shank pile

Red Head

2012-01-18T13:41:00.000-08:00

I was digging around in my computer files and came across this little digital sketch I did in November 2010.

Microscope 4

2012-01-11T09:38:00.000-08:00

Microscope 4
2009/2011
24" by 36"
Acrylic on Panel

This is a painting that I started and finished in 2009 over a period of five months. I wasn't happy with that first version and so I wrapped it up and stored it in my office. It's been traveling with me as I moved from office to office for two years and in December of 2011 I rediscovered it behind some moving boxes. I still didn't like it. I decided to paint over and revamp it. The result is what you see here.

Abstract Woman Meeting Sketch

2011-12-23T12:18:00.001-08:00

Another meeting sketch.

Metric Women

2011-12-13T15:09:00.000-08:00

Another page of sketches from a meeting about a month ago.
Pen and colored pencil.

Coffee Cup

2011-12-08T13:48:00.000-08:00

Doodled this during an art review this morning.

New Paintings for Sale

2011-11-14T09:10:00.000-08:00

Today is the "shank pile" blog's 6th birthday!
To celebrate I've just added three new original paintings for sale
over at my DonShank.com Webstore.
All three are acrylic on canvas from 2011.

Happy Birthday Blog!

Arrangement, One

2011-11-07T09:05:00.000-08:00

Details:

Arrangement, One
2011
22 in x 28 in
Acrylic on Canvas

New Prints for Sale

2011-10-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

I've just added 4 new prints to my Print Store on DonShank.com

More Sketches

2011-10-03T10:10:00.001-07:00

Meeting Sketch Pile

2011-10-03T08:04:00.000-07:00

Kurt - Table Doodles

2011-09-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

I just found this photo of some doodles I did earlier this year on a paper I laid out to protect my table.
Kurt is working on a little abstract painting of a cake.

Collapsible Head

2011-09-19T17:30:00.000-07:00

Details...

Collapsible Head
2011
22 inches x 28 inches
Acrylic on Canvas

Cubist Sketch

2011-09-12T00:20:00.000-07:00

This is a little sketch of a chair in my living room. It probably helped the cubist angle that my daughter kept moving the chair and cushions around, and of course juggling family needs caused the relatively quick painting to actually span the entire day, so the light was never the same twice.
The painting was done using the Brushes app on my iPad.

M Constructs

2011-05-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

Here are some scans from the pile of sketches and doodles laying around my desk that aren't related to Pixar (hence virtually all of it is abstract).

Adobe Eazel

2011-04-15T12:21:00.001-07:00

I was fortunate to be in the prerelease testing of the new Adobe iPad apps and they are very cool. I had a lot of fun doing these paintings using Adobe Eazel. The paint engine is this sort of water-colory medium that bleeds and dries and the interface is unique using a five-finger touch. There's also a button to send the image from Eazel directly to Photoshop so you don't have to email yourself a jpeg or something. A new file appears and your painting is on a layer. Pretty nice!

There's also two other apps that connect with Photoshop that are pretty exciting. I recommend checking these out when they become available. From Adobe's website...

Adobe Color Lava, Adobe Eazel and Adobe Nav applications for Photoshop are also expected to be available in early May 2011, ranging in price from US$1.99-$4.99, on the iTunes App Store.

One of my images made it into a promotional video for Eazel.

And here's a little bit more about Eazel, Nav, and Color Lava.

Even More Fine Art!

2011-03-26T19:33:00.000-07:00

After 3 years my wife and I decided upon another art collaboration. This new work is as beautiful as our first and we call her Phoebe!

Abstract Breakfast #1

2011-03-22T11:07:00.001-07:00

I have so little free personal time these days that my need to experiment comes out in other ways. Last Sunday I made too much pancake batter and started branching out from the Mickey Mouse shaped cakes I was making for my daughter. There's some potential for quite a few variations on this theme. I've already made some pancakes that are radiating ringlets on the same cake as well as mixed in some burnt drips as texture. Hehehe. Oh and we had a fruit salad that I totally forgot to utilize! So many possibilities!

This is the one that started it all...

