Monday, April 2, 2012 at 2:39AM The Shins are holding a "Design a Tour Poster" contest through creativeallies.com. The Shins will pick the overall winner, and that artist's design will be used as their upcoming tour poster! There is also a secondary Fan Favorite award that is determined by Facebook votes. This is the design I came up with for Port of Morrow. To vote, view or share click here. Fingers crossed! Thanks for your support!
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 4:37AM The Local iQ, here in Albuquerque, wrote a great article about Cursive’s new album “I Am Gemini”. There was also a nice mention of my album artwork, and the process in choosing me as their artist. Thanks so much guys!! Click Here to read the article “Stories of Note” by Justin De La Rosa.
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 4:26AM Hello everyone! My buddy Jeremy Montoya's t-shirt design has been accepted for judging on Threadless. If you have a few minutes, please click the link and give his design a high score :) Thanks for your support! - Jon
Score this design: "There Is More Time Than Life," to help it get printed on Threadless!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 4:12AM The KiMo Gallery invited 18 local Albuquerque artists to create work for "The Raven" exhibit. Each artist received a canvas board and one of the 18 stanzas from Edgar Allan Poe's poem. Each artist created a work of art on a horizontal format (18” x 24”) based on the stanza they received. I had the honor of painting the 17th stanza!
A silent auction was held for each piece. All proceeds went to "Friends For The Public Library" - Supporting the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System. The exhibit will run through March 25th. Click Here for more information.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 3:31AM For the last couple of months I’ve been working with, Omaha based band, Cursive. I had the pleasure of creating the artwork for their upcoming album “I Am Gemini” ... which was released on February 21st. I have illustrated the album artwork, liner note images, new t-shirt designs and the U.S. tour poster! All of these products are available for purchase at Saddle Creek Records. Cursive tour and ticket information can be found at www.cursivearmy.com. It has been a great experience, and a real honor working with this band...they are super great people!
I Am Gemini is the surreal and powerful musical tale of Cassius and Pollock, twin brothers separated at birth. One good and one evil, their unexpected reunion in a house that is not a home ignites a classic struggle for the soul, played out with a cast of supporting characters that includes a chorus of angels and devils, and twin sisters conjoined at the head. - from Saddle Creek
album cover
album back cover - twin brothers Cassius and Pollock
playbill liner cover - Cassius and Pollock
the sisters Cecil
the two headed wolf
the two headed swan
the drunken birds elixir - concept illustration
a birthday bash - concept illustration
finished standard LP
limited edition picture vinyls from Big Scary Monsters Recording Co.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 3:16AM This is the poster I designed for Cursive's 2012 Tour! I incorporated the characters and themes from most of the album artwork... and came up with a culmination of their concept story. This poster was printed by the amazing folks at Ink Tank Merch in Omaha, Nebraska. The band will have this poster, along with all the new merch, available for sale!
Process pics courtesy of Ink Tank Merch.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 2:42AM These are some t-shirt concepts I came up with for the current Cursive tour. Some of the designs were modified, but they all came out really nice! They were also printed in Omaha at Ink Tank Merch.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 3:33AM ACC 2012 was a huge success. Thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors had a great time at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. There was a wide range of vendors, artists, events and celebrities in all comic, horror, sci-fi and anime genres. This event seems to be getting bigger and bigger... which is awesome for Albuquerque!
Our booth did very well this year. We sold lots of posters and t-shirts...and got to visit with local fans, actors and cosplayers!
We're already locked in, and will have a table in Artist Alley at ACE 2012... this summer at the ABQ Convention Center. It's in June, so I better get busy!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:37PM Albuquerque Comic Con is right around the corner. I will have a table in Artist Alley... and will be selling screen printed posters, t-shirts and a couple of art prints. Come by and get yourself a freshly printed Night of the Living Dead t-shirt, based on my new poster! Fellow artist Jeremy Montoya will be selling his posters too, along with some new paintings! So come on down to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for some gambling, a great buffet... and a super awesome comic and media event! Click for more details.
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 1:19PM "They're coming to get you Barbara" Needless to say, I am a huge George Romero "Dead" movie fanatic! I made this 3 color limited edition print for the 2012 Albuquerque Comic Con. Come by Artist Alley at the Con this weekend and pick up a poster... I'm in the process of making t-shirts too!
