Rodney Dangerfield for Iconoclastic Dead

I did this stencil painting of Rodney Dangerfield for The Autumn Society's Iconoclastic Dead art show. The idea for the show is to do a portrait of a hero of yours in a Dia De Los Muertos style, so I titled this one "Sin Respeto," ("No Respect" in Spanish).

Chairman Mouser for Shell Shock art show

Here is my piece for the Shell Shock art show, as you can see it's a Mouser, which I named "Chairman Mouser" (get it?). It was done with stencils and spray paint, and I made a pattern of rats for the background in metallic silver and gold paint, using one stencil tiled. I think it kind of looks like camouflage. The blue in the mouser is also metallic, but looks more electric blue.

Three Bee pieces

Hey gang, here's my 3 pieces for the 3B show. All of my pieces were done with spray paint and stencils as usual.
My Back to the Future piece is based on the scene where Marty puts the headphones on his father to wake him up. I titled it "Eruption," after the Van Halen song that plays in the walkman.

My Beetlejuice piece is of the creepy little priest that Beetlejuice tries to get to marry him and Lydia. I've titled it "I Now Pronounce You..." Since their wedding ceremony was never completed.

For my Bill & Ted piece, I wanted it to look like a gig poster for their band, Wyld Stallyns. Instead of a canvas, I painted it on the backer to a poster frame, which will be reassembled for the show. It's titled "Wyld Stallyns Rule!"

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Turning Japanese Preview...

(Photo by Brian Johnson)

A big thank-you to our front-line members Anthony Pedro, Jeff Desantis, and any other Autumn Society "hanging" crew that was there last night hanging the Autumn Society's latest group show, "Turning Japanese" Show, only at Brave New Worlds Comics (Olde City, Philadelphia). Its going to be a good one!

90s Show Aftermath

This and more at Brave New World's Facebook Gallery page. A special thanks to Brave New Worlds, Jeff Desantis, Ally Cat, & Brian Johnson for setting up this awesome show and to Glen Brogan for the show poster! A good start to the Autumn Society's summer art gallery tour! Stay Tuned for more all summer long!!!

Trick Art Treat art pieces

This is a piece I did for the Trick Art Treat art show. I find dogs in Halloween costumes hilarious, so I montaged a photo of a dog in a devil costume with a photo of my girlfriend's Boston terrier, Lelo. As with all of my other pieces, it was drawn out in Illustrator, then cut into stencils and spraypainted on a canvas.
I cut out a stencil of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein for the b/w flyer for the show, so I figured I would make it into a simple stencil piece for the show as well.

TRICK-ART-TREAT (exclusive event!)

(Print me out! Spread the word!)

Next week the Autumn Society and Brave New Worlds will be joining forces once again to celebrate a very exclusive Halloween event! The Autumn Society will be presenting some original Halloween Art for two days only! So come and join us on Friday, October 30th (6-8pm) and Saturday October 31st (5pm-8pm) for some spooky artwork, candy, and more!

See you there!

Esqueleto Con un Monopatín

This is my piece for the Dia De Los Muertos show. It was done on an oval shaped 9"x12" canvas with stencils and spray paint. The character was heavily influenced by Posada's prints.

More Gamervision Interviews Online...

Throughout this week, gamervision.com will be posting exclusive interviews with Autumn Society members about their pieces for the "8-bit and Beyond" show! Go check out some new ones below:

Carlos Araujo, Tim Durning, Doctor Octoroc

Kim Herbst, Jeff Desantis

Dave Perillo, Anthony Pedro

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PRINT ME OUT!

A black & white printer friendly flyer for the upcoming video game show designed by Bleeding Edges. So what are you waiting for? Print it out and get the word out!

Family Guy and some toys

I had this idea one night watching Adult Swim, and decided to work it up. Sometimes you have to actually follow through on dumb ideas. For those not in the know, it's based on Black Flag's not so classic LP, Family Man. I'm moderately happy with it. Raymond Pettibon's original art's human proportions were pretty crappy to begin with, as well as the Family Guy's human proportions being off as well. Consider it "pop art."
Here's a project that took me a while, mainly because I was avoiding doing it. This is the Mini Munny Mobile DIY vinyl toy. I added the wings on the back and did this sleek paint job on it. The character is basically a cross between Lando Calrissian and a stereotypical 70's pimp. If anyone can hook me up with the windshield accessory, I'll gladly trade. The paint job kinda fades from black to blue, which was kind of an accident, but I think it rules. The blue metallic paint was a lot thinner than I thought, and mixed w/ the orange under it. I used a textured paint on the guys hair, then painted it back also.This last guy was made from a Dunny body, and a poop accessory from a full sized Munny. I thought the poop was kinda a lame accessory, so I turned him into a sort of living ice cream cone. It's blue because I had an awesome blueberry cheesecake flavored ice cream a few weeks back that really left an impression on me.
Hope to meet a bunch of you at the Joker show next week!

