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Paper Bicycle: Damask

2011-09-30T18:34:00.000-07:00

I was recently lucky enough to travel to France, and spent a day at Versailles. I just loved Marie Antoinette's little farm - the houses were so cute! The scenery, art and furniture of Versailles were definitely an inspiration to me, especially all of the wonderful damask patterns - I have photos of the wallpaper and textiles alone! I added a sun into the pattern as a tribute to Louis the XIV, the Sun King.

Click here to see all of my Paper Bicycle patterns for this past week!

It was so much fun working with the team at Paper Bicycle this week! Chris, Lindsay and Francesca are super talented and all-around very cool people! Please check out their blog and tumblr!

Paper Bicycle: Butterfly

2011-09-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

I have always been fascinated with mounted and framed butterflies and would love to have a pink, polka-dotted wall to display a collection of them someday. A girl can dream, can't she?

Check out more great pattern work (including mine, this week!) at Paper Bicycle!

Paper Bicycle: Nice

2011-09-28T11:48:00.000-07:00

Today's topic is nice. Nice...hmmm...well, nice is a difficult word to define, much less illustrate...so I thought about all of the other words we use that can mean nice, and while looking through the sketchbook I was jotting them down in, I noticed that I draw a lot of happy, goofy people who would have nice hair if they were real. I kept it 2-color because my sketchbooks are usually just pen and ink. I like to think that all of the people in my pattern are nice people!

Click to enlarge, and see more great patterns, some of them mine, this week on Paper Bicycle!

Paper Bicycle: Ditzy/Calico

2011-09-27T11:50:00.001-07:00

Today's topic is ditzy, or calico print. A ditzy print is usually floral, and is very small in scale. It also follows a more scattered design, rather than being straight up and down like a stripe or plaid. This pattern goes out to all of the unnaturally turquoise flowers found at NYC bodegas!

To see more, check out Paper Bicycle!

Paper Bicycle: Harvest

2011-09-26T11:25:00.001-07:00

This week I'll be designing patterns to be posted on the super-cool blog, Paper Bicycle. The three designers behind it, Lindsay, Francesca and Chris, post beautiful patterns based on a topic they choose every day. So it's a great way to get your creative juices flowing by challenging yourself to follow a set topic. Very cool. Today's topic is Harvest, which made me think of what we call the "Debil Moon" in my family: a big, orange harvest moon.

Click the image to enlarge and check out Paper Bicycle's blog and tumblr for more! Check back tomorrow for the next topic and a new design.

Tuesdays at Macri Park

2011-09-22T12:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a brand new poster for my lovely friend Lady Bree, who DJs every Tuesday night at a bar called Macri Park, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's a nice little spot here in the neighborhood. Stop by and see her on Tuesday and you might see me too!

As always, click to enlarge!

La Otracina at Union Pool, 9/21

2011-08-19T11:32:00.000-07:00

Here's a new poster I created for my pals La Otracina, with Endless Boogie and Rhyton. Click to enlarge!

Posters for Subplot Studios

2011-08-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

Here are three new posters I've created for Subplot Studios. Subplot Studios is working with illustrators from all over to make show poster art available to schools and local theater companies. Their aim is to encourage kids to get involved in drama programs by offering cool art for the show posters. I worked on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Our Town. Click to enlarge!

Satellite Lounge, 6.17.11

2011-06-10T08:42:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in so long! I have been hard at work creating textiles, pillows and all sorts of new designs to beef up the old etsy page. Hopefully it will be up and running soon! In the meantime, I created a new poster for a DJ night at Satellite Lounge in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's a great little bar that has lots of fun pinball machines and they recently got taps! Sounds perfect for a hot summer night and I'm sure this event will be too!

American Illustration 30 - CHOSEN

2011-04-20T13:01:00.000-07:00

I'm pleased to announce that one of my favorite posters I've ever done has been chosen to appear as part of American Illustration 30 - their 30th anniversary annual! This was also one of the best shows ever, featuring Traveling Circle, Heavy Hands and Sean Dwyer Griffin.

2 New Posters

2011-04-09T16:43:00.000-07:00

I am so excited to have done a new poster for my pal Lady Bree, for a show at Public Assembly. This is a bigger venue so doing a poster for an even there is kind of a big deal for little old me! My good friends Heavy Hands will be playing too.