Abstract Breakfast 1
Pancake Batter and Jam
12" Dish
2011

And check out these cool pancakes!... Jim's Pancakes

Meeting Head

2011-03-07T15:55:00.000-08:00

Another meeting sketch.

Abstract Notes

2011-02-16T16:26:00.000-08:00

More meeting sketches. Captive time plus listening time is a perfect creative time for me.
I just returned from the New York MoMA where I saw the Abstract Expressionist New York exhibit. I soaked it in for 6 hours straight. Very inspiring.

The Metricon People

2011-02-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

Digital
2011

This is a little study for some ideas I've been working on.

Meeting Sketch

2011-01-24T17:21:00.000-08:00

My Head with Words Coming Out of It

2011-01-21T17:10:00.001-08:00

I was interviewed by ABC World News the other day regarding my iPad paintings and it was just posted on their website. Check it out...

Text

Video

There are a few video clips of my paintings being created used in the interview. Hopefully I can get around to posting the full clips on YouTube sometime soon.

Cheers!

2010-12-20T13:58:00.000-08:00

Here's a paint doodle of Kurt toasting the holidays that I did on my iPad using Brushes.

Interview

2010-12-20T13:54:00.000-08:00

I was interviewed by Shawn King of the Your Mac Life show/podcast last week.
It's about 30 minutes long, check it out..

Don Shank interview on YML

I talk about my work at Pixar as well as some earlier parts of my career.

iPad Paintings: Vol 1

2010-12-08T18:11:00.000-08:00

iPad paintings
2010
Finger on Glass

When I have some spare time (hahahahah) I like to paint on my iPad. Most of the people I know that use an iPad use a stylus because they want to draw/sketch more than paint. Yes, drawing with your finger isn't so great but I have no problem Painting with my finger. In fact, I like it quite a bit.

Above are a handful of paintings I did on my iPad with the Brushes app for iPad. I love this app. Yes, I've tried Sketchbook Pro, I like it fine, it's a great app, but I'm drawn more to the simple directness of Brushes. It's a pleasure to use. (Though there are a few things I wish it had (Saturation Slider please!))
Also, one of the coolest things is you can play back your painting right there on the iPad and watch as it re-creates itself. Even better you can email yourself the "actions" file for the painting to your computer and using the free Brushes Viewer application it can re-render the image up to 6x high and wide (that's 4608pixels by 6144 pixels!) The images here on my blog were shrunk down from that size to 2000 x 1500. It will export Quicktime movies too, I'll post some movies in the future.

Most of the work I do on my iPad is abstract but I have toyed a little with some indoor plein comput-air painting hehe. I would love to make a giant burka style outdoor iPad plein air painting jumpsuit hahaha.

Mothers and Childs

2010-11-14T15:58:00.000-08:00

Mothers and Childs
16" x 20"
Acrylic on Panel
2010

This is my donation to the Mother Hen Project.
It's a great opportunity to own one of my original paintings and to help out a worthy cause.

Detail:

Photo:
The panel is cradled with the edges painted black. It is designed to be hung as is or framed.

The Mother Hen Project is an art exhibition and auction to raise much needed funds for Chicks in Crisis. It is featuring over 50 works by artists in the fields of animation, illustration, graphic design and fine art, including a host of directors, animators and designers from Pixar and beyond.

The auction will take place on Saturday November 20th, 2010.

If you want to bid on any of the works in the show but can't be there in person please contact Alison Leaf.

Here's the Invite.
Here's the project's Facebook page.

20th NOVEMBER 2010
4:00 - 8:00 pm
G A L L E R I A
135 Tunstead Ave
San Anselmo CA

Silent Auction from 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Live Auction @ 7:00pm

Don Shank Original Art Store is Open!

2010-08-22T20:00:00.000-07:00

Well, it took 10 months but the Original Art section of my web store is finally open with 12 pieces to choose from. In the future I will add pieces to the store as I do them instead of waiting for a big group, though I am getting pretty busy so I don't know how often I'll be adding pieces. Two of the pieces come framed and in the future I plan on offering a framing option to save you the hassle of getting it done yourself. Shipping is free! Go check it out!

