party. When I was wrapping this up I almost put some bats carrying off the records on this one but after I ate a whole bag of chips and thought about it, I decided to hold off. Maybe I should have but it's almost comical how many posters for the city of Austin, TX have bats on them. Also, for the fans out there, I hope you'll notice we chose the yellow and brown color scheme from the Duke Records labels. 

Sun Ra Arkestra at the Soul Clap & Dance-Off!

The big 11th anniversary bash for Jonathan Toubin's Soul Clap & Dance-Off is gearing up and it's gonna be a wild one. Tried to get a little extra crazy with this month's poster since the Sun Ra Arkestra is gonna be showing up as the big headliner for the night. James Chance and The Contortions, Ice Balloons and Ryan Sawyer are also gonna be tearing it up on the stage aaaaand Kid Congo Powers is guest djing. The big party kicks off at 8pm on March 17th at Elsewhere in Brooklyn. Tickets HERE!

Draggin Ass

Worked this one up a couple weeks ago in between my monthly Soul Clap poster project. I have this tendency to want to fill the entire image with detail and color so every now and then I try to restrain myself with illustrations like this one. I have this dream idea of the perfect illustrations that I want to make and I feel like this is somewhat closer to that idea. Not subject matter wise but, balancing tight and loose and positive and negative.

"Please Mr. Postman"

Here we go! Month number 2 of the Soul Clap & Dance-Off residency at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, NY. Jonathan Toubin got La Luz to headline this month so we decided on using another all-star, all-girl group for this month's poster: The Motown hitmakers, The Marvelettes. Really enjoying drawing all these people bustin' moves in the background and always love working up a good pink/green color combo.

I was moving my studio in the process of finishing up this illustration sooo, things got a little bootleg on the kitchen table. All worked out though in the end.