Youth, Chaos, Projects

Diabolical Dave as a 3-year old tiger...then as a pouting 4-year old. I think I really need to do something with these pics, just haven't decided what yet. At least I have them scanned. That's a start.

Too many projects cooking. I should have a test printing of "This Is YOU!" waiting for me when I get back from NYC. My hopes aren't up too high. I think I should've opted for color printing even though the book is black and white. The paper stock for the color books is a lot nicer. Whatever. I love doing crazy test printings. I'd rather waste money on that than some other forms of entertainment.

Characters

Nothing like getting stuff ready to go to NYC while rocking out to the Dictators. (I may have to stop by Manitoba's for happy hour.) I doubt I run into any cute characters in NYC, but I'm sure they'll be great characters. They always are.

My Power of Invisibility

Tonight I went out for 1/2 price sushi, which still somehow ends up being expensive. I went alone and took my sketchbook with me. My order was simple enough... an order of octopus, an order of eel, a red dragon roll, a bottle of Sapporo and the complimentary bowl of miso soup. The meal went fine and quickly. The bus boy took away the empty soup bowl and platter that had contained the red dragon roll as I finished up the eel. Once done, I proceeded to start doodling in my sketchbook, waiting for the bill. Occasionally I'd look up to catch the waiter's eye...or the eye of any of the waitstaff. None of them took notice of me. Other tables got service, but I continually got passed by. I figured at the very least they'd want to sell me another beer. And so I sat there, enjoying my invisibility for about 20 or 30 minutes. I'm sure I could have walked out the door many times without anyone noticing. Finally, a waitress asked me if I wanted the complimentary ice cream, which I declined. And she brought me the check.

I first realized my powers of invisibility when I was in 5th grade. Columbus Day was coming up and we were discussing Christopher Columbus. Ms. Johns asked if anyone knew the names of his ships. An easy one for sure...the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. I quickly raised my hand. Again, she asked if anyone knew the names of the ships as she scanned the class of about 23. I was sitting in the middle of the room, arm raised and now waiving it. She STILL doesn't see me. "None of you know the answer? That's a disgrace." I was bewildered. How could she possibly NOT see me?

Over the years, similar things have happened countless times. I can be with a group of people discussing trivia or something, all of them trying to recall a certain fact. I can be standing right there, say the answer out loud multiple times and it's like I'm not even there. It's not a power I can control; I can't turn it on and off, but I can use and have used it to my advantage on several occasions.

Sticker Sick

I'm compiling stuff for my trip to NYC...stuff to show around and pimp Savage Monsters, Goonhead Patrol, and a guy named Dave Savage. And I'm stumbling across all these files of stickers that I never produced and stuff that ought to be produced as stickers. So maybe besides my trip to NYC and my Iron Maiden sneakers, (on sale, no less. And size 11 if you feel compelled to get me another pair.) maybe I'll order some stickers for my upcoming birthday.

Psychedelic Doodle

War Protest

Hot Soup

Hot Soup has been revised and is now for sale in PDF form for a mere 69 cents.

Hot Soup

I've just published my first draft of what will develop into A Decade of Feelings in PDF form.
Right now you can download it FREE.

Memorial Day Weekend...Already Gone...

I finished off the weekend seeing Gary Panter and Devin Flynn perform at Family Books.



And I also saw some other stuff...













I realized Sam Raimi works in the same office complex as I do.

From the Past...

A few weeks ago, a fellow classmate from Portfolio Center contacted me. At one point, I doodled this fish, she liked it, and I gave it to her. I have absolutely no recollection of this happening. I do recognize the the work as mine, and the kind of work I would've done while sitting at the front desk doodling with pens and hi-liters. She gave it a background, framed it and has been displaying it ever since. Really sort of blew my mind.

Found

I submitted this to Found Magazine at least 6 months ago (I was still living in Cleveland at the time) and it finally made Find of the Day. I haven't looked at the site in awhile, but was alerted by Google Alerts when someone posted it at IDM Forums. The power of the internet never ceases to amaze me.

Metal Man!!!

I keep forgetting that I did this. Not my favorite or strongest work, but I'm glad I was part of the Metal Man Project.

More Decade of Feelings Uploaded

I've upgraded to a premium account and have uploaded more sketches toWebshots. Still many, many more to go...

Hell's Angels' Motto

Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Some Things I Saw On A Saturday Evening

87 Searches That Have Lead People to Goonhead Patrol

1. madballs
2. goonhead application
3. devil desktop
4. monster letters
5. tank trouble
6. vending toys
7. chicken glasses
8. danger bees
9. dave savage
10. dave savage blog
11. mangled bodies
12. prank posters
13. stephen kroninger
14. vending machine toys
15. zombie emoticons
16. "brian donovan" bbdo
17. "danger bees"
18. "dave savage"
19. "drawing on envelopes"
20. "john forgetta"
21. "kerri mahoney"
22. "medusa head"
23. "monster letters" font
24. "punk is crunk"
25. "star jaws"
26. "the kept man"
27. animation festival gisele kerozene
28. animator vs. amputated
29. archie mcphee meat bath mats
30. banners monsters
31. bees in danger 2008
32. berlin sculptures
33. berv
34. blob art
35. butthole
36. character in moods
37. chicken man monster
38. cretin 66
39. cretin 66 blogspot
40. culture jamming notes
41. dave villagra
42. desktop art devil
43. detective comics illustrations
44. diabolical dingbats
45. drawger
46. emoticones madballs
47. fonts "morning breath"
48. goonhead
49. goons underwear
50. haircuts with art in it
51. happy easter letter
52. john hexs creepshow
53. katzenjammer diablo
54. kerri mahoney illustrator usa
55. lakewood car kulture show
56. madballs toys
57. mazine
58. mazine berlin
59. medusa head
60. medusa monster maker
61. medusas head
62. miran delija
63. monster attack san francisco
64. monster oral
65. monsters/banners
66. my butt hole burns
67. no parking illustrator
68. patrol armaud
69. patrol lil
70. planet of the magillas funny garbage
71. poison skull
72. prismacolor pencils and sharpie marker projects
73. ralph steadman art decals
74. savage dingbats
75. savage monsters
76. search tank trouble
77. street haircuts
78. street patrols theme song
79. tank trouble -fish -septic
80. tank trouble on iphone
81. tiki emoticons
82. toy ideas
83. toy vending machines
84. vending machine ideas
85. vending monsters
86. why buttholes burn
87. chicken man monster german

eTard Logos

Stuff in the works...nothing's finalized yet...

RVOK and More Beast

Banksy in LA

Blu

This is the best thing I've seen in a long time.