
a rejected project.

This is the front and back cover of a 7 inch single I did for the Woggles a couple of years ago. This was an early attempt of mine to do something in a similar style to Langston Hughes. I stold the marquee design from an old Gene Deitch drawing. Sorry Gene. If you get a chance, check out Gene's book, Cat on a Hot Thin Groove. It's a collection of the Jazz cartoons he did for Record Changer magazine during the 40's and 50's. Another cool book that I look at frequently for inspiration is Langston Hughes' First Book of Jazz. Great stuff.
Here's something older. I did this for The White Lights reunion show in Nov '04. This was a band I was in for a few years. I remember when I was working on this I didn't want to get hung up on getting an exact likeness of everyone, so I drew everyone from memory. The only one I think I cheated on was Johnny V. (the guy sitting playing the guitar). I just couldn't get him right, so I looked at a couple of photo's. This one was fun to do.
Okay. Here's the last pic from the Skull Show. I haven't done any "real" painting in quite awhile, years actually, so the two color pieces were both painted very flat. Mostly gauche and a little acrylic. I was feeling a little intimidated, but I was also a little pressed for time. For what they are and the amount time I put into them I thought they turned out okay. I'm sure in a few months I'll wonder "what the hell was I thinking"?
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