lyriccins lyric sheets...

 Just for fun, I've been making lyric sheets for my project instagram, some kind of like an info graphic.

 Find more on instagram #lyriccins

http://instagram.com/100cins

Lyric cins: Lita Ford series

 Rock legend, Lita Ford, lead guitarist for The Runaways, came to work today for a Meet and Greet. I made some lyric sheets in anticipation.

 This might be a new design exercise for me. Mixing music and design is just logical.

50 Shades of Black...

What's stopping me from going to an art show in the middle of the week? I'm so tempted.

Daft punk art...

This group show looks amazing! It opens May 18th at the Gauntlet Gallery in San Francisco. Wish I could be there.

Luke Chueh X Coachella...

If you're going to Coachella, help me buy this T-shirt designed by Luke Chueh please!

Baseman X Coachella ...

Gary Baseman designed a T-shirt for this year's Coachella!

have yourself a merry little christmas...

 Merry Christmas from me!

My Boots...

For the love of Helvetica, I had to post this music video by Lights.

Awareness Geezer...

There's a Chase painting at the Plan C offices: “Awareness Geezer”. Approved by Carl Choi and the Far East Movement.

new logo with Pardee x The Used

the evolution of a logo with Alex Pardee and The Used...
click the image to see Pardee's blog post. so awesome.

at shuffle & the never ending story...

saturday night, we went to the show opening for Shuffle at Hibbleton Gallery in Fullerton. the tagline for the show is "interpreting music into visual arts, a collaborative playlist. the gallery was friggin packed. our friend, Aaron Little, had a set of awesome paintings at one corner of the gallery...
and all the way at the other side of the gallery, Christopher Umana had a piece up. i went to college with his brother, Ichae Ackso (who participated in postal sketches), so i got to say hi and Chris did this sketch for me.
i had monday off for president's day, so my cousinish and i went to Royal/T to check out the Never Ending Story exhibit and have some brunch. the food looked so appetizing and delicious that i didn't even pause to take a picture before digging in.we had the gallery all to ourselves and the Porta Party in the corner kept us amused for a while.
this was a big fascinating piece by seonna hong.this bunny was our favorite piece, but i didn't pay attention to who the artist was. i must have been really absentminded monday...

the first two photos are by our friend David Law. he's a doctor.

my dinosaur life...

the Motion City Soundtrack has updated their site for the My Dinosaur Life album release, and it's all covered in Joe Ledbetter art! can't wait until january 19th...

business cards 2009...

i love seeing my work in print! last week i received a small stack of business cards i designed for DJ Rawkim, and this week i received the calling cards i designed for my Postal Sketches project...

dj rawkim...

i finished a logo and business card for DJ Rawkim a few weeks ago. it was a fun project, especially creating the image on the front of his business card...

this is essentially his logo and bumper sticker. he's a local south bay dj. check him out

sour...

this is all over the blogosphere because everyone appreciates well executed coordination and fun music...

...and of course i love it too.

off the bus on the record...

have i mentioned that kevin tong is amazing? he illustrated the book "off the record and on the bus"
it's available on amazon, and if you're my friend, i want it for my birthday, haha.
this is the link the kevin's own post about the book.

shoes by kanye west and louis vitton...

always love a fun collaboration...
found on if its hip its here.

the worlds on fire...

last night my best friend, connie, and i attempted to go to the second opening of The Worlds on Fire: Grammy Nominated Art Exhibit. it's a series of portraits done by various amazing artist of grammy nominated musicians. apparently we crashed a private party instead of attending an opening, which was actually only on monday. the blog for Juxtapoz magazine stated, "If you missed the Worlds on Fire opening reception on Monday, you still have a chance to attend a second public opening tonight, Friday, February 6th 2009, starting at 7pm." when we arrived at the door of the Pacific Electric Lofts, the door lady said the gallery closed at 7pm and a private party started at 9pm. imagine our confusion. we got there around 8pm and the glass windows showed us a practically empty gallery. with enough desperation, connie talked our ways into the show. it was fantastic. thank you to the door lady and whoever she asked to let us in.
my favorite piece: lori earley's portrait of madonna
detail of one of connie's favorite pieces; it's a mosaic of vinyl pieces to create jay-z's portrait by mr. brainwash.

images from our night at the exhibit.
images from the actual opening

List of Artists (and Musicians portraits created):

• SAS CHRISTIAN – Riverview, FL (Rihanna)
• LORI EARLEY – Red Bank, NJ (Madonna)
• COLIN CHRISTIAN – Riverview, FL (M.I.A)
• JEREMY LIPKING – Los Angeles, CA (Snoop Dogg)
• SHEPARD FAIREY – Los Angeles, CA (Paul McCartney)
• IAN JOHNSON – San Francisco, CA (Al Green)
• DAVID STOUPAKIS – New York, NY (Will.i.am)
• PAUL CHATEM – Los Angeles, CA (Rick Rubin)
• RON ENGLISH – Jersey City, NJ (Metallica)
• GREG GOSSEL – Minneapolis, MN (Jay-Z)
• HENRY LEWIS – San Francisco, CA (Nas)
• SHAWN BARBER – San Francisco, CA (ACDC)
• TRAVIS LOUIE – Red Hook, NY (Nine Inch Nails)
• MATT BONE – Los Angeles, CA (Beyonce)
• JOSHUA PETKER – Los Angeles, CA (Radiohead)
• VAN ARNO – Los Angeles, CA (BB King)
• HEIDI TAILLEFER – Montreal, CAN (Coldplay)
• KRIS LEWIS - Los Angeles, CA (Beck)
• MIKE MAXWELL – San Diego, CA (Bruce Springsteen)
• GARY BASEMAN - Los Angeles, CA (Kanye West)
• CHRIS PUGLIESE – Hoboken, NJ (The Eagles)
• HELEN GARBER – Los Angeles, CA (Will.i.am)
• SAUL ARMAS – Los Angeles, CA (Lil' Wayne)
• TRAE KING – Los Angeles, CA (Duffy)
• NATALIA FABIA – Los Angeles, CA (Pink)
• R.C. LIPKING – Los Angeles, CA (Alison Krauss & Robert Plant)
• JOSEPH TODOROVITCH – Los Angeles, CA (Alicia Keyes)

afterward we went around the corner to blu LA cafe for banana cream pie...