Pics from Babytattooville!
I had the privilege of joining Sketch Theatre at Babytattooville 2009. I had tons of fun meeting all the super talented artists taking part including: Gregg Craola Simkins, Liz Mcgrath, Audrey Kawasaki, Jeff Soto, Travis Louie, Yoskay Yamamoto, Gris Grimly, and Johnnie Rodriguez along with just being in the company of such other greats as Tim Biskup, Lola, Nathan Spoor, Nate Frizzell, Bob Dob, and Gary Baseman. Talk about an art OVERLOAD! Wow, it was really great, it took place in a wonderful place surround by even more wonderful scenery in the heart of Riverside California. Hope you enjoy the pics I took while I was there.Later, Apricot
Baby Tattooville provides a unique opportunity for a few enthusiastic collectors (like yourself) to spend a weekend with an all-star lineup of celebrated artists. Without the time constraints of a typical personal appearance, or the crowd control issues of a standing-room-only event, artists and collectors will have a weekend-long opportunity to discuss and explore their mutual interests. Original work will be created and celebrated around-the-clock; no one will leave empty handed.
You can read more about it at these websites: arrestedmotion.com, dailydujour.com
Going to BabyTattooville!
I am going to Babytattooville this weekend! I am super excited! www.babytattooville.com
Sil Van der Woerd Demo Reel
I just had the pleasure of updating my friend Sil's site with his new demo reel! Check it out! He is an amazing Director and all around talented guy from the Netherlands. Now he lives in LA working at Digital Domain.Sil Van der Woerd 2009 Demo Reel
New work in progress
My 4 of Swords Tarot Card drawing in progress. Not much yet, but the stain glass window lighting effect is taking quite nicely. This is gonna be FUN! Sorry about the crappy scan, My scanner is kinda sketchy.
Passenger Sketches
Here is some of the process I went through to create my latest piece.
The Passenger Comic/Art Book
I have been invited by my new Italian friend Christian who runs a little independent comics and illustration publishing company from Milano to be in his independent comic/Artbook, The Passenger
Cognosco Show at Gnomon Gallery
A group of artists from a major video game developer gather to share their personal work at Gnomon Gallery.The artist's in the show are: Brian Huang, Chris Thunig, Mathias Verhasselt, Steve Hui, Brian LaFrance, Jonathan Berube, Alvaro Buendia, Fausto DeMartini, Jeremy Gritton, Steven Chen, Vitaly Bulgarov, Barry Berman, Xin Wang, Jesse Brophy, Phill Gonzales, Robb Shoberg, Sam Yang, Samwise Didier, Trevor Jacobs and more...
Created New Sil van der Woerd Website
July 11th my friend and amazingly talented music video director Sil van der Woerd launched his new music video White Swan. Along with that he employed me to build him a new website to showcase all of his works. You can see it here: www.silvanderwoerd.com
Comic Con 2009
So I went to Comic Con earlier this week as camera man and crew member for CG Channel. The show was amazing and more crowded than any event I have ever been to. There were so many artists showing their work and their books that it was completely inspiring and overwhelming at the same time. I must say my favorite artist at the Con was Character artist RAGNAR you can check out his blog at http://symptomatica.blogspot.com/. His style has always inspired me. His books are really awesome and are chuck full of good stuff. I used to do a lot of vector art back in the day and I gotta say, seeing his stuff always makes me want to do more. Aside from the artists...THE TOYS were awesome as well. I somehow managed to get this awesome Baron Harkonnen figure for 5 bucks at a booth. After completing my Dune piece of Lady Chani, this was a total lucky find.Later ~ Apricot
Pictures from the “Bee-rotica 2″ opening at Hive Gallery
My Lovely wife Jessica is in this show! We went to the opening and it was crazy as always for the Hive Gallery downtown LA. Show runs July 4th- July 25th 2009 Art for sale at: www.hivegallery.comI uploaded pics from the show to my Flickr page, and you can check out the piece Jessica did for the show at her website www.jessicawardart.com
Michael Hussar’s Red Red Robin
Michael Hussar just added a new section to his website with works he created from 2005-2006. The show was called Red Red Robin. The paintings created for this were tremendously awe inspiring! How do I know this. Well, I updated his site for him. It is super cool to be able to work with Hussar, and help him get this most amazing work posted for all to see! The piece to the left is by Michael Hussar, entitled Hans Memling.Check it out at www.michaelhussar.biz/pages/red_red_robin
Jessica featured on Juxtapoz
My beautiful wife Jessica of 2 years as of yesterday May 26th, was featured as an emerging artist on Juxtapoz.com! I am so PROUD! She has really been working her arse off on some really new and amazing stuff and really deserves these awesome words that were said about her art! check it, Jessica Ward featured on Juxtapoz
Prismacolor 2009 Art Competion
I just entered Lady Enmity into the 2009 Prismacolor Art Competion. The grand prize is $5000. Wish me luck!If anyone else has some work they would like to submit, GO FOR IT! Prismacolor Art Competition ~Apricot
Super Charmed Fineto!!!
Well it is done, and just in time to turn in for the CANceptual show coming up at Crewest! Don't worry I will be posting pictures of the actual CAN this is going to turn into SOON. Can't wait to see all the amazing work at that show. My wife Jessica and friend Dave MacDowell are just two of the other artists with amazing work for this show! Check out their stuff too!
Super Charmed!!!
Here is a sneak pic at what I am cooking up for the Canceptual show at Crewest next month. This little thing is about 5in tall by 8in wide! It has been a challenge keeping those pencils sharp, but I am happy with the way it is starting to take shape! more on this later.~Apricot
Pics from La Luz Show
Here are some pictures I took at the opening for Everything but the Kitschen Sink Show at La Luz in Hollywood on Friday.
New Drawing in the Works
Just started a new drawing. It is going to be my rendition of my favorite character from my favorite cult sci-fi movie Starship Troopers...Ltl. Raczak! I will be posting more progress shots along the way!
The Art of Taron at Gnomon Gallery
A collection of characters and creatures by an amazing CG artist that goes by the name of Taron will be available for viewing at the Gnomon Gallery in Hollywood.Check out his work
Taron's website
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