Progress on many fronts.

 Everything is coming together for the West coast screening of the Slow Southern Steel documentary. I'm working on finishing the ticket design up in the next few days and having them printed and available around July 15th. I'll create an event page on Facebook and update this page, as well as the Santos Illustration tumblr with all of the info. The tickets will be available at 112 Printworks in Seattle, WA and online at the Santos Illustration Big Cartel page, so far. This event is total DIY with no promoters, so i'm going to do my best to make the tickets available to everyone.

 The 3 screenings will be held at the Rendevous/Jewel Box Theater in Seattle, WA on September 15th and will be followed by music performances by Taurus and Iron Tongue.  The next day will see an early evening showing of the new Rwake concert documentary, and possibly a local band, at the Highline.

Among the awesomeness, will also be a special Slow Southern Steel beer brewed by Seattle's own Epic Ales. The beer will be on tap at the Highline on Sunday and will be available at stores in the Seattle area on and around the screening date.

If you don't know what the Slow Southern Steel documentary is, check it out and keep an eye out for more info to come.

Movie tickets

The Slow Southern Steel movie tickets are coming along. Going to start inking this, get them printed, and get have them on sale in then next few weeks. I also think I may use this image for the special batch of Slow Southern Steel Beer that Epic Ales will be brewing especially for the West Coast showing. More to come...

New metal art book PANDEMONIUM is now available!

 Now available on iTunes and for the iPad, is the new metal book compiled by Cristian Campos. There are over 100 artists represented and I am honored to be among them. You can see the trailer and download the App here:

PANDEMONIUM

My first art prints!!!

My first art prints are now available at my Big Cartel store.

They are 2 color 13"x17", printed on ivy vellum by Powerslide Design Co.

Only 25 are available and you can find them here:
  UNDER HOOF OF THE PALE HORSE

THICK AS THIEVES 3 is coming!!!!!

I just sent off the first mass email and will be eagerly awaiting all of the designs for this 3rd installment.

This pack will include: Adrian Covenant, Brian Mercer, Dartworks, Jason Wagoner, Jasper 'Infested Art' Swerts, and Ryan Kasparian

New prints.

Detail of "Under Hoof Of The Pale Horse"

Just in time for summer I'm getting ready to make some of my first art prints. The design will be an older one, but one that has been a favorite of mine for years. The design "Under Hoof Of The Pale Horse" will be printed by Mike Klay of Powerslide Design Co. and will be available in limited numbers. I will be posting a pre-order in the next two weeks.

Torche's new 7" is a good time.

 After all of the snippets of detail have been posted, I still don't think most people were ready for this one. So, here is the art for the new TORCHE 7" coming out on Volcom.

 It's always a blast to work with the Torche guys and this time the ideas took a weird turn. Steve and I took turns throwing out the ideas, which essentially started out with the S&M hummingbird fucking an ear with his condom covered beak. It was quickly changed because like Steve said, "this hummingbird goes in raw!"  The mini gimp mask and chest gear were the first things sketched up and then I thought that a codpiece would bring the look together. I got the idea for the codpiece from W.A.S.P.'s "Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)" single. The saw blade was replaced with the more fitting flower and the tiger stripes replaced with those of a bee. I wanted to add "I suck like a beast" to it, but the lettering would have been lost due to the size. All in all I got to pay homage to codpiece wearing Blackie Lawless.

The nod to Blackie's fashion sense.

 The back cover is where things really took a turn for the awesome. As if it wasn't enough that the cover dons a BDSM bird, he had to be going beyond the peaceful image on front. Then, came the urinal idea. Hey, what kinky hummingbird wouldn't hang out in bathrooms waiting for a golden shower. hahah! Yeah, over the top a bit, but he's so damned cute that you almost forget.

Back cover with the dirty birdie and his bee friend.

Keep an eye out for the official release of the new 7" in July via the Volcom's Vinyl Club. For now here is a link to the first song off of the record.......KEEP UP!