Posts from — May 2009

Sometimes I am asked to appear as a chalk artist at giant conventions like the New York Comic Con or the Otakon in Baltimore. But I also really enjoy making appearances at smaller, local events. I was recently asked to come to an elementary school art show and make a chalk art drawing. I would work on it over the course of about 2 and a half hours for the kids to watch while they looked at the rest of the show. The idea is that an artist showing their work in progress will inspire the kids to make more art themselves, and maybe try a different style then they normally might have otherwise.

Today was my first experience with paintball. Sure, I play Halo and Call of Duty all the time, but my friend Sean kept telling me that paintball was a fantastic experience. He also assured me that it doesn’t really hurt too bad to get hit. He was right, but it sure does leave a hell of a bruise!

In the time I have been known as a chalk artist, I have almost exclusively made recreations of comic book art in my chalk murals. I have appeared at comic conventions and reproduced famous artists work as close to line-by-line accurate as I can make it. However, like most everyone else, I receive a lot of e-mails showing me those 3D optical illusion chalk drawings that have become famous in the past few years.