20 Fishes

In preparation for Emerald City Comicon, I've sketched up twenty drinking fish people. Each of these drawings were made with ink and acrylic paint on miniature wallet-sized canvases. They will be available for sale at the Comicon for ten bucks, so please stop by my table to get yours before it's gone. Prints of the entire set are available now and you can pick one of right here from this post! The prints are signed 11x17" giclées, printed on Moab Photo Rag paper with fade-resistant pigment. They are $20 each and $5 for shipping (rolled in a tube). Photos of the print below.

"20 Fishes"
Archival Digital Print on 11x17" Moab Rag Paper
$20 (+$5 shipped via USPS rolled in tube)

3/30-4/1 Emerald City Comicon

I'm excited to announce that I'll be at this year's Emerald City Comicon in downtown Seattle, Washington! If you are in the area, you can't miss this event. Seattelites like to dress up so bring your camera. The cosplay at Emerald City Comicon is insane. I'll be tabling in the middle of the convention floor at booth #710 with Real Gone Girl Studios and Jusscope artist Justin Orr. Come for the prints, stay for the high-fives!

Emerald City Comicon
Washington State Convention Center
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Friday: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am - 7:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am - 5:00pm

"DEAD MEAT" Screen Print

Lately, I've been exploring the links between ancient mythology and popular culture. This is the first in a series that I am creating that draws parallels between the stories of Theseus and Rocky Balboa. "DEAD MEAT" is a four-color screen print produced by Burlesque of North America. It turned out better than I could have imagined with a nice metallic gold ink for the shorts and glove details. The prints are 18x24" on thick Cougar White paper. This edition is limited to fifty prints, signed and numbered. They can be purchased right here on this post or in the Store section of my site.

"DEAD MEAT"
3 Colors + Metallic Gold on 18x24" Cougar White Paper
$40 (+$8 shipped via USPS rolled in tube)

2/24 - 2/26 Image Expo, Oakland, CA

There's a new comics event happening this weeekend in Oakland. Come check out the first annual Image Expo at the Oakland Convention center. I'll be tabling in Artist Alley (table #501), so stop over and say hello. I'll have prints for sale in addition to some new original works and some stuff from the archives. Here's a description from the Image Expo website:

IMAGE COMIC EXPO is a three-day celebration of creator-owned comics happening at the Oakland Convention Center. Image partners Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino, will be the guests of honor, appearing throughout the weekend for signings, panels, and special events. Other special guests include Image founders Rob Liefeld, and Whilce Portacio, plus the creators of today’s best creator-owned comics, including: Joe Casey, Jay Faerber, Jonathan Hickman, Richard Starkings, Fiona Staples, and Brian K. Vaughan.

Image Comic Expo
February 24-26, 2012
Oakland Convention Center
550 10th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Friday, Feb 24: 3pm–8pm
Saturday, Feb 25: 10am–6pm
Sunday, Feb 26: 10am–5pm

I'm All Over Tumblr

I've been posting a lot to Tumblr these days on two different blogs. Above is my portfolio on Tumblr which is here http://joshuaellingson.tumblr.com/. What I like about Tumbr is that I can group together photos and multiple images together easilly and they are quickly sharable by the Tumblr community. I've also been keeping a running blog on Tumblr here: http://ellngsn.tumblr.com/. 

1/31 Hi-Fructose hosts Sketch Tuesday in SF

This Tuesday January 31st, I'll be a featured artist for Sketch Tuesday at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. I've been drawing a lot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sketches lately so I'm sure I'll be making a few more at the event. Get in on some affordable art from some amazing talent. Check out the list and description from the Hi-Fructose calendar event page:

Bring your sketchpads, pencils, mini travel paint kits or what have you, and join Hi-Fructose as we host 111 Minna's 63rd Sketch Tuesday, the first Sketch Tuesday of 2012!

Tuesday January 31st, 2012

6pm - 10pm

11 Minna SF

Featured artists:

SKINNER

MIKE SHINE

JONATHAN WAYSHACK

ROBERT BOWEN

JESSICA HESS

BRETT AMORY

KELLY ALLEN

JENNYBIRD ALCANTARA

JOSH ELLINGSON

ISABEL SAMARAS

DOUBLEPARLOUR

ATTABOY

ANNIE OWENS

MARCOS LAFARGA

DARYLL PEIRCE

JUSTIN LOVATO

What is this? 

