Updates

Lot's of cool things have been happening, and I obviously don't update this blog nearly enough:

First, Dan/Archradish & I are working on getting our shirts in more shops. We are also considering participating in another local vendor sales event at some point this summer. More on that later...

Second, on Friday I will be attending an opening for a small community college magazine that is published once a year. This year I was honored to find that my art submission landed on the cover. I am very proud of this particular work, and people really seem to dig it. I recently found out that some random guy photographed the image with his cell phone (at Cuffs) and proceeded to get it tattooed on himself!

Third, I won an award for my spectacular news graphics. Gotta love The Davis Enterprise:

http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/enterprise-brings-home-general-excellence-award-for-third-year/

California Redwood Grove, 2011

My aunt has been asking for a painting of California redwood trees since 2006. Finally after all these years, I got around to painting it.

Updates

Things are starting to fall into place now —
I've finally finished my Giant Squid Battle shirt (a.k.a. "Sea Lore"), and our online store is gathering together a healthy list of potential retailers to contact. 

Also, I've finally posted a test version of my official art/design portfolio to the web!
All week I will be checking it on different web browsers, hand-held devices, and monitor sizes to make sure it looks presentable. 

Displayed below is a preview of some of the featured artwork on my new site. I have altered the colors a bit here to make it more mysterious. I call this version "Evil Geisha!"

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year from the folks at DuderManor.com! 

 

Sea Lore II

Sea Lore is finally ready for production! Time for a celebratory beer! 

The plan is to print this design on a rustic looking tan/natural American Apparel shirt sometime within the next 3 months. I'll make a final post when the shirts are on the site and ready to go.

Jonah And The Whale (2011)

Yesterday I decided that my "Sea Lore" shirt (see previous post) could not do without Jonah living inside the whale's belly, so I got to work on this little piece.

The image will be shrunk down and placed inside the whale's stomach using Photoshop magic. It will have to be shrunk pretty small (1-2" wide), so here is a nice large version for all to enjoy. 

At the moment I am about half finished coloring the "Sea Lore" design. It shouldn't be too long before the final product is out.

Sea Lore (2004-2011)

New shirt in progress. Below is the rough artwork, which turned out fantastic! Next step is to add some color.

The original idea for this drawing was first presented to me in 2004 as a radical "what if" image of a giant squid attacking a ship — plus a ton of other ships from various time periods ... and of course Washington crossing the Delaware needed to be involved somehow.

At the time, I realized that I didn't have the talent or patience to create such an image, so I set it on the to-do list for some tentative future date.

In 2010, I read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, which rekindled my interest in the "Sea Lore" project. You can see references to this story in the border. And I highly recommend clicking the link above, as the poem is not too long and is an EXTREME payload of brilliant writing.



If you want to check out the video art of the guy who envisioned the whole thing to begin with, click this link.