Culture & Rules are very important to me but I have a unique view & attitude towards them. I like the structure these things provide but I’m also more than willing to ignore the rules if they get in the way of what I’m trying to do. So, in the case of raising my kids, I have a very structured view of what it takes...
2024-07-20 22:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Evocation is a big part of my work. I catch a whiff of something I like & then I catalog it away. I had a moment back in Eugene when I realized that every piece of art I did was a spell making me a wizard. It was a simple way of looking at what I did differently that changed my intention & thinking about my work &...
2024-07-20 00:36:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Probably 1995, I was still figuring things out, drunk as helll in front of a sow at LaVal’s Northside in Berkeley.
2024-07-19 12:51:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I woke up this morning with the theme song for the 70s Public Television children’s show “Vegetable Soup” stuck in my head. Upon watching it on Youtube this morning, it was prefaced with this Bureau of Mass Communications production company trailer that was this beautiful Kraftwerkian 70s technological brutalist piece o...
2024-07-19 00:23:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I loved this intro when I was a kid - this animator was so weird!
2024-07-18 13:43:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I whipped up this poster this morning. I think it turned out nicely.
2024-07-18 00:18:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I have been working on my broth of influences my whole life. The idea is to have a vast array of flavor that just hits you. There are so many different elements that make up this thing, it’s difficult if not impossible to figure them all out. But I’m working with illustrators for new projects & so, I have to try. So I...
2024-07-17 18:38:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the postcard for the new kickstarter, coming soon!
2024-07-17 01:38:39 +0000 UTC View Post
I see all culture, politics, beliefs as manifestations of the human mind these days. I used to see these elements as external but now I really see them as coming directly from them, or rather people’s interest or clinging to them based on their own psychology. So they exist externally but they are brought to life & anim...
2024-07-17 01:20:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought I would share the notes at the top of the recent document of art needs for Alex Hagen & Mustafa Bekir. They are worth looking at.
Okay! Some basic guidelines, the Wurstreich is equivalent of late renaissance in technology, there are aspects of early 80s UK street subculture in there too. When in do...
2024-07-15 00:07:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Some things just shine out as right. Strategy, tactics, planning aren’t involved. These things are brought about by pure gut instinct. These things should be matched with other pragmatic elements to go with, so that you & others aren’t relying on these flights of fancy, but you should also make room for these risks be...
2024-07-14 23:09:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Things have been reduced to a mush, a slime, an ooze. The nature of phones making everyone have access to this highly relative infinite world in a way that they weren’t able to before is like pouring acid on everyone’s mind, disintegrating everything. In some ways this is great, this has been a world in which GOBLINKO has...
2024-07-12 18:03:54 +0000 UTC View Post
It takes time to do things right. If you skip steps, those things come back at you to make sure you learn your lesson. That’s why I don’t think that any of these large political projects are ultimately decided on by a vote. The vote is just one small step in a gamed overlay in a much larger, much more complex system of in...
2024-07-12 00:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve been getting better at teamwork. Especially now that a group approach is essential for me to get things done! I can’t do everything myself & honestly that hasn’t been my mode for a long time, even if that’s buried deep in my psychology. I have had a cohesive vision & now I just have to be able to express ...
2024-07-11 02:48:46 +0000 UTC View Post
We have THREE expansions for DUNGEON DEGENERATES: Hand of Doom planned for you! DIRTY DEEDS. GOBLIN MODE & MOON MADNESS. DIRTY DEEDS introduces the new DIRTY DEEDS DECK of missions to do in between campaigns & also the FACTIONS mechanic to keep score with the various gangs that make up the Würstreich. GOBLIN MODE is...
2024-07-09 14:33:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I've added Mustafa Bekir to the DUNGEON DEGENERATES team, he came up on my radar through a bunch of projects, I featured him in the send issue of Die Wurst. Lately he has been doing art for the Fighting Fantasy board game. His work most reflects that of Gary Chalk, he has that chunky, oldhammer style I love & he fits into...
