I was going through some files and came across these unused pieces I did earlier this year for a client. Getting in the holiday spirit, these are up for a free download for anyone that can find use of them.  Not sure where they would fit in but perhaps some sports related work or icons.  These are completely customizable .ai files (illustrator). Download here. 

A friend of mine recently came across an interesting photo shoot for Empire Online’s 20th Birthday Portfolio.  The one image that grabbed his attention was the shot of Gerard Butler (Right) dressed in business casual attire holding a spartan shield.  I had a similar idea that I created last year for a Cinemax campaign (Left) that featured the movie 300 as well.  The concept was an everyday person imaging themselves as a spartan in a modern world.  Anyway I think it’s kind of cool seeing a illustrated version and a closely related photograph.

Public Ad Campaign recently took over the streets of NYC whitewashing over 120 unlawful NPA billboards.  A couple of people were arrested during this process however the end result according to the organizers was dubbed great success.  Some of the whitewashed billboards was later turned into art pieces created by various artists around the city. 

If you are in New York today and have some time, the Cut & Paste Global Championship is taking place at theHammerstein Ballroom at 7:00. Ticket prices are $15 online and $20 at the door and please note this is a 21+ event. 

Since summer has official ended and change is in the air, I decided it was time to change the look of my site sametomorrow.com as well.  Although the layout is somewhat the same, the color scheme has changed as well as some other small tweaks here and there. I cleaned up the CSS quite a bit, well as far as I could for someone who doesn’t code and also a couple new projects are up. Any comments, suggestions, hates, feel free to let me know. Thanks. 

Things Drunk People Say is a great book that features a bunch of overheard drunk quotes that have been collected and separated into 4 categories: Getting There; Going...Going; Gone; and Morning After.  Each quote is interpreted as an illustration making this colorful and humorous book a great coffee table item or just simple a good read.  This book was published by my friends girlfriend, Kathleen Go and is distributed by Skyhorse Publishing.  I’m glad I got to participate in this project as I was asked to help create a couple of illustrations for this book along with a couple of other people.  The book is now on sale at places such as Urban Outfitters, Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Pick one up today!

The other day I found out that MoMA will be having an exhibition starting in November 22, 2009 running until April 26, 2010 (My Birthday) featuring the works of visionary master Tim Burton.  This will be a must see exhibit for me and I’m sure many others as well.  The works will include pieces from his early childhood to present and will be conveyed through a variety of mediums including drawings, paintings, storyboards, digital formats, props, costumes and the list goes on.  Many unseen works will be shown as well as non-movie art work that he has done throughout his career.  Be sure to save the date as this will be one show that you will not want to miss.

Jacques Tati is a French filmmaker who’s new site recently wonFWA site of the day.  I have seen more and more hand made / crafted sites and designs lately but this one is one of the better ones out there. A lot of thought and effort goes into creating something like this and the best part is you can take a look at the making of Jacques Tati’s site. 

I will be out of town for a couple days so have a great 4th of July everyone and be safe.

A good friend of mine from Orlando recently just got engaged and was looking for some wedding announcements.  He wanted it to be a two sided post card style with a sort of organic theme, I gladly accepted to help design the announcements for him and his gf.  I’m excited for them as they are both really awesome people, congrats you two..

I was contacted a couple weeks ago by the curator of the Digital Art Gallery for MacWorld and he told me that Steve Wozniak saw my design at the show and wanted a signed copy for himself to display in his home.  For those who don’t know Steve he is pretty much the Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Edison of our time, Wozniak created the 1st ever Apple computer in the mid 70’s and is a co-founder of Apple along with Steve Jobs, he was also recently on Dancing With The Stars haha.  When I first heard the news my instant reaction was “Wow, damn what a huge honor, I can’t believe it!”, to have someone with such a status as him wanting one of my design’s is just shocking.  I received the printed poster earlier this week and signed it then dropped it off at the post office where it will now ship back to California to get framed before getting delivered to the legend himself, Steve Wozniak. 

I submitted an illustration a couple months ago for the OFFF 2009 Catalogue and I just received word the other day that my design was selected and will appear in the book. Thanks OFFF!

Kevin Tong has a nice collection of beautifully illustrated posters for various bands including The Shins, MGMT, Tapes N Tapes, Jenny Lewis and many others. 

While browsing around the web today, I stumbled across the work of Russian designer Yulia Brodskaya.  This award winning and published designer has some of the most amazing Paper Graphic artwork that I have seen.  Every piece is so intricate and flawless and there’s so many of them, take a look for yourself.

I recently created a wallpaper for the FWA that is now up, and can be download for numerous screen resolutions. Check it out here under wallpapers.