My Online store

Time for shameless self promotion. Isn't it always? For all those interested in purchasing merchandise with original artwork by your truly, check out the online shop @ www.woundedlamb.com and click on DA STORE, or you can follow this link http://www.cafepress.com/woundedlamb and go directly to the storefront. There is something for everyone and I will be adding new products regularly. Men's apparel, women's apparel and much more, so go check it out and give someone an exclusive gift. The 2 images below are prints that can be ordered at the store.

Tattooing cartoon elephants

I did this simple tattoo recently of 2 elephants facing each other and forming a heart shape with their trunks. This is the process I went through with the client:
First she explained her idea to me, she wanted a lower back piece, not too detailed, of two elephants and two palm trees forming a heart shape in the center. I then drew up a quick sketch for her to approve or disapprove. This was just a quick scribble to show what I had in mind. I explained to her that the image would be flipped, so that the elephants would be forming the heart shape that she wanted.



She liked the idea, so I cleaned up the sketch flipped the image and used the copy machine to get the size that she wanted.



Then we sat down and tattooed it.


And there you have it.

Some more sketches

Here are a few sketches from my hard cover sketchbook. I will probably start cleaning these up and reposting them as completed pieces. These were done with color pencils, ball point pen, and brush markers of different colors.

Jason's new tat

It's been awhile since my last post. Here are a couple of pics of a tattoo that I did on my friend Jason Ramone recently. The tat says Gavin ( Jason's son) in graf, with a cartoon turtle doing the tagging. The M on the turtles hat and the turtle itself represent Jason's wife Michelle (who loves to collect turtle figurines). Jason is a very close friend, we always have a good time when we get together, so this was a labor of love for me. Below are some pics of Gavin and Jason, and the work in progress shots from initial concept to finished piece.

Some more scribbles

Here are some really rough sketches done in my hard cover sketchbooks with ball point pen and brush markers. When I sketch this way I try not to spend too much time on the sketches. Just a few minutes a piece. I don't concentrate on making anything accurate or pretty, but instead just let my pen flow and move on to the next sketch. Some are done while out on the road, some while watching movies and others are sketches from fashion magazines. the point is to keep yourself drawing daily and getting ideas down quickly.
These first couple are from imagination, memory, and magazines...















These are some vehicle sketches done quickly while out running errands...







These character designs were inspired while watching Scarface and Carlitto's Way...









Dairy Of A Mad Black Women...



Tombstone...







And finally storyboard roughs for the opening sequence of The Davinci Code...

DAVE STEVENS (1955 - 2008)

I just found out that artist Dave Stevens has passed away a few days ago from complications of leukemia at the age of 52. Dave was a friend, mentor and huge inspiration to many artist the world over. Below is a tattoo I did on a fellow fan of Dave's art. This happens to be one of my favorite Betty Page pin-ups that Dave drew. As you can see, I did not do it justice. The art world lost one of it's best. My deepest condolences to all his family and friends. You will be missed greatly - Rest in Peace my friend. http://www.davestevens.com/

Bagged and Boarded the movie

My good friend writter/director Ralph Suarez of Warm Milk Productions commissioned me to do a title logo for his film, Bagged and Boarded. You can check out all the details about the film by clicking on the title of this blog entry above, or check out Ralphy's production diary blog here http://ralphyfilm.blogspot.com/
I also have an earlier blog post that shows some of the character concepts I did for the film as well. The movie takes place in a comic shop, so he wanted a logo that resembled a comic book title. I send Ralphy some sketches, and he decided to use this one.