Forward Collective » Forward Collective

NEW online store coming soon

Giselle — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:02:36 +0000

hi everyone! in the coming days we will have a new online store set up here with new tshirts for your buying and wearing pleasure. please check back with us soon. and i mean soon!

FRIDAY ART: Bigote Brown

Kevin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:48:04 +0000

My buddy Randy Muñiz, who I’ve written about before, asked me if I wanted to make a skull for a mural project that he, and his friend James, are putting together at the Mexic-arte museum. I said, “sure” and then I drew this.

I was pleased with this drawing and proceeded to Ink it up and make it clean, but it was losing all it’s magic. I’ve mentioned before that I am a fan of pencil sketches over the finished black lined drawings. There is something so honest about pencil drawings. So, what I did was just blow up my sketch to 3 feet and painted right over the black and white copy. Here is what that looks like.

Here is a picture of my daughter standing next to Bigote Brown.

Bigote Brown will be wheatpasted on the side of the museum next to the skulls of 6 other artists. Come out to the Viva La Vida Fest, celebrating dia de los muertos, tomorrow in Downtown Austin to check it all out.

new works

Giselle — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:55:53 +0000

i finally gave myself the chance to make some new things!!

jumbo dinosaur crayons. recycled glass tile earrings and hairpins. yo-yo hair clips and rings. colored google eye earrings and hairpins with cutie cute lash lines. and feather hair pins.

whew. these should be up on our etsy very,very soon!!

FRIDAY ART: Conversation Piece

Kevin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:14:16 +0000

My buddy Maseman was kind enough to include me into a group show that he and the rest of The Screamer Company are putting together. The show is titled Conversation Piece and will take place on Friday, September 25th from 6-10 pm at The United States Art Authority . Here is the official poster.

I saw some of the other pieces that will be in the show today when I dropped off my pieces and, boy, are they good!

It was so much fun getting some pieces together for this show. Here are some sneak peeks of the work I did.

I hope to see you on the 25th!

FRIDAY ART: Beardo Strange

Kevin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:33:41 +0000

I recently created this dude. His name is Beardo Strange. I’m still developing him and he’ll probablly look stranger than this but for now, here is Beardo as a rough draft. Enjoy.

Lumber Pencil on cardboard.

FRIDAY ART: The MONster next door

Kevin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:27:18 +0000

There has been a lot going on lately. Here is an illustration that helped me cope with stuff today. Enjoy the drawing and your weekends.

FRIDAY ART: Take that television!!

Kevin — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:03:53 +0000

I made this comic strip today. To make it look like I wasn’t showing you guys ANOTHER undeveloped sketch I gave it this sweet old vignette look. Did I fool ya? I may just develop this and submit it to some comic strip jury somewhere… or… I may just forget.

Make more, consume less.

Also, I’ve been pretty busy but have finished a few more sheets of letters I’ll post them when I get a chance. For now check out my buddy Ramsey’s sweet lettering here. If that’s not enough check out this sweet pinstripe lettering action by House Industries. THAT is how lettering is done. Happy Friday!!

FRIDAY ART: To the alley

Kevin — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:32:27 +0000

Here’s a drawing I did today. I want to actually develop this one. I just got some new gouache paints that I’m really excited to use so we’ll see how that goes.

26 Letters – day 2

Kevin — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:00:02 +0000

After A comes B. This is from yesterday.

26 Letters – Day 1

Kevin — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:47:07 +0000

On Wednesday I brought home all A’s!! I’m trying to practice my lettering skills. I’ve decided to hand draw every letter of the alphabet, doing one sheet a day and one letter a day for 26 days. Here’s the first sheet that I made.