Tuesday, December 11, 2007

1987 To Present (updated regularly)

TYMPANI GIRLS

BAGPIPER AT EDINBURGH CASTLE, San Francisco / on-site sketchbook drawing
KITCHEN SCENE / plus two detail shots / from video stills


CHILD HIVE / 1992
UB JAM COMIC PAGE #6 / background texture and "S's" by das
PONY GIRL and FLOWERS / acrylic on masonite 17 x 36"
SHOOTIN' CLOWN and FRIENDS / 1989
"GATEWAY OF FRUIT LOOPS" CASSETTE COVER / for Big City Orchestra, 1988
50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PORTRAIT COMMISSION / and three detail shots
(sadly, these are video stills, I never got good photos of this piece)



THE SMOKER, American Indian Folk Tale Comic Story / page 1 / 1989
AUDIOVIEW COMIC / pages 1 and 2 / text by das
"FRUIT LOOP/TAPE LOOP" story, page 2 / text by das
JUST SAY NOISE T-Shirt / for Big City Orchestra, 1992
STOVE WARMING / watercolor and crayon / 24 x 36"
STOVE WARMING / detail

ABOVE: California Map

BELOW:
UB JAM PAGE 10 / Shackles and Breasts
/ bkgrnd spongework and text by das

KARAWANE comic page (1 of 1), upper left panel by Mike Dringenberg, text by das
DEVLIN portrait
BLUE MUSE (commissioned portrait of musical instruments)

BAT GIRL
SELF-PORTRAIT ON NAUTICAL MAP
W.T.B.N. STICKER (for Big City Orchestra) Multiple-pass color copy print. Used on many pieces on this site, the technique was developed and used mainly between 1982 to 1997, and involved running the same piece of stock through the color copier several times, building up layers of toner and imagery. Nowadays, these effects can (almost) be achieved using modern desktop computer methods, but without the subtleties of tone and textural impasto effects of ink on top of ink.
COSEY (FANNI TUTTI) CARTER WEARING MY W.T.B.N. T-SHIRT
SONIDOS DE VERDAD CD COVER ORIGINAL ART (for Neighborhood Bass Coalition)
CRYSTAL BALL / watercolor and metallic acrylic on specialty paper

DOG FLAUTIST
DRAWING INSTRUCTOR FROM AN 1890 YEARBOOK
BALBOA CAFE (in San Francisco) / portrait commission / watercolor

CHOTCHKE T-SHIRT DESIGN (for the band CHOTCHKE)
CHOTCHKE POSTER / first gig / multiple-pass color print
CHOTCHKE POSTER / second gig

CHOTCHKE POSTER / multiple-pass color print, all hand-lettered



CHOTCHKE POSTER / multiple-pass print special edition, all bassoons hand-rendered



CHOTCHKE POSTER / PETROGLYPHS / based on actual ancient petroglyphs
CHOTCHKE UPSIDE-DOWN SAND DRAWING POSTER
UNTITLED COMIC PAGE / top right panel later used in Sonidos De Verdad cd packaging art, Neighborhood Bass Coalition
ADRIENNE PORTRAIT (40 x 40 inches)
AQUARIUS RECORDS (San Francisco) ORIGINAL POSTER ART / hand-lettered
ARCHER (green) / hand-colored (flourescent) color copy
ARCHER (red) same spec.s as above
BIG CITY ORCHESTRA / CRASH WORSHIP POSTER / multiple-pass color print

BEATLERAPE TEASER FLIER / for BCO
SALTY SEA SHANTIES / ORIGINAL LP COVER / lino block print / for Big City Orchestra
BILL HEAD LOGO
BILL SHOOTER (18x30 inches)
UNTITLED SKETCHBOOK PAGE
BLINDFOLDED MAN / sketchbook page
WOLFGANG VON SAUERBRATEN
BLUE GIRL / page from a tiny hand-drawn book
BOMB MAGAZINE COVER COMMISSION / multiple-pass print
BONE WHIPPER ( 24 x 38 inches )
BOX OF PEACHES

CAT SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS / sketchbook
THE CHURCH OF BILL / ink and watercolor, all hand-lettered / 26 x 38 inches



CURB GIRLS / right side, and left side

DEKALB GODDESS / sketchbook


DRACULA'S WIVES

HAND IN MY HEAD / CD promo postcard / for Neighborhood Bass Coalition
HAND IN MY HEAD / CD COVER
HAND IN MY HEAD / CD TRACKLIST
THE CELEBRITY CAVALCADE OF SPECTACULAR VARIETY SHOW / CD cover

CELEBRITY CAVALCADE... PROMO POSTCARD
DUTCHMAN / theatrical poster
EXISTENTIAL CHILDREN'S STORIES / theatrical play program cover
EXISTENTIAL CHILDREN'S STORIES / program back cover original art

