Busy Busy

This is a little piece of a design I'm doing for a t-shirt. I left the bottom half out because it's not exactly PG. This is for a band that's taking open submissions for new t-shirt designs.

I'm lining up some good poster work. The offer still stands to all bands out there!

I only have 4 copies left of the Ghosts! print. Get yours now while you still can!

Dave!

Warm Feelings & Monsters

One of the best feelings in the world, at least to me, is seeing your artwork displayed in someone's home.


Some doodles to warm up for some new commissions. I now realize I have a crapload of stuff to work on.


And as if I'm not busy enough, I'm gonna start working on a new website soon. I decided it's time to retire the ol' blog for a more practical setup. I'll still do regular updates but I'd like for the art and stuff to be more organized and presented in a nicer fashion instead of being buried with stories about me pooping and long, boring recaps of conventions. So keep checking in for more info on that.

And if all that nonsense wasn't enough, I'm looking for more work. I've decided to branch back out into doing concert posters again. I used to do them all the time back in the day and I figure I should do them again. So if your band or a band you know wants some quality artwork for their show instead of a picture copied from Google with text overlayed in MS Paint, please drop me a line. If I charge you, it definitely will not be a lot. I'd rather have my work get out there more than overcharge for pictures of monsters and food!

That's it for now!
Ahhhhh!
Dave!

An Oldie But A Goodie

From the depths of the old portfolio. I think I did this about five years ago.

I've been working on some cool projects lately and getting ready for con season. I'm gonna try updating with doodles and sketches every day now, even if it's old stuff I haven't posted before.

- Dave

Oh My Clouds!

For something non-GSD-related that I'm working on.

- Dave

P.S. As of 3/01, there are only four copies of the Ghosts! prints available. When I said limited, I meant it. There are only 20 in existence, not counting the original painting. For those not up to speed, it's a watercolor print, 4x11 on 67 lb. beige cardstock, individually numbered and signed. A picture of it is a few posts down. If you are interested in one of the remaining four copies, please contact me ASAP as they are going fast!

Monkeys!

That is all.

Wintercon 2010 Recap

I had a lot of fun signing at The Comic Vault yesterday as part of Wintercon 2010. The staff there rocks. They have a true sense of community there and I felt very welcome right off the bat (the free beers didn't hurt either). Thank you to all that stopped in all weekend and supported all the Chicago artists and thank you to everyone to bought a print or a sticker from me. I have 17 prints left and I'm selling them for $5 a piece. If you're interested in one, please e-mail me. I'm going to have a new set of three prints for the conventions this summer. I'll also have a convention exclusive sketchbook to unveil as well.


So my next scheduled appearance is Motor City Con in May. I will be traveling up there with my good friend and fellow friend of super models, Aaron Pittman. At this point, I have officially been rejected from C2E2, so unless something changes, I'll just be there as a spectator this year.

I'm going to be speaking to a couple classes about comic book art at Hibbard Elementary School in March. I'll let you all know how that goes. I'm really looking forward to telling kids how fun it is to act like a goofball and draw food.

That's it for now!

Yay!
Dave!

Update: I have 11 copies of the Ghosts! print left as of 2/23/10. I'm going to be setting up an online shop soon where I'll be selling prints and copies of The Great Sandwich Detective!

Wintercon 2010 & Others

This Sunday, February 21st, I will be appearing at Wintercon 2010 at The Comic Vault in Chicago, IL. The event takes place all day Saturday and Sunday and features a rotating lineup of some very awesome Chicago artists/creators including Nino Mesarina, Tim Seeley and Tony Maldonado. There will be special promotions throughout the show. I will be appearing, as I said above, on Sunday the 21st from 4-6 PM.

I will be signing anything you'd like, from copies of GSD #0 and #1 (if you were lucky to get any of the early release, handmade Indy Comic Book Week copies from Brainstorm Comics in January), pictures, stuff, your buttcheek, etc. I will be of course doing as many sketches as I possibly can in two hours. I will also have a brand new limited edition print for sale. The print will come in three different color variations (blue/green, red/orange and black/gray/white) on 4 x 11, 67 lb. beige cardstock with a neat border. I'll also have a bunch of one-of-a-kind pen & crayon stickers for sale. And when I mean one-of-a-kind, I really mean it. Each one is hand-drawn and colored and will be the only one in existence. So come rummage through those. I'll also be selling whatever random sketch cards and portfolio stuff I have in my briefcase. I still have the old Spidey, Ghost Rider and Rorschach prints and I'm trying to get rid of those as I plan on having a new set for this summer's convention season. I, unfortunately, will not have copies of The Great Sandwich Detective #1 with me. All the copies I made for Indy Comic Book Week are sold out as far as I know. I am placing an order through Kablam for a large stock this upcoming week as soon as my tax return comes in.

So expect an early March widespread release of GSD #1. I will have issue #2 out by sometime in April. I will also have something special for Chicagoland comic stores for Free Comic Book Day in May. I will have more info on that as it unfolds.

So Wintercon will kind of be the early kickoff for convention season. I will be registering my table in the Artist Alley for Motor City Con (May 14th-16th in Novi, MI) in the upcoming week or so. I'll be joined by my Alex Ghost partner Aaron Pittman. Like I said previously, I will have a new set of prints, copies of Issues #0, #1 and #2 and I'm also working on a summer convention exclusive sketchbook. I also promise to continue my tradition of cardstock, wearable mustaches for you, your friends and random celebrities to wear throughout the shows. I also hope that by the end of the summer/convention season, I will have the Food Book near completion and ready for publishing.

I guess that's it for now. I will have pictures of the prints up as well as pictures from Wintercon early next week. I don't have an absolute ton of new art to show you but I'd like to share a poster I made for my roommate and myself's birthday party we had a few weeks ago. I think it's pretty rad.



High five power,
Dave