New Dirty Dozen!

Sticking to Prokeds again this week. Leaving for SXSW tomorrow morning so stay tuned for some cool updates! This week we’re featuring shoes from Acrylicana, AW177, Anthony Grant, Dan May, Bobsmade, Chanel Kennebrew, Char Ferguson, Daryll Pierce, Genevieve Tan, J. David McKenney, Jayson Atienza & Jeremy Forson!

Artist Proof: Craig Watkins aka Wotto76 is a 10 year verteran illustrator and character designer from Stirlingshire, Scotland currently working in Southern California who received his art degree from De Montfort University. His style incorporates traditional as well as digital methods and if you are familiar with the t-shirt design scene online, you are probably very familar with his body of work… this guy is a hard work and keeps it comin! You may aslo know Wotto as the Art Director for Teefury as well as TeeInvaders.

AP: What inspires your art?

Wotto: Having been an illustrator for some time it’s hard to say, I draw inspiration from everyday life and the things around me. I am a bit like a sponge in that I suck up everything visually and obviously that includes other peoples artwork. I like many, many artists, too many to list but they range from Street Artists to the classic masters.

Having grown up in the 80’s I am very inspired by the skateboard graphics and the awesome cartoons of that era. I have also been active in some street art so I also get a lot of inspiration from there. I like how inspiration can strike at any given moment.

AP: What is the relationship between technique and content in your work?

Wotto: Drawing is key. I draw constantly, I doodle on everything. Nothing is safe. I think being able to draw well is the ultimate tool in this trade. I use both digital and traditional ways of working. As a T-shirt designer content is always important, people like a T-shirt to carry a message. Luckily most of my work has a narrative or idea behind it. My characters usually have whole life stories and environments, it’s just the way my mind works.

All shirts designed by Wotto in ‘08 & ‘09

AP: Describe your first experience of making art and how it affected your life’s journey

Wotto: I have been drawing and creating from a very early age. The first thing I ever got printed was for a local dance school, a T-shirt. I was very proud at the grand old age of 12. I got the bug then, I never got paid for it and it is still for sale in their shop now, swines! My first paid piece of work was a local student magazine cover, which was a lot of fun. I have been at it ever since.

AP: Describe your most recent experience of making art.

Wotto: T-shirts. I design a lot of T-shirts and it seems to suit my style very well. I am currently branching out and doing other projects but my ‘bread and butter’ work is tees.

AP: Take us on a guided tour through a day in your life as an artist

Wotto: This is a strange question because for me no two days are the same. Some days I paint for an entire day other days I got sit outside and doodle away. I usually add something to my blogs, check emails and look at who’s been visiting my website (www.wottoart.com) In a day I basically do what clients request me to do. That’s my job. I am very appreciative of the job I have and I hope to do it for many years ahead.

Check out Craig Watkins aka Wotto76’s Artsprojekt Store here

New track by Dub Gabriel feat. U-Roy, & remixes by my boy Lloop & other fresh dub mystics. http://dubgabriel.bandcamp.com/ enjoy!

THUNDERDOG & TRISTAN EATON ON ARTSPROJEKT.COM! (via THUNDERBLOG)

Thanks to our pal Andy Howell, Thunderdog and Tristan now have a series of products available on Artsprojekt.com! For super cheap you can get a ton of cool stuff! T-shirts, Hoodies, Mugs, mousepads, skateboards etc. Go nuts!

You can get Tristan stuff here:

TRISTAN EATON ARTSPROJEKT STORE

You can get Thunderdog stuff here:

THUNDERDOG ARTSPROJEKT STORE

Artist Proof: Design Lazy is a passionate fashion designer from Spain. His identity is a mystery but his is designs are a discovery that everyone should make!

Artsprojekt: What inspires your art?

Design Lazy: My art is inspired by everything and anything. Wherever i go, whatever i see or read its just never ending. Someone can look at a tree and see a tree, but i look at a tree and see something that can be used in the next project. I always have a camera or a sketch pad with me just in  case. Really, inspiration comes easily to me and i make the most of it.

AP: What is the relationship between technique and content in your work?

DL: Hmmm, i like this question. I guess there isnt any really, i try very hard to not commit when working on a design.

AP: Describe your first experience of making art and how it affected your life’s journey

DL: I have been creating as long as i can remember, i just grew up up wanting to create or make or design everything for myself, i have an idea of what i like and i try as hard as i can to achieve it and when i do, i just feel better, almost free. As far as making art goes, Im still trying.

