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Aldrin After Andy, 2011
Digital

This image is an homage to Andy Warhol's print, "Moonwalk 405". My interpretation was featured as a painting in a group exhibition called "Warhol Re-Imagined" at Project One Gallery in San Francisco. Each artist was given a different Warhol piece to remake in their style while retaining subject matter and color.

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Engine v. Octopus, 2011

Digital

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TURF #3 Cover, 2010
Digital

Tommy Lee Edwards asked me to create a variant cover for issue number three of his comic book, "TURF". Tommy Lee and BBC television personality Jonathan Ross teamed up to create this five-issue limited series for Image Comics. The story takes place in Prohibition-era Manhattan and involves mobsters, vampires, and aliens. I very honored to be included as a guest artist for this series. Other guest cover artists include Jim Steranko, Bernard Chang and Duncan Fegredo. More info at: www.turfcomic.com/

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Chase No Face, 2011
Digital

I made this portrait of Chase No Face after seeing pictures of her posted on Boingboing.net. Sometimes I do sketches of internet memes involving animals and this cat really stood out to me. Part of my habit with the meme drawings is to make them quickly and then post them online immediately to share. The response to my portrait was great. Chase's owner contacted me and requested a print (see photos below). You can learn more about Chase at "The Daily Tails of Chase No Face".

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BBWW, 2010
Digital

This is my version of the popular DC Comics heroinne, Wonder Woman. I originally created it for the Fat Wonder Woman art blog, and now it has made it's way into my portfolio.

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First Ride 1, BART, 2010
Ink and Digital

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system featured my artwork for their annual Featured Artist poster series. The name of the series is "The First Ride" and consists of three different images that explore children's imagination in the BART system. In each drawing, a young rider sees something unusual going on but the adults around aren't aware. There's more about this campaign in the "Case Studies" section of this site.

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Carrying Home 2, 2008
Digital

This was part of an autobiographical series. Behind my Grandparents' house there's a barn. When my mom was a kid, they had animals in the barn, but ever since I can remember, it's been an antiques workshop/storage/showroom. It always smells like sawdust and wood stain.

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Robot Power Poster, Willow Garage, 2010
Ink and Digital

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Suburbs of Goa Ganesh, Soma FM, 2009

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Lamb of Gawd, Free Press Houston, 2009
Acrylic and Digital

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Faker and Child, 2009
Acrylic on Panel 18x24"

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Eagle with Baby Dragons, Games for Windows Magazine, 2007
I originally made this image for an article about American companies moving jobs overseas. The client was Games for Windows magazine. Many months later, the image was licensed by 1800 Tequila for use in a cross-media ad campaign.

Artwork in Print

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Franky Gets the Treatment, Games for Windows Magazine, 2008
This was my final spread illustration for Games for Windows Magazine. They ceased publication right after I finished this, and sadly this illustration never went to press. The concept was a lot of fun though. The main idea of the feature was that many games studios are requesting feedback on internet message boards for beta-release games. The games publishers take that feedback and adjust their games accordingly for a broader release. The concept is that you end up with a game pieced together for many different people's opinions, which could be good or bad.

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Eagle vs. Dragon, Games for Windows Magazine, 2007

The graphic style in this spread was inspired by northwestern Native American artwork. The article was about race in video games, specifically the portrayal of Native Americans in PC Games.

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Squidzord vs. Ultrapants, Nickelodeon Magazine, 2009

Artwork in Print

Cover for Cthulhu Tales: The Rising, BOOM! Studios, 2006
BOOM! Studios wanted a graphic treatment for an upcoming Cthulhu themed anthology comic. I offered the idea of a pinstripe inspired piece and they went for it. I tried to give the image a more organic feel than what's typical in the precision world of pinstriping.

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Galagato, Computer Gaming World, 2006
This was the first spread that I did for CGW. The article was about the swarm of online PC games freely available on the internet. The direction was to depict some sort of swarm. I had just returned from Portland, OR where I spent a lot of time at Ground Kontrol Retro Arcade. The place is loaded with fully restored game cabinets from the 80's and I was pumped to make some vintage arcade inspired art. The art director graciously tolerated my insistence for this style and we went with it.

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Eden at Midnight, Games for Windows Magazine, 2007
One of most interesting articles during my run with GFW was a feature on "The Hidden World of Christian PC Games". Apparently, Christian bookstores often carry exclusive video games specific to the Christian Faith. The function on the article was to be impartial and just unearth this subset of games to a wider audience.

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Lavabot, Games for Windows Magazine, 2008
This double-page spread in GFW was for an article about the increasing complexity of scripts in PC Games. The art director just asked me to create a scene that really begged for a narrative. For me, it was a great excuse to draw a giant robot.

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Stormcheaters, Games for Windows Magazine, 2007
This was a spread for an article about cheaters in massively-multiplayer games. Some people will go to great lengths to gain power in a game, even if it means taking advantages of flaws in the system, or preying on newbies. The original direction of the art was to use fantasy-based characters cheating on a test, but it evolved into something more universally familiar and was a lot more fun in the end because of it.

