Chase No Face T-shirts

Did you know that Chase No Face is turning 10 years old next week? Well, in honor of her tenth year among us, I've launched a couple of new t-shirt designs featuring Chase.

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Gold Leaf Buttons Tutorial

Lately, a lot of people have been asking how I make my gold-leafed buttons. I thought I'd just go ahead and spill the beans right here on my blog so you can make them too.

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No Starch Press

I just got my comp'ed copy of "Stats Done Wrong" in the mail from No Starch Press. I've been making cover illustrations for them in the signature style for the last few months. It's always something interesting, slightly nerdy, and fun.

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New Print! - Pizza The Hutt, 13x19"

I just finished a new portrait of one of my favorite heaps, Pizza The Hutt. You might remember Pizza as the gross loan shark from the film "Spaceballs". For some reason, that character has been stuck in my head lately so for me,this drawing was both an exercise and and exorcism. 

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BART, "Thank You Riders" Illustrations

I was recently contracted by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to create a series of illustrations to be featured inside the trains. The campaign is called "Thank You BART Riders", and it spotlights a different station and highlights it's uniqueness in the system. If you're in the Bay Area, you should start seeing these aboard the trains sometime in early Spring. I've worked with BART on some projects in the past and it was nice to be asked to work on more illustrations.

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Bart the Zombie Cat sketch

I recently picked up a new set of Prismacolor cool grey markers and decided it was time to try them out. I like the looseness of  drawing in markers. There's something about the bluntness of a marker that keeps me from getting too finicky. So, when I read about Bart the Zombie Cat on a random Facebook thread, I thought maybe it was the right subject matter to try them out. The Prismacolors come labeled 10% grey to 90% grey but I think the colors printed on the marker are horribly misleading. From the label, most of the colors look like they will be warm grey, not cool. And the type size is so small as to be nearly illegible. So, I re-labeled them all with pink masking tape.

For this sketch, I worked light to dark and then did most of the black with a Pentel brush pen. I used a little gouache here and there for the eyes, highlights and whiskers. After working on the computer for a long while, it was nice to get loose with some actual physical materials.

You can read more about Bart the Zombie Cat here.

Year in Pictures, 2014

2014 is nearly through, thus it's time for my yearly wrap-up. I made more art this year than I have ever, I think. In addition, I've been making an effort to get out of the studio and see things...

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DesignerCon 11/8-11/9, Pasadena CA

This weekend, November 8th & 9th 2014, I will be tabling at DesignerCon in Pasadena, California. Find the ELLINGSON booth (table 831) for my artwork and ME! I'll have prints, special secret buttons, original art and custom toys.

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