Monday, August 21, 2006

Jeez it’s been two weeks since my last entry. Guess I’ve been busy. Finished two painting commissions, Shannon’s 1st birthday party, finished a new Qee for Ox-Op (no I can’t show em, you’ll have to wait), Circus Punk stuff, working on new vinyl toy goodness, Fedex blows, Soto clothing line, met with Leonie Bradbury of Montserrat art college, did an interview with a local art school student, met with Mike from Versus in Temecula, worked on the F4D box set with Maxx and am working on moving into a 4 bedroom rental (yeah, goodbye apartment living!). Still have a deadline or two way overdue, but it’s all good. Random thoughts:

Saw a shirt on some kid the other day at the supermarket that looked like my artwork. I asked him and it was a shirt by a brand called Fyasko. Up close it looked very loose but positively was borrowed from my concepts. Kinda pisses me off, and I’m deciding what to do about it. Here’s the design so you, the reader, can take a gander. My artwork is the first image, the offending shirt design is below that.




I also saw another shirt Saturday night that I didn’t get a shot of, this one was a skull with flowers growing out of it- something I have been painting for a few years now. I cannot claim to have created that image (I copied it from Nausicaa) but on this shirt in particular it was super close to my style. People are telling me this is going to happen more and more because I myself never do any shirts and people want my designs. I have decided to start a clothing line and aggressively go after those who are hijacking my copyrighted images.

I went with Jennifer and Shannon to Gymboree on her birthday. Wow, can those little toddlers move! And the bubbles are badass!


I got some Circus punks from Paul. My first Punks, I love the Clayton Bros set and the Friends with You set as well. They’re all cool..




I was taught if you have something bad to say, you should just keep quiet but I can’t help it. For anyone who lives in Riverside, don’t you just cringe when you drive under the 91 freeway at Tyler? It’s a mural that shows staged scenes from Riverside. The painting technique is alright, it’s the content they chose that makes it so bad. Murals should be timeless, this one is already looking waaay dated and I think it’s been up for less than a year. I found some info on it: “ A city committee decided on a contemporary theme for the Tyler Street mural. The committee included representatives of the City Council, the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce and the Riverside Arts Council. Cindy Roth, president and CEO of the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, said committee members wanted to show people the variety of things to do in the city.”
No wonder it’s so boring. A city committee made the decisions. And to top it off it’s not even painted on the cement, it’s metal panels mounted onto the underpass. I think they could’ve saved $80,000 and let local elementary students make something that really belongs to the community.

She’s got purple shiny spandex pants- is that how contemporary rock climbers dress?


See the kid sitting down? Nice Manic Panic fluorescent green. My brother had that hairstyle... and it still wasn't cool 13 years ago (and our Iguana Pepito tried to eat his hair once- true story)! Wack kids skating- with full protective gear, you know, wouldn’t want any scrapped knees!


So... sorry about that, I just really dislike that mural. So boring and predictable. Well onto more interesting things. Shannon turned one year old with much celebration. Her party went off without a hitch and there was good food, good company, and everyone had a great time. Shannon was super tired by the end (which is when these shots were from).





There was an art show my friend Maxx organized the same night. I felt like a bad dad leaving the party but all the guests were gone and most of the cleaning finished so I headed down the 215 to Temecula around 10pm. There was an accident on the other side of the freeway, broken glass, twisted metal and tons of medical units at the scene. Looked pretty bad..



I got to Versus alive and well and the art show was nice. It was Maxx, Steven Daily, Regino Gonzales and myself. RG lives in Brooklyn and couldn’t make it out.


Me and Maxx and Steve.


Tons of cool people showed up. Jason Gallo and girlfriend Melissa, Deph and Nadia, Daniel Galvez, Menso, Jon Chase and Katrina, Gram and wife, lots of art fans from the IE and San Diego areas. I got there late so the crowd had thinned out a bit but still got to meet a lot of cool people.



Dayna Peterson Mason with Maxx and wife Rosie...


Maxx’s artwork...


Photographer extraordinaire Zach Cordner...


Some Soto ink...


The Dulok shaman was in effect...


Bobby from thehundreds came by...


Speaking of Bobby, he photographed me and Maxx about 10 years ago doing a mural in Deph’s bedroom... Back then we were Trek and Sag....


And now Jeff and Maxx through Bobby's lens-


Okay now that I wrote a book..
Jeff signing off...

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

That knockoff looks like crap, Jeff. Can't wait for you to come out with that clothing line.

Anonymous said...

Stinks people are ripping off your style and ideas, I think this is the problem with so many designers these days, all through college they are taught to copy, copy, copy, they dont really develop a style of their own. They try to take a style that comes naturally to someone like yourself and reproduce it but dont fully understand the intricacies involved because its not theirs. I wouldnt worry too much, it sounds cheesy but there is no way to copy heart.

Anonymous said...

always look forward to reading your posts. you've been crazy busy! that sucks about the rip-off shirts. hopefully they get their just desserts. can't wait for your Official Soto Apparel!!

Anonymous said...

i agree with everyone else the rip offs suck your art is amazing. i'll definetly get me some shirts make some awesome boxers too :)

i love the pictures too always entertaining stuff

John Dee said...

great stuff as always Jeff.....been a fan for a while now. And always enjoy reading your blog and what you have been up too.

now I gotta get my shit together and update my blog as well...it's been a bit too long.

Jetsah said...

Yep, tough when people start ripping your work- glad to hear you're starting a clothing line, its the thing to do! I've had people starting to ape my style to, nothing to do but keep working and be aggressive...

Anonymous said...

drove under the 91 freeway bridge today and thought the same thing.
i was at the art show, lots of people there. those shirts are total rip offs..bummer.

please be friendly said...

You are an amazing artist and your blog reads like that of a well grounded guy, both great attributes to have. I feel re-invigorated when I stumble upon art like yours, I wish you every success.

It is unfortunate that dubious rip-offs / straight up counterfeits exist... but almost unavoidable and unstoppable. I used to work for a large licensing company, even with trademarks, copyrights etc. and lawyers actively enforcing them it is impossible to stop. I moved to Japan last year and saw t-shirts featuring a copy of an illustration I did a couple years ago... ewwwww - annoying! They say 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery', but it is little comfort when someone is cashing in off your work.

I have to agree with 'baxter orr' - a counterfiet will always be crap, by it's very nature. I'm sure the quality of your genuine apparel will be first rate and ultimately originality and quality will differentiate your work and the rip-offs.

Keep enjoying your meteoric rise! Congratulations...

Anonymous said...

start selling shirts!! i would buy one of each - at least!

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