2024-07-08 18:44:34 +0000 UTC View PostWe watched the Goonies again at the Academy Theatre. Before we watched it, I asked myself why we keep watching certain movies. Is there a central message that bears repeating? Why do we like this movie so much? Skeletons? Astoria? Booby traps? The eighties? We were the same age as the kids were when this movie came out? So I ...
2024-07-08 18:31:49 +0000 UTC View Post
More pixel art, its funny, since the pixels encourage a cubist. symmetrical, rigid approach I have to deliberately against that, you can see that distinct separation in this piece.
2024-07-08 18:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I started collecting vinyl records when I was eleven or so. My parents had a big collection & I can remember looking through them before I could read & identifying albums by their spine colors & typefaces used. Looking for Beatles, Beach Boys & the Hobbit cartoon soundtrack records. I amassed a huge collection...
2024-07-07 18:15:37 +0000 UTC View Post
"Sometimes there is strength & sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the wise avoid extremes, excesses & complacency."
- The Tao Te Ching
People used to always tell me about the gray area because I saw the world in black & white. Black & White is stark, clear, obviou...
2024-07-06 23:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post
We're introducing a new mechanic into DUNGEON DEGENERATES. There are so many factions competing for power in the Wurstreich. Each of these factions have their own turf. The Hauses, the Empire, Goblins, the Necro Cult, the Gutter, various gangs, cults, clubs, Nacht Drek & more. All seeking to have their place on top....
2024-07-05 16:55:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I love fireworks & loud noises. I used to just set off smoke bombs randomly to keep things lively. When we were watching the Turkey Necks (Cramps tribute band) at the Hollywood Theatre I was thinking about how much I love loud, amplified sound & how my tinnitus is worth it for the amount of pleasure I get from loud m...
2024-07-05 16:47:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Before I had the stroke I had the idea to draw the fantasy equivalent of those old magazine cartoons where it was pretty obvious that a joke was tacked on to a drawing that could be a vehicle for any number of jokes. This one was published as “Come Here Often?” In PORK.
2024-07-05 13:55:13 +0000 UTC View Post
My agenda is balance & human flourishing. I believe the meaning of life is to be lived & that is the point of being alive. I am a good faith actor. We are not in a good position in America & when you are like that you can’t pass on works without the taint of your problems in everything you do. When you are hande...
2024-07-04 18:27:58 +0000 UTC View Post
I decided to have psychological ownership over this country back in 2001. 9-11 happened, after I watched the airplanes slamming into the towers, & got over the shock, & immediately thought of the Malcolm X quote, “the chickens have come home to roost”. I didn’t think about how emotionally scarring this event was...
2024-07-03 19:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
With these pixel art pieces I am just trying to go for the most absurd, high impact, fast & furious ideas possible. This is based off a drawing I did in 2007 or so, a video game called DUNGEON BLASTER. You shoot your enemies with an Uzi.
2024-07-03 18:40:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I came up in the zine world, specifically the International DIY Punk scene, but my zine was always personal, a per-zine as they would be classified later. Having the zine be my main artistic vehicle & it being my public face led me to develop a working persona. Who I write as isn’t very different from the ...
2024-07-02 18:14:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I haven't used my powers of city context for a bit, I'm going to start using them for Portland & Oregon in general.
2024-07-02 00:55:50 +0000 UTC View Post
There is this term that is thrown around these days: “Luxury Beliefs”. These are beliefs that instill a sense of elite belonging but have little or no utility. I discarded so many of these that I took from the 90s Punk scene & the Bay Area, but I didn’t have the term “Luxury Beliefs”. These days I’m looking fo...
2024-07-01 17:27:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I was writing about how society isn’t solid enough for me feel safe in doing the kinds of pranks that I’d like to do because most things already read as absurd. I like to confuse people, but it’s no fun when they’re already confused. I stopped expanding on that theme because I hadn’t explored the idea enough & m...
2024-06-30 23:33:28 +0000 UTC View Post
