People Who Died

This week my People Who Died illustrations are being ran in Baltimore, San Antonio, Cleveland, and Detroit. Here are a couple of the covers and three of the the ten portraits I drew.

Equality Rocks

"I want one of those guitars that's like a double guitar" The Simpsons will always be my best muse.

Another Cash

This and a lot of newer Cash portraits will be for sale soon on my etsy site at www.alexfine.etsy.com

Oranges Band/ Impossible Hair final tour poster

Here is the final tour poster.

Oranges Band/ Impossible Hair tour poster drawing

This is the ink drawing that will soon be a poster for The Oranges Band/Impossible Hair European tour. I will post the final tomorrow.

2 Piece and a Biscuit

My greaziest poster to date. Come out to Joe Squared this Thursday and light a chicken with a bunch of lowbrow arteests including myself and many more of Baltimore's finest.

STELLA!!!!

Here are 3 out of the 30 quick illustrations I just drew up for David Wain for his traveling comedy group Stella. David is extremely funny and directed one of my favorite movies Wet Hot American Summer. He also has an online show called Wainy days which is also hilarious. I had 2 days to really work on the 30 illustrations so they are pretty quick and simple. They will be projected at each show during a parady of the song "Moving Out." David Wain along with his friends Michel Ian Black and Michael Showalter from 90's sketch comedy show The State are on tour starting this Saturday so be sure to check them out.

Ann Coulter's Duh Face

I took a break from a project I've been working on for David Wain(The State, Stella, etc.) to do an illustration of Ann Coulter for Phawker.com. The final image has her with her jaw wired shut but I liked the first one better as an illustration.

Phonte Illustration

Spot illustration for Philly Weekly of Phonte from the hip hop group Little Brother. I drew him with long hair and glasses from the cover of his 80's influenced record.

Bring back the mixtape

Here are two versions of an illustration I just did for the City Paper about holiday mix tapes.

Obama Wins!!!!!!!! Time to start fixing the mess of the last 8 years

Unpublished illustration. I was so happy he won that I started drawing for fun.

A couple new posters

I wanted to do the type by hand but I've been short on time. I might rework the type later.

Lots of line backgrounds....

I just like lines is all. Maryland native Wayna for Philly Weekly.

Slots in Maryland

Baltimore City Paper cover for tomorrow's issue. The cover story is on who wins from the vote to either legalize slots or keep the novelty gambling machines in business.

Stephen Merritt Interview

This is for an interview with Magnetic Fields singer Stephen Merritt. He mentions that he recently started playing the harp.....he's also from New York.

Final Cover-This Week's San Antonio Current

Davey G Poster

I must be wicked too....I'm tired

Poster for my friend Gilbert who spins good music.

Nikka Costa is Free

My usual spot assignment for Philly Weekly. This week is about Nikka Costa breaking away from Virgin Records to record on her own.

Knock Out Punch

I recently received an assignment from the San Antonio Current to design a cover illustration for their presidential election issue. They asked me to come up with a concept that was humorous and symbolized the overall feeling of the candidates. I felt that the vp debate was the final blow to the McCain campaign.

Romania

This is for Roman Kuebler's solo project. Check out his song of the month website at www.every7th.com.

Last minute Obama/Springsteen poster

For tomorrow's rally in Philly. I felt like I should make this a little less punk rock than my usual posters.

Scary Times...

October must be poster month

Another bloody poster

Lemmy and Willie....wrinkly fun

This was for an article about two concerts coming to Philadelphia next week. Motorhead and Willie Nelson.

A couple posters

Still....... Smokin'

Cheech and Chong for Philly Weekly.

True Crime

For City Paper book review of Irvine Welsh's new book Crime.

Baltimore City Paper awards best scene to...

Baltimore.

Johnny Cash Art Show..coming soon

No Respect

Poster for the Sidebar's punk rock standup tour. Who better than Rodney to sell this event.

Hon-Dead

Poster for Peter and Molly for the next Pain Of being Dead art/music show about zombies and monsters.

Phelps the Red Carp

Jonathan at Phawker.com asked my to draw Michael Phelps for an up to the minute update on every time Phelps wins a gold medal. I found a Chinese painting of a red carp jumping out of the water and exceeding its goal of just swimming to a gate. I thought this was fitting for Phelps and will add another carp for every medal he wins.

To all my Boston friends..

This week's cover of Boston's Weekly Dig.

Isaac Hayes RIP

Yesterday was a strange day. I got my weekly assignment for Philadelphia Weekly and it was to draw Isaac Hayes. It was for the Stax Records Anniversary celebration that Hayes was supposed to host. (The logo for Stax Records is snapping fingers just in case you didn't know why I drew him in this pose) Anyway, I come home yesterday ready to color in the drawing I did in the morning to find that Hayes had passed away sometime during the day yesterday. I wasn't sure if they were still going to use the illo but it turned into a memorial column for Hayes so the illustration still worked.

KEXP Poster

Here is a poster I just finished for KEXP Radio in Seattle. They are printing posters to advertise new bands on the rise. This version hasn't gone through final approval yet but I think this will be the one we're going with. The plan is to print 40.000 copies to give away at Seattle's annual music fest Bumbershoot.

3 illustration, 2 shows, and 1 long, sick, weekend

For Phoenix Magazine. The article is about the woman who was afraid to pull over for a cop on a dark road and was finally pulled over where the cop proceeded to smash her window and arrest her. She was going 10 miles over the speed limit.


For Baltimore City Paper. The article is about the connection between Dennis Wilson's final album and a reissue of a Droids album.


For Philly Weekly about math rockers Polvo.