I also had the pleasure of designing a poster for Josh, who is DJing with DJ IT next friday night. I illustrated on top of an old photo from our trip to Paris years ago, and thought collage would be another fun thing to try, rather than strictly illustration, just like the moon man poster from last month.

As always, click to enlarge!

Poster for DJ Night

2011-03-10T11:49:00.001-08:00

Here's a new poster I did - click to enlarge and get more info about Traveling Circle's own Your Pal Josh, spinning at Satellite Lounge in Brooklyn!

Print and Pattern Designs

2011-02-03T09:30:00.000-08:00

I found an old travel drive that had some pattern designs I worked on recently - I think they would make great tea towels or other fun home goods. Click to enlarge!

Brooklyn Psychfest #2!

2011-01-19T12:27:00.001-08:00

About a year ago I created a poster for the very first Brooklyn Psychfest. Well, the time has come for another Psychfest, this time happening on my birthday! Click to enlarge, and check out the link to the event page if you'd like to go!

Thanks to Bree for the gig!

2011 Tea Towel Calendar!

2010-11-24T08:58:00.000-08:00

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The holidays start a little early for those of us who make our own cards, wrapping paper, and, well, gifts (my fingers are a little numb from knitting so much! hahaha)...but I have always wanted to make a calendar that displayed the whole year on one big sheet - and this year I've finally done it!

This is my 2011 zeppelin calendar, which has been printed on a lovely linen-cotton canvas as a tea towel. I am very excited to get these in the mail - I ordered a test version and it looks great! I am going to sew them up and embroider the edges, hopefully in time to sell a few by the holidays, or at least to give away as gifts to friends and family.

Recent Inspirations

2010-10-20T10:11:00.000-07:00

Its pretty obvious that I love a pattern, and I've been designing textiles to go into my illustrations since I first started drawing - you can see them in almost all of my images. I decided it was time to start having them actually printed as fabrics, since I also love crafting things like pillows and other little gift items.

Awesome website Spoonflower lets you upload your designs and look at them in a variety of different repeats - so cool! I ordered a batch of test swatches for these images in different fabrics - can't wait to get them in the mail! I'll definitely post an update once I use one for something! I think I'm definitely going to make a duvet cover with the fabric version of the top image...

Click to enlarge!

Little Tree

2010-10-20T06:54:00.000-07:00

I was recently contacted by a new website to do some "background" images for their users' profile pages, so I came up with this little tree! I will post an update when it launches, but record collectors, keep your eyes and ears open for it!

Sweet New Poster

2010-10-02T11:31:00.000-07:00

Here's a new poster I did for Lady Bree! Sky Parade, Bad Girlfriend and Telltale, live at Bruar Falls in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Sunday, 10•10•10. Click to enlarge to see all the details!

Thanks for the gig, Bree!

Victorian People

2010-07-23T12:37:00.000-07:00

A few months ago, I was asked to make a poster for anyone to download for free on illustration pages. You can still go to the site and print yours today!

But while designing the poster, I wanted to do more with the fun, happy crowd than just have them in the shadows of the circus spotlights, so here they are, smiling and in awe of the circus in front of and above them! I did this print in 6 different color combinations and will hopefully be producing it in different forms (prints, fabric, mailers, etc.) once I find the time...please click them to enlarge!!

Traveling Circle - Handmade House!

2010-06-25T08:25:00.000-07:00

The wonderful and amazing Traveling Circle is going to be releasing their first record very very soon, and I was thrilled to be able to do the artwork for it. I am so excited to see what it will look like once its manufactured. It will be produced by Nasoni Records, out of Berlin, Germany and released on CD and Vinyl. Hooray!

Click to enlarge - there's a lot to see!

family portraits

2010-05-10T08:55:00.000-07:00

to celebrate a certain loved one's birthday this weekend, i made us all into root vegetables. here are josh as a fantastic carrot, me as a rad radish, and our cat, catter, the splendid turnip!

click to enlarge!

Stockholm

2010-03-30T14:05:00.000-07:00

i was given an opportunity to create a poster for a night in stockholm, sweden called 99th floor. here's the result!

Cherry Blossom Clinic Logo

2010-03-22T16:23:00.000-07:00

here is a new logo i've created for the awesome terre t from wfmu's cherry blossom clinic. she's gonna put a 2-color version on some sweet tee shirts and tote bags that go out to the lucky acts that play on her show!

