Pocket God "Mondo" Skin Pack

Bolt Creative approached me with the idea of redesigning some of the items from their popular "Pocket God" iOS game for a special Artist Series skin-pack. The result was what they are calling the "Mondo" pack. The pack comes bundled with the latest update to Pocket God, "Episode 44: The Perfect Swarm" (with incredible promo art by Aaron Blecha of MonsterSquid). Here's the description from the Bolt blog:

Speaking of guest artists, we are trying something new by having our favorite designers create skin packs. Josh Ellingson (JoshEllingson.com) created a very cool, if somewhat nerdy, Mondo Pack to decorate your islands! He taps into nerd culture (with a retro flair), including toys, monsters and sci-fi. The meteor becomes a 12-sided die, and the outhouse transforms into Dr. Who’s police box! And there’s a sock monkey in there to boot!

Below is a screenshot from the Pocket God Custom Pack Store. There are lots of different customization options in the game, ranging from Holiday themes to custom dance moves for your pygmies.

Here are a few of my concept sketches for the Mondo pack. I wanted to pick things that I would like to see in the game. You can replace some of the statues with mod furniture. You can turn an igloo into an observatory! Many of these items are based on things that I have around my apartment. It's so cool to see my sock monkey in a game!

Previously, I'd created the promo art for Pocket God episodes 40 "Battle of the Gods", and 43 "Killing Time". The game is completely addictive, so be prepared to let all of your Words with Friends and Draw Something games stagnate while you get caught up in pygmy sacrifice!

 

20 Fishes

20 Fishes -Progress

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)

20 Fishes Print
20 Fishes Print
20 Fishes Print

3/30-4/1 Emerald City Comicon

Emerald City Comicon - BANE

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)

DEAD MEAT, framed

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

Wonder Woman sketch

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

 

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/