Countdown to the Strangelets album release

(work done for the Strangelets' album submission)

 

My boyfriend's band is being released in early 2013. Currently, they are working on the last two songs before they send it off to get mastered and then eventually printed and released. It's exciting to see a group's work turn into something tangible after months and months and months of preparation, rehearsals, rework, revision and recording. They put it so much work in this project and each of them busy with other personal things.

 

Back in the summer, the group turned to their artists friends to work on a potential album cover. I was blessed to have them pick one of my paintings as the cover of their EP, Heavy is the Heart.

 

I came up with a digital drawing, in hopes to capture the dream-like quality in much of the band's music. Sweet like lullabies, this collection of shoegaze songs has me daydreaming of laying on the beach, sea breezes wisping my hair as I look up at the stars and just take in their twinkles.

 

Sort of what I was thinking in my illustration, where the universe conspires to make dreams come true by setting the stage up. It's up to the dreamer to take the stand, walk up to that stage and burn like a supernova.

 

 

My submission to the project. However, they decided to use my boyfriend's picture for the cover. All good to me, as I am happy to have a personal piece done. I have been using all my creative skills at my design job that it was nice to let go and do something impulsive as the piece above.



Strangelets "Heavy is the Heart" EP

I am late with this post but one of my paintings is the cover of Los Angeles band Strangelets' 2012 EP release. They are hard at work in finishing their full length album set to be released in August/September.

An Indiegogo campaign will soon kick off to help press up some CDs. 

Check out a couple of songs from the EP. I will also be posting up a couple of songs from last years' EP, Summer Forever.

All music is available at http://strangelets/bandcamp.com

Snow White and the Huntsman? FUCK YA!

By now, you have probably heard of the released trailer of "Snow White and the Huntsman." Why am I hella excited?

1. Kristen Stewart as Snow White: I am not a Twilight fan on any measure. I watched the series and laughed my fuckin ass off at the most unappropriate moments. Cheese is funny. But I really think of all the young brunettes out there, she has a level of badassery that would make any little girl rethink the "whoa as me, please some prince save me" imagery of Snow White and may even think of her as a role model. I mean look at her, she's suited up for battle. fuck ya!

2. Charlize Theron as the Queen: If anybody can play a dark evil ice queen but still be hot and sultry, it would be Charlize. And the Queen is evil: sucking the youth out of any fair maiden so she can stay young? That's pure evil. (Well not as evil as Elizabeth Báthory, the Hungarian countess who was a prolific serial killer. She is thought to have killed 650 young women, drinking and bathing in  their blood in order to stay young. Talk about fucking crazy. But I digress...)

3. The Dwarves: Still looking for key art but I heard that the Dwarves are ala "Lord of the Rings" Style. Not your "whistle while you work" version. Guess Happy and Dopey are gone and in comes a league of Grumpys with bad attitudes and weapons. Protect your crotches.

4. The Mirror: Hi, Scary! The Mirror melts and becomes a heavily shrouded being of Death. Nice touch!

5. Lastly: Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman: I don't eeeeeeeven need to say much here. That man is HOT HOT HOT!

Hopefully he shows us Shirtless Huntsman like he showed us Shirtless Thor.