Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween

Have a good evening

October Catch Up


Having a full-time job again has been good... I can pay bills, buy food and gas, etc. without so much worry.  I haven't been blogging lately, but I've been actively Tweeting when I have a quick thought.

At the beginning of the month, I had the opportunity to submit artwork designs to Tyler Coomes aka Tycoon, he is a music producer on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label... Tycoon released "The Dark Side of Tycoon" (my last blog post), an album based on audio samples from Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." I drew up a few concepts for the cover art, all playing off of Pink Floyd's original artwork.


^^^This concept has the prism being wrapped with audio cables of various sizes (all black of course) and audio cables matching the colors of the rainbow exiting out.


^^^This one has replaced the prism with an MPC machine, which many beat producers have used over the years (a staple instrument in the hip hop biz), rainbow light or audio cables shooting out as before.

My concepts didn't make the cut...  Either one of these would have been fresh to create for the album, I still plan on making the first concept into a piece in the future, just for me~

The Bogeyman artshow (10-6-2011) at the MAC SPA was fun, it was my first time to show with Eric Matelski, an artist and friend that has been promoting 100+ artshows each year for the last 5 years...



The space looked great and Eric was grilling up fajitas for the patrons.
I didn't get a chance to meet Stan Yan, but I was still highly entertained by his illustrations, my favorite indeed!


Good times~

My studio-mate Delton invited me to help him bomb/tag a lobby for a wine tasting and release party. Infinite Monkey Theorem is a Denver-based winery, they just released their line of keg-wine called "Monkey Shine," a witty spin-off of the alcohol, moon shine...


We painted for 8 hours in the fumed out room, tags over tags over tags, multiple colors and styles gave the room an urban feel. Delton spent most of his time painting IMT's Monkey logo as the centerpiece to the madness...


The party was the following night of the Bogeyman show, on the rooftop of the historic "Ghost Building" on 18th and Stout in Denver, the cops stopped by a couple times so IMT was doing something right!


People were drinking wine out of mason jars in the spirit of the Prohibition days~
Last but not least for October, Delton and I came together on our first real collaborative art piece in two years! We rocked a Nintendo Entertainment System and converted it into a custom wall-mount arcade.


The finished piece consists of a CNC-routed acrylic cabinet, aluminum, MDF, flatscreen tv, and of course and original NES unit. Painted by Delton, and assembled by me. The unit was part of an 8-bit inspired artshow at Family Affair on Larimer Street in Denver. Please visit my Flickr page to see the piece built from start to finish. Thanks to Alexi for assisting us in the CNC-router department!

Delton and I have been discussing the rebranding of Broken Bread Arts, which we are going to be turning into Studio 72, this arcade unit is just the beginning of our collaborative efforts...  Stay tuned, and happy Halloween!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Dark Side of Tycoon



Tycoon vs. Pink Floyd... Free download! Have a good weekend and enjoy~
More info on Tycoon at www.tycoonbeats.com

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Golden Seconds have arrived!

ZIn a previous post, I had mentioned the Golden Paints' Seconds program... Well, I filled out the online application, requested quantities, and BAM!!! 50lbs. of acrylic paint boxed up and shipped out to my studio!

I had to pay for the shipping (I still have to technically...), but I really don't care because I'll be paying less than $2.00 per 16oz. container... The Seconds color selection isn't the full spectrum of their normal colors, but I think if I requested more in the future I could stack different a wicked set of pro paints in a bigger range of colors. Awesome! This really made my day, Thanks Golden Paints!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Group Show at the MAC SPA

(facebook release)
THE MACSPA & ART PIMP PRODUCTIONS presents the BOGEYMAN group art show. OCTOBER 3rd through 29th 2011 at The MacSpa 1738 Wynkoop, Suite 103 Denver, CO 80202. Reception will be held Thursday, October 6th 6-9pm.

Bogeyman, El Cucuy, El Cuco, The Sack Man, BoBo, no matter what you call him or her, this amorphous imaginary being has been used to frighten children into behaving for centuries. Every culture and family has a different story of the bogeyman. The Bogeyman art show features artists’s own version of the Bogeyman.

Opening Art Reception will be held Thursday, October 6th 6-9 p.m.. This event is Free to the public. Artists will be on site, Tricks and Treats will be served. Reception includes a special record release and live Skype Concert by the band THE LONE GARAGE MASSACRE. Plus local artist and supernatural-mystery author Mario Acevedo will lead a $5 neighborhood walking tour at 8p.m. showcasing the spooky history of LoDo.

Special “Afraid of the Dark” Reception featuring Zombie Caricature artist Stan Yan and another chance to walk with author Mario Acevedo through Denver while learning about our city’s spooky past Saturday October 22nd 10 a.m. - 2 p.m..(Pre-Zombie Crawl). Guests will have a chance to become a Zombie. Stan Yan will be creating Zombicatures on site. Prices ranging from $20-$40.

The MacSpa Regular Hours are: Monday - Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., Friday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. -12 p.m.

Bogeyman artists include: Kyle Banister, Eric Matelski, Tadd Moskal, Scott Ramsay, Jeff Erwine, Chris Schranck, Tony Zellaha, Kamla Presswalla, Harrison Nealey and more + special featured artists:
Cori Buchholz & her Crochet Zombie Dolls
Stan Yan, full-time Denver freelance cartoonist and Illustrator. Stan will have his zombie caricature drawings on display. (Stan will be on site for the Afraid of the Dark Reception Oct. 22nd 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the MacSpa to create personal Zombicatures for guests).

Any and all questions can be addressed by contacting Eric Matelski at ArtPimpInfo@mac.com 303-898-4350


TheMacSpa.com
Artpimponline.com