A local comic book store, Astro-Zombies, teamed up with IDW Publishing and held a TMNT cover art contest. The artwork had to feature their storefront and all four Ninja Turtles. Although I didn't win, it was lots of fun to create. I haven't drawn these guys in over, well, it's been forever. This is what I came up with!!
ACE 2012 POST
ABQ Comic Expo was another success! We had a great time once again... can't wait for next year! It's great that Albuquerque keeps putting on such ambitious comic conventions. It is a truly great experience for local artists. Here are a couple of the hundreds of photos we took, enjoy!
ABQ COMIC EXPO
This weekend is the ACE... at the ABQ convention center. Stan Lee will be back, along with Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes! I will have a booth in artist alley again this year... selling my 2 new prints, along with some old ones. Also, ACE picked my illustration for their Saturday badge in the Badge Smash contest. I'm looking forward to this weekend... it's going to be a blast!
NEW POSTERS FOR ACE!
Here are two new posters I've made for my booth at the 2012 Albuquerque Comic Expo (ACE). Both are 4 color limted edition prints. I'm looking forward to sharing them with attendees and fellow artists... very excited!!
NEW MEXICO BREWERS GUILD
Recently, the New Mexico Brewers Guild held a contest to design their new logo. The 10 participating artists were nominated to compete locally. My friend Channing was nominated, and came up with a great design! (Incorporating his signature wood-block printing). If you can, please take a moment to vote for his design by clicking here. His design is logo #3... Thanks for your support!!
THE SHINS POSTER CONTEST
The Shins are holding a "Design a Tour Poster" contest through creativeallies.com. The Shins will pick the overall winner, and that artist's design will be used as their upcoming tour poster! There is also a secondary Fan Favorite award that is determined by Facebook votes. This is the design I came up with for Port of Morrow. To vote, view or share click here. Fingers crossed! Thanks for your support!
CURSIVE ARTICLE - LOCAL iQ
The Local iQ, here in Albuquerque, wrote a great article about Cursive’s new album “I Am Gemini”. There was also a nice mention of my album artwork, and the process in choosing me as their artist. Thanks so much guys!! Click Here to read the article “Stories of Note” by Justin De La Rosa.
JEREMY ON THREADLESS
Hello everyone! My buddy Jeremy Montoya's t-shirt design has been accepted for judging on Threadless. If you have a few minutes, please click the link and give his design a high score :) Thanks for your support! - Jon
Score this design: "There Is More Time Than Life," to help it get printed on Threadless!
THE RAVEN
The KiMo Gallery invited 18 local Albuquerque artists to create work for "The Raven" exhibit. Each artist received a canvas board and one of the 18 stanzas from Edgar Allan Poe's poem. Each artist created a work of art on a horizontal format (18” x 24”) based on the stanza they received. I had the honor of painting the 17th stanza!
A silent auction was held for each piece. All proceeds went to "Friends For The Public Library" - Supporting the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System. The exhibit will run through March 25th. Click Here for more information.
CURSIVE - I AM GEMINI
For the last couple of months I’ve been working with, Omaha based band, Cursive. I had the pleasure of creating the artwork for their upcoming album “I Am Gemini” ... which was released on February 21st. I have illustrated the album artwork, liner note images, new t-shirt designs and the U.S. tour poster! All of these products are available for purchase at Saddle Creek Records. Cursive tour and ticket information can be found at www.cursivearmy.com. It has been a great experience, and a real honor working with this band...they are super great people!
I Am Gemini is the surreal and powerful musical tale of Cassius and Pollock, twin brothers separated at birth. One good and one evil, their unexpected reunion in a house that is not a home ignites a classic struggle for the soul, played out with a cast of supporting characters that includes a chorus of angels and devils, and twin sisters conjoined at the head. - from Saddle Creek
album cover
album back cover - twin brothers Cassius and Pollock
playbill liner cover - Cassius and Pollock
the sisters Cecil
the two headed wolf
the two headed swan
the drunken birds elixir - concept illustration
a birthday bash - concept illustration
finished standard LP
limited edition picture vinyls from Big Scary Monsters Recording Co.