Here's one of the pieces for sale in the store...

Detail...

Green Eye
9" x 12"
Acrylic on Wood Panel
$500
Go see this piece in my store.

Boy & Girl

2010-08-11T12:27:00.001-07:00

Boy & Girl
6" x 8"
Acrylic on Canvas

This painting was done on a sheet of un-stretched canvas that I use for practicing and experimenting. The underpainting is pretty thin washes and I didn't cover it with too much paint as I worked it. I kind of like the slight transparent watercolor look.
Scanning acrylic paint on a flatbed scanner is such a pain. It's so reflective that it brings out too much glare and intense highlights in the texture. This painting looks softer in real life.

Bluescape

2010-07-27T12:22:00.000-07:00

Details:

Bluescape
16" x 20"
Acrylic on Panel
2010

Divisible By Three Leaf Clover

2010-07-19T17:39:00.001-07:00

This piece is my second of three for a book entitled "3x4" featuring Scott Morse, Lou Romano, Nate Wragg, and myself. The book is due to be available at the APE show later this year.

Divisable By Three Leaf Clover
10" x 15"
2010
Acrylic on Claybord Panel

Wedding Invite

2010-07-14T12:56:00.000-07:00

This illustration was done for some friends that are getting married this month to use as their invitation. They gave me a lot of latitude with style and execution and so it was a real pleasure to do. Thanks HP & Ray!

Print for sale at my web store here.
The image was printed full bleed onto 100% cotton rag paper so the white areas had a nice soft look.

Day & Night - Various Bits

2010-06-25T09:00:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad this cartoon is finally out in the wild!
I hope that you've already had a chance to see Day & Night with Toy Story 3.
If not, you can now download it from iTunes for a measly $2! So you can watch it over and over and over and over, hehe.
(But you should still get out to see TS3 too, it's pretty damn good!)

"Day & Night" on iTunes

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there used to be a bunch of images here
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now they are gone. maybe they will come back
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Blue Fruit Bowl

2010-06-08T16:15:00.000-07:00

Details...

Photos...

Blue Fruit Bowl
16" x 20"
Acrylic on Canvas
2009

Day & Night

2010-03-12T12:48:00.001-08:00

I was lucky enough to be production designer on this great short film created and directed by Teddy Newton. It is the short that will be shown before Toy Story 3 (opening June 18th in the USA) so get to the theater early and don't miss it! I am very excited that the public will finally get to see it because it's unlike anything Pixar has produced before. Working on this film was one of the best times I've ever had, which is saying a lot because I’ve worked on some really great projects (hello… like the academy award winning UP!). I can't wait!

Oh and P.S. It's not about a dinosaur!

Five Years

2010-02-08T20:41:00.000-08:00

Five Years
16" x 20"
Acrylic on Panel
2009

This is a piece I did for some friends who recently celebrated their fifth anniversary. (Or sort of recently anyway, it's taken me an extremely long time to get it scanned and prep it for shipping)

Lab 02 Sketches

2009-12-15T12:22:00.001-08:00

I'm moving to a new office space at work and I came across these sketches from Laboratory Still Life 02.
I have some things piling up to post here. Stay tuned.

UP on DVD/BR tomorrow!

2009-11-09T12:18:00.000-08:00

Hey Look!
UP is coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow!

Also, check out these blueprints...

image above is a story beat-board I did for UP

Mad

2009-10-26T10:40:00.000-07:00

I've been working on a series of original paintings for my store. Some more abstract than others. I hope to get my originals section of the store open in the next month or two but it's been busy lately. This piece is fairly small at 9"x12" and I have some ideas for a much larger piece in this same vein that I hope I can get to sooner rather than later.

Mad
Acrylic on Panel
9" x 12"

the Don Shank Art Store is Open!

