As the summer comes to a close, I thought a little tribute to the hot sun of '10 would be in order. An image that captures the spirit well, is this drawing of my buddy R.T., pulling off one of his infamous pool party gun shows.

Seeing how he is a huge Frank Miller fan, and I've always been influenced by Frank's carefully crafted film noir inking style, that's how I did up the art. Not to mention there is a strange resemblance to Marv, from Sin City. Since I'm big on adding textures, I also did another take as a vintage screen print.

 A few weeks ago I began an ongoing project with AMD artist management, helping with their promo materials for local musician Kevin McGowan. His sound is a back-to-basics acoustic folk rock infused with introspective lyrics. To capture this earthy vibe, we headed up to some hiking trails to snap some photos and get some visuals to work with. A key ingredient to the photo shoot was showing up at the right time to capture the golden sunset lighting. Kevin proved to be a natural rock star, and after a couple hours of hiking around with his guitar, we managed to get some pretty decent shots.

Nobody is really too sure how exactly this kid has managed to skyrocket to fame and exactly how long it will last, but it's safe to say he's on the clock. Something about puppy love songs sung by someone who can only marginally sing seems to lend itself to a short popularity span. Just ask Aaron Carter.
But for now he is pre-teen pop's golden boy.