FAST ART

Most days I manage to find 15-30 minutes (sometimes not all at once) to sketch, scribble, or steal something for no particular reason.

Follow the randomness at There Is No Dog, my online sketchbook.

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If you are new:

This blog where I post new work - usually one or two posts per month.

My sketchbook is where you'll find something new every day.

My web site is an archive of published work - illustration, music, comics. For the most part it is older, out-of-print material (I am not always free to post new work and in deference to publishers or labels trying to sell a book or album, I usually hold off making new stuff available for free for some period of time... but everything ends up there... eventually).

FIGURE (b)

Recent figure drawing.

BEAT TO A PULP

Recent cover design for Beat To A Pulp -- an anthology of twenty-seven short stories.

James O'Barr did the cover illustration and I ruined it.

The folded and torn edges come from my hardcover copy of the limited edition Donald M Grant publication of Stephen King's Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. Which I received as a gift when I was about 15 years old. Yes, that's the edition that goes for 1/2 a new car today... if it's in mint condition... which mine isn't. Because I was 15 and I thought reading was better than collecting. I still do. The book's beat-to-a-pulp condition attests to the fact that it was a meaningful gift I enjoyed reading. And it's the only book of the series that I can tolerate. Except for the one with Philip Hale illustrations (because of the Philip Hale illustrations)*.

The other rips & tears come from a 1934 edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice. Which has one of the greatest opening lines ever. "They threw me off the hay truck about noon." (and the remake has one of the best Kitchen Table scenes ever).

Here's a few of the raw elements I used and the original art. The cardboard w/ duct tape is something I scanned about 15 years ago and have used in hundreds of illustrations and designs as a grain overlay.

LINKS

An early review of Beat To A Pulp

Beat To A Pulp will be available soon. Check here.

*Did you know Philip Hale was an official portraitist (that a word? is now) for Prime Minister Tony Blair? The guy who created Johnny Badhair also painted a portrait that will hang in Westminster forever.

Awesome **

** I thought that was a Philip Hale / Johnny Badhair / Tony Blair mash-up, but it's a Doctor Who / Johnny Badhair mash-up. Oh well. 4 point awesomeness deduction.

FIGURE (a)

Recent figure drawing.

ESCAPE VELOCITY... or not

Drawing for a band advert.

NEW BLOG v OLD BLOG

Moving my old blog to this blog. The old blog was a .mac site. It was a pain to maintain (I just checked the link to it for this post, and it appears to be broken. Again).

For the past few years this blog has been exclusively about From Inside. I will be using it as my main blog now. Non-From Inside stuff. Like the painting above that looks like nothing I would ever paint. But then, again, neither does this:

TRAILER

New trailer on the From Inside website in preparation for the DVD release.

Also: what will probably the last festival screening for the film: Fantaspoa.

QUARTERLY UPDATE

Screenings:
From Inside is an official selection for the 2010 Fantaspoa Film Festival in Brazil.

Release update:
We're this close (<---->) to getting From inside off my computer and in front of your eyes. We are finalizing an agreement with a distributor. Details soon (have I said that before?).

One of the final preparations is the making of a new second score. This one by the great Brett Smith, with guests. Image above is from one of Brett's sessions. As his guest performers are confirmed, I'll post info -- and maybe a track or two if I can... and be sure to click Brett's link -- two new AMAZING Caul albums just released.

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SMART CINEMA

From Inside has been playing every week through the month of September at Smart Cinema in Amsterdam. One more week left.

From Inside won an Honorary Mention at the SOPOT Film Festival in Poland. Thanks to everyone at the festival for screening my film.

Also had a great screening this month at DragonCon2009.

News about the film's availability coming soon (you'll see it soon, I promise).

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IMPRESSIONS

Very nice write-up of From Inside on the ASIFA East blog. LINK.

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SPOILER ALERT INTERVIEW

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Toni Pennacchia for Spoiler Alert Radio.

The interview is here.

My speaking skills for the interview were approx. 2 cups of coffee to the wind (ie: depressed-sounding, but with lots of words -- it takes about 4 cups to make me sound like I’m not talking from under a dark staircase).

I had fun talking with Toni and I encourage you to page back through the Spoiler Alert archives and listen to her other interviews. I’ve discovered some great work there!

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JACOB BURNS SCREENING

From Inside will be screening at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville NY. The screening is Thursday, June 11 @ 5:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:45pm.

If you're in the area, I encourage you to check the film out at this awesome venue.

More info here.

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