The GoldenBlack site

Hydro74 and Palehorse have made a vector pack and font site where you can download and buy some amazing things from them, I and Los Fokos. Click the image to get to the site.

I won the Crayon comp'.

total shock! What a night we had. Luke and I caught a taxi into town and met up with james at the gallery (they had Kozik paintings there!!) to see the final ten entries- totall surprise that my SWH ('skull with hair' named after this awesome designer by the same name) had made it to the top ten. My mate James is the announcer of the winners this night and tells me he knows who has already won but will not say a word- I am thinking its the brilliant Wotto looking board. My god the other boards were good, so I made few bets with some people, picking out our fav's. James says he is going to announce the winner early so they can all start drinking 'properly'. I wait at the back of the crowd with Luke in the club downstairs as james announced 3rd to 1st in that order- the two boards I put money on to win were announced as 3rd and 2nd which left me short of cash and totally confused. When he called out my name it was such a surprise hahah and I had to give a little speech- i just mumbled into the mic and said thank you. I was shaking and sweating and completely blown away. I was given the board mock to pose with for photos and stuff and had a rad night. I met loads of cool artists I didnt know existed and loads of amazingly nice people. Luke and James were so drunk and ace- they kept patting me on the back and saying how proud they were of me. I think I had one of the best nights for years. Not a big company- not a huge prize- and all that is not important to me- but the fact that it was local and judged by my peers made it super special for me. Thanks everyone that was there :)

one of the pics they emailed to me tonight (check out my weird finger- i tried to recreate it after and couldnt do it- its bloody stange!!).

I Want Your Skull

I made the newest issue of I Want Your Skull (IWYS). It feels great to be on the same pages as some of my heroes- too many to list here (Jeff Finleys in there!!). In their words: I Want Your Skull #6 - Our ALL ART Issue!! Featuring 60+ of today's best artists.

Below is a small sample of this issue- you should buy a copy though- its dirt cheap (even with shipping for us Brits due to the falling dollar- cheers bushy) and it comes in a nice envelope and a free sticker and small poster card- its just a good looking little magazine. Get yours from: I Want Your Skull Store.

Click on the thumbnails for a closer look:

Happy Birthday..

The Chet Zar prints came today- My mrs is such a star for getting me these limited editions all signed and that. Next move is to get some big gnarly gothic looking black frames. I even got a message off Chet on my birthday!! sorry about the quality of the photos...I only just noticed Bear was mimicking the last painting...will take better ones tomorrow when the sun rises again.