Opened a store at Big Cartel.

2012 is coming to a quick close and I've started gearing up for 2013. One of the first things that I've started on is building an online store. I don't really have much posted for sale, but will have both Thick As Thieves packs for sale as well as a couple of original art pieces. There will be more to come in the new year.

There are two original pieces for sale at the store now:
"AntiChrist" - used for a Job For A Cowboy shirt design
"Blood Of The Angel Shall Grease The Wheels" - used for the cover of the Lesbian side of their split with Ocean.

Thanks for all of your continuing support and friendships!!!!

Santos Illustration at Big Cartel

Harmonslaught cometh!

If you caught Torche on one of their stops during their tour with Converge & Kvelertak, you were privy to hearing two new crushing tunes. Both come from the new self-released (Amnesian Records) 7" entitled Harmonslaught. Side A is the bomb note riddled "Harmonslaught" and the B side is the dark and heavy rocker, "Rock 'N Roll Mantasy".
The cover art was came from a conversation one night while hanging out in the art room with Rick and Steve about parodying some old metal covers with the Harmonster characters. For some reason, not Rick and I suggested Onslaught "Power from Hell" cover. It's simple and yet metal as fuck! I did replace the demon with one of the evil Harmonsters, so he had to have some kind of vegetable in the design. So, I replaced the demon's axe with a giant asparagus spear. The pentagram at the bottom is also formed out of mushrooms to complete the veggie theme. When I sent out the cover art, I titled Harmonslaught. I'll be damned if the song isn't called that and I couldn't be more stoked!!!
I have many more ideas that will soon be revealed for new designs for Torche in the coming months.

The 7" will be released Thursday, December 13th and a record release show is scheduled in Miami for Friday, December 14th with Holly Hunt and Post Teens.

You can order the 7" using the link to No Idea Records distro here:
Torche "Harmonslaught"

My first illustration for Epic Ales.

 My first illustration for the Epic Ales' Pumpkin Pie Gose beer label is now out. It's a small batch, so they are going fast. If you miss out, don't worry. I'll be re-working all of their beer labels in the coming year and doing more detailed illustrations for small batch releases. We're also working on getting some metal themed beers going, too. If you ever come to Seattle, you can visit Epic Ales brewery as it's now opening it's own restaurant to go along with the brewery.

You can check out more of their beers here: Epic Ales

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!