Rock On!

When I was approached by the 'Rock & Roll Hall of Fame' to design the poster for their 'Summer in the City' event I swung back in my chair and played air guitar to celebrate.

They liked the tribal tattoo art I've done so I agreed to work in that style.

I have to admit I am not exactly a 'Head Banger'. I grew up listening to classic rock with bands such as 'Journey', 'Dire Straits' and 'Huey Lewis and the News' and my personal childhood favorite which class mates paid me to draw on their pee-chee and jean jackets 'KISS'. Actually my first ever paying commercial gig was to draw Peter Criss for a neighborhood kid who lived down the street, but that's another story.

On this project I knew I wanted to do a flaming type of guitar motif but I knew it had to reflect enough of the real thing or else I would run the risk of getting ultra-scrutinized by Rockers everywhere. So I asked my buddy a true 'Head Banger' to be my art consultant to make sure I was on the right track visually speaking.

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Vonster Doodle Brushes

I love to doodle. Doesn't matter where I am at or what I am doing if I have a chance to put something on paper chances are I'll be all over it. I've found that if I am in a meeting I can pay better attention if I am doodling. My mind doesn't wander. I save all my doodles too. I have binders full of them that I can refer back to years later. It's fun seeing these obscure thoughts and images captured in a moment of time.

I took a handful of them and have created some Photoshop brushes.
Download the 'Doodle Brush' set here.