2009-10-13T21:07:00.000-07:00

I am very excited to announce the opening of my new online art store! I will be selling my art prints and original art direct to you. The store currently has a handful of prints (shown in the image above) and original paintings will be available in the coming weeks. I will be adding more prints and paintings to the store over time. You can find a link directly to the store in the sidebar to the right. Check it out!
www.DonShank.com

Daddy & Mommy

2009-08-31T11:58:00.000-07:00

11" x 14"
Gouache on Panel

The Fredricksen House

2009-08-25T20:38:00.000-07:00

Geometry Architect: Don Shank
Clients: Carl & Ellie Fredricksen
2009

Sketchbook Abstracts

2009-07-31T19:22:00.000-07:00

All pieces:
Gouache
Moleskin Watercolor Book
3.5" x 5"

SD Comic-Con 2009!

2009-07-21T17:14:00.000-07:00

LAST MINUTE NOTICE...

I will be at this year's San Diego Comic-Con on Wednesday preview night, as well as Thursday and Friday (July 22, 23 & 24).

I'll be hanging out at RED WINDOW's booth #4800 where Scott Morse will have a very limited amount of our Ancient Book of Sex & Science for sale! (it's sold out except for the small amount of books that Scott saved for the Con so if you haven't got one yet you better hit that booth first!).

YUKI-7 Prints For SALE!
I'll have some prints of my Yuki-7 artwork for sale at the amazing FLEET STREET SCANDAL's booth #1316. There is a very limited amount of these prints too so get them while they're hot! There will be a large print of the raw painting (12"x15") and a smaller print (8"x10") of the painting with the pulp novel graphics. You might also find me hanging around this booth too.

And while you are there definitely pick up the new book Seductive Espionage by Kevin Dart and Ada Cole. This book is a must! Fleet Street Scandal is the amazing Chris Turnham and Kevin Dart.

Hope to see you there!

Ava Turns One!

2009-06-10T22:07:00.001-07:00

Today my niece Ava turned one year old! She is a sweetheart and I painted her this card.

Acrylic
6" x 11.5"

Pink Potato Chip Lounge

2009-06-04T15:36:00.000-07:00

processing...
beep beep boop beep boop ticka-ticka-ticka ching...
boop beep boop digital paint...

Here's a painting that I did not do for the new Pixar movie UP.

Ancient Book Show!

2009-05-21T12:54:00.000-07:00

The Ancient Book of Sex & Science art show and book release was last weekend and there was a great turn out. I had a great time, and thank you to everyone at Nucleus for the work you did hosting it. Thank you to everyone that came down to the show, it was great meeting all of you.

I sold a few pieces at the show and there are still some pieces left for sale. Go to the Nucleus Gallery pieces page.
The show will be up through May 28th so check it out if you missed the opening.
Here's one of my pieces from the show...

Mathturbation
Acrylic on Panel
18" x 24"

Details

While I was down for the show I checked out the Marc Davis gallery exhibit at the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale. I highly recommend going to see this if you can. I was blown away!

Ancient Book of Sex & Science Show

2009-05-13T10:14:00.001-07:00

The gallery show and book release for the Ancient Book of Sex & Science is this Saturday May 16th at Gallery Nucleus at 7:00pm.

Oh Snap, Part 2

2009-05-12T15:13:00.000-07:00

The Ancient Book of Sex & Science books are here (250 copies of the total book run made it here on the "fast boat"). Only about 220 copies will be for sale at the Nucleus Gallery show this Saturday so I suggest getting there on time if you want a book.

Chloe Turns One!!!

2009-04-16T13:29:00.000-07:00

Next week my daughter Chloe turns one year old and I did this little painting for her. The funny bunny is coming to town! I love her!

8" x 10"
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper

New Icon

2009-04-03T16:34:00.001-07:00

The Ancient Book of Sex & Science is off at the printers and I'm busy wrapping up some extra pieces for the show. In the mean time I made a new shank pile blog icon for iPhones and iPod Touches. Old icons will update automatically by tapping on them and letting the page load.

BTW, this isn't an App, it's just a weblink.

Yuki 7!

2009-02-19T19:58:00.000-08:00

I'm thrilled to have been included in the amazing new book coming from Kevin Dart about his character Yuki 7. What I've seen of the book is incredible and I can't wait to get my hands on it! There will be a gallery show and book release party at Gallery Nucleus on July 3rd at 7pm. The book is going to include some guest art and my contribution to the book is this faux pulp fiction cover

Detail...

