STONED SERIES: peek a boo!

lets be real here....post its fucking RULE. They do! And...oh well what do you know, theyre awesome to draw on when ur skyyy hiiiiiii

but so is anything else....

check out a peek of my Stoned Series...with a vrry special celebrity cameo

FADER X FIAT X EXHIBITALIA: the werk!

Well, after painting my Friends & Lovers installation for a month straight, I kind of figured I was done for Basel...I even took the week off of werk so I could relax, party and view some amazing shit. But when The Fader hit me up about this Exhibitalia project and said I could paint the hood of a car, I was like HELLLL yeah!

I love old school hot rod art, pinstriping, sign painting, tattoo ish...you know what I mean...those genres share so many people and styles. Anyway, I was siked to do it, but not so siked on live painting. The whole time I was there, they were shooting pics and video, and we had to do interviews and stuff, which made makes me feel weird...I wore sunglasses the entire first session haha. But it was alright since the Fader crew was so rad....

They asked us to be there for four days, and everyone finished way ahead of me. I started to get annoyed and was beyond exhaustion, but I know how my process works (lots of refinement) and that I would finish, but would use every second I had. And I love painting by myself, so I am glad the other artists left haha...except Gustavo...I like him :)

I am super happy with how it came out! I wanted to treat it like a car by highlighting its curves, and using a textile-like pattern. And since i LOVE racing stripes, I made some out of diamond...I wanted it to look like they could fly off of the car when you start driving fast! Annnd I got to bring in some of the new striping elements I have been working on in secret, so all in all, it was great! Thanks Fader and Fiat and everyone who came out!

FRIENDS AND LOVERS: so f-ing close

holy shit...i am so beat. i have been working on this mural every second and am having a fucking blast! i love this shit! but yeah...i am tired and sore, but i am also almost finished with the first chunk of it! annnnd, its just in time for the opening in bangkok tomorrow!

the stuff I am painting on the bldg was originally made as a repeating textile pattern for the thailand show...its been used as like curtains and upholstery over there from what I hear...also, possibly tees and bags...looking forward to pics! freesize is so killing it!

anyway, this is the same lettering from the textile, plus some add ons, so it is nice to be finished with it at the same time as the opening...and i am sooo close to being done. check some process close ups from earlier this week...theyre a little dark because i have been getting there maaad early to squeeze in extra time before i go to work, so deeeaaaaallllll:

FRIENDS AND LOVERS: getting started

Whoooooa what a weekend! lots of hardwork and help from many of my truly incredible friends helped me kick off my Friends & Lovers Basel mural....woooohooo!!! It was, what I like to call: another Jessy Nite production.... because goddamn what a shitshow hahaha! You know, until you have the real dough to back up a project, this is pretty much exactly how it goes...a projector on top of a pile of wood, thats on top of a pile of magazines, thats on top of a tall ladder.

Orrrrr, drawing out letters while under a blanket on top of a 16 foot ladder because there is a street light right where you are trying to project...

Hahaha what a hilarious night! but it all worked out and we got some paint on on the walls today. I will def be grinding it out until the last minute tho...theres still sooo much ahead. But its cool.

i had some of the besssst fwends helping me, while others stopped by to say whats up and some even brought fried chicken and beer. Amazing. And seriously, today was INSANELY beautiful...one of the first cool miami days in almost a year! Does shit REALLY get any better than getting to spend a beautiful day outside with friends, drinking beer, painting type and hanging with your dog? Not really...I AM THE LUCKIEST!!!

SNEAK PEEK: MEASURING + COLLECTING!

check it outttt! some freshly cut plexi for one of the new pieces that will show in Measuring + Collecting. I am vrrrrry excited!

RECORD STORE DAY 2010

For Record Store Day this year, the incredibly talented AXE AND THE OAK invited me to make some vrrrry special, vrrrrrry limited edition album covers. They wanted something super simple with a little bit of a throwback feel, so we came to an agreement on the final design, BUT to make it extra special, I decided to handmake each one! They are an addition of 50 and each one is hand stamped and hand embossed, front and back, with a rubber stamp that I had custom made from the original artwork. It was soooo much fun to make and, though each has its own small imperfections, they came out pretty dope. And I have to say that doing something handmade really fits this band...they are perfectionists in both the studio and onstage. The minimal look also fits them because, well, thats just their steez...I can't really explain it. Anyway...here are some photos and if you want to see them live for the release, they'll be playing at RADIOACTIVE RECORDS in FT. LAUDERDALE tonight!!! go support good music and snazzy design

IN PROGRESS...KID ROBOT

oohlalalala! look what was picked up from the waterjet cutter today! LOTSA PLEXI GLASS LETTERS!!! just two weeks and two days til my show at KID ROBOT opens and i have a lot of work ahead of me. a lot of work. a lotta lotttttta work!!! but i am so excited!!!