AP: Describe your most recent experience of making art.

DL: Well, right now im just about to start a clothing label and shop with my family in spain. Mainly selling screen printed apparel and shoes, very excited about that. All designs will be limited so huge workload but i love doing what i do. I have just finished a design which took me 40 hours and im still not happy with it but i will live.

AP: Take us on a guided tour through a day in your life as an artist

DL: Pretty boring really, alot of business related appointments right now due to our shop being opened soon, but usually its just wake up, shower,coffee and computer….thats pretty much it. I love it really.

Check out DesignLazy’s Artsprojekt Store

Artist Proof: Daryll Pierce is a painter, designer, and illustrator that never ceases to stop working. Peirce’s work has been shown in numerous national and international galleries and exhibitions. Features of his work can be found in publications such as Juxtapoz, Blackbook, Print, ISM Quarterly, Happy, Beautiful Decay, Automatic, various city papers and online on web sites like Wooster Collective, Slam Hype, Fecal Face, Juxtapoz, Coolhunting, Transworld Skate/Snow and Modart Europe. Daryll received his BFA in Denver, but he currently works out of his home studio in Oakland, California.

Artsprojekt: What inspires your art?

Daryll Peirce: Humanity, nature, city, growth, future to name a few subjects. More intimately from travel, skateboarding, day-dreaming, exploring streets and nature. Humanity inspires me both from interacting with it in a direct sense, meaning with peers, other creators, strangers, social outcasts, etc, as well as from an observational voyeuristic perspective. I try to internalize those views and analyze, or imagine connections and relationships. That actually goes for other influences as well. Those fleeting images fuse with memories, hopes, and symbolism I’m interested in to hopefully create something that will affect others.

AP: What is the relationship between technique and content in your work?

Daryll: The content of my work is much more ethereal, being a slow growing amalgamation of experience and thought. Technique is not as important to me. Its simply my best attempt at using my accumulated skills for a literal translation of the concept. Although I do love the act of “drawing” into my work with paint.

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AP: Describe your first experience of making art and how it affected your life’s journey

Daryll: As a kid, I was always good at simply entertaining myself with drawing in the corner of the room. I’m recall several cartoons, robots and monster trucks on sticky blue tracing paper. I can’t really say how it affected my plight, it was just always there and I wouldn’t know how to look at it objectively. I still have an amazing stapled book I made of my monster truck collection. I later made t-shirts out of one that had a truck named “Fli ‘N Hi” crushing a school bus.

AP: Describe your most recent experience of making art.

Daryll: Painting flat on my drawing table in my studio last night. Currently bouncing between two pieces in a current series. A little bit of ink sketching between paint drying as well.

AP: Take us on a guided tour through a day in your life as an artist

Daryll: I basically work all day everyday and have a hard time sleeping and focusing due to it all streaming together. Occasionally I get out to skate or have fun, but usually I’m thinking about what I should be doing, thus not having much fun having fun. I need to figure that out. That said, I do enjoy my work and believe in what I am doing.

Video’s of Daryll Peirce:
Babelgum: Miami 2009 Primary Flight
Daryll Pierce: Electric Windows
Primary Flight - Art Basel2007 - Miami, Flordia

Check out Daryll Peirce’s Artsprojekt Store here

ARTSPROJEKT x @SPECKproducts 3GS iPhone cases now for sale at your local Apple Retail Store!

Caia Koopman, Eve Duhamel & Yo Amo La Leche, Artsprojekt x Speck iPhone Cases EXCLUSIVELY at your local Apple Store ONLY! (via HabitForming)

ABZTRACT has partnered up with their good friends at ROGUE STATUS to put on an amazing art show in Los Angeles on April 3rd.

The event will feature artists from the Abztract Artist Collective as well as some special guests. The event will feature original work by:

ABE LINCOLN JR
BILLI KID
CHRIS BRETT
CHRIS RWK
DARKCLOUDS
DAVID FLORES
DICKCHICKEN
ERNESTO YERENA
FAKE
GABRIEL COPELAND
GAIA
HIDDEN MOVES
JMR
JOE IURATO
JORDAN SEILER
JOSEPH DIAZ
JUSTINK
JUSTIN EMERSON
JUSTIN TOLENTINO
KEELY
PAPERMONSTER
PHILIP LUMBANG
REX HOLLOWAY
ROYCE BANNON
SHAI DAHAN
STEREO
FLOW
VENG

Limited edition prints will also be available at the event by Papermonster, Chris RWK, JMR and Philip Lumbang.

