Holiday Sale!

Hey Folks! 

New work is inbound I promise, been working on some longer term projects that I can't show just yet, but soon! Till then everything in my store will be 40% off! Just enter HOLIDAYSALE as a discount code during checkout. Sale runs till Xmas eve!!

Día de los Muertos!

Happy day of the dead!

In honor of today I'd like to share my tribute to not only one of my video games of all time but one of my favorite stories ever.

If you grew up playing games in the 90s it's likely you played a Lucas Arts adventure game, classics like Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle and of course The Monkey Island series. The last adventure game to come out of Lucas Arts was Grim Fandango, an amazing film noir story set in the Mexican afterlife that blends an art deco design with day of the dead folk art and has a sound track that combines Jazz and Mariachi music. Was that a mouthful? I can't help it, there was so much going on but it all comes together so well, so AMAZINGLY well. Anyways if you don't know or haven't played it please look it up.

The man most responsible for this amazing piece of fiction is Tim Schafer, he now runs a company called Double Fine (of Kickstarter fame) based here in San Francisco. A few weeks ago I was honored to give him this piece as thanks for all the great stories and games over the years. I must also mention the amazing Peter Chan who's art is the major contribution to just how amazing this game ended up being. The game came out in 1998, almost nothing from back then holds up as well so many years later.

This painting was one of the more involved pieces I've made in a long time, above I've included  my progress through the piece.

Anyways, again happy Día de los Muertos, thanks to Tim Schafer and Peter Chan for creating such an amazing piece of fiction and happy childhood memories.

-Michael

Happy Halloween!

A quick one to get into the mood!

The goods and APE

Hi folks!

I'm happy to show off my new shirt! To debut this weekend (tomorrow!?) at APE in San Francisco. I'll be at table 729. 

The shirts are hand printed and each eye is hand painted by your truly. Shirts will be $20 and come in all the usual sizes (S-XL). The shirts will be available online after APE at my Store

This year I have a whole new selection of prints, none of these have been available at APE before, come check them out.

Prints will be $10 each but if you buy three they'r yours for only $20. Of course I'm also part of the Street Fighter Fan Art round up, details below.

Super excited, hope to see you all this weekend!

-Michael

Yoga Fire!

Hi folks! 

As a fun side project for this year's APE me and a few of my fellow exhibitors decided to make an Art Print scavenger hunt. Ladies and gentlemen, let me present to you:

The exhibitors involved include My self, Jose Moreno, Grim Wilkins, Dean Stuart, Kevin Wada and Colin Nitta. 

My fighter of choice, Dhalsim. 

Did we include your favorite fighter?  

It's October

Hi folks!

Well October is here, and it's stuffed to the brim with cool events and news.

First thing, A.P.E is just around the corner! October 13th and 14th. This will be my fourth year exhibiting, joining me will be an all star line up of the Bay area's best.

My longtime table mate Jose Moreno, best buds Grim Wilkins and Jenna Trost, Dean Stuart, Kevin Wada and Colin Nitta plus many more talented friends and associates. It's going to be an amazing show! Stay tuned for more updates as the show nears.

In other slightly separate news, Tr!ckster is opening a brand new store this month, I'm honored to be part of the grand opening Halloween art show. This show is going be something special, my small contribution can be seen below, this piece will also be available as a print at A.P.E.

Halloween Knight

Okay, that's it for now but expect frequent updates through out this month! Lots of things going on!

Thanks for dropping by,

-Michael