Brooklyn Psych Fest!!!!

2010-02-15T19:13:00.000-08:00

Please click to enlarge!

Here's a new one for the Brooklyn Psych Fest happening on 2/28 at Glasslands - so many amazing bands are playing I can't wait! Thanks Bree for charging me with the job - I had a lot of fun!

It's going to be a trip!
Glasslands- 289 Kent Ave btw 1st and Grand St
Williamsburg (JMZ to Marcy, L to Bedford)

Zebulon Poster for 2/11

2010-02-02T08:44:00.001-08:00

zebulon is one of my very favorite bars in nyc...so i am super thrilled to have gotten to make a poster for some of my very favorite bands and djs, all playing there on february 11th: heavy hands, traveling circle and sean dwyer griffin (click on band names to check out their music, and click the image to enlarge!)

Seahorse Illustration

2010-01-25T08:54:00.000-08:00

This is an illustration I did for a custom-designed skateboard...the whole image filled up the deck. I'll post pictures of the skateboard soon!

Click to enlarge!

New Poster for a Great Show!

2010-01-25T08:21:00.000-08:00

Here is a new poster for my good friends Sorceress, Whooping Crane and La Otracina at Bar Matchless in Greenpoint. (It is also my birthday party! Yeah!!!!

snowboard for burton

2009-12-15T13:11:00.000-08:00

my good friend charlie, of the amazing traveling circle, asked me to custom design a snowboard for him, produced by Burton. here's a picture of how it came out!

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bon voyage flyer

2009-12-08T19:39:00.000-08:00

i designed this flyer for a friend's going away party...all hand-lettered and hand-drawn. i was told "lycklig resa" means happy trails/goodbye/bon voyage in swedish - the swede that told me that had never heard the expression but that it was perfect...?! i am considering changing out the color scheme and redoing the layout of the text so it just says "happy holidays" since i have yet to send out cards...

click to enlarge!

Beauty Illustrations

2009-12-01T15:24:00.000-08:00

These floral designs were illustrated by me for a small beauty brand. They are not going to end up on the packaging, but I redesigned the floral to go on a snowboard for Burton, which hopefully I'll get photos for soon!

CD Cover Design

2009-10-26T12:03:00.001-07:00

Here is a record cover I recently did for the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet.
It is Henri Rousseau's 1910 painting The Dream, in which I replaced the figure with a Broken Reed.

Traveling Circle Logo

2009-10-26T11:57:00.000-07:00

A while back I created a logo for Traveling Circle, and we made t-shirts, tote bags, and printed a cd with my amazing print gocco. By the way, they're playing this friday night, October 30th at NY Studio Gallery, 154 Stanton Street, in the Lower East Side!

rock & roll workshop at beauty bar brooklyn

2009-09-15T09:47:00.001-07:00

time for another installment of the fun times of the rock & roll workshop! the first one last month was a blast. this time its djs jodie artichoke, gregg dynamite of sorceress and layla peppermint twist, of smashed!blocked!...layla came all the way from italy!

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New Poster for Silver Summit at Union Pool

2009-09-03T07:16:00.001-07:00

Here is a new poster for the bands Silver Summit, White Hills and The Psychic Paramount, all playing union pool next thursday the 10th.

click to enlarge!

lucky birthday

2009-08-21T11:22:00.000-07:00

this is a new poster i created for my good friend ashley, who's hosting a birthday bash at beauty bar brooklyn next saturday. its gonna be a fun one!

click to enlarge...

surrealist bbq!

2009-08-13T10:30:00.001-07:00

you know you want to attend a surrealist barbeque, complete with recipes from dante's cookbook, hopefully...

the world famous traveling circle will be playing with my good friend oweinama and his cryptic farfisa, and there will be other great bands and djs too.

july 3rd at legion!

2009-06-24T20:54:00.000-07:00

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if you know what's good for you during the holiday weekend, you'll not only attend the event i posted below, but this one here too! here's a poster i created for traveling circle's 2nd video release party, the awesome "tie a bow." there will be 4 fantastic djs, all of them my best of friends, so come on out to legion next friday! i also heard a secret band will be giving a live performance - very exciting!

