Neutron Yawn!

The super spectacular Gregory Pizzoli put together this beautius flip book that features yours truly plus Frank Chimero, Michael Deforge, Luke Ramsey, Chris Kline, Nate Duval, Tim Gough, Kyle Pellet and Drew Millard. Check the whole thing out HERE.

yup.

R.E.Load Maypril fools race

Not sure whats going on with the race but here is what the tshirt would have looked like!

Maker Faire!

This weekend I am participating in the Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA. Ill be selling new gocco prints and cards along side the fabulous Chikabird. Here's a sneak peek. Please forgive the quality, its a phone snap shot.

my favorite jawbreaker quote:

Boom or settlement or (a little dry) TOMONI

I just peeped the website for Tomomi. They are the Japanese bike company that I made the logo for a while back. My mind is blown how beautiful a job they did. Check out this little video and the website. This link is to the english translation site, which, i have to say, is pretty hilarious.

1st TOMONI from JAN on Vimeo.

SHIN-CHAN!

A Drawing Blog.

I havent been posting many drawings lately because ive been too busy watching this video:

And, Yes.

Does anyone know how to make this column bigger? I hate how it gets cut off. Help!

NOOOOOOOO!

i just died.

Glasses and a threadless shirt

Last night I started a project involving my massive collection of glassess. 54 pairs! It took over three hours to photograph all of them. I also got my Threadless select shirt in the mail this afternoon. What a beauty! They really did a bang up job on the registration which usually poses a threat to most screen printers. Go HERE to purchase!

The Number 9

a secret sneak peek from a part of the design for a certain bicycle race that i not so secretly make the tshirts for every year. shhh! i think this is my most favorite one yet!

I Remember Andrea!

I Remember Andrea is a documentary about a high school reunion that BLOWS MY MIND. The most effing funny Andrea Wachner contacted me a little while back to help with a little animation in the film. This is what she has to say about the project:

I was immediately attracted to the funny premise of my documentary, but it was the grey area between belief and disbelief that made me fall in love with its story. When I tell people that I sent a stripper, as me, to my ten-year high school reunion, I am (with few exceptions) met with incredible enthusiasm, generous support, and a barrage of questions. The most consistent is, “Did you go down to the reunion at the end and expose the real you?” Absolutely not. If anything, I wanted to leave people wondering whether that was really me, or not. I guessed that some people would believe it, some people wouldn’t but most would be somewhat unsure. It was this “shadow of a doubt” I was most interested in. Could it be me? Does it matter? Do they care? There was a lot of unexplored ideological space between RSVP’ing ‘Yes’ and ‘No,’ between trying to impress your peers and removing yourself from judgment, and I seem to have found it. As a comedy writer, I believe that humor is powerful. Laughter is the best way that I know to get people to re-think what they think they think. With this film I was able to take a familiar situation—a high school reunion—which most people simply accept without question as a part of life, and turn it on its head, like the incongruous images in a Magritte painting, but funny.

Check out the trailer!


Andrea also has the funniest BLOG you should totes check out. You might pee your pants. I especially enjoyed the post on proposing an adoption to Steve Martin. woah.

SERIOUSLY?!

my trip back east.

coney island.
verrazano bridge.


europeian and 51oz in a plastic bottle.

chance at the abandoned docks.

chance fixing the derbi at the drag race.

glasses faces.

the new fabric horse storefront!

lion king masks with mom.

snakes and kenzaloo.

ahhhh, the best.

a drawing

we are very happy.

family portrait!

Glamour Kills Poster

Glamour Kills clothing asked me to do a design a while back. They made a poster. Go buy one here HERE.

Threadless Select!

Thanks to UPSO my Threadless SELECT shirt just came out. Go buy one HERE.

cut&paste losing design. toadally.

you can read a pretty great recap of the contest HERE

concrete slides. tricia. dom. bryan. bb gun.

best kinda friends and fun.

love without limits

Crud & Matilda

So in love.

philly, get bent!

go to my friend chance's dance party. you wont be sorry. i made the flyer, btw.

