Monday, May 21, 2007

Good Listening


I rarely listen to music while conceptualizing, but when I get down to working on color studies and the final art good smart music helps make better work. Here's a list of some of my favorites with a link to them in iTunes:

M. Ward
M Ward Belle & SebastianBelle & Sebastian Seu JorgeSue Jorge


Architecture In Helsinki
Architecture In Helsinki Sufjan StevensSufjan Stevens

Yo La TengoYo La Tengo Antony & The JohnsonsAntony & The Johnsons


Spoon
Spoon The Mountain GoatsThe Mountain Goats DeerhoofDeerhoof


Animal Collective
Animal Collective The FormatThe Format GorillazGorillaz


Cake
Cake Third DayThird Day SwitchfootSwitchfoot


Pela
Pela MenomenaMenomena Iron & WineIron & Wine


My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket DanielsonDanielson

The Who - RushmoreRushmore Soundtrack Rufus WainwrightRufus Wainwright

John HiattJohn Hiatt Soul-JunkSoul Junk Rosie ThomasRosie Thomas

Bright EyesBright Eyes Nic Harcourt - KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic - KCRW's Morning Becomes EclecticMorning Becomes Ecletic (free podcast)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Brick Weekly


Brick Weekly recently bought one of my promo illustrations for a cover. It's great to see work published especially promo work. It's obvious that this illustration was meant to be a Brick cover.

Sunday, May 6, 2007

FARMIDABLE IS LIVE!

Crow Spots

FARMIDABLE: I’ve become more and more interested in patterns as my illustration has progressed over the years. Last year I started making my own when I got together with a couple of friends and came up with the idea of making patterns for desktop wallpaper and selling them. We knew that there are a lot out there for free but that we could offer higher quality than the average beach scene or puppy image. We made a handful of tile patterns and built a site to offer them to the outside world. It's been a lot of work and a very fun project. The site is still in beta but everything works. Hopefully it will do well and we'll be able to continue making patterns and offering other features on the site.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Manhattan


I've been pretty busy with small illustration jobs as well as the new FARMIDABLE site (which is finally up) so I haven’t added a news post in awhile. Here's an image of a map I did of Manhattan about building projects that never became reality. It was a fun project especially since I haven’t done a map before. Not being a New Yorker I did a lot of research. It was especially interesting finding references for landmarks that don't exist.