http://scrapperstown.com Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:57:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every cover is an opportunity. I took this opportunity to do a little beach clean up at Maui's Kahului Harbor with my family for an hour before coming into the office. In that hour we filled three bags of trash. We only made it about 25 yards ... http://scrapperstown.com/another-trashy-cover/ My good pal Tripper Dungan curated a show at Grass Hut and it's Van Themed!!! Finally right? He was kind enough to have me in the show along with: Hilary Pfeifer, Bwana Spoons, Martin Ontiveros,  Meredith Dittmar, Brett Superstar, Eatcho, Adrienne Vita, Aaron Barker, Chelsea Fletcher, Caleb Highley, Steve ... http://scrapperstown.com/vanlife/ As if making a book for my son Camper about surfing, friendship, and trail blazing wasn't enough, I made him some toys from the characters in the book. Owl Kahanamoku (maybe related to Duke) and El Capitan (He only speaks Spanglish) have really come to life do to a collaboration ... http://scrapperstown.com/owls-surf-club-the-toy/ 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/