bud crest

here's a sneak peek of a tee graphic i did for Bud Light.

initial pencil sketch. just to get the idea out there and a feeling of the proportions that the design will have.

inked. this is the art that i used/modified for the design.

computer work. dropped in some logos, grit, and distressing.

revision #1. Anheuser Busch decided that they wanted to use this for Bud Light instead of Budweiser. Also, they wanted to change the location that the graphic was placed on the shirt which required the slight tilting of the graphic. I decided to make it rougher and more distressed for them as well.

revision #2. they wanted more of an emphasis placed on "bud light" and not so much on the "82". this was my final art but i believe that it was printed in a color ink other than white.

happy thanksgiving!

here's a festive design that i did a few years back that went nowhere fast.

rockabilly gals

i went to the hootenany a while back. it was a great time... filled with great bands... and the people-watching was second to none. i felt like i had stepped back in time. so many amazingly outfitted people. i've been wanting to do something illustration-wise with the pics that i snapped durring the festival and this is finally a start. hopefully i will make future posts with my progress....

pic:

initial sketch:

i would like for this to be a very horizontal peice. wish me luck on getting this going.

this is not art photography...

.... but those shorts the dude in the background is wearing is some fine art.

this is my artful photography

"i passed out at the fest and my friends wrote on me"... shit still cracks me up. Ronnie is a genius.

Rock Star Weekend

just got back from the fest in gainesville, fl. it was a blast!.... hanging out with friends i hadn't see in a while, my cardinals winning the world series, and seeing so many great bands.... it may have been the perfect weekend if it wasn't for the 20+ hours of sitting on planes and in airports that it took to get there and back.

a while back i did a tee design for planes mistaken for stars and over the weekend i was able to pick up a shirt from their merch table when i saw them play. they're such good guys and were really appreciative of me doing the art for them. i think they still owe me a couple of drinks for it though.


and, if that wasn't cool enough already, the next day i saw this dude wearing the design that i did at a different show... and i went all dork on him and asked to take his picture. i would normally not do this, but i was still just so excited about the whole thing and had a couple of beers in me as well. it was pretty cool not only seeing one of my designs for sale from one of my favorite bands but also knowing some random guy liked it enough to buy one for himself.

GO CARDS!

you can take a boy out of St. Louis but you can't take the St. Louis out of a boy.
In honor of the Cardinals win last night (and Spiezio's unfortunate facial hair choice), I give you this quick photoshopped pic.