updaterey!
too long without an update!
as i may have mentioned, the country music activity book is out! huzzah! like all my books, available on www.amazon.com, just search aye jay.
also, please check out my son Cohen’s book. We are super duper proud of it, and it features his artistic collaborations with hundreds of amazing artists like Shepard Fairey, Aaron Horkey, Kaws, Barry Mcgee and Mark Gonzales!
Also, Burlesque design released a print by Tyler Stout and Cohen that was done for the cover of Cohen’s book!
Big-badass Todd Bratrud mailed me this phooto from the Santa Cruz werehouse of a bunch of the Creature skateboard i designed! thanks again Lee!
I was emailed this photo of Mark and Gerald of Devo art-ing the Devo page from my Punk Rock Fun Time Activity Book!
Heres an ad for the Crytozoology wheel series i designed for Momentum wheels! Haslam is a badass! Thanks again to Pommier, Jim and K.Harris!
I’ve been fortunate enough to work with Shirts and Destroy on several more things! heres the new shirts and the old one too! only $15! www.shirtsanddestroy.com/ayejay
Was really really stoked to do an article for the amazing skateboard magazine COLOR! Even cooler, i was able to pay tribute to the artists that made me want to draw skateboards! Huge thanks to Phillips, VCJ, Mckee, Bratrud and Pushead for all the inspiration! Also huge thanks to Rodney Mullen, Stacy Peralta, Todd Francis, Matt Irving, Glen E. Friedman and L. Kuhn for quotes!
almost forgot! Pony Attack has reprinted, er… bootleged the Costanzig shirt! www.thisisponyattack.com
and last but not least, made a poster with the amazing John Baizley of Baroness for Shrinebuilder! pictured is a custom painted one i did for a friend!
word up! now back to work! more books! more skateboards! more shirts! huzzah!
Small Pic!
It’s always super cool to be a part of something you really like, small or large. Having been a major fan of Juxtapoz from it’s start, it’s always a huge thrill to be in the mag. This month’s issue has a small pic of the Duffman board i drew next to one by living legend skate art god Shawn Cliver’s work. Hooray! the pic is part of a listing for a skate art show in the Bay area. I had no idea the board was in the show, or the magazine, so i’m pretty hyped.
Of all the fun stuff i get to draw, doing skate decks my be the funnest for me. it takes me back to being twelve years old, looking at Thrasher and having my mind blown by the art of VCJ and Jim Phillips. When i finally got the chance to make a board (thanks Bratrud!) i almost wept when it showed in the mail. So special thanks to those who have helped that dream come true…Todd, Barker, Swank, Nathan Bell and Lee Charron. You dudes are the dudiest.
UTNE!
Utne Reader librarian Danielle Maestretti shares the highlights (and occasional lowlights) of what’s landing in our library each week in ‘From the Stacks.’
Utne’s library is abuzz with a steady flow of 1,300 magazines, newsletters, journals, weeklies, zines, and other lively dispatches from the cultural front that are rarely found at big-box bookstores, newsstands, or even online.
http://www.utne.com/Meet-Your-Utne-Reader-Librarian.aspx
Chunklet!
The new issue of Chunklet is out! The best rock magazine ever returns, and i got to do several illustrations for the new isssue, including the drawings for the Rockopoly board below (head cheese H20 did the design and lion’s share of the magazine!) go to www.chunklet.net and check it out!
Connected!
Little profile thingy in this months Hip Hop Connection magazine. Check it out!
Link round up #1
Instead of a standard links page, i figured from time to time i would drop some links of friends, inspirations, and people i admire. Heres some now!
www.gigposters.com
www.burlesquedesign.com
www.thequietlfe.com
www.struggleinc.com
www.mikesutfin.com
www.upso.org
www.enjoymunk.com
www.brentrollins.com
www.lordsofapathy.blogspot.com
www.listerart.com/au
www.fudgefactorycomics.com
www.melkadel.com
www.reupmag.com
www.pusfan.com
www.mumblemagazine.com
www.teenagerunawayurethane.com
www.tumyeto.net
Monster Children!
Cohen is featured in the new issue of Monster Children magazine! An 8 page spread, and an interview with Cohen written by him! Thank you to all the MC dudes down under!
Metal Madness
Reviews for the Heavy Metal Fun Time Activity Book!
Raised lighters to Revolver, Bust, Alternative Press, Vice, Nylon for guys, Juxtapoz.com, Utne.com, Mumble Magazine and OMG Posters!
Thank you!
Re-Up!
Myself and my rapping cohorts, Dr. Becky Sagers PhD are in the new issue of RE:UP Magazine’s eye-popping photography issue. Featuring work From Glen E. Freidman, Corey Arnold, Andy Mueller, Mike Watt,Clyde Singleton and more. Cop that!
Lips!
Found this photo of the Flaming Lips with the Synthesis magazine cover Matt Loomis and i drew. Ever seen Wayne Coyne’s Silkscreen posters? Bueno!
