Friend and fellow illustrator, Phoneticontrol, invited me to take part in the San Francisco leg of his "Thought Processor" traveling art exhibit. For the show, a lucky band of local artists are each designing their own version of a paper color-way (fold-up toy) of one of Pho's little robot characters. Then we're doing paintings that correspond with our designs. Both the 2-D art and the finished, constructed paper figures will be on display at Super-7 Toys in S.F.'s Japantown, this June. I'll post the info on here soon, so keep an eye out!
Yes, that's my very own color-way design, up at the top. He's The Demolitionist, based on the gun-toting dude in "Business As Usual" (shown above). I saved myself some time by making the toy suit a painting I already had done and ready for display. I can still hear Mr. Groff's words echoing in my brain... "Work smarter... not harder... wooooo."
Okay, so the "woooo" is a little adlib... I'd imagine a ghost of a memory making, well, a ghostly boo noise... or something.
Dave Crosland (aka King Gum) is an American illustrator whose stylized art is a harmonious collision of traditional aesthetics with modern sensibilities. His art has graced the walls of galleries in the USA and abroad, comic books, album covers, apparel, concert posters, and beyond. Most recently, Dave spent a year working as a designer on Disney XD's Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, at Titmouse Inc. Crosland's other notable works include Yo Gabba Gabba! Comic Book Time and Scarface: Scarred For Life, art for the pop group Gym Class Heroes' gold album "As Cruel As School Children", and illustrations for the Kick-Ass video game for Sony’s PS3. His clients have included MTV, Warner Brothers Animation, Ride Snowboards, Atlantic Records, IDW Publishing, Walt Disney Animation, Oni Press and more. Dave can currently be found living in Los Angeles, toiling away at book projects, animation concepts and a body of new fine art works.
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Your thought processor is very cool!
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