Joshua Ellingson

APAK is husband and wife duo, Aaron and Ayumi Piland. They create wonder from their woodsy studio. Check out their site for fantastic paintings, prints and other items with their unique characters and environments.

Ben Collison is a San Francisco based illustrator and fine artist. Ben creates textures and patterns organically and molds them into figurative and landscape works. Ben is seemlingly everwhere in SF these days.

Debbie is the creator of the lovable, Bumperboy and other great comics.

Devon has a plan to bring his style of humor and horror to the masses. He covers the ground of popular culture from paintings to television. Stay tuned to this cat.

Jon is a great painter who is preparing to shock the world with his fully painted graphic novel. Check out his site for lots of great artwork.

Lark might be the hardest working gal in indy comics. In addition, she shows her amazing paintings and drawings all over the Bay Area.

Jason "Red Dot" Dryg is not only a member of the Local 303, he's also our treasurer . Dryg is an excellent craftsman, a master framer (for reals) and makes an incredible sandwich.

Local 303 member Matt Delight needs a website. But until then, you can view his amazing artwork and autobiographical comics on his Flickr page.

David is also a member of the Local 303. Dave has a very sharp eye for detail, great painting skills, and a Jersey accent.

Midwest American werewolf in London. Also a killer cartoonist.

Claudia is a brilliant concept artist for games and entertainment of all types. Her styles range from the cartoony to the photorealistic.

Probably the fastest, most prolific artist that I've ever personally met. Unreal talent, this one.

Nicest guy in comics. Sorry other nice guys. Rhode is tops.

Amazing animator best known for co-creating the animated feature Wave Twisters with DJ Q-BERT. Also famous for being my former next-door neighbor.

Hannah creates fantastic imagery incorporating high design and nostalgia from the 80's.

Moira creates stunning imagery influenced by the history of Asian art, nature, and popular culture.

Alan makes elegant images captured from candid moments armed with nothing but a camera and his clever wit.

Piper Ferguson does for indy-rock celebs what vinegar does for limp lettuce.

A "must read" blog for anyone interested in modern illustration and character design.

Great daily blog featuring classic illustrators with commentary and great reproductions.

News from the cutting edge of contemporary art.

Web Log from a pioneer in near-future science fiction.

Art updates and girlie pics from celebrated contemporary pop artist, COOP. (Warning, probably NSFW)

Josh Spear covers the latest in art and design on his blog.

Hi-Fructose showcases emerging artists and covers all aspects of modern art/culture.

Juxtapoz Magazine has been a standard for years in the low-brow/street art/pervasive art scene.

Fecal Face is a website that organizes all your indy-art needs in one bloggy package. Check out their calendars, artist studio-coverage, and contests.

Art and Technolgy News from San Francisco and Beyond.

The Keep A Breast Foundation is a unique non-profit organization creating plaster forms of the female torso, customized by fine artists and auctioned to raise funding for breast cancer.

Modern retro pin-up magazine featuring plenty of vixens, temptresses, and scandelous seductresses. Half-nekkid girls too.

Great magazine chronicalling modern illustration and design.

Official home to the history of Burlesque, and host to the Miss Exotic World Pagent.

Last Gasp is one of the largest and oldest publishers and purveyors of underground comic books in the world, as well as being a distributor of all sorts of weird 'n' wonderful subversive literature, graphic novels, tattoo and art books.

1890 Bryant St. Studios is the home of the my art space, The Local 303. 1890 has three floors of San Francisco artists, small businesses, and non-profits. If you are here for a visit, don't miss Coffee Bar, on the first floor. It's a rare treat.

Subsciber supported internet radio station SomaFM shares offices with The Local 303. SomaFM streams high-quality music for free on the web. Check out their many colorful stations.

The Local 303 is the studio space that I work in and manage. We have four illustrators and also share space with SomaFM.

With galleries in Los Angeles and San Francisco, G1988 is host to some of the best art shows on the west coast.

KidRobot has been on top of the fashion-forward vinyl toy movement since day one. They seem to take over more of the word day-by-day with their cute round-edges and toddler-meets-adult aesthetic.

Publication turned retail powerhouse Super7 is a one-stop for fans of classic and modern kaiju. Super7 also doubles as a gallery for some of the finest talent in the world.

Mild-mannered design boutique in San Francisco's Richmond district by day, Avant-garde gallery by night

This space crams monsterous amounts of creative talent into a white hot orb for easy consumption.