Christmas in March?

So it's only 3 months late, but I finished my Munny ornament that I got for Christmas this year. I was aiming for a Grinch look. The white parts are made of felt, which gives it a cool texture. Now I just have to wait another 9 months to properly display it.

JOKER piece and new custom toys!!!

Here's my piece for the Joker show. The real painting is 16"x19", and was done entirely with spray paint and stencils. Below you can see my original sketch in Illustrator, which I use to break down the colors I want for the stencils. I haven't done a straight stencil piece in a while, so it was fun to go back to that. Can't wait for the show!Here's a bunch of custom toys I've done lately:This character is called a MAD*L, and I got a pre-made yeti designed figure and stripped it down to customize. They sell a blank, but it's $50 and twice the size. The design is influenced by the record cover for "Trapped Inside" by Lack of Interest. Here's a little animation I did of my process:Here are some MiniGwins I did recently. These are real tricky to work with since they're only 1" high. CyclopsGwin, MonkeyGwin (he's bummed because he has a banana on his head) and KoalaGwin are their names:This next guy's pretty fun, it was made from a Toy 2R ToyerQ DIY figure. I made it into classic 80's looking Hulk Hogan. This figure's pretty large, like 8"high.The stick on the Hulkster's flag was from a wooden tulip set from AC Moore. I really just needed the stick, but it was like 59 cents and I couldn't just throw out the tulip part. I thought that upside down it looked like a Pac-Man ghost, so I painted it. Front side is normal ghost, but when you flip it over, it the blue ghost for when Pac-Man gets the big power pellets!Lastly, here's a family portrait of all my customs. I've only been customizing since October, and I'm pretty proud of what I've done so far. I've got 3 blanks sitting in my room waiting to be painted...

Land Shark and Warlock Munnys

This first Munny was one I bought on eBay super cheap because someone had already done a crappy job customizing it. I stripped off all the paint, and decided to make it my experimental Munny. I had never tried sculpting components or cutting the vinyl before. I found cutting it to be a little difficult w/ an Xacto, so I made a V shaped cut w/ a coping saw, and was able to cut the teeth the rest of the way w/ an Xacto knife (of course I sliced my finger open in the process). For the fins I used Sculpey, and rolled if into a flat sheet to keep the thickness consistent. I attached the dried pieces w/ a hot glue gun. I sprayed the mouth black, then stuffed paper towels in there once it dried before doing the rest. Overall it came out much cooler than I expected, so I may be sculpting more.
This Munny is a blank glow in the dark Munny. I decided I wanted to paint him based on the old New Mutants character Warlock. The character was made out of living circuitry, so I used a lot of circles and square shapes. I used a similar technique I used on another Munny I did a while back, where I masked out the designs in tape before spraying the whole thing black. I wish i could take a good pic of it glowing, but you can imagine how cool it looks.

This was my first time working w/ the full sized Munnys, and I noticed that the sculpt is different from the Mini Munnys slightly (aside from the scale). I got a ton of blank ones for Christmas, but I want to finish up my piece for the Joker show first.

another custom Munny

This week I made another custom Munny. I picked up a blue one this time. I had an idea to make a stencil with the blue painter's tape, and make a pattern that would knock out of the color. I went with a simple diamond pattern, and sprayed a flat black over it. The 2 pictures below show it in the process of being done. I made the diamond into a stencil so that the diamonds would be the same and I wouldn't have to freehand it. I taped off the pegs so that the joints wouldn't get screwed up by the paint; I also put tissue in the holes.

I've got another blank vinyl toy coming in the mail, so that'll be my next project...

Running Dog Cafe

At the newly opened Running Dog Cafe in Morrisville, PA they are allowing artists to display their fine art. The first show was a group show, but currently they are displaying the art of Jeff DeSantis and Andrew Scott.

Jeff's art consists of 5 pieces which are done mainly with spraypaint using stencils on canvas. L to R: "Wormeaters/Bottomfeeders," "B.B.L.H.," "Sweet Lovin' (Strawberry)," "Chilin' & Grillin'" and "Overboard."

Andrew's art consists of a series of 10 pen and ink portraits of the actors who portrayed Dr. Who. L to R: "No. 4," "No. 5," "No. 6" and "No. 7."

The art will be on display for a few more weeks, and will be changed semi-monthly.