I’m proud to announce a new Record Hop the will be designed and printed by me. I really wanted to mix drawing and college because of the like of m/m in France. So after using my printer to copy over and over pages about animals I then cut it out into like the one on the background on be shirt. This will be printed and for sale from Record Hop very soon.

That is right it is time for another installment of everyones music programing Tiger Dick on 1670am or go to 1670am.org to get a live stream from 8 to 10 tonight.

So below this is a tape insert I did for a dallas music project called New Fumes hopefully we will be doing T-shirts as well soon. This ended up being a two color screen print on gold vellum. It could of came out better then it did but it was just one of those projects that everything went wrong. I think I went through 6 screens just to finally finish the project.

I drew this a long time ago for a now defunct T-shirt company.

Here is a illustration for a shirt that was suppose to be for Skateboarding magazine but they declined because they said it looked to much like the Suicidal Tendancies skull.

This is a drawing that Taylor McClure and I conjured up together. Just passing them back and forth between each other. Quite a fun project just to sit and draw next to some one. Thanks to Taylor for sending me this.

So today instead of just posting an image and typing some dibble I’m going to talk a little bit about the process I went through to create a new poster for a local booking agent that goes by the name Parade of Flesh for a show at the Nightmare on the 21st with Thrones.

After deciding my concept I laid out some type to start with. Then I cut it up and drew all over it and scanned it back in. To create the info layer for the poster. I always start thinking about the type first. There was another incarnation of the type that I will not share with you.

Next after going through many concepts I decided upon drawing Mr. Prestons beard for the main image. Then I thought it was a little mundane so I through in some vein/intestine/brain matter objects I have enjoyed drawing over the last couple weeks.

Then I had a vision of a transparency layer going over this one to create more interest. At this point in the process I have already put many hours drawing these things and I’m excited about the final image but also incredibly anxious about it as well because it could look like shit and I will have to start over again. Editing though is an important self discipline for a contemporary designer. So here is the last layer that I created.

Now I have the raw elements of the poster. All scanned in so know I want to play around with them in photoshop. Several hours of placing, color changes and cursing I some how came up with two color options. The promoter likes the red one, I do to I think it is more reflective of Thrones music.

If you have any questions please email me.

Next is the screen printing part and that is whole different ball game.

2 things: I had fun hanging out with Greg, Gary, and Loopai (sorry if I spelled anyone’s name wrong) at the Cats and Dogs benefit show. Greg donated some of the SST back catalog for donation to the Humane society. So I bought 2 lovely 10″ from him that I will be playing tonight on the Tiger Dick radio show.

The show is from 8 to 10 on Tuesday night and will be on 1670 AM or 1670am.org for the webcast folks.

Also if your in Denton and want to go skate send me an email.

I had this idea with overlapping text that was inspired by more of the recent design seen on Almost Skateboards and Burton snowboards. Plus I wanted to maintain my photoshop prowess. Once I was done with it I thought it look good on a skateboard. I think this is a good example of how I work I become inspired by an idea and then while maintaining the original idea it turns into something I was not expecting. I still want to practice with this concept but use different words. This project is also a good example of self editing because I’m not totally sold on it something is missing. It is not as dynamic as I want it to be.

Here is a new idea for a comic that has not gone very far. I keep a sketchbook handy at most times with a orange container that has all of my pens and pencils in it. It has become almost a security blanket.

Here is a T-shirt idea I thought of yesterday after much exsistential frustration. After I thought of it I took the ideas advice and skated a ditch by my house, after that I felt much better. This is the rough draft I’m going to add color and screen print it and sell it.