UNCONSCIOUS RHYMES FOR OUR TIMES / theatrical poster original art
EDIBLE PARTS OF MALE HEAD DIAGRAM /
image for the film MAN IS ON THE MENU, hand-drawn

ESCARGOT MAGAZINE COVER / original art
SICK AND TIRED 7-INCH RECORD COVER COMMISSION
FAMILY ISSUES

FETUS FLOWER
CASSETTE DANCERS / all hand-drawn
FISH LADY
FISHNET, ROPE, AND CROP / from a tiny hand-drawn book
FLEXIBLE GRANDPA / 20 x 36 inches
FOREST DREAM
THE SEVEN SEAS / TRYST # 7 magazine illustration / multiple-pass print custom version


THREE GENERATIONS ( 36 x 24 inches ) with two detail shots from same


GIRL IN THE RUINS
HAIR MARBLES (DETAIL)
LIGHTBULB ROBOT (DETAIL)
HANGING BOY / sketchbook
HARP SEAL / multiple-pass print
SAMPLE PAGE FOR HO CHE ANDERSON (number one)
SAMPLE PAGE FOR HO CHE ANDERSON (number two)
I SPIN ON YOUR GRAVE / CD COVER ORIGINAL ART / for Neighborhood Bass Coalition
I SPIN ON YOUR GRAVE / CD BACK COVER ORIGINAL ART/
designed to have graphics over it

JOKER / from a tiny hand-drawn book
LEATHER
PROMO POSTER / NEIGHBORHOOD BASS COALITION
LUGGAGE LABEL / sketchbook
TERRORISM / magazine illustration original art
MONTY PORTRAIT
METAL GIRLS / metallic-iridescent acrylic
HAND-DRAWN NBC LOGOS

NECK NEEDLE / from a tiny hand-drawn book
NOISE KANJI LOGO / all hand-drawn
...OH YOU SQUID! / sketchbook

OUTLAW RADIO / CD COVER ORIGINAL ART / for Neighborhood Bass Coalition
OUTLAW RADIO CD BACK COVER / designed to have graphics laid in
TOXI NOISE BREAKS POSTER / original art
GENTLEMAN PARROT
LADY WHO PASSED A PIN THROUGH HER ARM (that she swallowed at age six)
POISONING / sketchbook
POLICEMAN / SHOOTING TARGET
TODDLER / SHOOTING TARGET
PREGNANT LADY / SHOOTING TARGET (these three were part of a big set of targets, drawn quite large, and as quickly as possible)
AURICULAR MAGAZINE TRADING CARD SET / ORIGINAL ART

POODLE GIRL / sketchbook
PUZZLE GIRLS / hand-drawn onto blank puzzle
PUZZLE LADY
PUZZLE ANIMALS
THE HISTORY OF TOAST / EL TOSTO / screen print proof copy on felt, for the T-shirt set
THE HISTORY OF TOAST / THE BREAKFAST QUEEN / original art
QUIET VILLAGE / 42 x 26 inches

THE RAPTURE / PAGE ONE / COMIC BOOK TEST PAGE
THE RAPTURE / TEST PAGE / pencil, 8 x 11 inches
THE RAPTURE / CHARACTER DESIGN / with hand-lettered logo
THE RAPTURE / CHARACTER DESIGNS / with hand-lettered logos
TRIBAL MASKS (series of four)



BARBIE AND ROBOT
WORLD OF SCIENCE / CD COVER ORIGINAL ART / for Neighborhood Bass Coalition
ROMANCE / 13 x 16 inches
SEA TOTEM
SHELLY / PORTRAIT COMMISSION / 12 x 20"
SHIP EXPLODING / sketchbook
PREP. SKETCH FOR AN EROTIC SANRIO COMMISSION
SKY DREAM / multiple-pass print, 1988
GIRLS AND GUNS / detail of a larger comic page
SLOTH / watercolor
SPIDER KIDS / PAGE ONE original art
SPIDER KIDS / PAGE TWO / multiple-pass print
SPIDER KIDS / PAGE THREE / multiple-pass print
CRYSTAL BALL / sketchbook
STRETCH IT / sketchbook
TAPE HEAD / sketchbook
THERMAL GIRL / left side
THERMAL GIRL / right side


THREE WITH ONE WITHOUT / acrylic on gold-flecked paper, 22 x 36 inches
RACECAR DREAM / sketchbook
TRILOBYTE GIRLS ( 58 x 24 inches )
TRYST # 5 MAGAZINE COVER / all hand-drawn
TRYST # 8 MAGAZINE COVER / original art
TWO FRIENDS / colored pencil, 24 x 38 inches
URBAN FORAGERS / MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION
VICTROLA LADY / COMIC PAGE
THE VISIBLE CAT WOMAN ( 18 x 30 inches )
VOTE FOR ME / STICKER ART ORIGINAL (for Neighborhood Bass Coalition)


WINDY'S LION
WRASSLING GIRLS
WRESTLING GIRLS / watercolor, 24 x 36 inches