fresh from my pencil, pen & mouse - animal collective

here's the color and grayscale versions of my latest installment for the fine folks at la record. it is of animal collective... one of the most adventurous bands to hit the scene for some time. keep 'em coming guys.
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fresh from my mouse - hello, out there... cd packaging

here is the recently completed cd packaging for steve de france's poetry reading collection titled "hello, out there...". (shown are the front cover, back cover and cd designs. plus logos created for the production company.)
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fresh from my pen & mouse - the monks

here is the latest installment for la record. it's the legendary 60's garage-rock band the monks. also known as 'the anti-beatles'.
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fresh from my mouse - parasitic fantasy band & smgsap/metal rouge

here is the flyer i put together for an upcoming show that scott and i will be performing for. it will be a very unique night of sights and sounds featuring new zealand's parasitic fantasy band and smgsap playing together with metal rouge to a short film by paul clipson.
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fresh from my mouse - alessi's ark

here is the flyer i put together for a recent performance at the shop with alessi's ark, lili de la mora & michael wysong, and DJ fando y lis.
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fresh from my pen & mouse - dazed & confused

this is a piece i got to do for the '09 issue of the annual mag "off the wookie" pulled together by the amazing ice cream man.
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sketchbook scans v.03

fresh from my mouse then screenprinted - ISOP @ 3rd Thusday

designed the poster for the I.S.O.P. performance for january's 3rd thurs at {open}. then scott and i screenprinted them at the shop. came out real nice.

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filler photo

fresh from my pen & mouse - tom verlaine & johnny rip

latest for la record of former television founder tom verlaine and johnny rip. their current project together is creating live soundtracks to silent films.
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Happy Owlidays!!!

holiday cards to friends and family. more soon to come...

fresh from my pencil - holly golightly

most recent illustration for la record of holly golightly. her current project is 'holly golightly and the brokeoffs'. previous project was 'the greenhornes feat. holly golightly'. great sound, great voice.
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filler photo

taken in the basement of the lafayette building.
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fresh from my pencil - dungen

here is the latest installment for la record of the swedish band dungen. excellent stuff. definitely take a listen.
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fresh from my mouse - good things...book

there were two photo collage pieces realized to accompany a poem by michael sarnowski (below) for inclusion in a new book published by write bloody & ISM called "The Good Things About America" (out soon).
first, is the full-color version titled "locationally affectionate".
second is the final grayscale version titled "_at ends.for you_".
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Michael Sarnowski
The Geography of Love in America

1. Northern Girls
love like a thawing glacier. They exhale fog
to match the tremolo of your shivers. Each moves
like wind off water, a lake effect sweep to leave you numb.
You will find comfort in the snow day of their arms.
You will lose control like their bodies are black ice
on familiar roads. They are danger and permanence,
reassured. It’s the road salt rusted metal frailty
you hear in every refrain. It’s the receding ice ages
you can taste in every kiss. It’s the promise
that the four valves of their hearts,
in decrescendo every winter, will churn like cylinders
to meet you when the seasons are ready to shift.

2. Southern Girls
speak like slide guitars, necks warped
by the sun’s slow burn. These are love song girls,
daughters of dumbstruck heartbreak. They sing, sing, sing
until their braided nickel strings saturate in distortion.
Each smile rises like a wave of heat from the streets.
They are lightning bugs that set the evening on fire,
bring their warmth in from the tree line, flutter
from broken boughs to panes of glass. They are tradition
revised, a history of lives patient as the search teams
that wake at dawn, to begin at the banks
and drag the river. To sift through miles of silt
for any sign of love left in the riverbed.

fresh from my pen - nick cave

the latest illustration for la record of the one and only...mr. nick cave.

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sketchbook scans v.02

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fresh from my pencil - lee "scratch" perry

here is my latest drawing for la record of the great 'upsetter' himself...mr. lee "scratch" perry.
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fresh from my pen - matmos

most recent illustration for la record of san francisco duo matmos.
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