Each month the gallery hosts an evening of live art making featuring both established and emerging Bay Area artists. Inspired by Southern Exposure’s Monster Drawing Rally, 111 Minna offers patrons the opportunity to see local artists at work and get acquainted with them. It is also a way for artists to meet each other and to be inspired by each other’s creative process.

Sketch Tuesdays offers the local arts community a place to congregate, to talk, to create and to be seen. There is usually room for artists to just drop in and start drawing, but the good seats are reserved for the invited artists.

Art is for sale at reasonable prices and will be displayed until the event closes. This is a great opportunity to become a collector and to meet some very talented people!!

For more on this monthly gathering visit http://www.sketchtuesdays.com/

2011 in Pictures

I'm sitting here in a huge, empty, Viennesse apartment feeling reflective. It's odd finishing out the year in another country, so far from friends and family. 2011 been the most eventful year on record for me and, for posterity's sake, here are some of the highlights:

Winter-Spring

• Chase No Face's owner sent me a pic of Chase with my art!
• I got a tour of Lucasfilm from Bonnie Burton (then we proceeded to become shrimp addicts)
• Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle was incredible
• My folks came to visit and we got to hang out with Kitten on the Keys in Japantown

Summer

• This lady brought me a cake at Wondcon with my art on it!
• Warhol Reimagined at Project 1 happened 
• Photobooth fun at Attaboy and Annie's wedding
• Maker Fair with robot friends
• I crashed an anime show with DJ Bardot
• Too much fun at Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas
• Epic outdoor adventures in Michigan with family
• I worked the Hi-Fructose booth at Comic Con Int'l
• Portraits by Purebred, Wednesday Kirwan, and Sharie's Craft World
• I stayed pickled for an entire weekend at Tiki Oasis in San Diego

Fall-Winter

• New York City trip featuring Kaiju Big Battel, New York Comic Con, and Buzz Aldrin!
• Lucasfilm Halloween Party with Bonnie Burton and friends
• Roboexotica 2011
• Winter art residency at MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, Austria
• Guest lecturer in Graz, Austria
• Minotaur obsession 

There you have it. What's in store for 2012? Definitely more artwork, more adventures, and more fun! I hope that you are part of it. Happy New Year to you and yours. 

11/5-6 LA Designer Con and Comikaze

This weekend I'll be in Los Angeles for two incredible events! Saturday is Designer Con at the Pasadena Convention Center. I'll be attempting to take up as much space as possible in my 10x10' booth with lots of new prints and rarities. I hear the collectors like those rarities. On Sunday I'll be doubling up with Chamanvision at the downtown Los Angeles Convention Center for Comikaze Expo 2011. It's sure to be a fun-filled weekend, so please stop by and say hello. Here's all the infos:

Designer Con
Table #430
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
10 am to 5 pm
Admission: $5 online / $7 at the door (free after 3 pm!)
Pasadena Convention Center
300 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

Comikaze Expo 2011
Table #122 (I'll only be there on Sunday)
Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 11am-6pm
Los Angeles Convention Center

Bad Dads at Spoke Art, Oct 29th

"Bad Dads", a tribute to the films of Wes Anderson is happening on Halloween in San Francisco at Spoke Art Gallery. The group show will feature numerous interpretations of Anderson's films from The Royal Tenenbaums to The Fantastic Mr. Fox. My piece, "Kumar" is based on a scene from Bottle Rocket. Here's a clip from the film:

"Bad Dads", an art show tribute the the films of Wes Anderson
Opening October 29th
On view until November 25th
Spoke Art Gallery
816 Sutter St. - San Francisco
http://www.spoke-art.com

APE 2011, Oct 1-2 San Francisco

Photo from APE '10 by Mike Yoshioka

It's time once again for the Alternative Press Expo at the Concourse Center in San Francisco. If you know me, you know that APE is my favorite convention. There are a few reasons for that. The first reason is that it's mere blocks from where I live! The second reason is that all my favorite comics and art folk come to town exhibit or attend. Lastly, there's a bar in the beautiful wood and skylit convention center. Let me repeat that...THERE'S A BAR IN THE BUILDING! So, really there's no excuse for you not to come out and support your favorite artist/writer/creatives from all over the world. I will have new artwork on display and for sale as prints. Please come by and say hello.

APE
Saturday,October 1
11am - 7pm

Sunday,October 2
11am - 6pm

The Concourse
635 8th Street
San Francisco, CA
Directions