This is the original painting for the cover

16" x 20"
Acrylic on Panel

Detail...

Sex Fades

2009-02-02T14:56:00.001-08:00

Sex Fades
18" x 24"
Acrylic on Panel

Another from the Ancient Book of Sex & Science. I used some molding paste on this one to give it an extreme texture. I'm really happy with the way it all came out.
The gallery show will be opening on May 16th, 2009. Gallery Show Page Here. More info as we get closer to the event. All these pieces will be for sale at the show.

See also the other artists' web pages for their updates...
Nate Wragg
Scott Morse
Lou Romano

Laboratory Still Life 02

2009-01-20T14:59:00.000-08:00

Laboratory Still Life 02
18" x 24"
Acrylic on Panel

The deadline for our Ancient Book of Sex & Science is coming up next month and I still have 3 more paintings to finish. I'll be posting the remaining 4 of my images for the book through February.

Laboratory Still Life 01

2009-01-20T14:58:00.000-08:00

Laboratory Still Life 01
18" x 24"
Acrylic on Panel

I'm kind of hopping around between styles as I learn how to work with acrylic paint. This one I tried to go loose and I'm pleased with the colors (though it seems these images look different on every computer I look at them on)

Translumen 01

2009-01-13T12:07:00.000-08:00

Translumen 01
18" x 24"
Acrylic on Panel

Work on The Ancient Book of Sex & Science is well under way. I've been painting like crazy and I have 3 new pieces to post. I'll put them up on the blog over the course of the next week. Our deadline is at the end of February so stay tuned to see the rest of my art for this book.
All these pieces, along with the book, will be for sale at the Gallery Nucleus show which I believe will be in May.

shank pile turns three

2008-11-14T10:41:00.000-08:00

shank pile turned 3 years old!

Microscope 03

2008-10-17T12:56:00.001-07:00

Detail...

Microscope 03
Acrylic on Panel
16" x 20"

This will be the last of the Microscopes for the time being. I have a few more versions in mind but those will have to wait until I finish the rest of the "in book" pieces.

Sex Tower Framed

2008-10-17T09:53:00.000-07:00

Gouache on Watercolor Paper
7.5" x 15"

This is the cover graphic to the second in our Ancient Book series, The Ancient Book of Sex & Science.
Below you can see a Photoshop mockup of what the new book will look like.

Microscope 02

2008-10-01T16:21:00.001-07:00

Detail

Microscope 02
16" x 20"
Acrylic on Panel

Microscope 01

2008-09-15T13:28:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on Panel
8"x10"

Red Island

2008-09-15T11:49:00.000-07:00

gouache 2.5"x5"

Gouache Sketches

2008-09-06T16:37:00.001-07:00

I've been sketching in my little sketchbook with gouache lately.

The construction of this chair is totally goofy. I didn't really care about that, I just wanted something so that I could practice painting.

Little City Compositions

2008-08-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

Came across this page in my little notebook. Compositions for a painting that I never did.

Lushie Rich

2008-08-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

I was inspired by the Harvey exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum.
I used to have hundreds of Richie Rich comics as a kid, though this is the first time I've tried drawing him. I gave him a tiny bit of a gut in the drawing on the right. Those cocktails can pack on the pounds!

Maxfield's

2008-08-05T12:44:00.000-07:00

Went to Maxfield's (aka The Pied Piper) in the city on sunday. It's pretty cool in there though they served my whiskey sour in a wine glass (???)

Back Room at the Chelsea Bar

2008-08-01T22:41:00.000-07:00

Found this in one of my sketchbooks from a year ago.
Just one of the bars that Kurt frequents. Apparently there's a back room where one can enjoy a bit of gambling.

Comic-Con 2008 Print Set

2008-07-22T10:31:00.000-07:00

My image in the print set...

Lou's, Nate's, and Scott's pieces (respectively)...

