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It's my 15 year anniversary on Tumblr 👴

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@tmbgareok

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i like to imagine that tmbg exists in the parappa universe bc of the pink album artwork (bc both drawn by rodney greenblat lol)

also i like that flans looks like he is doing a similar dance as the one background firefighter in the "fire fire" stage in um jammer lammy lol

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I've had a wonderful 4 days in Dayton, Ohio. Two nights of Guided By Voices for their 40th year together, great bands like Kiwi Jr. and Built to Spill opening for them, and then just a lotta kind, friendly welcoming folks sharing their community and the love of music.

I was going to skip the final event at WINGS Sportsbar today but former GBV manager, and all around genuinely kind and fantastic person Rich Turiel (who we are lucky enough to have as fan and supporter of DECK), told me I oughta make time for it. Well he was right because I was able to meet Bob Pollard before I had to run out to the airport. Rich accompanied me to say hi and told Bob that I was the guy who wrote that book, Astral Weeks. To my surprise, Bob said, "you wrote that book? You're that guy?!" putting his arm around me said, "I read it twice."

I thought he was just being polite but then he said, "what's the name of that hill where the cult lives?" I said, "Fort Hill?" Bob said, "yeah that's right. Man I shoulda brought my book for you to sign." Now, at this point, I'm in a fair amount of shock. This guy is a hero of mine. His music is so great and his story is so inspirational, well...it's certainly had a *huge* effect on me, to say the least. So then I tell him that a certain musician from the book was furious about it when it was published. I'll skip names here. He goes, "Fuck _____. Their music sucks. You should name you next book, ______ MUST DIE." haha. Then he expanded on it and said each chapter should be about a terrible musician with each chapter being a name and then MUST DIE. It sounds dark, sure, but I was laughing my ass off. This is his sense of humor. It was super funny. The other names he suggested for other chapters? I won't say, but it's was f'ing hilarious.

It went on for, like, five minutes. We talked about Jonathan Richman, Velvet Underground, and then Rich took this photo. Bob said, "We gotta be shaking hands for the photo. Great book." I told him I would certainly mail him a signed copy of the book and he said, "Yes but would you do me a favor. Would you write in the inscription _____ MUST DIE?" More rolling laughter. Perfect end to the trip.

Rich Turiel, thank you for orchestrating that moment. I'll never forget it!

Headed back to Boston. Recording more DECK tomorrow. Don't stop now! :) <3

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out in the wild

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Life drawing

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I still think about this

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Long time no see Tumblr. Quick guide on coloring deeper skin tones

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My brush pack is finally done!

Download it via dropbox: Link

Download it via Clip studio assets: Link!

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I’m double verified

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Illo for TechCrunch about FTX's crash and burn

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Illustration for TechCrunch

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Had to do a bunch of cleanup on this to prep it for printing. It was amazing how messy some of the details were! #artcleanup #tmbg #theymightbegiants #theymightbegiantsart #mikelaughead

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creature walk / Gonna try turning the tumblr thing on again. This character group is a little old, but new to tumblr. Will have some new art to share shortly.

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Illustrations of panels from TechCrunch Disrupt, October 2022