I draw, paint, sculpt, and build. I also produce digital art of various flavors.
Here is a limited selection of my work. Click any image for more info and a high-res download.
Physical Paintings
Historical Telephones (2015-2017)
This is a set of paintings I'm currently doing of telephones of particular historical interest. Click any image for a better look, and more info on what phone it is and why it's of historical interest...
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- Bell “Gallows-Frame” Telephone
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- Alexander Graham Plane
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- Gower-Bell Telephone
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- Motorola DynaTAC 8000x
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- The President’s Red Phone
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- Reis Telephone
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- Sharp J-SH04
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- Dali’s Lobster Telephone
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- Stromberg-Carlson upright phone
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- Motorola MicroTAC 9800X
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- K2 Red Telephone Box
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- K8 Red Telephone Box
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- Mojave Phone Booth
Luminaries of the Hacker World (September 2015)
This is a set of portraits I painted of some notable, well-known, and lesser-known hacker luminaries. Some were individuals I chose to focus on, some were suggestions by friends, and all exemplify elements of the hacker world as we know it today. Click any for a better look, and a short bio.
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- Ada Lovelace
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- Alan Turing
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- Benjamin Banneker
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- Carmen “humdog” Hermosillo
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- Edward Barnett
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- Edward Snowden
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- Grace Hopper
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- Joybubbles
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- Jude “St. Jude” Milhon
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- Linus Torvalds
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- Nikola Tesla
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- Steve Wozniak
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- Tim Berners-Lee
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- Konrad Zuse
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- Joan Clarke
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- Delia Derbyshire
Old Computers (December 2012)
This is a set of ten paintings I made of various old, notable computers.
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- TRS-80 Color Computer 2
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- Nintendo Game Boy
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- Nintendo Entertainment System
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- Commodore PET
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- Commodore 64
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- CDC 6600
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- Cray-1
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- Speak & Spell
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- Computer Space
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- Apple IIGS
Physical Drawings
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- Drawing phones as a live on-air stunt on Off the Hook.
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- The completed drawings were given to WBAI supporters.
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- Illustration for Phone Losers of America: The Book by Brad Carter
Digital Paintings and Illustrations
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- The Raptor Scream
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- Goblin
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- Alien Mona Lisa
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- Sigflup
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- Courtney K
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- Keep Colm and Carry On
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- Obey Grey
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- “Need a lift, pal?”
One neat little project I've recently started over on Twitter is @RobDrawsYourPic, where I do digital drawings, paintings, and doodles based on random Twitter users' pics. Check out the five most recent below.
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Hackers On Planet Earth
I do artwork for the biennial HOPE conference.
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- I illustrated the electronic badge for The Next HOPE.
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- I designed the patch for the US Department of Security Theater.
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- The US Department of HOPEland Security seal, a collaboration with Frederic Guimont for HOPE.
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- My frequent collaborator Grey and I painted a series of large multi-panel paintings for The Next HOPE.
Miscellaneous Designs
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- An official Off the Hook t-shirt.
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- OHAI! – The Media Show
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- Icon for “Doctor Who Facts!”
Sculptures, props, and other builds
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- Super Mario Bros. Stompers
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- The Mask
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- The Mask (miniature)
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- Blake’s 7 bracelets
Puppets
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- Cellphone tower puppet
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- Tom Servo puppet
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- Media Show Interns
More info and galleries to be added. Until then, there's a very small selection of my artwork viewable on my art blog and occasionally Etsy, and videos on YouTube.
3D design
I've a limited selection of downloadable 3D files on display at my Thingiverse page, and pro-grade prints of some in plastic and metal are available in my Shapeways shop.