My skateboard for the Montana Skatepark Association is available for your bid: http://www.montanaskatepark.org/ondeck-boards/nora-thompson/ I posted progress reports as I painted the deck, and you can find the lot of them here. Go. Bid. Help raise a little money for some free public skateparks.
So looking forward to ParaNorman
Soooo looking forward to August 17. I think I’m growing a stop-motion fetish. Don’t you just want those maquettes to play with for yourself? You don’t become a hero by being normal. ParaNora. That’s what they meant to call it. Para. Nor. A. http://www.paranorman.com/
Now accepting credit cards!
So when the nice people at the Frick asked me if I would be able to take credit cards at my book signing tomorrow (see details below), I had to honestly tell them “no.” But. A day and a half later I bought myself an iPad (geeky dance around the room) and got busy with Square. Square is a tiny …
I’ve got a book signing!
Now I went and did it. This Saturday, April 14 between 1:30 and 2:30 in the afternoon, in the rotunda at the Frick Art & Historical Center, along with my new buddy Stacy Innerst, I will be signing copies of my book Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1. I will also have prints and posters from the book …
So looking forward to Frankenweenie
<p>&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Octo&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;</p> So so so looking forward to October 5. I want a Sparky dog stuffed animal doll. The stitched one. With a removable tail. http://disney.go.com/frankenweenie/
Skateboard for On Deck 7: Progress 5 It’s Aliiiiive!!!
I’ve finished the skateboard for On Deck VII, and here he is. I still have to attach the hanging hardware, package him up and send him off, but the creative part is complete. I’ve decided to call it Bruce after the shark in the movie Jaws. I haven’t decided whether the brusher’s name is Bruce or the brushee, and I don’t think I …
Skateboard for On Deck 7: Progress 4
Another day’s work on the skateboard for the Montana Skatepark Association‘s On Deck exhibit and charity auction. I’ve finished up the teeth and started on the bubbles. Almost finished now.
Skateboard for On Deck 7: Progress 3
I was a little stuck on what color (or colors) to make the toothbrush, so I started mixing colors I was already using and came up with this purple. I’m not sure if I like it yet or not. It’s a nice contrast to the yellow shirt, but something feels a little off for me. Not sure what. I do need it to …
Skateboard for On Deck 7: Progress 2 AKA "The Great White Turd"
I’ve made a little more progress on my On Deck skateboard for the Montana Skatepark Association’s charity auction. I wasn’t completely sure what colors I wanted to use for the toothbrusher’s clothes except maybe that he should be wearing jeans. I grabbed some of the dark purplish blue I had used for inside the mouth and added a little white …
Skateboard for On Deck 7: Progress 1
The Fed Ex man delivered my skateboard safe and sound-like at my door for the On Deck 7 charity auction happening in May. The deck is due back in Missoula by April 1, so I decided it might be a good idea to get this puppy rolling. First I sanded off the finish, filled in the holes I wouldn’t be using for hanging, and then …
Skateboard sketch for On Deck 7
I had this idea to paint on a skateboard even before the Montana Skatepark Association said they wanted me to paint one of theirs. I finally got the sketch finished after weeks of just thinking about it. The next step will be sanding off the finish on the deck, filling in the holes I don’t need, priming the board and …
Montana Skatepark On Deck 7
2011 Deck The Montana Skatepark Association has emailed to let me know I’ll be painting them another skateboard for their seventh On Deck exhibit! How it works: Montana Skatepark gets blank skateboards that didn’t quite pass the flawlessness inspection test and sends them off to artists to do with as they wish. After the artist is finished doing what they …