http://www.houstontrueblood.com Houston Trueblood Wed, 08 May 2013 06:49:41 +0000 http://www.houstontrueblood.com en http://www.houstontrueblood.com/YSLTT http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/YSLTT Wed, 08 May 2013 06:49:41 +0000 Houston Trueblood 5542966 Illustrations for youshouldlistentothis.com. A good friend of mine, Ryan Ward, has one of the most interesting and exciting tastes in music of anyone I know. I offered to illustrate reviews of his favorite albums if he would start writing them. The ruse worked. Now I get a steady source of amazing insights on fantastic music just for drawing some pictures. <img src="http://payload162.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/5542966/Joanna_Newsom.jpg" width="560" height="420" width_o="560" height_o="420" src_o="http://payload162.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/5542966/Joanna_Newsom_o.jpg" data-mid="30040860" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload162.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/5542966/Les_Rallizes_Denudes.jpg" width="560" height="420" width_o="560" height_o="420" src_o="http://payload162.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/5542966/Les_Rallizes_Denudes_o.jpg" data-mid="30040864" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload162.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/5542966/Talk_Talk.jpg" width="560" height="420" width_o="560" height_o="420" src_o="http://payload162.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/5542966/Talk_Talk_o.jpg" data-mid="30040869" border="0" align="left"/> Illustrations for youshouldlistentothis.com. A good friend of mine, Ryan Ward, has one of the most interesting and exciting tastes in music of anyone I know. I... http://www.houstontrueblood.com/The-Classical http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/The-Classical Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:58:30 +0000 Houston Trueblood 4923240 Illustration for When Smush Parker Saved The World, by Flinder Boyd for theclassical.org, an independent sports website that delivers fresh essays and reporting daily, along with several regular columns, a blog, and a considerate, intelligent community for talking about sports. <img src="http://payload131.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4923240/Smush_Parker_Greece.jpg" width="650" height="540" width_o="650" height_o="540" src_o="http://payload131.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4923240/Smush_Parker_Greece_o.jpg" data-mid="26338279" border="0" align="left"/> Illustration for When Smush Parker Saved The World, by Flinder Boyd for theclassical.org, an independent sports website that delivers fresh essays and reporting... http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Fire-Smoke-Stone http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Fire-Smoke-Stone Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:56:29 +0000 Houston Trueblood 4765121 Self initiated project. <img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4765121/fire_web.jpg" width="398" height="600" width_o="398" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4765121/fire_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25435051" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4765121/smoke_web.jpg" width="398" height="600" width_o="398" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4765121/smoke_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25435058" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4765121/stone_web.jpg" width="398" height="600" width_o="398" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4765121/stone_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25435066" border="0" align="left"/> Self initiated project. http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Friends-Who-Draw http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Friends-Who-Draw Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:09:30 +0000 Houston Trueblood 4764100 Friends Who Draw is an online collaboration between friends for the pure love of drawing. Each month a new theme is selected and the participants submit one black and white drawing per week. You can see more great work by the other contributors here. <img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/FWD_HT_ClarkGable_web1.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/FWD_HT_ClarkGable_web1_o.jpg" data-mid="27457396" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/FWD_HT_Nietzsche_web1.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/FWD_HT_Nietzsche_web1_o.jpg" data-mid="27457393" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/barack_obama_web.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/barack_obama_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25431268" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/paul_ryan_web.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/paul_ryan_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25431280" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/barbecue_bob_web.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/barbecue_bob_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25431270" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/gilberto_gil_web.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/gilberto_gil_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25431274" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/humphrey_bogart_web.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/humphrey_bogart_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25431278" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/jorge_ben_web.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4764100/jorge_ben_web_o.jpg" data-mid="25431279" border="0" align="left"/> Friends Who Draw is an online collaboration between friends for the pure love of drawing. Each month a new theme is selected and the participants submit one black... http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Neil-Gaiman http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Neil-Gaiman Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:53:12 +0000 Houston Trueblood 4763805 I was commissioned by HarperCollins to create cover illustrations for a re-release of eight of Neil Gaiman's books: American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline, Fragile Things, Neverwhere, Stardust, The Graveyard Book, and Smoke and Mirrors. This was an amazing opportunity—Mr. Gaiman is one of the most talented writers today and it was a wonderful challenge to capture his stories in these images. Kudos to Adam Johnson for the great art direction and for the chance to take part in this