Torche's "Harmonicraft" is on SPIN's top 50 of 2012 list.

It's nearing the end of 2012 and the "best of" lists are starting to show up. That being said, SPIN has Torche's "Harmonicraft" coming in at #22. Feels awesome to see those guys getting the attention that they deserve. It's also awesome to see my art on an album in the top 50.

Trippy little things.

I started designing a cover for a new project by Ben Koller and Steve Brodsky and it's a cartoon acid trip. Ben asked me to do something in the vein of the Harmonicraft cover, but make it trippier to match their music. I thought that I'd post a detail from the progress. More to come on this one.

Back from tour and hitting the ground running!

Converge - Torche - Kvelertak - Whips/Chains. Last night in Boston, MA.

If you were one of the lucky people to have caught the Converge/Torche/Kevelertak/**Nails/*Whips-Chains tour, you got to see one hell of a crushing show. I feel lucky to have been able to see it every night for nearly 5 weeks and had a blast along the way. From Chris Maggio (Trap Them) perpetually drumming behind the merch table for Converge, to seeing a healthy and happy Matt pike, to nightly injuries in the pit, the tour couldn't have been more fun and easy going. Being in the van with the Torche guys was always good for a laugh, too. I would gladly tour the world with those guys, anytime.

You can find pics from the tour here: Converge/Torche/Kvelertak tour 2012

Now that I'm back, I'm already at the art table working on the next projects on my list. I'm currently working on a logo and shirt design for local grinders, Brainscraper and sketching up character studies for a cover for a new Ben Koeller/Steve Brodsky project. I'll also be working on a tour poster for Wino for his week long tour with Clutch on the East Coast. So, It looks like I'll be busy up to the holiday break. There are many more projects on the horizon including a Kvelertak shirt, High On Fire shirt, Thick As Thieves 3, and art prints.

Back to work.

New Lamb Of God designs and tour with Torche.

Detail from one of 3 new Lamb Of God designs coming soon.

Fall is here and it's nice to get back to cooler weather, touring, and indoors working on lots of art. Seeing as this blog will be sparsely updated in the next month due to being out on tour, I thought that I'd write a quick update.

I'm working on the final touches on the last of 3 new Lamb Of God shirt designs. The detail above is the design that is currently on my art table, but will be at the merch table on their upcoming tour with In-Flames, Hatebreed, Hellyeah, and Sylosis. One other design will be available on the tour and the third design will be an online exclusive with Hot Topic. Look out for them when this tour comes to crush your town.
Dates for this tour here:
Lamb Of God


In a week or so, Seattle's Epic Ales will be releasing their "Pumpkin Pie Goose" beer. It'll will be the first in a series of beer's that I'll be doing labels for. The designs are cartoon in nature and have been fun to work on.
You can check out Epic Ales here:
EPIC ALES

Last but not least, I will be on tour for the next 5 weeks with my ever awesome friends in Torche. I will be behind the merch table slinging that gear and music. Stop by and say hello if you're able to make one of the shows on the tour. Try and make it out, it's going to destroy.
Tour dates here:
CONVERGE - TORCHE - KVELERTAK

I'm going to get some rest for a few days before the tour starts. It may be slow around here for a bit, but I'll be back with some pics and more art in November. Until then, keep killing it!

THICK AS THIEVES 2nd Edition.

The second edition of the THICK AS THIEVES mini print pack series is now available. This installment sees a new roster of artists, 6 new designs, and the start of the use of a theme. This pack's theme is Childhood Fears/local Creatures Of Lore and the artists have also written short essays to accompany their intense designs.

Quick pic of the printed envelope, mini story book, and prints.

The pack will include all original art on six 3 -color prints from:
   -Alison Lilly
   - Mike Fisher 
   - Christopher Parry
   - Konstantinos Psichas
   - Demian Johnston
   - Alexandros Pyromallis-
   -18 pg. mini story booklet
   - Limited Edition of 50 and will not be re-printed
   - All packs are in a 9"x9" printed envelope and hand numbered
   - Print sizes are 8"x8" with Alexandros' print at 8"x5"
- THICK AS THIEVES 2 -
$25 N. America
$30 World

THICK AS THIVES Second Edition     TAT2 N. AMERICA $25.00 USD     TAT2 WORLD $30.00 USD

A HUGE thanks to the artists involved, Andy Crawshaw at Broken Press/112 Printworks, Cvlt Nation, and all of you that have been picking up the packs and letting people know about the Thick As Thieves project. THANK YOU ALL!!!
The first edition featuring Mark McCormick, Casey McKinley, Tom Denney, Glyn Smyth, and Santos can be found here:
THICK AS THIEVES First Edition

New Neurosis song at NPR!!!

Jason and Dave Ed wearing my designs.

NEUROSIS has just released the new track, "At The Well",  from their forthcoming 10th album "Honor Found in Decay". NPR has been killing it the past few years by premiering songs and albums from some of metals top artists. No doubt that they made everyone's day with the news of the Neurosis song. I can tell you that not only was my day made by hearing it, but as soon as I saw their new promo photo I was beyond stoked. Jason Roeder is wearing my "Reptilian" art shirt (he also printed them) and Dave Edwardson is wearing the Kylesa "The Constant" shirt design that I inked. Made my year with that one!

You can hear the new track here:

NEUROSIS "At The Well" from Honor Found In Decay

A little bit of news and a TORCHE teaser.

Evil Harmonster is evil. You'll see how evil soon enough.

 It's almost a month until I leave for the Converge/Torche/Kvelertak tour and I'm feverishly working on a few projects before I go.

The first is a recently finished new 7" cover/t-shirt design for Torche. They'll have both on the upcoming tour in the US. I wish that I could show you more than the small detail pic (above), but you'll all have to wait a bit longer.

In other news, Randy is out of jail and Lamb Of God will be out on the road, touring with In Flames. On this tour, I should have 2-3 shirt designs over at the merch booth. There also may be some other artwork on that tour from me. I've been dying to post the designs up, but will have to wait until the tour starts October 30th.
You can catch them here:
LAMB OF GOD/IN FLAMES/HATEBREED/HELLYEAH/SYLOSIS TOUR 2012

The illustrations that I did for Epic Ales will be available in the next few weeks. The first beer being released will be called "Pumkin Pie Goose". I'll post up some info about that project as soon as he gets them bottled and ready to go.

The THICK AS THIEVES Second Edition packs had a small delay, as I sent Andy the wrong file and the cover was printed as a negative. Yeah, that sucked. Now, Andy has the correct file and I have re-ordered the envelopes to be re-printed. The official release date for the packs will now be September 25th, 2012. Everything will be ready to go by then. I already have the prints and they looks so sick!!!

The grey skies are coming, so it's time to stay in the art room and kick out some new shit.