Beware of Gnomes

Skateboards-n-stuff!

A shameless plug for some stuff:

Custom Skate Decks over at Boardpusher.com

They make great gifts this holiday season!


I also had the privilege of getting a painting into the latest Spectrum book, no. 14. Click on the Andrew Jones thumbnail for more info
{End Shameless plug}

The Gert Witch Lunar Eclipse

Happy Halloween!

Old Monster Sketches

Here's a few early development sketches I did a while ago for the fine folks over @ Interspectacular. The incredibly talented Mr. Joel Trussell has a ton more sketches posted over at his blog which are pretty dang awesome. Good times!

ye Olde Skülls

Since it's Football+Halloween time.

Annie O.

Been continuing the Western themes lately, this one's based on an old portrait of sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

Hey Porter

Ol' West poster of Porter Rockwell.

Award time

I've never met Mr. Jim Pearson, but he was nice enough to include this blog as part of his Thinking Blogger Awards. Many thanks, kind sir! So now I must do my duty and name 5 other "thinking" blogs--basically an excuse to give props to some of my favorite sites as of late. Now I can name drop... here goes:

Adam Rex An amazing illustrator and author, Adam's work is appealing on so many levels. If you don't have Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich already, get it now! I promise you won't be disappointed.



Jason Seiler Mr. Seiler has that enviable combo of being able to get spot-on caricature combined with a truly stunning painting ability. Be sure to watch the YouTube paint of Darth Lucas for proof. Excellent work!



Florian Satzinger Many ducks and all sorts of imaginative contraptions reside here. Really great shapes combined with some impossibly fun machinery. He updates like a maniac too, so watch out!



Sarah Mensinga
If you're looking for drawings, paintings and stories with loads of appeal, look no further. The various pixies, fairies and mermaids she draws are graceful and charming.










The Amazing Parpan Bros. (Justin& Josh).
OK, so technically this would be 6 awards, but who's really counting? I don't know what's in the water where these guys grew up, but they need to bottle it. Each one of them has such a unique take on things. All sorts of cool creatures, wonderfully realized. They're running an outfit called Goblin Fish Press right now chock full of freaky goodness.

Elvis Lives!

In honor of the 30th anniversary of The Kings untimely demise--
An attempt at an Elvis sketch and
A couple of Graceland snapshots:




















BONUS: Johnny Cash goofin' on his buddy Elvis:

"Die Wanna Wanga"

One for the Avalanche blog--the theme was "Stupid Star Wars Characters". I picked Jabba's evil henchman Bib Fortuna, because well, his name is Bib.

Penny Cogsworth

Joe's Coloring Book

I stole one of Joe Olson's drawings and colored it for fun.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Influenced by a recent trip I took to Memphis, TN.

B&W Ben

Inspired by a neat picture book I found at Barnes&Noble for ten bucks. It's full of faux reproductions of historical documents. If you like that sorta thing.

Random Pirates

I haven't had time to do some more finished pieces, here's a couple of pirate sketches so I don't have to look at that Art-B-Q guy anymore.

ArtBQ comp

This one's for my ol' buddy Mike May, done for his old website a while back.

Honus Wagner

Baseball legend with the Pirates whose card recently sold for 2.35 mil at auction. Also known as "T206", or "The Flying Dutchman"

Meet the robot

Some concept art from the Meet the Robinsons game.

Grody Rock Star

One for the Avalanche blog, the theme was "Rock Star" He ended up being a mish-mash of the following ideas:

Rat Rods & Leprechauns

A St. Patrick's day tribute to the late, great Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.

Miscellaneous Debris

Some random Civil War heads, and St. Patrick's Catholic Church in SF.

King-O-Diamonds

Another in the series, at this pace I'll post the final one in the year 2025.

Skelly Flowers

An idea for the Avalanche blog, the theme was to draw something disgustingly cute. Or something like that.

Queen O' Hearts

A follow-up to this post. On Valentine's day no less.

Abe Lincoln's Birthday

More Frostiness

Same palette different day. I guess he's ol' man winters illegitimate son.

ol' man winter

Post-it Robot

Zumtar Frieze

Back to basics--glowy eyes, big dumb head, and skull.

John Wilkes Booth

I recently read a terrific book called Manhunt:The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. They had some great old newspaper clips & wanted posters in there too. This one's an attempt to mimic that ol' timey style.