Bubble Tea Time

The Bubble Tea designs I did for the local shop, minus logo and border.
They were super fun to do. I had a few more crude and rude sketches, and the little girl one with the dress didn't fly. "Too cute" and all, but these are kinda goofy and I hope they will pleas bubble tea drinkers across the land.


Digital line art is always a pain in the B. I think I should just do it on paper next time... in real life... buuut no, I went with the pixels. Pixels are ooookkkkk. I mean, we cool, pixels an' me. I just OCD over some of the curves sometimes.

I like the cup dude vs. the boba tapioca balls. That worked out nicely.

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Portal 2 Chell pin up, the cheese cake isn't a lie.

Portal 2 was awesome. Actually, it still IS awesome. So go buy it if you haven't. It's puzzles plus clever humor, not that toilet humor that promulgated in most modern games! Speaking of bad taste, here's a pin up I made of the main character, Chell, along with her companion cube.

Yes, she's got booty shorts. Yes her head is ginormous. But is there really a problem with that? No. There isn't.

But seriously, if you haven't done the portal thing, it's short(ish) and rewarding.

Otherwise you'll miss out on all the internet memes, like "The cake is a lie." and a bunch of stuff about lemons and Cave Johnson. You'll see.

case closed.
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Let's trade links

Ok, so sidebar links.

Let's trade them.

If you'd like me to add your blog/site/store to my sidebar, lemme know about it. Drop a comment or an email or whatevs, but I've had the same links for like 5 years on the side of this site, and while I respect all of those guys, I don't even talk to some of them that frequently, so I'd like to get some more peeps into the mix. Hit me up and let's drive traffic to each other's drawing holes. (*_*) Ya, I said "drawing holes".

I post art here.
I tweet as artist_andrew.
And I also TUMBLR here.

And this wouldn't be a post without some sort of drawing. Here's the shell, I'mma put on the back of the postcard. Portal 1 style, SORT of. Of course I have to re-make it to be bobbleheaded, sexyish, and totally weird. THAT'S WHAT I DO. I'll post the card up middle of this week. There are still a few tweaks to be made.


be seeing you,
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MegaMan tribute piece

Udon is publishing a MegaMan tribute book. I had the honor of being included in the book which is chalk full of user submissions and professional invitations.

I really had fun with this illustration. This year I've gotten much better at painting full scenes with a little more composition and allot more polish. Aside from my recent Crazy 4 Cult piece, this one was one of my favorite's this year (including all the postcard illustrations).

Andrew Wilson's MegaMan Tribute piece.

Although I've got to tell you that I'm working on something that should kick the crap out of all these other paintings. But we'll keep that a secret until next week. Shall we?

Here's some info on the book that's coming out:
MEGA MAN TRIBUTE LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER

-the book is premiering at the San Diego Comic-con at the UDON booth (#5037), July 20-24

-for fans not attending the show, you can preorder the book at UDONstore.com (http://www.udonstore.com/Mega-Man-Tribute-HC-Udon-Store-Exclusive-p/mega-man-tribute-exclusive-hc.htm )

cheers,
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Print purchase link

The link for the print is up: http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/la/rain.html Thanks for inviting me to be part of the show, Gallery1988.

I'm not sure how many are left, but they make sweet gifts for that 80's child buddy of yours.

cheers,
&.

Crazy 4 Cult book signing

Tomorrow at noon - swing by Gallery1988 on Melrose for the Crazy 4 Cult book signing.

Several artists including myself will be there signing books and talking about our fond memories of the shows past (and perhaps plotting our shows future). Hell, maybe if you stop by we can strategize on what movies I'll pick for next year (assuming my head doesn't explode and I never get that far).

Here are some pics I shot of the piece of mine that made it into the book. Thanks Jensen (or editors or whoever).


Be seeing you,

&Rew.

