ICON6 / Illustration Conference

Howdy. Here is a picture I did recently for freedomig.com. Groovy. Lots o' stuff going on. Top of my list is working on paintings for my La Luz de Jesus Show in April 2009. It is going to be GOOD! I'll keep you posted on that.

Secondly, I am heading up the transition team for ICON6! The new board was just announced too, so start saving for 2010. Location and dates to be announced later. It will be a FANTASTIC conference if I have anything to do with it and since I am on the board I WILL have something to do with it. Here is the new Board:

Alex Bostic
Soojin Buzelli
Fernanda Cohen
Troy Doolittle
Michael Fleishman
Andy Hayes
John Hendrix
Melanie Reim
Mark Todd
Jaime Zollars
and moi

Fernanda Cohen, Mark Heflin and I make up the Transition Team. Mark Heflin is going to be the new permanent Director of ICON. Check the ICON website for updates and info.

Lastly, I am traveling fool. Going to Pittsburgh (10/28 - 11/1) next week and then NYC for the American Illustration Party (11/11 - 11/15). Yeehaw! Call me if you want to meet up.

SALE! Art makes a great gift!

It's time to clear out some inventory, so I am offering a special deal on FREEDOMWIG. Buy two pieces of art by December 10, 2008 and get one FREE! Holiday shopping! Support the arts! Yeehaw! Email me if you are interested.

826 LA / Poketo Fundraising!

Hey I did two wallets for Poketo that are being used to raise funds for 826LA. The wallets are only $20 bucks!!! Your purchase of this wallet will support current and future 826LA programming. Other artists who designed wallets are Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson, Tim Biskup, John Pham, Rama Hughes, Christine Castro, Leah Chun, Chris Bettig and Keith Kneuven.

To purchase the above wallet just click here!

Perfect is Boring

This is some art I did today for my freedomwig website. I am trying to figure out why being perfect is so desirable? Why do the magazines correct the naturally beautiful women they hire to model and make them look fake and weird? The touching up of women has gotten more extreme and unnatural. It is wrong.

Don't you get annoyed with people who are always trying to be perfect. They make you feel bad about not being perfect. How about Eva Longoria telling everyone she is still a size 0 even though she has gotten "fatter." Annoying. Jeez, size 0 shouldn't even exist. Invisible is size 0. Zero equals NOTHING!!!

Frankly I don't trust "perfect" people. That striving for perfection is usually a cover for some serious character flaws.

I prefer people who mess up, get back up, dust themselves off, learn from the mess up and keep going. I prefer people who accept their lack of perfection and get on with life. You know? Maybe this is stupid to be talking about in the middle of all this bank crap and insanity. OK I'll stop.