project. <img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/AmericanGods.jpg" width="560" height="453" width_o="560" height_o="453" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/AmericanGods_o.jpg" data-mid="25429346" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/AnansiBoys.jpg" width="560" height="453" width_o="560" height_o="453" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/AnansiBoys_o.jpg" data-mid="25429347" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/FragileThings.jpg" width="560" height="453" width_o="560" height_o="453" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/FragileThings_o.jpg" data-mid="25429350" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/GraveyardBook.jpg" width="560" height="453" width_o="560" height_o="453" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/GraveyardBook_o.jpg" data-mid="25429352" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/Neverwhere.jpg" width="560" height="453" width_o="560" height_o="453" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/Neverwhere_o.jpg" data-mid="25429353" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/SmokeMirrors.jpg" width="560" height="453" width_o="560" height_o="453" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/SmokeMirrors_o.jpg" data-mid="25429354" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/Stardust.jpg" width="560" height="453" width_o="560" height_o="453" src_o="http://payload123.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/4763805/Stardust_o.jpg" data-mid="25429357" border="0" align="left"/> I was commissioned by HarperCollins to create cover illustrations for a re-release of eight of Neil Gaiman's books: American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline, Fragile... http://www.houstontrueblood.com/To-Eileen http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/To-Eileen Tue, 01 May 2012 09:06:06 +0000 Houston Trueblood 3315066 Postcards to Alphaville features the work of a large group of talented artists and is a “love-letter to films and those characters that brings us, the viewers, moments of joy, sorrow and revelation and sometimes seems more real than the neighbor next-door.” – The Fox is Black <img src="http://payload50.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/3315066/to_eileen.jpg" width="454" height="642" width_o="454" height_o="642" src_o="http://payload50.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/3315066/to_eileen_o.jpg" data-mid="17014207" border="0" align="left"/> Postcards to Alphaville features the work of a large group of talented artists and is a “love-letter to films and those characters that brings us, the viewers,... http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Ball-s-Pyramid http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Ball-s-Pyramid Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:52:48 +0000 Houston Trueblood 3130235 They call it "Ball's Pyramid." It's what's left of an old volcano that emerged from the sea about 7 million years ago…and it sits alone. Self initiated project — Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years, NPR News. <img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/3130235/balls_pyramid.jpg" width="560" height="448" width_o="560" height_o="448" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/3130235/balls_pyramid_o.jpg" data-mid="25431542" border="0" align="left"/> They call it "Ball's Pyramid." It's what's left of an old volcano that emerged from the sea about 7 million years ago…and it sits alone. Self initiated project... http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Inadvertent-Haiku http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Inadvertent-Haiku Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:45:56 +0000 Houston Trueblood 2926605 Presidential Run | Smeariness of Left and Right | Leaves us all ticked off – Inadvertent Haiku <img src="http://payload31.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/2926605/liberty_haiku.jpg" width="535" height="642" width_o="535" height_o="642" src_o="http://payload31.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/2926605/liberty_haiku_o.jpg" data-mid="17014699" border="0" align="left"/> Presidential Run | Smeariness of Left and Right | Leaves us all ticked off – Inadvertent Haiku http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Too-Many-Shoes http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Too-Many-Shoes Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:33:18 +0000 Houston Trueblood 1802260 Self promotional piece. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/toomanyshoes5x7_web_1.jpg" width="429" height="600" width_o="429" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/toomanyshoes5x7_web_1_o.jpg" data-mid="15079320" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/muji.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/muji_o.jpg" data-mid="8890826" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/david_richard.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/david_richard_o.jpg" data-mid="8890822" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/generic_surplus.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/generic_surplus_o.jpg" data-mid="8890823" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/jackparcell_converse.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/jackparcell_converse_o.jpg" data-mid="8890825" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/onitsuka_tiger.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/onitsuka_tiger_o.jpg" data-mid="8890827" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/toms.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/toms_o.jpg" data-mid="8890828" border="0" align="left"/> Self promotional piece. http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Lord-of-the-Flies http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Lord-of-the-Flies Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:08:32 +0000 Houston Trueblood 1778832 Illustration and design for the book cover of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The image of the sow's apparition as the Lord of the Flies has never left me since my first reading of the book back in middle school. Self initiated project. Oil on cardboard. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1778832/lotf_bookcover.jpg" width="423" height="600" width_o="423" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1778832/lotf_bookcover_o.jpg" data-mid="8765968" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1778832/lord_of_the_flies.jpg" width="400" height="600" width_o="400" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1778832/lord_of_the_flies_o.jpg" data-mid="8766020" border="0" align="left"/> Illustration and design for the book cover of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The image of the sow's apparition as the Lord of the Flies has never left me...