Lots of free time = inspiration upload

some phone flicks of patterns that inspire me:




and some positive mental attitude i found in the bathroom:

i saw the signs

playing with my new holgaroid, so fun:

Cut & Paste Design Competition

I entered this digital design tournament.


I was chosen (!!!) to along with 7 other designers from SF to compete on February 28th, 2009 to win a shit ton of prizes. Obviously, it would be amazing if I could have some friends up in there to cheer me on. Here is what they about the SF challenge:

Sunshiney San Francisco wakes up to memories of gold-rushing crazes, rainbow-striped protests, and summers of love.

In its long history as a leading city on the Pacific, this old town’s been knocked down more than once—earthquakes and fires, bursting dot-com bubbles—and always gotten back on its feet. Today, the City by the Bay stands tall as a bastion of liberal attitudes, free spirits, and open arms. Hills nestled against lapping waves and streets bustling with geek savants, bon vivants, cosmopolites, and one of the largest creative communities in the world, San Francisco brings its fair share of aesthetic genius to the tournament.

San Francisco will host competitions in 2D, 3D, and Motion Graphics for Digital Design Tournament 2009.

To purchase tickets you can go here and look left for all the info and the link to buy the tickets. You can also email me to try to get the group rate and I can pair you up with some friends that will definitely be going.

watch this video and get an idea of what it will be like:

Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament 2007 from Cut&Paste on Vimeo.

an illustration from yesterday

Draw-er for Hire!

It's that time again folks. The recession has now rid me of my second full time job. I am ready and available for all your drawing needs. Tell your friends, Ill give you a kiss on the cheek if you do!



look, people even sometimes like what i make:

and heres a different more poppy version of that juxtapoz drawing that I wish i had put in instead. enjoy.

oh and if you were curious what I used to do during the day it was making these:


please help?
drawingisawesome at hotmail dot com

JUXTAPOZ profile

Juxtapoz magazine did a profile page on me in the latest issue (feb 09). check it out. thanks to the talented teeter sperber for writing such a funny bio.


you can click on the above image if you wanna see it full size on my flickr.

Kids patterns

Some kids patterns I've been working on.

New patterns

just some patterns ive been working on lately.

He was a skater boy!

New skateboard released by PRESTIGE skate shop in the mid-mid. This was curated by the lovely Teeter Sperber of 31 Corn Lane. If you wanna purchase one you can email or call the shop. Come on guys, all your friends will be SO JEAL i sware!

A blog about a blog

A blog about me by the mega talented super stars 31 corn lane. They make me blush. Look at this ridiculous graphic they made. I'm still laughing.

New Gocco Prints

Im in love with Gocco.
Ive decided to put my favorite lyrics in the form of a gocco print. enjoy.

Nike 6.0 Leftovers

Any ideas what to do with this? Never made it into the line.

Perez Hilton in my hoodie!

with Kanye West. Woah. A design I did while at Gama-go.

Tomoni! Cho kawaii!

My good pals Depot Cycle and Recycle in Japan asked me to make a logo (just the lettering- fyi) for their new bike and look how it all turned out:




and stitched by Roland Burns at my all time favorite bag makers R.E.Load:

Tilly's Artist Cards

Next time you're in the mall swing by your and mine favorite surf skate alterna-shop and ask to buy a giftcard. In doing this you get to buy a little piece of me. see below. HOLLER. www.tillys.com

The letter G

Fuji Rolling Canvas Art Collective

FUJI Bikes, Jinxed Philadelphia, and R.E.Load Bags present....

The Rolling Canvas Art Collective, a show/auction featuring the work of over 20 artists working in sculpture, metalcraft, painting, and printmaking. The work is classified as "installation," and entails each artist having his/her way with a fixed gear bicycle. The crazy two-wheeled creations will be up for public auction. A portion of all profits will benefit Neighborhood Bike Works, a non-profit bicycle youth education program in West Philly.

