Alex Eckman-Lawn's Murder Blog

new piece in a few variations

2010-12-30T08:26:00.000-08:00

i often have trouble choosing between little variations like these, and there's something i like about all of them. i'm tempted to just print this in a 3 different ways and let the public choose. feel free to weigh in and help me out if you want!

a step to the side

2010-11-24T10:00:00.000-08:00

been trying out some new stuff and i'm not sure where to dump it so i guess it's going here, in my chronically neglected, mostly unseen blog. if anyone's still watching, enjoy!

new art and developments

2010-04-26T10:29:00.000-07:00

i know it's been a long while, so i thought i'd post a batch of what i've been working on lately. i also just set up a tumblr specifically for my architectural work. it's kind of an excuse to keep doing the kind of work i did for REBUILT. check it out here:

http://re-building.tumblr.com

for starters, here's a brand new cover for awakening issue 7!

REBUILT

2010-03-06T08:28:00.000-08:00

my first solo show debuted last night and was a great success! it was good to see so many familiar faces and well wishers. here's just a few of the new pieces i did for the show.

this blog needs to be updated more frequently! luckily i have a pretty big stockpile of art to post so there will be more new stuff soon.

another nerdy update

2009-12-07T11:17:00.001-08:00

just a quick update this time. The Hellboy show at brave new worlds last friday was our first without Joe-big-pappa-Game and it went well! lots of great work and friendly faces. here's my piece for the show, and a few unrelated sketches.

Poe and Raoh, brothers separated by time/fiction

2009-10-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

a sampling of some of my favorite Poes from the Art In the Age show up now at their flagship store, and a few that were a bit too silly to make it into the show. I wanted to do a bunch of slightly different versions so that every print is a bit different. Also, gives me a chance to play around with the same image for hours which is of course what i love to do.

lastly, a nerdy little Raoh illustration (of fist of the north star fame). this little guy was a lot of fun. i can only hope i did the fist proud!a very colorful post this time, huh?

animal maaadness!

2009-08-28T11:21:00.000-07:00

this update is a bit late, i know. been trying to clear some of the work off my pate before attending to the blog. well to make up for it, i've come up with a kickass "theme" to this post: animals!
for starters here's a little taste of what i've been working on. the birds are from a brand new Awakening page i just finished. i'm pretty happy with those little guys.

here's an extra crazy tshirt design for my good buddy Andre of Blowupnihilist/abominable iron sloth.

and finally, here's a very nearly finished cover for the debut album from Sarasota, things alive. this one was a blast. check out his entire album for free at his website: www.sarasotatheband.com

the haunting of derek stone

2009-08-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

at last, all 4 initial Derek Stone books are out! it feels like an eternity since i finished these up, but it's really exciting to see them all printed and official looking.

in other good news, i saw ponyo this weekend and while definitely a step in a new direction, still totally satisfied my high expectations. I honestly don't know how any artist couldn't be at least a LITTLE inspired by seeing Miyazaki's work on the big screen so go breath this one in! if nothing else it's really encouraging to see an artist still taking chances and trying new things at his age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BfNtYF94cQ

sketch dump/drawing is fun

2009-08-08T09:23:00.000-07:00

it's update time again and i've been trying to do a lot more drawing for fun so i figured what better excuse to upload some things from my sketchbook.

my good friend the very talented Dan Trauten is working on adding some color/magic to the third one so hopefully i can post the finish soon.

Back from San Diego and feelin fine

2009-08-01T09:39:00.000-07:00

another year, another comic con under my belt! to my surprise i've survived another trip to the madness of san diego comic con and in fact, i had a good time. it's good to see all the people that i only get to see at these conventions, and of course talk to interesting strangers, and sell my book! the AWAKENING hardcover is finally(!) out and available for purchase so Nick and I were hard at work all weekend.

to celebrate i thought i'd post some preliminary art for a new pitch that Nick and I are working on as well as a couple other little guys.

also, I was super briefly interviewed at the show by my good buddy and fellow Archaia artist Patrick Mcavoy for the Ninja Mountain podcast. if you feel like hearing me whine about my directionless future, you can find it here: http://ninjamountain.blogspot.com

he actually got some really great interviews besides the tiny little boring one with me, including a very cool short chat with mr. jim steranko! check it out.

comic book fan art nerdery

2009-07-16T13:27:00.001-07:00

recently i was lucky enough to get a few commissions for comic book characters, and i've been preparing some work to show marvel so i've got a fair amount of superhero work floating around my computer. i figure now's as good a time as any to share with the world.

been too long

2009-07-11T01:38:00.000-07:00

i'd like to try and keep up with this blog a bit (a lot) better so today marks the beginning my hopefully triumphant, definitely more frequent posting. enjoy!

most of this is personal stuff, besides the last one which is from a the inside of a cd booklet i worked on recently. the drawing didn't fit with the rest of the package but i thought it looked nice enough to share with the internet.

philly show in fishtown

2009-05-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

i can't believe i didn't post anything for all of april! i'm especially disappointed in myself cause i've done plenty of work that i could have been posting on here.

to make up for it(hopefully) here's two pieces for two shows this month. i'm thinking of them as opposite sides of the same coin perhaps? is that too pretentious?

some new shirts

2009-03-14T17:45:00.000-07:00

just a few of the more fun shirt design i've done recently for a few different clients. sadly the band passed on skull-knight. hopefully i can find him a home with someone else!

ARCHITECT artwork

2008-11-25T16:17:00.000-08:00

Ghost of the saltwater machines is out today! i'm excited both to see it printed and to hear the final mix. it's a killer album and i'm totally proud to have worked on it. click for larger images.

a brand new pile

2008-07-02T12:17:00.000-07:00

here's a randomly assorted pile of new art. mostly tshirt and album design, but there's a little sci-fi illo in there as well. enjoy, everyone. it's summmahtime

new cover etc!

2007-10-10T19:24:00.000-07:00

issue 2 comes out next week! EVERYONE BUY ONE!!!!!

comic con!

2007-07-31T17:36:00.000-07:00

San Diego was beautiful, but sadly I mostly just saw the inside of the convention center. the good news is, we sold out of awakening! and speaking of the book, IT COMES OUT TOMORROW! everyone get one!

here's a little taste of issue 2 to get everyone excited

shirts!

2007-07-06T08:53:00.001-07:00

a few shirts i've been doing in the last few weeks for Car_Bomb and Willowtip records respectively.
Greg from Car Bomb was actually really great to work with

Blogam

2007-07-06T08:38:00.000-07:00

The cover for issue 2 of awakening(and also my first post)! I'm already way excited about issue 2, and think it kind of puts issue 1 to shame.

are you all excited yet?