Republic In Peril

I do lots of freelance Tee graphics but an old employer of mine contacted me about doing a project with him. Basically he had this idea for a new line called “Republic In Peril” or R.I.P. He has a great contact for appliqué work so the tops are super heavy on the materials.
Here are some of the graphics:

It’s a bit funny… the line literally is called “Republic In Peril” to give it a bit of an edge, but when I came up with aggressive “political” imagery there was some definite hesitation from the uppers.

When one’s money is at stake, I understand that there’s a lot of trepidation about the “sell-able-ness” of a brand new line. As a result many people push to have something made that looks very similar to what’s selling now. This sometimes works, and sometimes misses the trend. Hopefully R.I.P. will find a good balance.

Here’s a close up of the above Tee graphic:

Evil Monito Ill’s

Evil Monito was an original. An online magazine that deconstructed pop culture with an academic pen and an artistic eye. Now it’s back again. Rickey asked me about contributing pencil drawings of featured interviews. The aim was to create a classic portrait with out the extreme polish. For me, this meant to just do a portrait the way I do it. Below are some of the drawings:

You can read the full articles at: Evil Monito

I Feel Good

Had a nice night at Feel Good Fusion the other Friday. Gotta say it wasn’t as packed as the last two, but i thought it had just the right amount of people (that means I didn’t have to wait an hour to get a drink). This time around I decided to step up the “interactive” level of the performance and actually draw as many heads at the event as possible. So I spent several minutes getting to know some of the attendees and taking their head shots. Then it was back to my station where I would do the drawings of the actual people attending.

1. That’s right son, people are actually taking pictures of my work. 2. You know you made it when people are forging your artwork.

1. Dj Revolution doing his thing. 2. This is where I last left off…

Unfortunately I arrived at the event late (sorry Denkym!) so I didn’t come close to finishing the piece. If you want to see the finished piece as well as the finished Feb. piece, come to the next one! Really though, come on out. I gotta say, Feel Good Fusion is always a good time. The vibe is amazing, I can’t think of another event where so many different types of people gather to truly enjoy the arts and get down.

Till next time BITCHES!!!

Feel Good Fusion This Friday

I’m going to be performing again this Friday at Feel Good Fusion. Come and see lots of good Dj’s, lot’s of good people, and me create something on the fly via my mac, acrylics, and a sharpie.

(click on pics for a full blown flyer)

FR*A x PEPSI

A while back we got hit up to appear on a Pepsi viral campaign. Basically they were looking for artisans across the world to document. I got to fit into the LA spot along with the artwork associated with FR*A.

(click here to see the vid)

Thanks again to Kat and co. for the spot light!