AND although i didn't do a poster, i highly encourage you to come to union pool on the 4th, when josh will make his debut with sorceress!!!

kickin' off july

2009-06-21T12:40:00.001-07:00

...with a sweet poster for my pals traveling circle, heavy hands, and up died sound. come on out to union pool on the 2nd!

New Poster for Next Saturday!

2009-06-07T16:07:00.000-07:00

here's a new poster i whipped out in 2 days...phew! the show is next saturday at the l.i.c. bar in long island city, queens, and its a nice early show. come out and see traveling circle and whooping crane and say happy birthday to our old buddy dylan!!!!

lit lounge - 4.29.09

2009-05-14T10:08:00.000-07:00

Here's a poster I recently did for Weird Owl, Bad Girlfriend (formerly Grandma's Boy), Traveling Circle and the Brooklyn Raga Association.

Click to enlarge and come out for the show! They're all playing at Lit Lounge in the East Village on Friday, May 29th.

wednesdays in may at k&m bar

2009-05-04T20:59:00.001-07:00

here's a brand new poster i did for all of the fun wednesday night events at k&m bar. thanks ashley!

Poster for DJ Night at K&M

2009-04-07T09:36:00.000-07:00

Here is a new poster for an upcoming night at k&m bar in Williamsburg, featuring the very cool Brooklyn Raga Association and four of my closest friends spinning - Jodie Artichoke, Gregg Dynamite from Sorceress, Ambassador Hazy from Heavy Hands, and my very own Josh from Traveling Circle.

One More!

2009-03-16T07:50:00.000-07:00

Here is another recent band poster for Traveling Circle and the Brooklyn Raga Association! They'll be playing at Glasslands on Saturday night, the 21st.

New Poster!

2009-02-05T12:39:00.000-08:00

Come on out on Friday the 13th to Cakeshop, where you'll see my dear friends Sorceress, along with Prince Ruperts Drops, Grand Mal, and Twilight Procession.

I created this poster with an ink line drawing, and then layered it up with a multitude of colors...looks kind of 3d, doesn't it? Let's get some glasses and try it out!

Records and Drums

2009-01-30T13:24:00.000-08:00

One of the things I love doing most is painting drum heads! Its so much fun to see them in action when the bands play.

Heavy Hands asked me to illustrate one for them based off of a mask from Sri Lanka. They then used it for their record cover! Their music is great too - buy a copy of the record and you'll love it! : )

New Poster for Arthur Magazine Benefit

2009-01-16T11:29:00.000-08:00

Here's a new show poster for Weird Owl, Traveling Circle, and Brooklyn Street Raga Association, playing at Glasslands on January 24th. This show is a benefit for the amazing Arthur Magazine.

I have been creating these posters almost completely digitally for a long time, but this time decided to use a traditional technique. This was done in pen and ink, with a guache painting on a separate piece, which I then layered together. I'll definitely be trying this method again in the future.

By the way, you can see all of my posters here.

New Show Poster!

2008-12-02T13:36:00.000-08:00

Here's a new poster for an upcoming show at Pete's Candy Store, on Sunday 12.7. Come over to Williamsburg and check it out! Josh is playing drums with our pal Sean...

Illustration Friday - Repair

2008-10-27T14:38:00.000-07:00

So, I hardly ever do Illustration Friday, but I just happened upon it this week and remembered an image from one of my sketchbooks. I did this about a year ago, as part of a reportage project about my street in Brooklyn. This auto shop isn't around anymore though...they're putting up condos now, of course!

change!

2008-10-23T18:01:00.001-07:00

this is a piece i did in watercolor and marker, for art gotham's square foot show, election 2008. if you're in new york, please come on out this saturday for the opening! i did it in watercolor and marker on a square foot of canvas to support our next president.

the original will be available for sale at the gallery, and prints will be available as well - you can contact me if you'd like more info!

New Show Poster

2008-10-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

here is a new poster i created (in 2 days - phew!) for a cmj show at glasslands this wednesday for my buddies heavy hands and 6 others - make sure to get there by 2 am!

Coney Island Bunnies

2008-09-22T12:33:00.000-07:00

Here is the first of a bunch of "Bunnies of Coney Island" pieces i have been working on. Click to enlarge...

Traveling Circle Video Premiere!

