The Damselles & the TC4

Worked on this fun little piece for local girl group The Damselles. :)

Victory "Demonstrations"

Some fun stuff I got to work on for indie jazz band Victory, whose album is being released independently by Reserva Records in the next few weeks. They were looking for a Blue Note Records inspired design, something classic but fresh. The following is what I gave them to pick from:



Check out the album and see what we landed on!

Some stuff compiled from the internets...

...that I made for various retailers!

I mades, Urban Outfitters edition

Tote-ally, like, for sure!

A new tote design from my Forever 21 days, in stores now!

Southwestin'

Some new Southwestern-inspired threads by yours truly, currently in-store at F21.

Merry Christmas Dudez.

...and a partridge in a pear tree. Happy Holidays!

Some fun, exciting, wonderous...

...WORK! For Walking Sleep. They are all sorts of love!

Coming soon to a merch table near you!

Design 1:

Design 2:

Design 3:

New work

Another fun project in conjunction with Studiofluid, this time for an educational client; illustration and hand-drawn type by yours truly, art direction by Studiofluid.

ICONS:

HEADERS:


SUB-HEADS:

I designed some pretty exciting...

...licensed tees for "SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD!"

FTW!

Some posters...

I originally created this artwork for Walking Sleep's first full-length album, but it ended up taking on a life of its own, first nestled in this sublime layout by Adam Schary of the band, then becoming a 10x12 painted backdrop for their record release show (pictures to follow soon.)


This poster is for the first movie night presented by swell guys, THE CINEMASOCHISTS. They watch horrible movies so you don't have to! Anyway, their first movie mash-up is between "Top Gun" and "Team America: World Police." I don't know about you, but Kim Jong Il always takes my breath away.

Work in conjunction with Studiofluid

Recently I've been working on a few projects with Studiofluid, a Los Angeles branding and graphic design firm. These little guys are for some coloring pages for the young'ns. Illustrations by me, art direction by Studiofluid.

Playing Favorites (Word...to your...mother?)

Some favorite prints from the past, all wordy and whatnot.
(Oh, and about L-O-V-E. Yikes!)

One of my favorite prints...

...that went absolutely nowhere. I still think it's pretty rad.

Les Blanks & Le Switch at Dakota Lounge

Sweet, sweet donkey lovin'.

6 months of updates!

Well, as you can tell I've been pretty M.I.A. Why, you ask? Mostly due to the fact that by the time I get home from work, and after 8 hours at a computer, I don't exactly want to think of, let alone, sit in front of a computer. Where does this leave the blog? Severely neglected. So, here, without further ado, six months worth of updates, chronologically:

DECEMBER

I was asked to design the official holiday tote bag for Forever 21. Basically, if you made a purchase at Forever 21 during the holiday season, instead of being packed in gift boxes, all gifts were packed in our wildly popular eco-totes. Nifty! Complete with free tissue! Lots of it! Enough to render the good you're doing by using an eco-tote obsolete!

Then I designed some some prints for jammy-jams!

Note to self: Never use that terminology again. EVER. File away with the following terms: chillax, home skillet.

But yeah, PAJAMAS are the JAM. (but plaids are a pain to design!)

I got to see a project I completed when I first began working at Forever 21 hit the shelves then end up being featured on the Forever 21 website.

I wear my sunglasses at night; you should too. PEER PRESSURE! JUST DO IT!

JANUARY

In January a bunch of prints I created for our lingerie/loungewear lines dropped into stores and I achieved my first complete sell-through (which means the product sold out and warranted a re-order. YAY!)

The bestseller:



Honorable unmentionables:

FEBRUARY

People Magazine selected my Cameo Panty to include in a Valentine's Day gift guide feature. Totally neat!

More Valentine's Day stuff:


MARCH

Neon! (and another nod on the website)


APRIL

Totes! TOTALLY!
And bestsellers too!

MAY

Designed this print for a teeny-weeny bikini! It was super tricky figuring out the repeat on this one, but ultimately, everything worked out...yeah.


Well, those are all the product updates I have at the moment. Tomorrow's installment will get personal! Projects, that is!

Les Blanks at Silverlake Lounge

I'm not even going to go into how ridiculously difficult it was to get this completed.

One computer crash, and consequent reinstalling of Adobe CS 2, two trips to Fed-Ex Office plus one to Michelle's house, and a night of no sleep, it's finally done. Behind schedule, but completed. But honestly, Les Blanks is awesome and totally worth the technological Calvary I endured.

AlphaCult Painting & Miscellaneous News

Here's my piece from Asia's "Girls Poo Flowers" show.


"Wildwood Flower"

6.5x10
Mixed Media

If you don't get a chance to check it out in person, there is a slide show of the exhibit posted on AlphaCult's website, or you can check it out by clicking HERE.

In other news, one of my prints will be featured in next week's issue of People Magazine in a Valentine's Day themed spread.

Represent!

This Saturday, January 10th, I'll be showing alongside friends and fellow classmates as a part of Asia Eng's "Girls Poo Flowers" solo show at Alphacult. C'mon out if you fancy!

Your sex is on fire.

Apparently. If only.

Seriously though? My latest offering through Forever 21. One of the trickier prints I've worked on.