Partial proceeds from the event will also benefit SYRV, a nonprofit organization that provides education and community development in Nicaragua.
Interested buyers may contact info@abztract.com

EVENT INFO:
ABZTRACT X ROGUE STATUS
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
7 pm - 10pm
1720 Main Street. Venice, CA 90291

Artist Proof: Damian King aka Deekin grew up in Oregon but eventually made his way down to California where he graduated from California College of the Arts and is currently working out of the Bay Area as freelance illustrator and fine artist.

Artsprojekt: What inspires my art?

Damian King: People, relationships, ironies, beauty, pain, and struggle.  I try not to take life too seriously, so a sense of humor often makes it way into my work.

AP: What is the relationship between technique and content in my work?

Deekin: Ok, that’s a tough one.  I believe that, like a good song, a good piece of artwork usually comes from the heart.  Then it is a matter of being able to turn off all the filters and let your heart flow through your hand.  That way the piece can be a more engaging personal experience for the viewer.  Simply put, If i want a piece to be full of energy and life I will use bright palette and quick lively brushstrokes.  If I want something with a more somber or ‘dark’ tone I will use a darker, cooler palette and slower heavier strokes.

AP: My first experience making art and how it affected my lifes journey:

Deekin: My first memories of making art are drawing epic stick-man battle scenes and football players with disproportionately large heads in my best friends basement in grade school.  I always knew that I would pursue ‘art’ in some way.  I have always loved the way art allows me to communicate with people in a non-verbal way.  I also really enjoy the aspect of creating the work, it is very much like building something.

AP: My most recent experience making art:

Deekin: I just completed a painting that will be made into a promotional poster for a rock n’ roll band from SF.  I had done a poster for this band previously, and the lead singer really liked this series of black and white paintings I have been doing based on photos I have taken of some of my favorite spots around Oakland.  So, he commissioned me to do one for them of the exterior of the Red Devil Lounge in SF, their next venue.

AP: A tour through a day in my life as an artist:

Deekin: Wake up around 9 or 10am, make coffee/breakfast, and turn on my computer, check and reply to emails and update social networking sites..  Depending on what kind of project I am working on I will either stay on the computer to render something using Photoshop and/or Illustrator, or I will start drawing or painting for a few hours til around 2.  I make lunch and take a walk or skate with my sketchbook and find a spot on the Berkeley campus to sit and draw for maybe an hour or so.  Come back home and continue painting or pixelating for another 3-4 hours.  Eat dinner, maybe check my emails again, watch movie or just hang out with my lady for a couple hours.  If I have some extra energy or an approaching deadline I will work for another 2-4 hours from like 10pm -2 am.  

AP: New shows or work?

Deekin: I am in the beginning stages of working on illustrating a fairytale book for adults. The book is being translated from the original old German fairy tales which are very dark and scary, not really fairy-tales for kids.  

(video) Check out this video on Damian King from Vimby

(store) Check out Damian Kings Artsprojekt Store Here

I just posted this weeks Dirty Dozen. I decided to stick to all ProKeds this week since we just launched them a little over a week ago. This week we’re featuring shoes from Wotto, Tokyo Candies, Jon Griffin, Noincomingcalls, Damian King, Joey Potts, Q. Cassetti, Amanda Lynn, Jared Nickerson, James Whitworth, Kev Munday & Jeffry Lee! Check em out!

“Hang me up” Emilie R. exhibition will open at 7:30 PM on March 9th at SOURCE’s gallery space, and run until March 21st. Music by Xeum

Well well well, an excellent combination to keep feeling the year of the Tiger with a glamourous bit of art and music.

HANG ME UP ///
Emilie R. original paintings and digital artworks.
Illustrative works around urban sexy pin-ups.Trophy women.
Hunting for affection. That’s it. I hang you up, and you’ll be mine forever…

MUSIC ///
Xeum’s music is just widely awesome.
From Jazz, Lounge, House or Electronic music, he performs composes and mixes infinitely. Nothing else to add…If you’ve never heard his music, better now than never.

MORE /// www.xeum.net

THE SOURCE ///
The Source is the best spot in Shanghai to get the last trends of streetwear. As a part of that, they always display a wide range of really good music and art.

Exhibition Opening Party /// March 9th, 2010, 7:30PM

Exhibition Dates /// March 9th - March 21st, 2010

Location /// SOURCE (158 Xinle Road, Near Donghu Road)

Contact ///
eva@thesource.cn
er@emilierecord.com

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