struggle INK.

my cousin sarah recently asked me to draw up a tattoo for her based on some of my older hot air balloons that she liked.
she sent me this photo of it the other day completed.

done by Jon at Solid State in Milwaukee.

my first illustration for a Wallpaper magazine and Samsung web project, where Siggi Eggertsson and myself have swapped images back and forth for 8 weeks and added, subtracted and completely resconstructed the image from the week before.

you can see them all here.

new giclee print from the "we have been expecting you" show available only at concrete hermit in the UK.....

NIKE
BE TRUE WEB WEEK 2

got some more photos in from the Save My Life show in portland.





















photos by: Kai Aitchison

DEMONS IN THE SPRING

years ago i approached the chicago based writer joe meno about illustrating one of his stories for a collaborative based project show i was in. so myself and evan hecox made some drawings and printed up a little newsprint zine with one of his short stories that we gave away at the show. i really enjoyed the process and have stayed in touch with joe since.

a year or two later we were talking and figured wed try it again but on a bigger scale. so he compiled 20 of his short stories and together we choose 20 artists to make illustrations to go with them. joe then came up with the idea to donate money we would have made from it to the 826CHI reading center.

the book includes art by todd baxter, kelsey brookes, ivan brunetti, charles burns, nick butcher, steph davidson, evan hecox, kim hiorthoy, paul horschemeier, cody hudson, caroline hwang, kozyndan, geoff mcfetridge, anders nilsen, laura owens, archer prewitt, jon resh, jay ryan, souther salazar, rachell sumpter, chris uphues.

it was a great project to art direct and design (and i ended up illustrating one of the stories as well) and im excited that we were able to help 826CHI out while making a fun project at the same time. it looks like the book should start hitting book stores this week.

until then heres a little preview......


cover illustration: chris uphues


charles burns



evan hecox



geoff mcfetridge


caroline hwang


kozyndan



rachell sumpter


anders nilsen



souther salazar


steph davidson


you know i had to sneak some stuff in as well.....

my new tee shirt for Sixpack is out. its based on Jack Kerouac book "on the road". first published in 1957.
jazz, poetry & drugs..........

www.sixpack.fr

a few quick shots from my Portland show, i shot most of it on film so it will be awhile before i get this big pile of rolls developed. but for know heres a quick digital preview.

also some of the work is available online here.....

Day 04
Install.....

Day 03
cutting out paper shapes......

PORTLAND INSTALL
DAY 02

unpacking........