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Record Store Day 2

April 17th, 2010 · Uncategorized

Here’s another one. I reappropriated a copy of “The Rex Nelson Singers’ Expression of Love” album

and tried to make them a little less creepy.

And speaking of…days…Free Comic Book Day is coming up May 1st.

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Record Store Day

April 17th, 2010 · Uncategorized

Did you know they still sell music? In STORES too! Its true. In fact, today is National Record Store Day. STL’s Vintage Vinyl put together a record to promote it called “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” with original music by the store’s employees and friends, and they asked local artists to make some original covers for the LPs. Here’s my contribution…

Since it’s probably too difficult to read here, I’ll just say it tells the story of a guy quitting his job, getting drunk, getting into more and more trouble till he’s broke and hospitalized, and has to go back to his job. Oh, life.

They’re doing some in-store promotions and stuff today so swing by if you get a chance.

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The Twainstache

February 2nd, 2010 · Uncategorized

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Bowl of Fruit

February 2nd, 2010 · Uncategorized

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FSM FTW

January 12th, 2010 · Uncategorized

I spent about an hour driving on Big Bend yesterday so I started on this tacky landscape and got about this far before Stephanie took over…

See if you can spot the difference!

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Winter Stephanie

January 11th, 2010 · Uncategorized

Stephanie got me Corel Painter a while back, but I just finally got a laptop that can handle it without pausing 20 seconds between every brushstroke. It's pretty fun, but there are a LOT of options for media/brushes. Too many. They should make graphics software like video games and make you unlock everything one at a time. No gradients till you beat the Pen Tool level! Also, when you think you've finished it, you should have to play the whole thing again, but upside-down! That one's free Adobe.

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Dead Fly Art

October 19th, 2009 · Uncategorized

One time, when I was living with Don, he found a dead cockroach on his desk and proceeded to drag me in to help make a crime scene, with chalk outline and yellow tape if I remember correctly. I should see if he has any pics. Anyway, I was just reminded by these charming little dead fly cartoons. More at TheChive.com

Found on Digg where a commenter linked to this…

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Eastwood and Frazetta

October 18th, 2009 · Kickass Artists

What a great picture. Taken moments before they wrestled a bear and saved America from a Nazi invasion.

Frazetta and Clint Eastwood

Frazetta’s kind of the cliche of fantasy illustration, but I love him.

I got into him after I realized Sam Kieth was ripping him off.

Don’t get me wrong, he obviously added his own thing to the style. I hope to someday rip off Sam Kieth half as well as he’s ripped off Frazetta.

More art by Frazetta (and inspired by him) on DearComputer

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Jesus2000

October 13th, 2009 · Uncategorized

from Motionographer

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Enjin

October 9th, 2009 · WTF

Sadly, there’s a reason that there monkey’s beatboxing from inside a car engine. It’s an ad for motor oil.

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