At this year's San Diego Comic-Con Scott Morse will be selling an exclusive set of 4 individual prints limited to 50 signed and numbered copies in promotion of our next Ancient Book which is on track to debut at next year's Comic-Con.
The book will again be by Lou Romano, Scott Morse, Nate Wragg, and myself. The prints are on high quality fine art paper and will run $50 for all four images. These images won't appear in the book but are exclusive to this print set!

Find Scott's booth (4800) here...

More Kurts for Sale

2008-07-21T09:55:00.000-07:00

...at the San Diego Comic-Con.

Kurt's a Lush
pencil and water soluble graphite on hot press watercolor paper.
12.25" x 7.75"
$50 (cheap!)

detail...

Kurt Chucks Some Dice
pencil and water soluble graphite on hot press watercolor paper.
9.5" x 7.5"
$30 (also cheap!)

I was able to do two more Kurt drawings over the weekend. I'm loving the Kurt drunk page so you better buy it before I change my mind and keep it!
These 3 Kurt pages (these two and the previous post) will be at Scott Morse's booth Red Window Inc. #4800 (p.s. Bill Pressing is sharing that booth and he has an AMAZING book for sale this year. do yourself a favor and check it out!)

Kurt Makes an Appearance

2008-07-17T20:12:00.000-07:00

...at the San Diego Comic-Con that is.

pencil and water soluble graphite on nice hot press watercolor paper.
10"x14"

here's a detail...

This year Scott Morse will be selling a limited edition print set to promote our next book The Ancient Book of Sex and Science. (Scott Morse, Lou Romano, Nate Wragg, and myself) That book won't be for sale until next year's con so we put together a nice set of 8x10 prints. More on that soon!

I won't be at this year's con (I'll be in Tahoe with my lovely wife and adorable new daughter celebrating our 2 year anniversary!) but besides the print set I decided to do some drawings and give them to Scott to peddle at his table. (he doesn't even know this yet ;-D hehe) I haven't settled on price yet, but it'll be something CHEAP like $40 or $50!

Here's the first, warts and all. Let's see how many I can do by monday... seriously i'm so busy, this might be the only one haha!
It's a Kurt jam. Start in one corner and draw!
I've been obsessively playing this dice game on my iPhone so it looks like Kurt is getting some of the action too.

10 Shapes

2008-06-22T23:43:00.000-07:00

For the time being this painting is digital.
That could change at any time without notice.

Kurts

2008-06-20T17:21:00.001-07:00

Random Scrap

2008-05-28T09:52:00.000-07:00

here's this.

Frilly Doodle

2008-05-22T16:37:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm back at work now and I'm trying to clear off my desk. I came across this frilly doodle I did in a meeting. Sometimes I just draw what people say and in this case someone was talking about schedule dates.

New Fine Art Project!

2008-04-27T14:08:00.000-07:00

Here's my latest work of fine art. It was my first collaboration with my wife. Technically I just supplied half the designs while she did the other half and all the construction work. I think the project turned out great! We call her Chloé.

Fred's Pad

2008-04-13T16:59:00.000-07:00

here's something else I found while digging through some pages of stuff...

Pillarockillalar

2008-04-11T23:26:00.001-07:00

Here's a few random nuggets I came across today.

Stanish Blocks

2008-03-05T15:07:00.001-08:00

Y1 at the M Modern

2008-02-13T17:08:00.000-08:00

I was fortunate to get an opportunity to be in a cool gallery show of abstract artwork at the M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs. The show is called Abstraction Distraction and it has many great artists involved including Glenn Barr, Chris Reccardi, Lynne Naylor, Tim Biskup and more! The show opens this Saturday, Feb 16th.
This is my entry including a detail and the original thumbnail sketch.

Y1
16" x 20"
Acrylics on Canvas

A Band of Bugs Part II

2008-01-29T10:57:00.000-08:00

My other two pieces for the "A Band of Bugs" show at Gallery Nucleus.
see the link to the right for info about the show.

the top one is in Gouache 5"x7"
the bottom one is in Acrylic 5"x7"

Animation Loves Character Design

2008-01-26T14:06:00.000-08:00

Red O
gouache on board

Geometry Cage

2008-01-25T18:24:00.001-08:00

Sex Tower

2008-01-25T18:22:00.001-08:00

sex and science

A Band of Bugs

2008-01-21T14:50:00.000-08:00

Here are two of my pieces for the "A Band of Bugs" show at Gallery Nucleus.