CURSIVE 2012 TOUR POSTER
This is the poster I designed for Cursive's 2012 Tour! I incorporated the characters and themes from most of the album artwork... and came up with a culmination of their concept story. This poster was printed by the amazing folks at Ink Tank Merch in Omaha, Nebraska. The band will have this poster, along with all the new merch, available for sale!
Process pics courtesy of Ink Tank Merch.
CURSIVE T-SHIRT CONCEPTS
These are some t-shirt concepts I came up with for the current Cursive tour. Some of the designs were modified, but they all came out really nice! They were also printed in Omaha at Ink Tank Merch.
ALBUQUERQUE COMIC CON POST
ACC 2012 was a huge success. Thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors had a great time at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. There was a wide range of vendors, artists, events and celebrities in all comic, horror, sci-fi and anime genres. This event seems to be getting bigger and bigger... which is awesome for Albuquerque!
Our booth did very well this year. We sold lots of posters and t-shirts...and got to visit with local fans, actors and cosplayers!
We're already locked in, and will have a table in Artist Alley at ACE 2012... this summer at the ABQ Convention Center. It's in June, so I better get busy!
ALBUQUERQUE COMIC CON
Albuquerque Comic Con is right around the corner. I will have a table in Artist Alley... and will be selling screen printed posters, t-shirts and a couple of art prints. Come by and get yourself a freshly printed Night of the Living Dead t-shirt, based on my new poster! Fellow artist Jeremy Montoya will be selling his posters too, along with some new paintings! So come on down to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for some gambling, a great buffet... and a super awesome comic and media event! Click for more details.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
"They're coming to get you Barbara" Needless to say, I am a huge George Romero "Dead" movie fanatic! I made this 3 color limited edition print for the 2012 Albuquerque Comic Con. Come by Artist Alley at the Con this weekend and pick up a poster... I'm in the process of making t-shirts too!
THE PORTER DRAW
This past weekend I printed my poster for Albuquerque based band, The Porter Draw. Their CD release party, for the new album "California Widow", will feature SuperGiant, Three String Bale and Mother Death Queen. The Porter Draw is an Americana band, with roots in bluegrass, country, and punk. I had a great experience working with them... and it's super awesome because they're from Albuquerque! Click here for more info.
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
On October 30th, I participated in the Dia de los Muertos celebration at the South Broadway Cutural Center. The event was a mixture of art, live music, children's activities, food, vendors and most imporatntly... culture. There were well over 1,000 visitors that attended the gallery reception this year!
I was proud to hang my serigraph print (seen above) next to the work of such great local artists... including my very talented friends Jeremy Montoya, Albert Vasquez, John Bicknell and Lisa Rossignol.
Jeremy and I had a booth in the vendor area. We each designed and screen printed limited edition event posters. Along with the posters, we sold our new Muerto t-shirts and postcards...
We were also asked to participate in the juried alter contest. We created little muerto characters on wood blanks, using acrylic/mixed media... and dressed up our alter with screen printed streamers, flowers and art prints...
To our surprise... the Mexican Consulate of Albuquerque chose our alter for one of three awards given. Along with our award for "mas original alter" we received loaves of freshly baked pan dulce... delicious!!
THE ROCKY HORROR CAST
I was invited to the dress rehearsal performance of The Rocky Horror Show tonight. I delivered the cast poster I had made for the show. They really enjoyed them... happy Transylvanians! The show was amazing! A super talented cast, top notch set design and great music. Please check it out if you get a chance. (see theater info link in the post below)
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
UNM is putting on a production of The Rocky Horror Show this November. This show poster ia a 4 color limited edition of 30 for the cast, and 20 for the public. This is the first time I used two kinds of metallic inks in a poster; it was fun to make! For show ticket information click here
NM BREW FEST 2011
The 2nd Annual Brew Fest and Music Showcase is this weekend at Expo New Mexico. I was asked to do this design/poster for the event and the bands performing. You may have seen my beer maiden around town lately. I have printed a four color, limited edition of 50 posters for the event. They will also be doing live screen printing of my design on various t-shirts! Stop on by and pick up a poster or t-shirt... and...drink some great beer from local breweries! Please visit the NM Brew Fest website for ticket information.
