Sun River Shirts

I made some shirts & hoodies for an camping trip that I go on with a bunch other friends every year. This is the 10th anniversary of  the trip, and it’s looking like it will go down in the record books. My brother even flew up from Texas to come (siked!)

My brother and buddies Shane & John hung out while I printed most of the shirts last night (I used John’s shop to print… thanks John!), and I’ve just got a few more that I need to re-print tomorrow, the night before we leave (nothing like the last minute, eh?) I snapped a couple of shots of the shirts & my brother with the trusty ol iPhone when I was taking a break from printing…

Chillin at the print shop.

I hung out with Hunter at his print shop on Wednesday night. No printing for me, just prepped some screens, hanging out & looking at the mini-ramp longingly. I wished so hard that I could ride that bad-boy again (another story for another time.) I miss the shop so much, there’s so much cool stuff going on over here, its such a creative atmosphere. Good friends, good tunes, lots of art, and usually a beer or two. I wandered around for a bit & snapped some photos with the ol’ iPhone.

This is the ramp that caused my latest shoulder surgery and effectively retired me permanently from skating. Bastard.

Just look at this drawing table… man, its dope. I would be at this all day every day if I could.

It’s even got the old-school tin ceilings. Awesomesauce.

A little bit of Providence history right here for those that know whats up.

Waiting for paint to dry

A lot of times when I’m waiting for paintings to dry down in the studio, I like to take detail shots of the things I’m working on with the iPhone’s camera. These pics aren’t the same type of shot I’d need to take if I was documenting a finished piece, they’re much quicker & looser, so there’s no need to worry about making it perfect. I just play and try to get some interesting process pics at the same time.

New Brushes

I got some great new brush pens back in June and I haven’t had them out of arm’s reach since. Normally in the studio, I use a pen or brush, with india ink, if I’m away from the studio, usually a Sharpie or Faber-Castell pen brush. These are great, but I wanted see what other kinds of brushes were out there. I found some brush pens online & I decided to give them a try. They’re exactly what I was looking for, portable, yet still loose & with lots of ink.

I got a Pentel Brush Pen & a Piston Waterfiller Waterbrush and they’re both fantastic. The Pentel is a smaller, tighter brush that uses ink cartridges. This brush is really great for tight curves and more detailed brushwork. The Piston waterbrush uses whatever kind of ink I want to put into it, and I can control the flow of ink as well. The piston’s brush is larger and looser than the Pentel’s. It also comes with another slightly larger brush. I’ve been carrying all three around with me wherever I go, and I figured I’d share some of the drawings from the past month or so.

Pics from the beach. 3.20.10

Pic from geocaching

Father & son combo

Dylan and I were drawing the other day & he helped me color in some monster guy I was drawing. I need to get his help more often.

QR code

Ive been playing around with QR codes, barcodes and other kinds of things lately. I’m not sure exactly what I’ll be doing with any of this stuff, possibly some fun geocaching spin-offs, add it to business cards, etc. We’ll see.

This one here is just a link back to this site.

Tattoos

Dylan told me today that he needed more tattoos like daddy & Uncle Trevor.

Evan Hecox is hugely inspirational.