03 Jul 2009

The Five Deadly Venoms CD now on CDBaby

The The Five Deadly Venoms CD that I illustrated and designed is now available for purchase on CDBaby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/fivedeadlyvenoms. The band is still on tour too, check the dates on their website.

25 Jun 2009

Make My Monday @ Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, June 29th

I'll be drawing with other local artists at Fort Mason Center's Make My Monday event on the 29th. Free happy hour and original art at recession-friendly prices. 6:30-9:30pm, 21+. RSVP at mmm@fortmason.org or on Facebook to hold your place at the bar.

18 Jun 2009

BFF - Set 1, Drawing 37. Michael and Cathleen

The 37th BFF drawing is done. It's a combination of Michael and his friend Cathleen.

If you enjoy this project, please consider supporting it on Kickstarter by July 14. This is an opportunity to commission your own BFF-style drawing, get a BFF print or poster. Even if you can only pledge a few dollars, I'll thank you on my site. The project is totally self-funded thus far, and just getting frames for 127 drawings will cost a couple thousand dollars. Thanks! BFF on Kickstarter

12 Jun 2009

Kickstart BFF

I got invited by Kickstarter.com (a funding platform for creative types) to add the BFF project to their site. It works a bit like public radio fund drives: people pledge a certain amount of money, and you get certain rewards depending on how much you pledge. However, if the fundraising goal is not met, no money changes hands.

I'm trying to raise $5000 by July 14 for the BFF project. This will help me complete the project sooner rather than later (I have 91 drawings left to make), pay for supplies, BFF posters, prints, even books, and help to put together a gallery show when it's all done. Pledging $1 or more gets you a shout-out on my website; $20 or more gets you a signed poster which will include all the drawings arranged in a hereditary tree; $100 or more gets you a signed and numbered limited edition giclee print of BFF drawings available only to Kickstarter supporters; $200-$499 gets you an original BFF-style composite sketch of you and a friend, drawn by me in pencil at 4x6"; and $500 or more gets you a detailed original BFF-style composite drawing of you and a friend, drawn by me in charcoal at 8.5x11" (same quality as the drawings in this project). If the goal of $5000 isn't met by July 14, you don't have to pay anything - on the other hand, you can still pledge even if the goal has been met before then. You can get more details and pledge here, feel free to pass it along to others:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shawnfeeney/bff

If you wanted a BFF-style drawing but missed out on the project, now's your chance! Thanks.

10 Jun 2009

The Five Deadly Venoms - Album Art

My friends in The Five Deadly Venoms asked me to create the imagery for their debut self-titled album. I made the cover illustration, band logo, CD layout and design. They asked me for an illustration of deadly flowers, and so for inspiration I looked to angel's trumpets, pitcher plants, venus flytraps, and the carrion flower. The album has just been released and the band is about to hit the road. Check them out while they're on tour - this is some seriously excellent 21st century bluegrass, and a beautifully recorded album. I've added imagery from the CD to the Sketchbook and Posters pages.

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