Posters and packs.

Poster sketch for the Tone Deaf Touring 2013 SXSW showcase.

2013 just started and it's already been a busy one. Right now, I'm working on more beer labels for Epic Ales, a shirt design for locals Brainscraper, a cover for Steve Brodsky and Ben Koeller's new band Mutoid Man, and a poster for this year's Tone Deaf SXSW showcase. There are many more projects on the schedule and this year will finally see me making prints and art shirts.

 I've also opened a store up at Big Cartel for such things as prints, original art, and all other products that I put out. Right now, there are plenty of the Thick As Thieves first edition available, but ONLY 10 LEFT of the second edition.

That's all for now. Back to the art table.

Limited edition Torche Xmas shirt.

I know that the holiday is over, but why not get a jump on next year's holiday with this Torche Xmas design. You can find a limited number here:
   TORCHE XMAS

Honoring the fallen.

Mark called me a few months ago and asked if I would work on a special project design for their upcoming tour with In Flames, Hellyeah, and Sylosis. He let me know that they were working on a section of their set that would be dedicated to the fallen US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and wanted to have a shirt to go with it. He sent me a picture of the Fallen Soldier memorial idea and asked me to create a design that included that image.
I decided to go fairly simple as to not get off of the main subject, but I also wanted something that looked menacing. All of the lettering in the design was done by hand, including a straight logo for the front of the hoodies that were printed. The design came easy as most things do when you can have some respect for the subject that you're dealing with.

Harmonicraft is one of the top album covers of the year!

The Torche "Harmonicraft" cover made it into the ReDefine 2012 album covers of the year!!! It can be found in the Painting & Illustration section, here.

If you want to know more about the Harmonicraft cover, go here.

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