http://scrapperstown.com Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:27:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know this organization "The Society of Publication Designers"? I don't really, but they just laid a good honor on me. They say I made one of the "Top Alternative Newsweekly Covers of 2011". Thanks, but I'm pretty fond of these other ones too >>> http://scrapperstown.com/spd-likes-my-work/ Last winter a made a book for my son Camper called Owl's Surf Club. It was a real sweet project to do just for him. You can see it here>>> Since then I've rewritten it and changed up the illustration style to be a lot simpler and smaller for little hands. ... http://scrapperstown.com/owls-surf-club-2/ Since moving to Hawaii from Oregon I've been going through an artistic identity crisis. For the last ten years I've been painting pictures of elk, loggers, mushroom hunters, and giants evergreen trees. Now that I live in a totally new ecosystem I have no idea what to paint. It's not ... http://scrapperstown.com/painting-hawaii/ Last June I whipped up this little design riffing on some old skate/surf company logos for a special limited edition shirt for the show I did with some friends at Hurley's )(space (read all about it here>>>) Now the shirt is available for everyone online, so if you like awesome shirts, ... http://scrapperstown.com/want-an-awesome-shirt/ Since relocating to Happy Valley Maui I've started a new thing called the Department of Awesome. It's a blog, an artist residency, and a creative services agency. Although I'll continue to post new projects here, the majority of my time will be spent over at the Dept. of Awesome. So start ... http://scrapperstown.com/the-department-of-awesome/ In early May I was asked by the fine folks at Pinball Publishing to art direct some employee portraits. So I came up with a crazy papercraft special effects photo shoot that made the employee portraits tell a little story. The story about the simple Scout Books, or the "Little ... http://scrapperstown.com/scout-books/ So I made a design a while back in response to the black wave that hit Japan. I made prints to sell, and organized an art show will all my art buddies to raise money for Surfrider Japan. It worked and I was glad to help in the little way ... http://scrapperstown.com/ope/ Fish, Fish, Got My Wish! I got the rare opportunity to do some work for Surfing Magazine and their cool art director Chato. The original painting "Old School New School" is for sale! $200 (shipping and handling included), gouache and cell-vinyl paint on paper, 8.5X11 (you can find that sized frame at ... http://scrapperstown.com/surfing-magazine-illo/ What is Awesome? Skinner, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros and me "Scrappers" all locked in a 30' tall by 260' around gallery space called )( Space for 14-17 hours a day for seven solid days. Armed with over 100 gallons of paint and Hurley's credit card we pushed each other to ... http://scrapperstown.com/awesome-in-review/ On June 3rd, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros, Skinner, and Me are flying down to Costa Mesa to make an art show for Hurley at their )( space gallery. It's going to be so awesome that we're just calling the show "AWESOME". I'm treating this like a personal challenge to go ... http://scrapperstown.com/awesome/