Crazy 4 Cult 5 show: Goonies, Predator, Never Ending Story, Big Trouble in Little China

This is the Crazy 4 Cult 5 piece that I did this year. As stated before, it's 18"x24". I'm calling it "1984-1987". Depending on who you ask, those were good years for movies.

These are going on sale tomorrow at Gallery1988 in Los Angeles. I currently don't have a "to purchase link" so you'll have to email the gallery if you want one, but as soon as they provide me with a link, I'll put one up.

The edition size is 88 (as in gallery 1988) and they are actually going to be on sale for $70 as opposed to $88.

The prints are giclee and done by a REALLY quality shop on nice paper so they're worth every penny. I can also guarantee you that if you like my art, you'll love this print. It's one of the best pieces I've cranked this year and it took me weeks to do.

Share the love of this piece if you like it and pass it around to your friend(s). I don't want it to get lost in a corner of the internet because, well, I poured so much life into this piece...



And for those of you who are "age challenged" the movies are:
Predator
Goonies
Big Trouble in Little China
Never Ending Story

cheers,
&.

Crazy4Cult 5 art show is coming up

Ok, so I'm going to drop a little about the show and the piece I did for it.

This coming Friday in LA is the annual Crazy4Cult art show. It's at Gallery1988 and if you CAN get there and haven't been before, it's fucking awesome.

This is the fifth year and I did a limited edition 18x24 print for it. There will be 88 of them available.

Here's the postcard for the show with a small version of the image:



This thing is JAM PACKED with references to 4 80's movies which I hold very near and dear to my heart.

I had been planning this piece for almost a year before I forced time in to work on it and I think it's one of my best piece yet, but to be honest, you've got to see the print. It's ok in pixel form, but it's way better actual sized and in person. So you've got to go to the event and check it out.

It's called "1984-1987 at 1988" - There will be 88 prints available and they're going to be going for 88 bucks a piece.

There's a framed hand embellished piece in the gallery that will be going for $150.

Here's the digital sketch I made before I started the piece. I'll post up a big version of the final piece tomorrow.


Oh - and do not ask me what movies these are... cause you better f_cking KNOW. (^__^)

cheers,
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Metroid's Samus Aran Pin Up Art

Submitted for your pleasure - the finished version of the Samus Aran art.



You may notice that she's got the color scheme from the original Metroid (not the zero suit). Although the zero suit was an obvious choice, I like to call back to the most retro of retros. Gas tank is an "E-tank", The "Bailey" on the side refers to a code from the NES original metroid "Justin Bailey" Which isn't a name but a description, but I won't get into that now. Narpas Sword is also printed on the side.

There's a super missile there popping up next to Samus and she's hugging on to a Metroid, of course.

I will make a postcard of this one at some point, although the whole point of these was to find a design for the front cover of the Postcard book - which doesn't seem to be happening, especially with the new Chell Portal 2 art I"ll be doing.

You will have to bear with me though, it will be done dammit, but every other illustration just adds something cool to the book. It's not a loss but a gain.

cheers,
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Boba Tea Lid

Earlier last week I was doing some designs for a Boba Tea lid for a local shop. This is one of the failed attempts, but I thought it was super cute so I'mma post it.

Here's the clean lineart next to the sketches.

cheers,
&.

Back in black silhouette

It seems like every time I do a new one of these I've got to apologize for being rusty. Truth is that I've been avoiding certain art pieces with other art pieces. Such is the case, all the pin ups on this blog as of late has been in the way of doing more silhouettes which I really missed doing. So I rocked out one of these last night.

And ya, I'm rusty as hell.
edit: i forgot to mention that this piece was heavily inspired by han solo trapped in carbonite. Can't you tell?

I may as well post the tracks that inspired it.

Both Glitch mob tracks:






Enjoy the music and the art.

be seeing you,
&.

Portal 2 Chell Pin up

You asked for it. (Death and FBT). You're gonna get it.

Portal 2 Chell Pin up sketch:
be seeing you,
&Rew.