Fungi-gathering Goblin Bros

chicken-footed cauldron

SPX this past weekend was amazing. It always roars up like a storm and then flies by too fast! I had such a great time seeing everyone and the response to “Cauldrons & Casseroles” was more enthusiastic than I'd hoped for, so thanks to everyone that bought a copy! If you're wondering about how to buy a copy for yourself, they, along with giclée prints, LOOT tote bags, the MINISCULE (as in 3) amount of enamel pins remaining will be up on my store, andreakalfas.bigcartel.com on Monday, next week. 

I'm also going to be at Baltimore Comic Con with Pizza Party Printing and Jimmy Giegerich (who’ll be selling his unbelievably good “Fight Frogs 2″) this weekend so you can grab a copy there too! ♡♡♡

Helllo! I just want to say you inspire me so much! I found you a while back on the book report. I just thought I would let you know and I haven't asked anything on here yet. I'm really trying to get back to drawing, I've neglected it far too long. I usually lean towards print design :)Soo question! Do you use a tablet to draw digitally sometimes? Or is it always scanning in and adjusting the levels? If you ever draw with a tablet do you have any tips? I'm discovering lots of neat tricks for photoshop with line work but i was just curious if there was anything you wish you would have known starting out with the tablet!Okay! I'm just being long winded now, thank you :)

Hi! Thank you! Great to hear that I've inspired a designer :) I ALWAYS use a tablet to draw digitally! Daniel Krall put it in the best way for me: if working with a tablet is like working with a pencil, then working with a mouse is like trying to draw with a block of wood with a point of graphite sticking out the bottom of it. The tablet was a little awkward at first, but I just spent a day messing around with it until I was used to it and now I can't go back. Just take a bit to get the hang of it, and pair it with key commands in Photoshop, and drawing digitally will seem much more ergonomic. You'll love it.

Hey, I'm a sophomore at MICA and I'll hopefully be taking your digital illustration class next semester. I thought your name sounded familiar and when I looked you up I saw that I've already been following you on tumblr, which was a really weird small-world moment. I just wanted to say hi, I love your work, and that I hope I can get into your class before it fills up!

Thanks! I hope you can too, but I think it HAS filled up already (my gosh!).

Mad Max for the Silver Screen Society's May gallery. Thanks to Trevor Basset for the invitation!

After just 24 hours Damn Fine Coffee! is over 250% funded! I'm blown away! Thank you all so much for your support. You've guaranteed that the zine will not only happen, it'll be the best that it can be and will make it to many more hands than I expected. I'm so glad that everyone's excited about this project, has been contributing and sharing it with their friends, and I'm psyched to get your zines and prints and drawings into your hands.

It hardly needs to be said, but I just have to thank all my talented contributors again, as none of this would have been possible without them. There is just so much gorgeous work in the zine. Some you might have already enriched your eyes upon and plenty that will be an excellent surprise. I hope you get the chance to check it all out either by pre-ordering through Kickstarter or by picking up a copy of Damn Fine Coffee! at SPX this year! 

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I did this piece for the magnanimous Meg Hunt's new endeavor Art For Japan, an auction she organized with her sister that will send proceeds to help relief efforts in Japan.  Keep an eye on their blog for updates as to when the auctions will take place and check out all the other great work people have donated! 

Now then...process post?  Coming right up!

The trashcan droid from Star Wars, whose name is apparently Gonk? (dumb) Jimmy and I had a moment when we discovered that, growing up, we each felt sorry for this lame little droid stuffed in the corner of that sand crawler because he was so ugly and all the other droids were probably mean to him.  That never stopped me from making fun of him either though.

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Jimmy Giegerich's galacticly-awesome mash up of Katamari and Zelda...on a shirt! which you can buy!

Hey guys!  I’m totally psyched to announce that Pizza Party Printing now has a new shirt called Katamari of Time available for pre-order on our website! Check out a Katamari-fied Link rolling up Bosses, Baddies, and Items from one of the most beloved entries in the Legend of Zelda series!  This image will be printed in full color on a white tee and only costs $18 + shipping, or as a pre-order exclusive white hoodie for $30 +shipping!!!

This is the first in a series of shirts that we’re going to be doing based on mashing Katamari Damacy with some of our all-time favorite video games, so keep your eyes peeled for more!

CLICK HERE FOR T-SHIRT ORDERING INFO and HERE FOR HOODIE ORDERING INFO

Back, spectre!

Spending some time with a style I rarely get to spend time with. Working this way is so much fun.