Synthetic Sunshine

sketchbook pages

2009-08-19T11:59:00.000-07:00

arms are important

2009-08-19T11:56:00.001-07:00

This just in from the 1880s

2009-08-19T11:53:00.000-07:00

my friends

2008-10-19T20:23:00.001-07:00

effigies

2008-06-05T13:39:00.000-07:00

Effigies

2008-04-23T17:04:00.000-07:00

You know, the band.
T-shirt designs.
These were based on an earlier image of a boy with flames for eyes.
The band wanted to continue that theme.

BOOK PART 2

2008-01-30T16:00:00.001-08:00

so this is the second part of the sketchbook thing.
it'd be 44 pages if i used them all.
may try to edit it to 22.
with two inside pages, maybe one screen printed with a one color black on black cover.

this is my goal for the first part of '08.
pay for soup-->build a fort<--set that on fire - basquiat.
this is my pay for soup.

Save the drama for Obama

2008-01-28T16:36:00.001-08:00

okay bloggers and blogettes it's been a while. how are you?

me i'm a-ok. why? because of Barack Obama of course.
Larry David even likes him and he hates everybody.

Also just heard today that he'll be in town this Saturday.
Represent on that tree stump!

in progress

Done.

Joker.

A List

2007-12-17T16:46:00.000-08:00

everybody's got their lists,
here's mine.
'07 best of.
haven't heard the new ghost or jay z or mavis staples for that matter
but i'm sure they're contenders.
as of today this is it.
the ween cd should be in there so if there's an album you don't like
put that in there as 1st alternate.

also listen to dan deacon if you're ever presented the opportunity.
or any of the other artists listed for that matter.

Burt

2007-11-15T16:44:00.000-08:00

bird by bird pt 3

2007-10-08T19:22:00.000-07:00

synthetic sunshine would like to give a special shot out to Jonathan (split fountain expert) and Meredith (dead eye photographer) AKA the Twins*
*neither are from Minnesota and they don't play baseball

bird by bird pt 2

2007-10-08T19:19:00.000-07:00

bird by bird pt 1

2007-10-08T19:17:00.001-07:00

BOOK

2007-09-28T17:18:00.001-07:00

so i've been thinking lately about publishing a little manual like this of my sketchbook.

in with the new

2007-08-13T16:03:00.000-07:00

this one i did the other day.
ballpoint and brush pen.
The Mackerel.
See how the hair makes a P.
that's on purpose.

oh but the vintage drawing continues

2007-08-13T16:00:00.000-07:00

Also from '03.
ballpoint and marker.
yeah that's right marker.
you got a problem?

Looking back

2007-08-13T15:56:00.000-07:00

In light of recent current events i thought i'd share an OLD ('03) drawing of a DC politico.

Bye Karl, we'll miss you.
Original caption: senator scumbag.
Wikipedia this dude. Some of the stuff he's done is...just wow.
what an inspiration!

A drawing

2007-07-22T18:46:00.001-07:00

marker and photoshop for gray on t shirt.
otherwise handmade.

A bigass drawing

2007-07-10T16:43:00.001-07:00

This started as a working surface on my desk.
Then i drew on it some and hung it up and put shellac on it.
Then i screen printed on it.
Then i drew on it some more.
Then it was done.
Now you see.
Seriously click it.
It's a big ass drawing.

Eddie Cochran

2007-07-09T16:43:00.001-07:00

Wood burn on plywood amber shellac and paint on top.
paint/shellac removed on top with steel wool #ooo.
Not fade away, you know?
oh that was Buddy Holly.
May be for sale.

Eunices for sale in the store area

2007-07-09T16:20:00.000-07:00

or, soon anyway.

*on distressed aluminum lithography plates*
*hair & skin spraypaint stencilled, line layer silkscreened
in navy blue satin exterior house paint*
all about 14" x 20"

Orange Fluorescent Hair
Eunice engraved in lower right hand corner!
$30.

Blue Sparkle Hair
this one's been finished with colored shellac and also engraved!
so it's more-$50.

Red Sparkle Hair
Eunice directly under chin scratched in with x-acto!
$30.

Yellow Hair #1
Some engraving-original vintage colorway
$30.

Yellow Eunice #2
This one has a scratch in the hair in the yellow.
otherwise it's just like the rest.
$15
says this one finds a loving home.
it's had nothing but abuse in it's month on our earth.

So there they are folks!
Happy Buying!

Oh my dear lord

2007-07-08T17:33:00.000-07:00

Jack Lord that is.
You know Hawaii Five O.
Bosses around that dude from Swiss Family Robinson.
Ernst or Dano or whatever his name is.

