Walking Contradiction Drawings

Here are some drawings I dug up that I had done on spec for the Green Day in 1996 or so. They were for a single release for the song, Walking Contradiction, from their album, Insomnia. You may not recognize them because they were not used. The drawings were met with silence and so I assume that they were not really what the band was looking for at the time. Nonetheless, I've always been fond of them, especially the bird with the tweeting naked man on his shoulder. These are from a period where I was preoccupied with classic Hanna Barbara cartoon character design (I still am).

Lookout Records 1999 Winter Catalog Cover

This is something I uncovered while digging through some old Lookout-related art archive CD-Rs. It's a drawing I did that I'd originally imagined being used for The Mr. T Experience - maybe a 7" cover or t-shirt. Ultimately, it was a little too specific and didn't correlate to anything MTX was doing at the time so instead it became the cover art for the 1999 / 2000 Lookout Records printed catalog.

"Cosmic Boat" Drawings

This is a drawing I did for a comic project I am working on. It's a one-panel page and the comic will be called something like "Space Boat" or "Cosmic Ship." I've also included two pencil sketches of the same image to show what my illustration process is.

More Drawings / Artings

Here is the final Adam and Eve image; created for my friends Billy & Dolly's new album, In The Beginning. See the post below for some earlier versions of the artwork.
And while I'm at it, here's a Halloween-themed birthday drawing for Desmond (his birthday is at the end of October).

Adam & Eve Drawing

Here is a drawing I did that was intended for my friends' album cover. Earlier, I had drafted out some different concepts and while they ultimately decided they would go with one of those, I liked this one and decided to see it through for my own amusement. It can be hard to leave what you believe might be a good idea unfinished. It can also be ridiculously easy too...

Below are some of my earlier passes / versions of this image. I plan at some point to post a finished piece and include all of the mistakes, dead-ends, failed attempts and sketches that helped me get there - usually each project results in quite a pile of "notes."

Drawing

Here is a drawing I did as sort of a test for a comic project I am still formulating. It's a depiction of a man stranded on a strange planet - hence the spacesuit - coming across something buried under the ground. I did some quick greyscale shading in Photoshop to see if it made the image more dynamic but I've decided the next pass will take be from a more dramatic vantage point.

Frank Portman "Andromeda Klein" Flier

Here is a flier I did for my the book release party for my friend Frank's new novel, "Andromeda Klein." Frank is singer / guitar-er / songwriter for The Mr T Experience and wrote the book, "King Dork."