FrankenFloyd Halloween T-shirt Extravaganza!

I was recently asked to create an illustration for The Barn at Pioneer Acres, a beautiful wedding reception location in Polk, Wisconsin owned by friends of my family.

Every Halloween, they throw a party for a few hundred people, and every year there is much food, much booze, and a one-of-a-kind Pink Floyd-themed horror show complete with projection screens, smoke machines, props, costumes, and a mix of Floyd recordings and live performances. This year's theme was FrankenFloyd with a production that focused mostly on music from Floyd's iconic Wish You Were Here album.

Below, check out some of the work that went into the FrankenFloyd illustration.

WIP: So I forgot to take a photo before I began inking.

Original pen and ink illustration

b/w t-shirt front

T-shirt layout and printing done by the fantastic, quick, and cordial createmytee.com.

Shirts for sale.

The show!

The Court of the Crimson King

Last month at the Prague Revue  I wrote about my second favorite thing ever: Batman. This month, I wrote about my very most favoritist thing absolutely ever: KING CRIMSON (the only band to ever inspire me to get a tattoo!). The piece is essentially a brief history of progressive rock with King Crimson as the lynchpin that's held it all together since their 1969 debut with a whole bunch of Youtube videos so you can immediately get immersed in the music. Plus it's pretty funny, if I do say so myself (it's not to take a few jabs at a musical genre known for its lyrics about wizards and dwarfs).

If you've ever heard of King Crimson, but not actually heard them and had some curiosity, my goal was to get beyond that curiosity and into the band. If you hate prog rock (as most sane people do), there's even a section on how the Crimsos have often crossed over into pop working with the likes of Blondie, Talking Heads, Bowie, and even being sampled by Kanye.

Check it out. If you're pretty into music, there should be at least something new to enjoy!

And now because I'm sure you're curious, and because it so very sexy: my King Crimson Discipline tattoo...

It looks wet because I had just gotten it and cleaned it. It is not dripping tattoo juice.