2008-09-18T20:16:00.002-07:00

Josh's band, Traveling Circle, filmed a fantastic video in Central Park over the summer. here's a new poster I created for the event at K&M Bar in Williamsburg, next Wednesday, 9.24. Hope to see you there!

Another New Poster

2008-08-12T08:06:00.000-07:00

here's a new poster for an upcoming show at union pool, on 8.22, for all those fans of traveling circle, whooping crane, and white clam...click to enlarge!

New Poster for Upcoming Show

2008-08-07T14:06:00.001-07:00

here's a new poster i did for a show at glasslands in williamsburg, brooklyn. come out and see the amazing traveling circle, heavy hands, sorceress, and lights on 8.16!

American Illustration 27

2008-06-04T15:07:00.000-07:00

This image has been CHOSEN to be a part of American Illustration 27! It is from a children's book called Today's Okay and will soon be a permanent part of ai-ap.com.

New Poster(s)!

2008-04-12T21:39:00.001-07:00

New show poster for the bands Traveling Circle, Sorceress, and The Dutch East India Company, at Lit in the East Village on 4.26.

New Show Poster

2008-02-09T11:14:00.001-08:00

Here's a new show poster I did for my friends Whooping Crane, Weird Owl, Traveling Circle and Heavy Hands. If you're in Brooklyn on 2.17, check it out...

More Music Art

2008-02-09T10:42:00.001-08:00

2008-01-17T10:28:00.000-08:00

Sketchbook Plant

2008-01-02T11:32:00.001-08:00

Plant done in watercolor and vintage fabric. Click to enlarge...

Illustration Friday - Backwards

2007-12-20T11:34:00.000-08:00

"Backwards" because I am right handed. These were drawn with my left.

Beatle Boots

2007-12-14T10:30:00.001-08:00

this image used to be my header here, but disappeared mysteriously. the piece is from my sketchbook.

Illustration Friday - Little Things

2007-12-13T14:17:00.001-08:00

In this piece from The Cursed Thing, Martin is shrunk down and trapped in a purse, surrounded by little things other than himself...

2007-12-11T19:12:00.001-08:00

I love

2007-11-21T18:51:00.000-08:00

doing drawings that are super detailed, so you have tons of stuff to look at. here are a few images i did for a children's book called "the cursed thing"...

2007-11-21T18:45:00.000-08:00

cupcake greeting

2007-11-21T18:42:00.000-08:00

here is a cute little cupcake i painted recently...

Hannah and the Magic Slippers

2007-11-08T08:40:00.000-08:00

Rice and Tea From Hannah and the Magic Slippers

2007-10-04T11:03:00.001-07:00

This piece is from a wonderful children's book I illustrated, called Hannah and the Magic Slippers.

Two More at the Diner

2007-10-04T11:00:00.001-07:00

Here are two more diner pictures, from my sketchbook this time...

At the Diner

2007-10-04T10:58:00.000-07:00

This is a large spot I did for a diner series. It is about 18" x 20", and is hanging in my kitchen, of course.

Dessert Paintings

2007-10-04T10:54:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite things to illustrate is dessert! These two are from my sketchbook. Check back soon for images of cupcakes and lemon meringue pie...

Food Greetings

2007-10-04T10:52:00.001-07:00

I made a few greeting cards spotlighting delicious foods and drinks.

Sketchbook Pineapple

2007-10-04T10:50:00.001-07:00

This is a study I did of some fruit for a mural-sized painting a few years ago. The mural came out okay, but I must say I like the sketchbook fruit better!

Bistro

2007-10-04T08:32:00.001-07:00

I did this one in my sketchbook one morning while out to brunch with friends. It is one of my favorites.

Food Illustration - Clementines

2007-10-04T08:28:00.000-07:00

I have been illustrating food in my sketchbook (that's why there is a line down the center of the piece). I am a big fan of clementines...

Gig Posters

2007-10-03T14:48:00.001-07:00

I have been doing a lot of posters for local bands' shows over the past couple of years. I'd love to do more...

More Images from Today's Okay

2007-10-03T14:28:00.001-07:00

More Images from Today's Okay

2007-10-03T14:25:00.000-07:00

More Images from Today's Okay

2007-10-03T14:23:00.001-07:00

Today's Okay - Children's Book in the Works!

2007-10-03T14:20:00.001-07:00