The featured artists include:
Shane Jessup
Tim Diet
Michael Isaac Bushkin
Norm
Chris Yormick
Carrie Collins
Tristan Eaton
Leanne Biank
Adam Wallacavage
Paul Romano
Emily Glaubinger
Jake Henry
Ben Woodward
Joy LessPosh
Awesome Dudes Printing
Acid USA custom motorcycle painting
Greg "SP One" Lamarche
Eleanor Grosch
Darrin Rowland
Roland Burns
Ellie Lum
Gerik Forston
Dustin Klein
Miriam Singer


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An opening reception and auction will take place on Friday, August 1 at 7 pm at Media Bureau Gallery located at 725 N. 4th Street (Northern Liberties). The exhibit will run through the end of August.

**An online auction will begin at noon on Monday, August 4 last until noon on Thursday, August 14.**

For more info about the exhibition and the featured artists, visit The Rolling Canvas Art Collective info page here!

you can bid on the bike here.

2 things I did last week

rummaging through old photos:

the R.E.Load april Fools race in which I helped facilitate the double dutch checkpoint and had THE BEST time. ever. plus tons of people were swarming around me with my drawing on their shirts. THANKS RELOAD! woah:

PRINTS for sale

these babies are 24" by 24" giclee prints. they are streched, lacquered and ready to hang! please email me at drawingisawesome at hotmail dot come for more info. if you click on them individually it will take you to my flickr so you can see more detail.

R.E.Load's TEN year anniversary party

JEEZ i wish i was in philly for this one. My favorite bag making pals over at R.E.Load Bags definitely know how to bring the party. This is sure to be a totally radical evening. How i wish i could win that raffle and own my 6th big from them.
some info:
Friday, March 7th
9pm - 2am
Diplo's Mad Decent Mausoleum
531 N 12th st
$5 door

- Featuring Rock Tits, Immediate, and Strawberry Mansion
- Taste Philadelphia Brewing Company's brand new beers!
- Raffle tix on sale for $5 - $10; win a new 10th Anniversary R.E.load bag!
- Bring your favorite R.E.Load bag and get your picture taken in our photo booth!
- Costumed servers provided by Fabric Horse
- photography by Julius Reeves
- visuals by Stemspot

the postcard i made for it:

Its hard to work

when i have this baby kitty distracting me, ill tell you what.

i love the love

designed this card to be given out with purchases for gama-go during the season of love. makes my heart all warm and stuff.

NEW WEBSITE!

Oh happy day! Me and 2 of the most talented special boys you could think of, Nick Lally and Ted Passon, started a website called THUNDERwhip. Check it check it out. Hire us, please.
yr bud fo-eva,
emily

ps! i know this is hard to read but here is the press release. if you click on it you can get to a bigger version and then you can totally email all yr buds and tell them how great we are.

I'm on youtube!

found this little jem on youtube that features me speaking (more like screaming) about my inspirations and about gama-go! forgive me, I was a bit tipsy by the time they got to me.

New Collaborative powerhouse!

Brian Profilio and myself teamed up to make these totally radical tees for the band Endeverafter and a few others tba! This collab put the sparkle back into my eyes. Just when you think there is nothing left to inspire you, BAM!

Pool Tradeshow 2008 with GAMA-GO

was a blast! Here are some photos kindly provided by the mega- talent Carrie Collins of Fabric Horse who met me out in Vegas. While there I was featured as one of four co-op artists that POOL plastered around the convention center (the other artist/brands were Purleiu, De*Nada and Quiet Hero who were all super rad and made really great apparel and accessories). There were custom tables, benches, bags and a mini art show. Alternative apparel screen printed custom tshirts with our art on them. All in all I would say it was a raging success!

chillin with my girls Teeter Sperber of 31 Corn lane and Carrie Collins of Fabric Horse (eating on a table of your drawing is a TRIP!):

a banner I made at the bar:

carrie chillaxin' on my bench:


mini art show (all prints are for sale, contact me for more info):

the media lounge:

the GAMA-GO booth I designed and built with my fellow GAMA-GOers and shout out to my girl Carrie for helping:

last but not least, these little airbrushed jems were my prized purchase of the trip:

POOL tradeshow Launch party

was a raging success! ill be in vegas with GAMA-GO on feb 12. while im there ill be doing one of a kinda artist shirts on alternative apparel t's. booya.

A Bicycle Revolution and Threadless Select tee

the fine folks at threadless asked me to do an artist shirt for their "select" line. look out for it in the near future.



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