Happy Valentine's Day!

Sketchtravel

I'm very lucky and honored to have been invited to contribute to the Sketchtravel book. Sketchtravel is the brainchild of Gérald Guerlais and Daisuke Tsutsumi, it's a sketchbook thats passed by hand from artist to artist across the world. Once it's finished It'll be sold in a benefit auction and published as well.

Sketchtravel blog

I finished my page almost two weeks ago. I'm not allowed to show the whole thing so here's a small detail to whet your appetites.



I was also privileged with the honor of handing off the book to the amazing Carter Goodrich of New Yorker fame.
I nerded out over that one.


(thats Ronnie Del Carmen lurking in the background with his beloved coffee and/or iPhone)

"Help the Hodges"

While I was at CTN I contributed to this group drawing to help raise money for the Hodge family. It's got quite a line up of famous cartoonists on it. Today it goes for auction on EBAY along with many other fundraising items and art. Lot's of cool stuff actually.
See www.helpthehodges.com for details.

iPhone App!

My dream of one day having my very own iPhone app has finally come true! Thanks to Bobby Chiu and Imaginism Studios, it's part of their new line of artist sketchbook apps. 30 virtual pages to fit in your pocket. This redheads sketchbook will be the first of a series to be followed by two other popular female hair colors.
Follow this link to learn more or purchase.
To celebrate I'll be giving away free copies via promotional codes to 20 lucky loyal Daily Peril followers. So keep an eye on your inbox, it could be you!

The Prize

And she's done!

Prize Fight! *UPDATE*

As in "fight for the prize". The prize being this piece below (when it's done that is).
Draw or paint your personal interpretation of a "Pin-up Girl" to win.
To enter, see my previous post and the Chiustream for details.

Uploading starts: Tuesday, December 15 at 11:59 pm EST / 8:59 pm PST
Voting starts: Wednesday, December 16 at 12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST
Voting stops: Thursday, December 17 at 12:00 pm EST / 9:00 am PST




I'll post more of "the prize" as it progresses.


PROGRESS UPDATE:

Chiustream!

Bobby Chiu will be interviewing me on his Chiustream this approaching Thursday night.
December 17, 2009
Time: 11:59pm EST / 8:59pm PST
Chiustream is a live streaming video by artist/teacher/entrepreneur Bobby Chiu. When not interviewing fellow artists (on the Chiustream) Bobby does live painting demos and answers questions through chat. Very inspiring, check it out.
The interviews always coincide with a contest, so you can submit a painting of your version of a "pin-up" to Chiutream to win your very own original Bill Presing Pin-up art! (Sorry for the late notice) So snap to it! (I've got to get on it too :)