The Late, Great

2007-06-08T11:25:00.001-07:00

Townes Van Zandt.

process

2007-06-06T17:12:00.001-07:00

work.

play.

sketchbook page.

2007-06-06T16:14:00.001-07:00

pencil watercolor red pen

postcards that have influenced me

2007-05-29T19:10:00.000-07:00

good morning, i'm heeere.

2007-05-25T17:53:00.001-07:00

this is a vaccum table.
it took forever but now it's here and it works.
if you don't know what it does you will soon.

the next objective is to muffle that cursed thing underneath.
cause then i can hear the tunes.
1st rule of printing: gotta have tunes.

2007-05-10T18:22:00.000-07:00

Gotcha!

2007-05-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

This is the Jewel-Snatching Ninja Spider's Great Grandfather.

Mackrel VS. the hedgehogs

2007-05-08T16:40:00.000-07:00

this is an old one.
in the months following graduation back in ought three i was unemployed.
i spent my days on my girlfriend Cara's sister Katie's computer and taught myself
illustrator (and looked for a job shit i'm not a dead beat); this was for a children's book project for the United way. Not this image, my learning illustrator, but when i learned how to use it i made this image.
This is the real world about to devour me.

It's a left handed mermaid!

2007-05-08T16:38:00.000-07:00

2007-05-08T16:37:00.001-07:00

A Dream, now reality

2007-04-30T15:12:00.000-07:00

shellac, spray paint, latex, and enamel

on provided wood panels
he's having a good time.

This man....

2007-04-17T16:24:00.000-07:00

wrote Conan the Barbarian.

His name was Robert E. Howard.

If you want a good* story wikipedia.com him.

*tragic

Misanthropy

2007-04-16T19:17:00.000-07:00

the language of flowers

I want to buy this

2007-04-06T09:31:00.000-07:00

It's by Al Columbia.
If you haven't heard of him before your life has just been changed.
you're welcome.

Edit: alas it was sold before i got my tax return.
Congratulations whoever...sonnuvabitch.

2007-04-06T09:28:00.000-07:00

Coming soon to a lightpole near you...

2007-03-20T18:58:00.000-07:00

series-150
Real image 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".
super permanent crack n peel.
four colors.
metallic blue body looks better in person.
the yellowy white of the body is really a different color than the paper.
barely.
soon to have metallic red eyes.
cause it's albino.

that's all i have to say about that.

This is me killing you

2007-03-07T15:38:00.000-08:00

I started drawing freehand with the woodburner. This is on thick matboard.

burn & amber shellac. I love shellac in case you couldn't tell. Who are you anyway?

Ninja Spider

2007-03-04T15:39:00.000-08:00

pencil, brush pen, ballpoint, stencil

2007-03-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

thick matboard, burn, shellac

A Dream

2007-03-04T14:11:00.000-08:00

Mr. Jones

2007-02-28T15:56:00.000-08:00

woodburn, oil stain, shellac, ballpoint pen too i think.
For my nephew, Dylan.

Put on your 3-d glasses Folks...

2007-02-27T17:03:00.000-08:00

...cause here's the lobster jock

As the barn burned...

2007-02-26T18:33:00.000-08:00

All he could think about was the meth lab.

A Comic Strip

2007-02-22T18:24:00.000-08:00

Hey There Stranger

2007-02-21T18:25:00.000-08:00

If you can read this congratulations you may or may not have gone to public school

2007-02-21T18:19:00.000-08:00

You know sometimes you get an idea and you know its not such a good idea but you just have to get it outta your head and do it and you know you're already probably going to hell anyway so one stupid thing won't really change things for you...this is one of em.

Suits

2007-02-15T15:58:00.000-08:00

A pure evil one.
When tim pawlenty met Dracula.

one that could go either way
but by the nature of a suit is evil

one from a bygone era
when suits meant something

From a darkened room

2007-02-13T16:21:00.000-08:00

As he sat there wondering whether he'd live or die

he couldn't help but think of that worthless dog .

that one.

It's been a while...

2007-02-13T16:05:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wondered what you'll look like when you grow up?
so did this kid.

I saw this guy no where.
he told me "Don't draw with dried out markers."

who are the people in your neighborhood part 2

2007-01-23T11:46:00.000-08:00

Saw this guy on my way home from work. i have no idea what he's saying.

who are the people in your neighborhood? (part one)

2007-01-17T19:02:00.000-08:00

This guy walks by where i work sometimes. He reminds me of the axe murderer from Last Action Hero.

Don't Tell Nobody in the Projects

2006-05-08T09:22:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to Synthetic Sunshine. This is a Super Secret Blog. I could tell you more but i'd probably have to kill you and drink your blood..wait!..strike that, reverse it.P