On your shoulder, ruining your hearing

From 2006, this was the original design for the Holden Caulfield "Boom Box" shirt.  Everything was done in Photoshop.

Here's the mock-up of the shirt.

In this final version, the printer called me an suggested that we change it to this so it was similar but easier and cheaper to print.  I still really like it, just not quite as much as the original.  Still, I can't argue with his logic at all.

Hitchcock still rules

This design is from the shower scene (not the typical shower scene) in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho".  I based the logo on the "Psycho" logo from the movie poster as well.  Janet Leigh really helped create, in my opinion, the most memorable shower scene from any film.

I did this design for Holden Caulfield in 2004 and quite a few hundred of these shirts sold (even in a pink version with a black background) for 4 years until the band broke up.

This is one version of the older posters.

Here's the mock-up of the t-shirt and...

...here's my friend Derek being nice enough to model the shirt.

Jumping hurdles

Here's the finished product.  Do you want to know how I got to this this?  Let's go on a little trip...

First, I saved this picture of them I found online.  Thanks, Erin Caruso.

Next, I cut all the background out of the picture then added the headstock to his guitar and the right side of his right shoe to the image.  I also used a halftone effect on this part of the flyer (not shown here - only in finished product above).

After that, I simply drew some lines with a Sharpie and scanned it into Photoshop.

Lastly, I painted a piece of paper with acrylic paint and scanned it into Photoshop.

After it was all said and done, I pieced it all together and came up with the final version that you see at the top of this post.  TA-DA!

Lloyd loves Diane

This was the first version of this flyer.  I wanted to make a mock of the classic '80's movie "Say Anything" poster.  The guy with the boom box and the boom box(es) were hand-drawn and scanned into Photoshop where the rest of the work was done.  Notice that he's holding the Decepticon Transformer, Shockwave.

Since I made one with Shockwave, I thought I should make one with his Autobot nemesis, Blaster.  Since this one was for the "good guys," I found it appropriate to lighten up the guy's t-shirt too.

This is what the original DVD cover for "Say Anything" looks like.

At least the scenery was nice

I found this image on the internet, made all the mountains even in the background, then added more sky.  It wasn't much work, but I love the way it looks.

There has to be a balance

I drew the skull and the flowers, scanned them, then did the background and text in Photoshop.

Space cowboys

Quick and simple because it was needed within an hour.  Found images and Photoshop.

The Stranger is back

This is a killer poster from Clint Eastwood's "High Plains Drifter" that I did a lot of tweaking to for this 11x17 poster while still giving a good tribute to the film.  The original, unedited, image that I used for this poster is below:

Ragnarök n' roll

All of these images were from photographs and were manipulated in Photoshop.  The 2 people were in separate pictures, and the cityscape and fire were separate as well.

Seeing red

This is a hand-drawn image of my friend James, scanned, and colored in Photoshop.  All the text, except for band descriptions, were hand-drawn as well.  These were printed in limited quantities as 11x17 posters.

Thank you, Mr. Cosell

This one was done in a hurry but I really liked the way it turned out.  Everything was done in Photoshop.

The end of an era

This was my first shot at drawing something by hand, scanning it into Photoshop, then coloring and additional elements to the drawing in Photoshop.  It honestly turned out exactly the way I wanted it to.

This was another drawing I did for this show.  We had 3 different 11x17 posters for sale in a set at the show.  They were limited to 150 sets.  The girl was drawn by hand, scanned into Photoshop, and the rest was done in Photoshop.  The Holden Caulfield logo at the top was created by Mark Bogacki.  

I wish I could go back and do the arm on this poster different.  The grass and arm were both from photographs and the zombies in the background were hand drawn then scanned into Photoshop.  I created this Holden Caulfield logo - it will be featured in a different blog post later.

This is the original drawing for the first poster.

We all have Dead Hearts

I hate that I missed this show.  This was done entirely in Photoshop.

Our own worst enemy

If I could do this flyer again, I think I would've made it an 11x17 format so the text wouldn't overlap the drawing.  I was never happy with the layout of this one, but I was always really happy with the drawing that I did for it.

Sometimes legends do die

This may be my favorite piece that I've ever done.


This was for the final show at a beloved, all ages venue.  Everyone was sad to see it go so I decided to mark the occasion with a tomb stone design.  It took a lot of work to take it from the image below to the image above.  All of the tweaks and changes were done in Photoshop.

On a side note, this show was insanely fun, literally.  Everyone there was a lot of fun and the bands were killer.  The reason for the show was sad, but the show itself was incredible.

This is the original image.

Robots will kill us all

This is how we're all going to die.  All work done in Photoshop in around 10 minutes.

Someone set us up the bomb

I love nose art from airplanes.  That's the correlation between the 2 images.  Also, who doesn't love gigantic planes and pinups? 

The Way of the Intercepting Fist

I remember how satisfied I was after I made this flier.  I've just always liked it and I think it's because it's rare to see a flier for a show that's in a landscape format.

Keep it simple

This was a really quick job. I tend to lean to a minimalistic style, which kind of shows here. This flier has an image from a comic called "Wrench Pilot" that used to appear in Transworld Skateboard magazine.  I always loved both the comic and the mag.

Truth be told, I'd approach this one slightly differently now.

You can't kill a dead man

This is a mock, just like the text in the image says, of Shephard Fairey's work on the Brother's Keeper "Fantasy Killer" album cover.  I took a photo of my friend Bobby, converted it to black and white, then started breaking down the shading in Photoshop to get the colors set up as close to the original as I could.  Fortunately, I had gotten the fonts from Shephard himself shortly after this album came out.  Don't take that as me saying that I know him, because I don't.  He's just a nice guy.