call me butter, cause i’m on a roll. two days ago, i posted some bulletins looking for work (WHICH I STILL AM ACCEPTING, PLEASE EMAIL vass@ladisputemusic.com). In forty eight hours, i already completed three of these jobs, and i’m pretty proud. I’ll show you:
The first is a teeshirt for a band called Basinger. They saw the bummer-free zone thumbs up design that I did in my previous entry and wanted something similar with the ‘hang loose’ sign. Drawing hands intrigues me, and I have the convenient reference right in front of me (at my fingertips, lol).
The second is a 1 color lineart design for a church in Indiana called the Loftt (intentional misspelling). I personally am not a religious guy, and I thought that would lead to me having difficulty coming up with something, but this one came to me and I was pretty surprised with the end result.
Last and certainly not least, I did this graphic for a music blog called Bedwetting Cosmonaut (bedwettingcosmonaut.blogspot.com). He essentially asked for a banner that included an astronaut (or cosmonaut in this case) and so I was inspired by the cover of Brand New’s Deja Entendu. Obviously, the colors used are very similar. This one was a lot of fun, and I’m still getting used to digitally painting with a wacom. He hasn’t seen it this big yet, i just emailed small previews, so if you’re reading this CJ, hope you dig it.
Like I said earlier, I’d love to keep working, so if you have a band that wants a shirt or album art, I’d love to work with you. As these people can attest to, I don’t charge much and you end up with something sweet (at least, I’d say its sweet).
I’m in a hot backroom in Atlanta Georgia and feeling motivated to show off some things I’ve drawn/painted on this tour. Before I do, I’d like to link you to a few blogs that are far better at recounting tour events than mine:
My band, La Dispute, has a website where we post pictures/videos/whatever from the road. It is usually pretty well kept. It is located at http://www.ladisputemusic.com.
My friend, room mate, and now tour manager also recounts tales of adventure on his new blog, Unicorn Blood. He probably has enough embarassing pictures of me by now to bury me, so I’m linking to him in an effort to keep him happy. http://colinmccarthy.wordpress.com.
Lastly, Therefore I Am’s tour manager Erin takes a million photos then takes a long time to sort through them and posts the winners on her website http://erinirerin.blogspot.com/. If she doesn’t link back to me, I’m going to be pissed. If she doesn’t read http://www.BUDSNSUDS.org I will be way more pissed, I bet her a slurpee date that its funny, and I know its funny. 
On with the pictures. Peep these and leave me feedback if you feel compelled. Thank you for continuing to read my blog when sometimes I fail to update it regularly.
drawings + paintings + ramblings
