more commissions... and your LAST CHANCE (at the romance dance)

hey dudes!

here are a few colour commissions that i just sent out on friday, and seems they are getting delivered SUPER quick (thank you postman), so i feel like i wont ruin the surprise TOO badly....

"a pretty wedding portrait" for martin mcclellan

"inkstuds dirtybird" for robin mcconnell

"a sad clown... with armpit hair"

and so, i am officially sending out a LAST CALL for commissions. if you were thinking about it, and being all hum and haw and tra la la about it, this is your last chance to get me to draw something for you without me turning you down outright for being such a douche.

read up on the rules HERE!!

you have ONE WEEK, or until the end of july21st to order one of these badboys before i close up custom-doodle-shop. that's right. get on this shit, before its TOO LATE.

(edit)

too late mofos!

but if you email me, i might just be super nice and cut you a deal.

xoxo

ps- i love you

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)

commissions...

so i'm finally posting some of the commissions ive been working on!

and i'm still taking them, so if you so desire, CLICK HERE and check out what i'm offerin'!

ps- i have just noticed how often i draw things looking to the left. hmm...

"animal farm" for hey oscar wilde!

"kickass annie" for annie of koyama press

"octopus riding a turtle"

"something edward gorey-ish"

"european magpie and tentacles"

"the space race"

"badass octopus"

jeez NY, aren't you FINE?

just got back from new york this morning and man are my arms tired. wait... i totally effed that joke right the hell up..

anyhow, britt and i thought it would be fun to screw around the us of a for a week and cause some trouble, so we went down to syracuse to visit our good pal phil, then trucked on down to NYC for a few days and hung out with effing SCOTT and BAGEL, the raddest couple of mofos in that friggen city, and then slowly made our way back up to canada. what a wicked time. the wickedest of times. there was sweat and tears and rooftop bbq's and beers and bacon wrapped hot dogs and manhattans and high fives and dinosaurs and naked homo sapiens and walking and water and central parks and rats and cockroaches and bus naps and other stuff.

eff.... so much amazing stuff.

but i did a few sketches! just random garbage here and there...

so all in all, that was the bestest week in a long long time. i gotta get my ass back to NYC real soon.

SPEAKING OF THE USA!!!

i am trying to put away some nickels and dimes to get my ass to SPX in september, and also feed my face so i dont die.

so i am still running my commissions!

I WANT MORE OF THEM.

CHALLENGE ME AUGH!!!

help a bother out, and get some wicked art all at the same time! what a great deal, doncha think??

help send vicki to SPX... and not starve in the meantime.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, boys and girls.. maybe not the children, i dont like children too much... they are loud and smelly and demanding... uh.. no. thats not right. lemme try again.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, i stand here before you, totally nude, but not really, to offer you my hand in marriage.. ok. no. wait...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, i have a treat for you! and i'll give it to you if you climb into the back of my white cube van... shit. no. ok. OK.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, i have decided it would be my best interests, both motivationally and financially, to open up a call for commissions! that's right! your favourite neighbourhood pervert will draw you a picture for money! i am trying to scrape enough dough together to head down to SPX, which would be mega great! but also, money is tight (you guys know how it is...) and i'd be nice to make some ends meet. and (yes another and), i just want to draw a bunch of stuff, and it would be cool if someone actually sort of thought my drawings were ok enough to toss me a few bucks for one. a girl can dream, cant she...?

but back to business!

for only $20 (plus $3 shipping), you can have your very own 5x7 vicki nerino original drawing! (holy smokes). you'll get an archival ink drawing on a purty sheet of 96lb bristol with my grimy little hand prints all over it. i will also throw in a postcard and a vinyl sticker! (ooooh)...

and for $50 (plus $3 shipping), i will whip up an original 5x7 painting for ya! acrylic and toner transfer on 140lb coldpress watercolour paper. i will toss in a postcard, a vinyl sticker, and a minicomic of your choice! check out UPP to see what i've got, and add a note to seller at paypal checkout, or email me. mmMMMmmmmmm stuff...

here are some examples of what you can expect if you get yourself a black and white drawing:

and if you decide you want to go with colour, i applaud you cus you rule, and they are better anyhow:

so word up. to your mother. it's hip to be square. piece to your niece. lolomgbbq. all that ish. if you want me to do some shit up, i've made it super easy for you. (thank you paypal buttons). pick your poison, friends. and dont forget to fill in what you want me to draw. if you cant fit your ridiculous request in the little box down there (that's what she said) or if you have any questions, email me! dont be afraid... i dont bite...

hard.

READY SET GO!

