WOO-HOO!

They have arrived.






Bill and I WILL have the playing cards available for our Action Figure Freddy signing in San Francisco tomorrow, 7-10pm. I will also have a small number of Movies R Fun with me too, as well as prints.
Then after Comic-Con, my book, more prints, AND the playing cards will be available here at my store for those who can't muster the stinky, nerd funk of Comic-Con.

UPDATE: Lots of questions about prices...
Movies R Fun book- $30.... or a long 4 minute hug/embrace from Katy Perry
50 Intercontinental Cuties playing cards- $25.... or a plate of hot corndogs and a side of candy corn... served by Katy Perry.

San Diego Comic-Con BOOTH 4800 and ACTION FIGURE FREDDY signing

Attention stalkers,
next week you can find me at the San Diego Comic-Con Booth 4800 alongside Bill Presing, Scott Morse, and Jeff Pidgeon. In the program guide, the booth is listed as Red Window. I'll be there for the entire week with books, playing cards, prints, and original art/commissions.

And after the sun goes down, you might be able to find me in a nearby alley next to an unmarked van that may or may not have a selection of exotic animals for sale. I bet your apartment would look sweet with a baby leopard wandering about. What about your boring jacuzzi tub? I can get you a dolphin. Not boring anymore, is it?

DO NOT ask where the animals came from, it's not your business... cash only please.




Can't make it to Comic-Con? You can find me alongside Bill Presing at Action Figure Freddy in San Francisco, this Friday July 16th 7 to 10pm, signing prints and (god willing) pre-Comic-Con, advance copies of our playing cards (if they arrive by then). Action Figure fingers crossed.

"Let me tell you something (inappropriate), pendejo....."

Been wanting to do a Jesus/Lebowski drawing for a long time. And since I just finished it, I'm making this a ComicCon exclusive print! It'll be similar to the 13x19 available here with the silver border design too. I'll also have the book, other prints from the book, the girly playing cards, and possibly larger girly prints from the cardset. I'll be a regular onestop-shop WalMart!
And for those not going to the con, any leftover Jesus prints will be available here when I return, as well as the book, cards...etc.

So if you are going to ComicCon, stop by Red Window Inc. Booth 4800. That is where I will be stationed, alongside fellow Pixar artists Scott Morse, Bill Presing, Jim Capobiano, and Jeff Pidgeon.

And make sure to tell me, I sent you!

54 Intercontinental Cuties!: The Process

I thought I'd share my working process for these cards and walk you through from initial sketch to final product. Here's how I did the playing card for Cuba.

STEP #1. Research.

Since this is a pinup playing card deck, I had to do the task of somewhere finding a photo of a sexy woman for reference. As you can imagine, this was practically impossible. There aren't pictures of beautiful women anywhere! I looked in magazines, books, advertisements, billboards, movies, calendars, tv shows, commercials, cereal boxes, newspapers, etc. If only there was some sort of world wide web that could be built for the sole purpose of sharing information around the globe, but instead of useful information, it would just have sexy lady pictures all over it, THAT would be useful right now. But instead I just took a photo of my smoking na-na and her conjoined twin. I'll make it work.



STEP #2. Macaroni and Cheese Bath.

You heard me right. There nothing more relaxing (or delicious) after a long day of research than a Macaroni and Cheese bath. I fill my tub with 10 gallons of boiling water, add macaroni from approximately 150 boxes of Kraft, let boil for 4 minutes then I open the drain to remove the water. Then I grab a shovel and mix in the 20 pounds of cheese powder and a 1/4 cup of milk.
Then I light some tea candles, disrobe, and it's Heaven. And the bath is over when I'm done eating all of it. This step can last up to 4 days.



STEP #3. Red Dead Redemption.

Because it's awesome.



STEP #4. Try to draw, but then doubt self and ability to accomplish anything.



REPEAT STEP #2 through STEP #4, build up a strong lather, rinse, and repeat.

STEP #5. Draw something that will have to do because you are running out of time.



STEP #6. Scan it into the fancy computer machine, and press the 'color' button. The computer does the rest for you.



Viola! You've made a playing card! Only 53 left to go!

Make sure to check out my comrade Bill Presing's playing card process. He doesn't go with the Macaroni and Cheese bath method, he's more of a Spaghetti-O's type.

Inappropriate Prints Speedy Delivery!

Just a heads up, due to an overwhelming response of print orders, and technical difficulties (a.k.a. my computer with all the files on it spontaneously exploding in a fiery display that was both tragic and yet oddly beautiful)..... please allow 2-3 weeks for shipping. We will be working to get them out much sooner than that, but in the mean time thank you for your patience.

54 Intercontinental Cuties: The Package Design!

Just wanted to show the box art for the girly playing cards I'm designing with Bill Presing, coming this July! Bill and I are REALLY excited about how these are turning out. And above is the rough design/ mock up of the box the cards are coming in. We knew from the get-go, we wanted to make 2 color cigarette box design packages for the cards to give it that "Grandpa's secret, naughty playing cards feel". Here's the dummy of what they will look like (without the art on it).

We thought about doing a flight attendant theme for the box since the cards each represent a different country, so Bill did these awesome drawings.



So here's a peek at the finished front and back design.

Lil' Inappropriate PRINTS!! now available!

Attention COOLEY! shoppers,

The first run of prints from the soon to be released, "Movies R Fun" book are now available in the brand spanking new COOLEY store! The entrance to the COOLEY! store is in button form, and located to the right. Or visit www.cooley.bigcartel.com

Signed 8.5x11 prints are available AND also a fine selection of Limited Edition 13x19 signed and numbered prints, that have a super fancy illustrated border that is so awesome, it will make everything else you have hanging on the wall look like crap.

When the book is ready, you will be able to find it in the store, alongside more prints from inside the book.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask one of our friendly, under-paid sales associates and thank you for shopping at COOLEY!:the store.