HAKAS!

I think I'll just let this one speak for it's self...

The Balloons - "Pop" Music

I've been pretty busy with various visual projects, so it's nice to get to post something musical for a change. Matt and I have been constantly moving over the past couple of years, so it's been hard to sit down and actually record as a band. But now that we're both living in Seattle with no signs of moving again in the near future, we've gotten back into the swing of things.

Over the past couple of months we've been putting together this EP. These songs have been in various demo states for a while, so it's nice to have finalized versions. You can download it here at our bandcamp, or listen to it below.



(Oh yeah, that's me singing on "Loops" and we changed our band name. I guess I forgot to mention that.)

Animation!

I couldn't sleep, so I gave animation a try...






























It's based on this little design I did of a robot a while ago. I wanna try and make a comic out of this guy... eventually.

Happy (late) Birthday Mario

On September 13th last year, the original Super Mario Bros. for the NES turned 25. To honor our Japan-born, Italian friend I decided to do a little watercolor painting for the special day. Mario's seen better days, but come on, 25 years of princess saving's gonna put a few wrinkles on anyone's face.


















I know that this is a little late. I'd been meaning to post it for about 9 months now, but I sorta forgot. Sorry Mario. I love you.

Bros and Cons

This Friday (May 20th @ 6pm) is the opening of Owen Evans' and my art show, "Bros and Cons." If you're in the Phoenix area, you should stop by The Trunks Space, say hi, and then check out all the artwork that might be about death, but that's OK, because it'll still make you feel good. Also, I'm flying back to Phoenix for this, and if you come out it'll make it feel like I didn't waste all that money on a plane ticket when I could have been paying off student loans.

Here's a section from a bigger piece as a preview:

T-shirts!

After the earthquake last year in Haiti my mom and brother went down there with a group from their church to help rebuild an orphanage that was destroyed. While they were there they spent all their down time playing games and flying kites with the kids. In that time my mom fell in love with three amazing kids; Michelove her brother Moise, and their 3 year old sister Sophonie. My mom's talked about adopting for years now, so it was no surprise to me that that's exactly what she and my dad had in mind.
After getting a chance to go to Haiti and meet the kids last summer, I wanted to do something to help out my parents with the adoption. So my family and I came up with a plan to design and sell t shirts to raise money. Here they are:






















You can buy them directly from the side bar on the right. They're $18 a piece, and all the proceeds go towards the adoption.

Funny Button Art Shows

I live in Washington now. I don't know if I mentioned that yet. Anyway, here in Washington there's a house venue called The Funny Button, and at every show there's an impromptu, collaborative art exhibition that gets made and put up about an hour before everything starts. Each art show has a theme that usually gets decided on a few days prior, but you aren't allowed to make anything until the day of the event. Now that that's explained, here are a few of the things I've made for the past couple shows.

The theme of the show for the first three was "Having a Good Time."




















































These next two were for the theme "Golden Oldies"





































These little art shows are a ton of fun, so you'll probably see more of these in the future.