The show is February 9th, 2008 - March 3, 2008
There are some great artists involved.
Check out Gallery Nucleus' A Band of Bugs page for more info including some images and links to the artist's blogs.

my pieces are 5"x7"
Gouache on Illustration Board

shank pile Touch - (NERD ALERT)

2008-01-17T17:28:00.001-08:00

Make a Webclip of Shank Pile on your iPhone or iPod Touch and you'll get this "snazzy" icon.
wooot!

Blue Particles

2008-01-16T10:26:00.000-08:00

Fiyne Ahrte

2008-01-11T17:33:00.000-08:00

Recipe:

Step 1. Turn off brain
Step 2. Paint shapes
Step 3. Season to taste
Step 4. The end

These quickie brain farts were done with Painter X

Abstract Sketches

2007-12-19T10:15:00.001-08:00

Another meeting, another page of doodles.

Unfinished Woman

2007-12-16T12:23:00.000-08:00

I don't normally paint with Photoshop but I was messing around with it. I decided to try painting with just the default round hard edge brush.

Kurt Gets Dirty

2007-12-04T12:08:00.001-08:00

Kurt leads a pretty filthy life and one of his antics slipped into this page of sketches. Whoops.
Clicking makes it larger.

Reacting to Love

2007-12-04T12:04:00.000-08:00

Time to split

Getting My Ball Rolling Again

2007-12-03T15:17:00.000-08:00

"Never underestimate your audience's need for more of the same."
- Paul Rudish
Therefore... a page of random Kurt doodles from a meeting.

Happy Birthday to Blog...

2007-11-14T10:06:00.000-08:00

It's Shank Pile's 2nd birthday!

That's right, it's been 2 years and believe it or not I'm still here.
Things have been busy at work and home life and all my free time has been spent on some personal projects that are in the works. Right now I'm in London but when I get back I have some new things to post... finally!

-Don

Going Through My Pile of Kurt

2007-08-29T14:00:00.001-07:00

Same Ol' Same Ol'

2007-08-25T19:58:00.001-07:00

yep, just another sketch of Kurt walking down the street.

Kurt Walking

2007-08-16T11:42:00.001-07:00

just a couple of simple doodles of Kurt.
He likes to walk.

I'll be putting up the remaining Myth & War print/postcard sets soon.
The book is now officially sold out!

San Diego Comic-Con 2007

2007-07-21T18:14:00.000-07:00

There's only about 60 copies of The Ancient Book of Myth and War left and I expect we'll sell out of them at this year's San Diego Comic-Con.

I'll be at the San Diego Comic-Con this year for Wednesday Preview Night and all day Thursday.
I'll be at Scott Morse's booth #4800 and I'll be selling these Limited Run Print/Postcard sets at the show. Each set includes 8 prints from The Ancient Book of Myth and War (one copy of each of the 8 images - 2 images from each artist) and there are 3 new images that weren't in the book!
the prints are 8.5" x 6" and suitable for framing and will be $15 per set.

There are only 200 sets left (out of 250). After Thursday I won't be at the con but Scott will still be selling the print sets at his booth through Sunday. Whatever doesn't sell at the con I'll put up on my blog to sell.

click for larger.
All 8 Cards in the Set

All 8 Cards in the Set

Cards in the Pack

Backsides

T.G.I.F. the 13th

2007-07-13T17:05:00.000-07:00

Black Out

Meeting Sketches

2007-06-10T19:43:00.000-07:00

these are some sketches I did during a meeting several weeks back.

Kurt Noir

2007-05-22T22:20:00.000-07:00

I've been watching a lot of old film noir and crime pictures lately. During a meeting yesterday I tried some hats and trenchcoats on Kurt.

Kurt in his Car

2007-05-11T14:47:00.000-07:00