abe's DED

when i said scanner willing....

...i meant it. i cannot get this damn ting to work..anyways here's a photo f what i drew today...

i was going to drunkenly fumble through a decemberists show posterafter seeing them live...but apparently people can't handle snow, ever...the show isn't even canceled so i can't get my ticket money back. damn weather pussies...we only got 6 inches...not blizzard weather at all.

BITTER

introducing DED

Hello everyone, today marks the beginning of February a cold, windy month with no hope of spring and my birthday is a day or so away. i will be 27. This has always been some magical age for me so now that i'm finally there i don't really know how to feel...disappointed i guess. Nothing to show for it, no respect , no love, no website, no money, no (real) job, no ANYTHING!

I've had a new ocmputer for a month and barley lifted a finger. My drafting table and desk are covered with junk (not that that's new) and despite loving where i am living right now i've settled into a lazy and not terribly creatively productive routine.

In attempts to correct this i am starting DESIGN EVERY DAY or DED (dead) for short. Because if i don't do this i may as well be dead.

For the entire month of February I will design, draw, craft or create something to completion everyday. I'm leaving the spectrum wide open for myself so i can try and choose interesting topics that i can get done quickly, because i also have a life to live, jobs to search for and a laundry list of ongoing creative projects that cannot be done in a day.
This will keep me on my toes, make me organize my tiny space even more and try and get this blog back on track.

Scanner permitting i will post each project here at the end of each day. For me the day ends when I go to sleep so count on a lot of 2 am posts. If I go away on weekends or somehow cannot post a picture the night of (let's face it, my birthday IS coming up) I will post double/triple the next day...so by the end of this month i will have at least 28 things...HOORAY!

For today i made the first of many logos for DED, it's aqua and ochre yellow...my favs. As an extra I also complete a pinup. here ya go internet, see you tomorrow...

Big Things

in less than a week i will be 27 years old. 27 and not much to show for it. i work retail for chump change, live with friends because they're cutting me a huge deal and all in all even with my new computer i just haven't been feeling very creative. i've barely drawn anything in months other than for presents and mild attempts to be happy.

NO MORE !

when i was younger, i met most of my cool hatcha illustrator friends who inspired me to not go into animation and jump headlong into illustration. Most of them were 27 so it's always been this awesome magical age to me. so starting in february there are going to be changes, daily updates and lots of stuff happening.

stay tuned viewers and thanks.

Detroit Urban Craft Fair

Getting ushered into the Detroit craft community and I love it.
I had a bang up first day at DUCF, it pretty much obliterated my stock of well...everything. I sold out of Ackbar reprints, I have no more business cards, I'm down to one Lockemonster, I only have 4 owls left, one sugar skull....yeah you get the idea...things are GONE.

so THANK YOU to everyone came by today and supported!

Tonight despite paint and fatigue I am working to build at least some stock for tomorrow. sadly, all the owl shapes I had cut are all cream and beige...so maybe not the most colourful display tomorrow.

also in exciting news I just returned from a 24 hours kinkos with hot steamy new Ackbar prints. so have hope friends, it's a new day...

Sketchbook catch up

yeah that's right, i have still not uploaded what i drew in the last couple week of school. not like i've been drawing a lot lately, i am a bum . i'm just in a bad way.











also, don't forget that everything that i've ever made that isn't bound in a sketchbook is for sale! i'm also taking commissions at very reasonable prices...and everyone who buys something between now and december gets entered to win a neat little price pack.

help me get a new computer so i can keep making awesome art for everyone!

Get your wallets ready...it's a SALE!

so here's the skinny. I am running out of room and looking to clean house of some illustrations. I also still need a new computer and money for things so I can continue doing what I love do and better maintain this blog.

so I'm have a crazy art sale!


you see all this paper and board...this is about half of what I really have, which is good, because I'll be taking crazy cheap commissions from now until December (in case you need something rad as a Christmas gift)

Little fanart paintings:
Black and white sketches will only be $10
Full colour watercolour or gouache only $25

these can be darn near anything you want me to draw.
I will also be taking caricature commissions for larger studio pieces at reduced prices. This includes family or couple drawings, which make great gifts.

On top of all this awesome, just about everything i've drawn up to today is for sale, including pieces from my final thesis, so all the watercolour caricatures and the freakshow paintings.
if you spool through this blog and see anything you like just e- mail me about it or comment. everyone needs cool original art and i want you to have mine!


and here's some older pieces for sale to a good home

giraffe-$30


Deer-$50


Batgirl-$10


robots-$25


super ladies-$25 each w/frames

***also bonus! everyone that buys some art or commissions me for a piece will have a chance to win an extra goodie bag!