I took a trip to Boston

This weekend, I took a 10 hour overnight train ride from Baltimore to Boston, and then back again. It was complete with drunk soccer fans from the one Chelsea game ever to occur in the US, screaming children, and a dining car that closed before 10. Needless the say the actual travelling was not a good time.

Once I got there, however, I got to see my best friend from my childhood get married, go to my college room mate's graduation party, and see my parents for the first time in 6 months. So, all in all, I think it was worth the 20 hours of agony.

On the trip back, in between working on freelance projects and catching up on back issues of Scientific American from my dad, I managed to do this little sketch of myself from the reflection in the window. Looking forward to doing it all again in a few weeks...

Monopoly floor

Back when I used to work for an event design company, I was asked to make a 30' by 30' Monopoly themed dance floor out of linoleum. Recently, one of my lovely co-workers dug up some production and final product pictures and sent them along to me. Since the dance floor was destroyed the night of the event (although most of us kept a battered section of it), I thought I would share some images.

The floor took about three weeks of on and off working on it. I painted the mint green base and all the lines and colors, while the words and symbols are vinyl laid by the other talented members of the team. I painted the center logo with the help of a mask. The Chance and Community Chest cards were my favorite part. I painted the rectangles, then used the airbrush to make the shadows so they looked like they were really stacked.

I haven't posted anything in a while, mostly because I haven't done anything in a while. But that is all changing starting today! and to prove it, here are some sketches from June. Enjoy!

Towson Arts Collective Fall Illustration Show

I just got word that 2 of my pieces were accepted into the Towson ARTS Collective Illustration show. Thanks so much to Diane, the coordinator of the event, and the two jurors, Warren Lin and James Warhola!

The show will be up from September 3 to October 23rd in the gallery at 406 York Road in Towson, MD. The reception is on Friday September 11th, from 5:30 to 7:30 and you are cordially invited, so mark it down!

The two pieces that were accepted are "King Kong" and "Animal Farm". You can see them on my website, under 3D illustration. They will be for sale and part of the proceeds go towards supporting the Towson ARTS Collective.

It should be an awesome show since there are so many talented artists in the area, and I can't wait to meet everyone! More info when I have it...

Fugue Update

I just got the Fugue in the mail and it looks great! Here's a shot of the cover. Thanks again, guys! I'm currently accepting other freelance projects like this, so if you have something you think I might be interested in, drop me a line!

Nudashank Opening

My good friend Morgan Blair is going to be part of the new show opening up at Nudashank, a downtown Baltimore art gallery in the H&H Building. The show is called 'Picture Plane' and it opens this Friday, May 15th from 7 to 9 pm, so you should be there if you're in Baltimore and looking for something to start off your Friday night right!

The Fugue

I am excited to say that my work is going to be on the cover of this month's Fugue Literary Magazine. Many thanks to Andrew Millar, one of the senior editors at the Fugue, for making this happen! I was really impressed with the work they chose for some of their other covers and honored when they decided to use mine. I'll post a copy when I get it in the mail!