cocks

i suck so bad at drawing naked men in showers today. (WTF?!)

so i drew this instead. it's been a while since i drew a cock with a cock. FAR TOO LONG.

Canzine is a-comin...

just when i thought i got my life back after the opening of memories of enemies, the thought of canzine smacked me in the face and brought me back to the ol' worktrain brain...

THANK YOU to all of you who made it out to the opening of that big ol show last wednesday. i had such a great time! there was an amazing turnout, fancy schmancy hors d'oeurves, super duper artwork, and a high five here and there. i am a big dumb face and didn't take any photos of the party, nor do i have images of 6/7 paintings i have up in the show, but i will get those together and post them in a few weeks when i have my art back... SO THERE.

so canzine... canzine canzine canzine... nice to see you again.

i am working on a short little sequel to the ted bear story... and i'll give you a sneak peek, since i'm such a nice guy...

ps- that's not a balloon.

pps- if i'm/you're lucky, i might just have a small run of tshirts to exchange with you and your hot sweaty hand munnies. (gross)

ppps- put yer excited pants on, cus i'll see your goddamn faces in a few weeks with NEW STUFFS to sell! and i'm sure you'll get peeks of the sneaky variety comin out the wazzoo all up in this piece.

pppps- apparently i am now hip/cool/ballin'. i've changed. and i'm sorry.

monster SEXIEST

well, it took a few days (holy smokes, not DAYS...), but this bad boy is DONE and ready to ship down to JFish in Portland for the Monsterbation show at the Pony Club Gallery!

14"x18"

mixed on canvas

the show runs from october 7th-31st, just in time for halloween, and there will be par-tays on the first night, as well as the last. so like. go to it or something if you're from around there and stuff. or don't. whatever. it's totally your call.

back after being a dick

ladies and gentlemen, you heard it here first. i am a dick. well, this may not be the FIRST place/time you've heard it. i'm pretty sure i have admitted to this before, and i'm absolutely certain that more than most have at least thought about it.

anyhow.. i am a dick.

confession: dating ate my life, but due to being sad about my terrible art time lethargy, and big fat looming deadlines (it's mostly because of the big fat looming deadlines...) i am back!

see?

now, enough funny business.

i know what you're thinking. you're thinking "what is this weird stain?" or "what have you been up to all this time, vicki nerino?"... i will deal with the latter. the first one is aaaall on you, pals.

first of all, this past monday (aug.23rd) you may have noticed my outright super gloaty bragtime tweet about my most recent illustration that was printed in the globe and mail. here it is if you missed it:

second of all, i am going to brag a little, but also tell you to read THIS interview with anne koyama of koyama press vs. sequential, interview done by the pleasantly polite david hains. anne koyama is the shit, and my name is at the bottom and stuff... but really. sweetest woman alive, and a great interview. way to go, champs. exes and ohs.

speaking of david hains, one of my friggen favourites commissions was for that darn guy, so here's one for the road, "something disgustingly whimsical, or whimsically disgusting":

i think i was channelling the nerve ending fairy from ren and stimpy...

aaaand finally, i've got something big coming up. something i have procrastinated for far too long... it involves my paintings, more paintings from seven other friends (roben nieuwland, ilichna morasky, britt wilson, selena wong, ale diaz, hyein lee and franzisca barczyk), one large space with a shit ton of beer in it, and the month of october...

here's a sneaky peek of what i've been working on.

check back soon for another update on what the eff i'll be up to in this busy busy busy upcoming month.... please.

panel? at a con? and caricatures? news? WHAT??

hey you sonsabitches,

my pal ty dunitz and i have been working our balls off (not really...) putting together a panel discussions for conbravo, which will be happening to night at MIDNIGHT (which gives you an idea of the level of maturity of the thing..). it's about the illustrators identity toolkit, dicks, and how we made it happen. you should come watch us blather on about dicks and condoms and vaginas and pencils. it's not free, but i guarantee it will be funnier and more awkward than any movie you've ever seen.

also, i recently did a sketch day at the rage! it was super fun, and those sweethearts did a fancy schmancy writeup about how much fun it was. thanks for those of you who stopped by, and hopefully i didnt break your hearts TOO much with how ugly and terrible i drew your goddamn faces..

also, keep your eyes peeled on monday, cus yours truly MIGHT have another illustration in the life section of the globe and mail... (IN CONTEXT YO) i said might. and i didnt say who, so calm down. yeesh.

(sneaky peek)