Showing posts with label t-shirt art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label t-shirt art. Show all posts

4.16.2012

My little shrunken headed boy is 18


The Deadbolt Shrunken Head logo I designed for the band in '92 or 3. The design adheres to the Oval Logo Law of the same year. I don't know if we have The Casbah to blame for that law or O?


The logo design sheet I showed the band from '92. The checked logo in the lower right corner was pretty much just an all caps version of the logo they already had, which I think was designed by Mrs. Valdez and why they chose it again. Harley chose the circled one, which we all thought looked a little too much like the Cramps logo. Soon after, I painted it on Les' bass drum head and used up until Tijuana Hit Squad, when they changed to the James Bond-inspired logo with the Luger T.
I think most all of these came from old horror movie posters and are hand drawn, pre-fonts.

3.07.2010

No Club, Lone Wolf

So, you want to start a car club? First, you need jackets.
Car club logo done for a couple of guys saving for a zombie rat rod.

2.25.2010

You Remind Me


OUTSIDERS


Chris Earnhart 2010


One of my favorite bands. I first heard their music through the Tell-Tale Hearts in 1984 then the Pebbles' The Continent Lashes Back comps. In the early 90's I recieved a cassette of the early singles and self-titled debut lp from Mr. Ron Swart, who supplied the tunes for the original Pebbles comps. Thanks, Ron.

Their amazing second album, CQ can heard at http://psychedelic-rocknroll.blogspot.com/

CQ is really an over-looked masterpiece of the psychedelic era.

You also can't go wrong with the singles collection, Strange Things Are Happening.




1.10.2010

Jesus Loves The Stooges [More Than Johnny Burnette]


The Stooges
illustration 2010

So, The Stooges are being inducted into The Rock Museum thing this coming March and I just so happen to have been working on a drawing of them last month. The week between Chrismas and New Years is a little slow for tattooing, believe it or not.
The colors are 1970's kitchen favorites. An iron-on after it's time.

For some reason, the Hall of Fame still hates Johnny Burnette & the Rock n Roll Trio. Go figure, rock critics don't even have hind sight.



The above illustration is one of dozens of rock caricatures I did sometime in the late 90's. Recently dug up from thee garage, I will be adding more as I scan them.

futurerocklegends.com has a complete listing of all the artists passed up for induction. Those squares still don't get Link Wray either.

12.14.2009

12.11.2009

Elvis Frankenstello


The color version of my original 2003 drawing. It was supposed to have been a painting but was instead used for a t-shirt by my band...

The Gore-Gons t-shirt 2004