Moving on...

Hello there. When I moved to Oakland I moved farther away from my father's scanner, and as such, stopped blogging. Now I have my very own scanner and a tumblr blog to go with it. So from here on out, you can see my new stuff here: http://irasalden.tumblr.com/ Cheers!

Moods

Palm Tree Fantasies

Nihilist/Optimist Art

It's been a while. Here's a picture of my friend's baby.

Sometimes you can't explain the things that come out of you

7x7 coverage of our drawing party! oy!

A little while ago some buds and I (together we are the Cultivation Collective?) put together a little figure drawing party at Public Works. Here's an article about it! It was Jungle themed! I painted a pretty lady like a leopard, we covered the place in plants, people came and drew. It was a good time! More of these things in THE FUTURE...

This party needs a giant bull head.

I was commissioned to make a big bull head for the Folsom Street Fair party we had at Public Works. Here's how it went:

Lobsterman poster>>>>buy one, help kids write

Now, on sale at the 826 Valencia pirate store! For ten dollars you can remember Lobsterman forever AND help support our free writing programs for kids. It's a pretty good deal, I think.

Greatest Hits from Log Book 3 and One Half

Sadly, Log Book 3, which was started in late November and continued through the first days of the new year, was lost. I think I left it Adobe Books. And then I think someone took it, you know, because it was awesome. After two weeks of searching and becoming depressed, Log Book 3.5 was commenced. Highlights:



Apparently the word I wanted here was "petulant":

This is probably only funny if you know my bosses...

Lobsterman looking sharp

Finally, some decent photos of my Lobsterman looking oh-so-dashing in a suit. He'll be back up in the window of 826 Valencia in September!

Portola Valley plant matter

Greatest Hits from Log Book 2

Which was not drawing-heavy, but here you go:

Half Moon Bay scribblings

Introducing Lobster Man

Whoof it's been over a month since my last post! I was in Texas. Not Austin. Not Houston. Not Dallas. TEXAS. Palestine, TX in the Eastern part more specifically. I went to a TexMex restaurant called Little Mexico with my two cousins and they dumped packets of Splenda into their salsa. (!!!!!???!!!!)

So yea, vacation, then Lobster Man. For the past 3 weeks I've been working on this guy here. He is going to get dressed to the nines and grace the front window of the 826 Valencia Pirate Store starting in early July. Come check it out!

Dude York paintings

Here are some paintings I made for potential Dude York cover art. They aren't using any of it, but they did credit me for some art I didn't do on their bandcamp page. Cheers!

*First one is a portrait of none other than Isabel Tuttle Blue.

Lost & Found

Note: the scribbling at the bottom is an unrelated marker-testing site, but a number of people (myself included) thought the page looked good this way, so...

Oh shit, I was on Mission Mission a while ago. Katy McKinnon how did we miss this....

I sent my comic about Swan the Adobe dweller to Mission Mission, my fave neighborhood blog...never realized they actually posted it! Nice to see :) Check it!

My own advice I need to remember to follow....

I made this for my friend Dmitriy who volunteers at 826 Valencia. I was working in the pirate store and he asked me how I motivate myself to work on creative projects. He told me to make a guide for him so I did! I've been feeling a lot of creative angst myself recently, so maybe by putting this up here I'll be more apt to keep it in mind.

Nobody can make sushi like this man

This is a portrait of Yasuo sensei, the sushi chef and owner of Sushi Tei, the best restuarant in Mountain View, California. My dad, sister, and I used to eat there almost every week and developed a pretty special relationship with sensei. Larry and I ate there a couple weeks ago and we asked him what was special that evening. "Radiation."