aquachairs

aquachairs, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

Sketchcrawl 4 was alot of fun. Over sixty people in San Francisco basked in the sun and crawled the Mission, Castro and Golden Gate Park drawing, trading techniques and support.
Here is two aqua choices from my day. Thanks everyone for sharing!

aqua scooter

aqua scooter, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

welcome home

unplug and plug again, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

So I'm back from a lovely holiday in Canada. I took my sketchbook around beautiful Montreal and I will post some stuff from there soon. First I apologize to anyone who was led astray to the Balazo 18 show. Apparently something went down to which I have very few details as I was blissfully ignorant in Montreal but whatever happened, the show was cancelled and I did not get to update the post until it was after the fact. So I'm sorry if I did in fact ruin your evening. I will let you know as soon as I know where my cartoons are gonna go.
Tonight there is a release party for "Pet Noir, True Tales of San Francisco Pet Crime" a comic book anthology written by my friend Shannon that I did the cover for. Comics by the talented MariNaomi, August Bournique, BitterPie, N8 Vandyke and a gaggle of other cool cats. It is at Adobe Books,
3166 16th St. between Valencia and Guerrero, from 7pm to 10pm.People and art will be available for eyeballin', books will be available for purchase.
I want to briefly take an inward breath and hold for the friends and family of Joe Ranft who recently passed away tragically. Joe was an immense talent and inspiration as an artist and a person to his friends, family and for many people, who, like me, didn't know him personally but didn't have to. I've been amazed at all the posts I've seen by fans of his offering their condolences and gratitude for touching their lives from afar. For the people who did know and love him I offer my deepest sympathies.

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balazo, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

Hello there. If you are in the San Francisco area, stop by Balazo 18 gallery and check out my 20 foot wall of cartoons. On Aug 17th there will be a closing show with some live music to benefit Food Not Bombs that my lovely friends Natalie and Ami have arranged. The gallery is located at 2183 Mission st. at 18th.
SF sketchcrawl 4 is set for Aug 27th. More to come as we get closer.
I'm off to Montreal for a week for some much needed relaxation. Flood of posts to follow.
Thanks