Three new digital single covers from Kearny NJ's Secret Country's great new (and long-delayed) album, WORD TO THE WISE. If you scroll down on this page, you'll see a cover I did for the record a few years back that the band ended up not using. Hey, it happens.
For my third year doing the artwork for Jersey City's Low-Fidelity bar's LO-FI TAKES THE STREETS festival, I did a vintage sci-fi pulp pastiche (along with a TWILIGHT ZONE tribute and a character from an obscure Harvey Comics superhero comic book, JIGSAW). Plus, I apparently cannot help myself from tossing in a little slice of cheesecake. Sorry not sorry.
Below are the print poster, tee-shirt, Instagram post, the individual characters, and the primary inspiration, the Feb., 1955 issue of GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION.
This is not a call for people to embrace the dark side so much as it is a response to the saccharine (and almost always esthetically offensive) "Live Laugh Love" trope that so many Americans who purchase yard flags seem to enjoy. Because, gross. I'm also posting the original line art, pre-Procreate cleanup.
This is available at the Tough Guy TeePublic store as a shirt, sticker, mug, tote, all that stuff. Show the world that you're not Buscaglian!
My second year doing the artwork for Jersey City's Low Fidelity Bar's terrific music / food festival, Lo-Fi Takes the Streets. The edict this year was to create a retro spy esthetic, which was not hard for me to get excited about. Here are the final poster and tee-shirt along with alternate logos and some prep work.
Because "TACO" can't be the only food-related acronym to describe Dear Orange Leader...
New graphics (and some process and rejected designs) for Barcade's Family Days (which occur at most locations once a month).
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| First design for family was less cartoony. |
Man, was this one a fun throwback!! In the 1980s - mid-90s, I did the schedule artwork (with a brief hiatus) for the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA, and two stalwart bands of those days were Tommy Conwell (initially with the Young Rumblers, later in other iterations) and Dynagroove, two Philadelphia bands that caused tons of excitement. I also did regular work for Dynagroove, writing and drawing a comic strip called DYNADUDE and laying out their monthly DynaNews mailer (ah, the pre-Internet age!).
This year, my old boss at Chameleon (where I also was a cocktail waiter), Rich Ruoff took over the shuttered Village Nightclub also in downtown Lancaster. Last month, Rich contacted me to ask if I'd like to do a flyer (digital) for a show he'd booked... Tommy Conwell and Dynagroove!!! It was a no-brainer for me, and I hope that it strikes a big nostalgic note with olde-timers who treated the dance floor like a trampoline!!! (It also gave me the chance to retroactively give Dynagroove the proper representative footwear).
I'm also posting some of the work from the '80s I did for both of these bands. Hand-lettering and rubber cement!
Logo design for Sand Cat Entertainment (variations with rough sketches).
