A Viking Keith Haring?
I saw a Viking gravestone from one thousand years ago that looks like it was made by Keith Haring.
Rapper as Pop Artist
Rapper Gucci Mane is the most amusing thing to happen to pop art since Jeff Koons.
The Hand-painted Neighborhood
San Francisco’s Mission District has the strongest visual character of any neighborhood I’ve ever visited. Here’s a photo gallery of my visit there.
Lighthouse Zine Project
I recently completed a zine-making project with the art class I teach for visually impaired teenagers at the Lighthouse International. A zine is a DIY homemade magazine. Our zines consist of drawings, writing, photocopied collage, Braille, and lots of John Mayer jokes.
I Fell in Love with a Ghoul
I haven’t been this crazy about a band since I was a Cobain-obsessed teenager. During the last month, my casual interest in early-80′s punk band The Misfits has mutated into a devilish craving. I’m a fiend. At first, I had written The Misfits off as just another low-fi thrashing experience, but then a series of [...]
New Smashing Article
I have written a new article titled Art Manifestos and Their Applications in Contemporary Design which has been published by my friends at Smashing Magazine. Please take a look and leave a comment! Thanks.
My Faux Rockwell
I stumbled across this in an old sketchbook today and just had to put it online because I still feel very affectionate for it. This is a (skewed, poorly lit) photo of an oil painting that I did in college. The assignment, given to students in the Illustration Department at Parsons School of Design by [...]
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