... and paypal me the munnies at vicki@vickinerino.com, OR just email me and i can send you a money request...

i used to have a button and it broke. and i am sad about it.

super late post-TCAF wrap-up

man, i cant even tell you how much fun i had... two weekends ago.

TCAF was pretty much the best weekend in the history of time.

it started off with collecting our houseguests and pals phil mcandrew and ryan pequin from their arrival points friday night, and off to a par-tay immediately, where i met scott c, dustin harbin, david huyck, jason turner, and about a thousand other people for the first time, and went on to meet people like anne koyama, michael deforge, kc green, aaron costain, john martz, ryan north, the one percent press dudes, and about a bajillion other name drops. and man. it was a goddamn pleasure you guys. all of you. you made that weekend the bestest weekend. so full of dancing and karaoking and thrusting and yelling and love.

on top of that, i almost sold out of ted bear, which totally blew my mind. i was really happy with it, and i guess it showed in the work. so, yay!

look at me go.. makin spock dollas...

photo cred of my hungover 2 hours of sleep face goes to madéleine flores

and i traded so many comics, with so so so many amaaaazing cartoonists. one bunch of dudes in particular, the handsomes from one percent press. they are the most talented sons-a-bitches, and i cant get over how great they write and draw and put together the books and smile. oh the smiles...

finally, i did a super awkward interview with alice from tdotcomics. she was totally sweet and made me feel like less of a creepy pervert shut-in who draws animal/human intercourse for fun, despite those things still being true...

this is the only photo i took all effing weekend.

the one, the only, the stunning and the loudmouthed:

kate beaton.

(i love her)

i miss you dudes like a bear misses honey, which leads me to my next point...

to spx or not to spx... that. is the question...

TCAF 2010

hey guys! are you ready for a lot of images and stuff?

if you said yes, you're in for a treat. if you said no, shut the hell up and let me get on with it, okay?

as you probably know, me and my straight life partner/roommate/fellow uterus parade-er britt have a table at TCAF this weekend, table 122 to be exact, and BOY, are we excited about it. look at my face. cant you see the monsterous levels of happy in and around my face?

you should check out THIS INTERVIEW that got posted on the national post site about it!

first of all, i have made a new minicomic that will be exposed for the first time at this years tcaf, and i'm pretty excited about it! it's called "ted bear in bare season", and it's about a bear who's never experienced.. uh... lets call it, the taste of fish...

here's a peek at ted as a wee baby:

and dudes! we put together a mini of the weeklies we have been writing and posting on the UP blog since the fall! seriously, i'm not even kidding...

we've also made up these wicked matchbook style notebooks smothered in terrible drawings by britt and myself, and let me tell you they are SWEET.

i also have a bunch of 5x7 and 8x10 original paintings if anyone gives a damn. mostly they are for decoration cus i suspect no ones wants these things.

but wait! there's more!

(no way)

yes way! vinyl stickers, aint that swanky...

and of course, i've reprinted everything in my minicomic cavalry, laminated more bookmarks, and squeezed out more love all over these things in hopes that someone will take them home with them. sorry if some of them are a bit sticky. my love is viscous.

so hopefully i will see you guys there! it's gonna be a swell weekend of hanging out with friends, some of which i've never met before, and drinkin beers. oooh the beers...

ps- we have a couple of buds staying with us this weekend: our good pal phil mcandrew and a mister ryan pequin, whom we've yet to meet. lets hope we dont end up dead in our own freezer before the weekend is out. #foreshadowing

what is "sleep"?

TCAF is a short 3 weeks away, and i have begun to dramatically cut down on my sleep in preparation.

here is a peek at what my main project is for the festival, a brand new mini!

i dont want to give too much away, but lets just say, this bear doesnt catch many fish.

and whoa now! did you say you wanted vinyl stickers?! you didnt? ... oh... well it's too late now cus i already bought them...

shit.

not only am i looking forward to sitting at a table all weekend while people give me disapproving looks, i get to hang out with a TON of people that i have grown quite fond of, some of which i havent even met yet. perhaps poutine bot will stop by to say hello...

the USofA is gonna hate me...

here's the finished pieces, but scanned and purrrty:

they'll be hung in the ronin gallery in LA late this month.

suck my croc, see you later, masturgator

11"x14"

acrylic and toner on panel

framed

$350 each

sorry, america.

crocs ahoy!!

boy oh boy it feels good to by sloppin paint around again...

suck my crock, see you later masturgator

11"x14"

acrylic & toner on panel

i was recently invited to be a part of a show in LA at the ronin gallery, and naturally i said yes. i'm easy like that... so if you're around on the 24th of april, you should definitely check out this show, so many good artists in the mix. i am not talking about myself.