Another page from my small Moleskine which I have been using recently to loosen up and relax while listening to The Magnetic Fields on the subway…

I’ve proposed these designs to the folks at the Voice for this year’s SirenFest t-shirt art. I’m not sure if they’ll end up going with these colors but it would be cool to see something along these lines. They’ll be sold at the festival and on the Voice’s site afterward.

The subway is still one of my favorite spots to draw people. Though as Kerry O’Neil has mentioned – you often end up with images of people sleeping and reading. Also pictured is an acrylic fingerpainting from the moleskine sketchbook – which reminds me of similarly colored painting my brother Stephen did when he was 3.

I made these drawing/paintings for my niece and nephew (Ella and Jack) who live in Pittsburgh. The poses are from characters in the siren drawing.

Also viewed some great work at the Greater New York 2005 show at PS1 this weekend.

As you can see, these sketches were produced a year ago this week. I like them quite a bit and enjoyed making them. To honor the anniversary of their creation I am posting them here hoping they will serve as motivational and graphical kick in the ass to create more.

I made this illo for my cousin Ethan’s wedding invitation. The reflection in the water is drawn from a photo they’d sent me of them as snuggling 5 year olds. They live in Colorado and Libby is related to Mark Hamill — you read that right – Luke Skywalker himself. It’s high time an Antonson wed into intergalactic royalty.

PA, you have beat me to the blog…Not for long old friend…Well I spent a lot of time on this, but now it’s done. I’m eager to send this out, as it has been a while since I carpet-bombed all ofthe Art Directors of this fair city. INCOMING! Now I have to shoot this file off to good old Modern Postcard, where they will print, label AND stamp my cards for me (using my Adbase maling list of course), saving me much hassle!

Yes! I’ve beaten Jon Keegan to the post (I’ve garnered information that he’s finished an illo and will also be posting). Anyway – here’s the illo for this years Siren Music Festival. click the image for a larger view.

I was full of dread the whole time I worked on this… never felt like it was going to work out. Luckily the radio program ‘This American Life’ kept me going – truly an outstanding show… Check it:

I too had the honor of serving as a juror this week, and I was excited for the drawing opportunities. It’s hard to find a place where there are a good mix of people sitting around bored for long periods of time. College was full of spots like this, but now you must turn to coffee shops, airports and places like the Brooklyn Supreme Court Building. During lunch, I walked down Monatgue Street to the promenade.