RTD Featured On Spraygraphic

The nice folks over at Spraygraphic have featured RTD on their sprayblog this week - LINK. Thanks guys!



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The Birth of Merman

I got invited by Scott over at Born Magazine to create the cover for the 2009 Issue #2 a little while back. The theme is alway loosely based around "birth". I had something similar to this in one of my sketchbooks that had been patiently waiting to be released on the world. After a little inking, careful planning of proportions, and strategic placement of hairs, this is what I ended up with. Check out Born here - http://www.bornmagazine.org/

Prints will be available in the RTD $TORE soon too, so sit tight and dream of all the lonely Mermen that will soon need homes.

Lost At E Minor

Lost At E Minor is a favorite site of mine that I drop by on a regular basis for a fresh rotation of inspiration. Today when I stopped by I was greeted by myself?!? This was really a great surprise and honor. Thanks LAEM team and especially to Ilana Kohn for the nice write up! Check it out here - lostateminor.com.

April Print Winner Announced!

Congratulations to Juana from Scottsdale, AZ. A signed 5x7 of Gardener On Potato Island will be making its way from RTD headquarters through the snail mail system in the next day or so. Thanks to everyone who entered and we encourage you to enter again for each monthly drawing here. Anyone who has entered even only once will be automatically entered in to the yearly grand prize drawing for a limited edition, signed and numbered 16"x20" print of their choice. All of the current prints available can be eyeballed here. Thanks to all who participated and showed love this month... stay tuned for the June winner!

Best,

Jesse Kuhn
el presidente
RAWTOASTDESIGN

March Print Winner

Congratulations to Ojay Juarez from Fort Worth, TX. A signed 5x7 of Tiny Pimp will be making its way from NYC through the snail mail system in the next day or so. Thanks to everyone who entered and we encourage you to enter again for each monthly drawing here. Everyone who has entered even only once will be automatically entered in to the yearly grand prize drawing for a limited edition signed and numbered 16"x20" print of their choice. All of the current prints available can be eyeballed here. Thanks to everyone who participated and stay tuned for the April winner!

Best,

RTD

Economy Dampens Publishing

This was done for the April issue of the The Writer for an article titled "Economy Dampens Publishing".

Creative Quarterly 15: Waiting For A Believer

More good news! Waiting For A Believer was chosen by the fine jury over at Creative Quarterly and will be featured in Creative Quarterly 15. Art prints are available as well to help pay off those sweet entry fees :) - Waiting For A Believer prints

Eyes to the Skies

This illustration was done for the Talk of the Town section in the February issue of 417 Magazine. The blurb was about the Branson Regional Airport kicking off its opening with a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds show.

The Other Wyeth

Illustration done for Main Line Today February issue on an article about the well know artist Andrew Wyeth and his lesser known brother, Nat. The full article can be found here - link. And fine art prints here - link

IF: Similar {3}

Cats all look the same too me... I'm sure they would say the same about us though too. This is a new illustration from my aluminum trash can series titled "Squatters". Prints available here.

IF: Balloon

This is actually a work in progress for an editorial piece I'm working on that's not due until next week so I thought I would post it here since it fit the Illustration Friday topic too. The article is on a turkey processing plant that was recently closed down. Feedback is welcomed!

*update*
Art prints are available now as well - All Turkeys Go To heaven

IF: Pretend

"Waiting For a Believer"

Prints available: STORE | ETSY

Happy Halloween!

Have a great weekend everyone!

FFFFOUND!

Great image bookmarking site that has lots of beautiful illustration, design, and photography work featured on it.
http://ffffound.com/

IF: Island

This is for the Illustration Friday "Island" topic. I actually used this for the "garden" topic a while back, but did a limited edition print series for it since then titled the GARDENER ON POTATO ISLAND. Here is the original message that accompanied the first one...
Funny how a word can transport you back in time when you really start thinking about it. My mom used to let me grow potato plants in jars on our window sills as a kid (bless her, cause they start to stink after awhile). They grow pretty quickly so I used to get really excited to look at them each day when I got home from school to see the progress. Then at night my mind would wander beyond the science of things and imagine the little people that showed up during the day to water the vines while I was away at school.

So this is the illustration I came up with after that thought...

Prints: signed and numbered (16x20 and 8x10) available through RAWTOASTDESIGN.



PURCHA$E

Snowboard illustrations

These were my three submissions for the Salomon snowboard artwork contest. Hope they like one...

Medium: pen & ink / digital color