Artwork in Print

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Invaders Spread, Games for Windows Magazine, 2007
This illustration was about the onslaught of in-game advertising in PC games. I was still interested in exploring imagery from the roots of video games, so this piece features space invaders. It was important to the article that we include as much branding as possible in the spread. Unfortunately, the final,printed image was cropped and obscures the Funyuns bag.

Artwork in Print

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Laughing Squid Advertisement, 2005
Laughing Squid has been a long-time supporter or my art, and it was a special treat when they approached me to do their poster for their ten year anniversary party. Later, we turned the poster art into a full-page back cover advertisement for Hi-Fructose Magazine.

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Kaiju Kluster, 2010
Acrylic on Wood

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Wi-Fi Diner

Wi-Fi Diner, WIRED Magazine, 2003
This was for an article in Wired about the advantages of giving Wi-Fi access away for free in coffee shops and other retail businesses. The art directors were dead set on doing a modern take of Hopper's famous "Nighthawks" painting. I tried to make stay true to the original as much as possible while also adding my own flavor with color and shape.

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Spiritual Machine/Gun and Doll Show gig poster, 2006
The Elbo Room is in the Mission district of San Francisco. The man with the pigeons is a local icon. His name is Swan and he cares for the pigeons of the Mission. They follow him around and he often keeps one under his beard.

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Robogames Poster Artwork, 2007
My friends that organize the Robogames asked me to create artwork for the event. I was inspired by art nouveau posters and Olympic imagery. They used the image on tickets, posters, and even a custom medal.

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Roscoe's Ascention, 2008

When I was a kid, my Grandpa rescued an abandoned baby raccoon. We named him Roscoe and he was our pet for a little while. Eventually Roscoe couldn't stay in the house any longer so we made a house for him out of an old chicken coop. One day Roscoe was hit by a car on the busy street near the house. A neighbor friend of mine helped me bury him in a field under some rocks.
Behind my grandparents' house is a statue of Mary and some cherubs. The statue used to belong to my Aunt Mary Lou and it's close to where the old chicken coop was. Anyway, this is my portrait of Roscoe.

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The King of Kings, 2008

When I was a kid, sometimes I'd sneak into my grandparents' room and snoop around. Their house was full of unusual antiques, figurines, books, and other treasures. On one of my explorations I found a pack of nudie cards in my grandpa's dresser. Years later I told my mother about finding the pack of cards and it turns out that she used to sneak in there and look at them too. Now I own Grandpa's "Good Luck" card set and it always reminds me of home.

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Godzilla, 2004
I made this version of the "King of All Monsters" for a Godzilla themed art show at Super 7 store/gallery in San Francisco. I decided to take an all-Asia inspired look at the creature, taking cues from Japanese prints and Chinese sculpture.

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Rocketworld, 2004
Rocketworld Gallery in San Francisco commissioned me to make this piece for permanent display in their gallery. I'm a fan of classic Sci-Fi illustration, and I think that comes across with this image. After doing so much figurative work, it was a nice change to work on a sort of landscape.

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Masters of the Universe Playing Card Designs, 2008
My friend Mike is a big fan of kilts. He commisions all his art friends to make original artwork on his various Utili-Kilts. Mike, his wife Miriam, and a I share an inside joke about Battlecat and a love for Masters of the Universe. So, when it came time to do a kilt painting, I knew it was going to be He-Man related. I decided to go with playing card art because Mike is also a nut for poker. It was a good excuse to flex my design muscles. If you don't use them, you lose them! Here's a shot of that kilt --->

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Dethbot and Mister Skittles, 2004
At some point I got it in my head that I wanted to adopt a dog. I found this really sad looking muppet-like dog named Mister Skittles at a local rescue. I took Mister Skittles home for a play-date and after a few escape attempts, I decided that it wasn't going to work out. Mister Skittles liked being on the move too much and I couldn't be responsible if my roommate let him escape to the busy streets of San Francisco. It was really rough taking him back to the rescue, so I decided to make a drawing in tribute to the little guy.

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Muni Vs. Taxi, 2005

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Custom 30" Dunny, Kid Robot SF, 2003
When KidRobot released their Dunny figure to the world, they put on a custom show featuring artists from coast to coast. I was lucky to be involved and I had a blast hand-painting this thirty-inch beast.

Gallery

moonwalk_port.jpg

manifold_port.jpg

turf_port.jpg

chase_port.jpg

bbww_port.jpg

turnstile700.jpg

carryhome2.jpg

robotpower.jpg

somaganesh.jpg

lamb.jpg

delivery2.jpg

faker_painting.jpg

native20x30-copy.jpg

squidzord_ultrapants_lores.jpg

kaijukluster_web2.jpg

Wi-Fi Diner

gundoll1.jpg

robogames.jpg

roscoe.jpg

kingofkings.jpg

godzilla_white.jpg

cards1.jpg

dunny.jpg

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