WPI

Regarding Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil speaking at WPI's commencement. For details, see this article in Worcester Magazine. http://www.worcestermag.com/city-desk/top-news/Oil-and-water-119785344.html

I just read this Go-List notification from the students protesting Tillerson's presence:

> Good news! We are thrilled to announce that our negotiations with the

> administration have come to a satisfying resolution.

>

> Student who wish to avoid ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson's speech will

> be allowed to do so. A row will be reserved them the back so that we

> may join the rest of the class afterwards for the degree-granting

> ceremony.

>

> In addition, our alternate speaker Richard Heinberg has been offered

> the same stage as Tillerson. I can confirm Richard will be speaking

> after commencement, at 3 PM on May 14th, on the Quad.

>

> We are delighted at this outcome, which satisfies both our, and the

> needs of the administration.

My reply:
You've been allowed to sit in the back of the room while Mr. Tillerson still gives his speech. I'm sorry, but take your victory lap when you've achieved victory. When the school acknowledges that its actions are disgraceful and when Mr. Tillerson is not speaking at your commencement, then congratulate yourselves. WPI's students are not the ones whose actions are offensive to our society. Rewarding students of conscience with segregation is not an acceptable solution.

I know graduating students have a diminishing stake in your school's actions, but it does matter.

d

Shrunken Head!

I just did some shirts for my buddy Brian over at Shrunken Head Studios. He's an incredoble toy and model sculptor working way far out there in CA. He wanted a version of DaVinci's Vitruvian Man, but as a zombie. Here's what I did.

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Form

I'm completely blown away by the design of something that came out 4 years before I did (to the day!). I just saw this today. I follow a few blogs like Hemmings and BikeExif. The vehicle designs are always incredible, whether from the distant past or the near future.

Well, meet the 1970 Lancia HF Zero:

Check out how the clean, futuristic blade-form perches above the pure-muscle, mechanical undercarriage. They usually coexist in cars, but never like this. It's like the two pure ideas of design were pressed together to become conjoined twins. Lancia.

Auction's on May 21, love to see how much it aucions for. More pics here:
http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=VE11&CarID=r105
#7 is great photo of the interior. Amazing.

Get ready to want this.

...Or not. It's completely up to you. I should have some of these ready for Start on the Street. I like the Celtics' color combo, so I stole it.

I think I'd like to keep doing zombie head-shirts. I'll do other stuff too, but I love having this as an ongoing series.

Bluestocking Bombers!

Hey all. I have been pretty pisspoor at updating the blog. So here's a quickie. Just finished the logo for a new roller derby team, The Bluestocking Bombers. Trying to get something that'll look good on shirts.

I'm behind on everything right now (and still have to get my taxes in!), so no time to comment.

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A week from today

I haven't posted in so long. There's been more work-art and less fun-art for the past few months. Can't complain, but I'm itching to draw some explodey stuff.

Anyway. As some folks may know, I was selected as one of two recipients of the Worcester Arts Council Fellowship Grant. It's a pretty big honor. And to be honest, it's an even bigger honor to receive the accolade at this point in the city's evolution. Good things are happening here and I'm proud to be part of it.

The other recipient is Alex Charalambides, a local poet who has created a huge movement in the area. If you ever have a chance, check out the Dirty Gerund show. I've never been big into poetry, but I was blown away when I went. On top of a great show, it was a completely packed, enthusiastic crowd in the downstairs of Ralph's, on a Monday.

Well us two fellas got selected by the city to be Fellows and there's a reception this coming Sunday. Nothing majorly formal, but I would love it if people came out for a couple hours in the afternoon. I'll have some art up, I'll spike the punch, we'll hear some poetry and give some high-fives. Here are the details. 1-3pm, April 10th, Goddard House and Art Gallery, 1199 Main Street, Worcester, MA.

Lastly, I want to say thank you to the Worcester Arts Council for this enormous honor. Thank you.
d

Hello, UPS man

UPS man just made a visit. A new abnormalbrain skateboard! Wowee!
Of course, international internet sensation Cricket Catinski must investigate.
Yup, definitely smells like a box. You're welcome.

I'm glad to finally see this, it's one of the first boards I designed for my Zazzle store. If you want one of these, they's available here:
Zazzle.com/abnormalbrain

Monster trucks

Started this a while back. Going to try and get it done in the next week or so. 18x24" in regular, plain, old, acrylic. There will be a giant scythe blade up there at the top, and lots more junk flying around, some more reapers in the background, and I'm not sure about that bright yellow. I think the sky colors need to be more drab.

Peeks

at the new work for the 242 show. each is 18x24". This one's india ink:

I'm pretty new to working with gouache, which is what I used on the Luchador piece. It's a weird medium, chalky with a high pigment density. It's really reacting oddly in the sunlight here. Cyan is very light in the sun, while the red is super saturated. I hate the idea of doing any Photoshop to a photo of a painting, but I'm prob going to have to, just to get a correct representation.

UPDATE. This is closer to what the colors really look like. Not exact, but I don't really have time to spend finessing a psd file.

Come with.

Space 242 is having a new show opening this coming weekend. I've got 4 pieces in it. Technically 3 pieces, but I think I'm so cool I can just throw a frame around the sketch for one of the main pieces and call it art.

space242.com

I'll have some peeks up soon.