Two New Paintings!!

So I came up with a couple of new paintings over the last few months for some friends of mine. The first one was requested by Elizabeth. She was a huge supporter and fan of the 30/30 paintings I did for the December show. So having owned one of those she wanted another based off of the comic with the Tickle Squid.

"Tickle Squid" acrylic and enamel on illustration board 2008

This other one was requested by a very enthusiastic fan of mine Amanda. She was moving into a new place and wanted some of my art for her walls. She's a very intense girl and I couldn't refuse. So I came up with this piece. The board that it was painted on had the background pattern already painted on it by my good friend Jilf. He donated a lot of supplies and extra materials when he left Seattle for Minnesota. So I told him I put all of it to good use.

"Curious Larva" acrylic on board 2008

Cafe Press Merch that is only for SALE for ONE MORE MONTH!!

Alright so I'm going to revamp my merchandise section at Cafepress.com. What I'd like to see is if anyone would like what I have there before I pull it all. I'm going to get rid of EVERYTHING! So if you think something is cool, then order it NOW!!! I'm going to pull it and you'd have to make some serious moves to get me to get it back up there.

So here's some of the images that I have posted up for some merchandise.

This is a tag-line for the ZombiErotica photograph project that I did a few years back. This design is pretty eye catching. If someone doesn't investigate what it's for, then they probably assume that you like having sex with dead people. http://www.cafepress.com/youdbesexydead

You can get products with this on it at www.cafepress.com/whykickme As well as the book. It's a small and fun collection featuring comics that are about that happy subject matter, RELATIONSHIPS!!!

This lovely page from my book The Naked Tree can be found on all sorts of stuff that you really need. www.cafepress.com/thenakedtree You can buy the book there to. A preferred way to go.

These thoughtful image from 6 years ago is on stuff at this address: www.cafepress.com/swellzombie

This one's cool. I have a coffee cup embellished with this warped self-portrait.

So anyway, dig this stuff while it lasts. But don't worry, there's going to be more SOON. I'm planing on having some prints and posters and other stuff based on my latest works.
Stay tuned for more info.

Toys and sculptures

This is "Tentacle Dad". Custom figure made from Harry Potter and a guy from Monsters Inc.

So last summer I really got into the idea of sculpting and making toys. Jumping on the bandwagon of custom and art toys. Here are a few pieces that actually worked. Some were gifts and some were just for my own pleasure. I hope to keep this up. But you know... there's only so many burners that I can put stuff on. Check out my Flickr site to read more about them.

This was a piece that I made for a fellow employee for Christmas.

These are the outside and inside views of a piece that I sculpted out of scuply based on Heather Walde's drawings.

This is a guy called "Bashitor". He was inspired by the monsters that hero's fight in Japanese live action shows.