DIY joke: for Ed & Batman edition...

give away your season tickets for bobblehead night to two of your good buddies... rag on them all night about how bad you want the bobblehead, and that one of us jerks better give ours up... and this is what happens:

 

absolutely GORGEOUS night for a baseball game. chill in the air... just beautiful: 

 

 

our Buccos won, raise the jolly roger! any fan would be pissed that they missed that one.

 

bobblehead aftermath...

 

snatched up a couple of stones and a railroad spike from behind my office:

 

 

packing tape treatment:

 



sharpie action: 

 

cherry on top: 

 

suck on that, Ed: 

 

DIY commission: the man, Efra...

this time rather than DIYing something myself, i wanted to commission an original piece.

 

specifically, this gem from Chamuco's Studios artist: Efra Sanchez.

i'm a HUGE fan of his work and wanted something for my collection.

 

i wasn't sure what to get, but i definitely wanted something custom. so we based it off of these Invaders jerseys:

  

 

 

his great work really speaks for itself though:

 

 

 

 

once again, awesome job Efra! thanks for your hard work

Iceland Goodness...

flew over to Iceland last month with ma for some hockey and fun!

here i am with the happy mom:

bonus shot on the ice:

but i scored some great pics of logos, imagery, and what-not! enjoy:

hand painted signs:

cool artwork:

graffiti:

manhole cover:

 

warning signs:

 

 

 

 

logos!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

happy 2013!

hope you all had the best holiday season!

 

sorry for the extended absence from the blog, but really i don't have a ton to share right now.

 

i've been really busy converting old logos into Adobe Illustrator format, and cleaning them up a bit for my web portfolio. i'm really excited to kick that off soon. in the meantime, i've put together about 4-5 Houndogg Designs hooded sweatshirts, but it's all stuff you've seen... nothing too ground breaking. but i'm totally ready to get back to making some pretty cool stuff to post here!

 

anyway, wishing you all the best in 2013! as always, stay tuned...

 

-RyCo

Air Refueling...

after my last series of posts: "Top Secret," if you're not quite sure what air refueling is al about, check out this awesome video:

YouTube Link:

http://youtu.be/It51u8OgDnM

Top Secret: Boom Operator Final...

Big thanks to Bill, and all my new friends out at the:

Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing!

they put up with me slugging paint around, whining, and taking in all that fantastic pictures and memorabilia on display... all the while, recreating their Unit Patch on the walls of their offices...

here is where we last left the unit patch: 

about half way through the work, they decided that they wanted their Squadron numbers to be painted onto the ruddervators:

no problem:

we also decided to paint an outline around the whole patch. the white just wasn't working against the color of the wall. so we used a template, sketched out the shape, and taped it off:

here I am putting some finishing touches on the letters:

and here it is, pretty much finished. just need to do some really light touch-up work in and around the gray boom area. no biggie at all:

and here is your "artist" standing "triumphantly"

 (insert your own words for "artist" and "triumphantly")

again, MUCH thanks to the 171st Boom Operators for letting me take on this project! as always, thank you for your service!!!

-RyCo

Houndogg Designs

Houndogg Designs Facebook Page and More...

quickie post, before the weekend starts:

finally have a link set up to point you in the direction of Houndogg Designs Facebook page:

www.Facebook.com/HoundoggDesigns

go check it out, if you get the chance. some fun stuff, with a lot more of the logo design side of my work to be posted in the very near future!

also, it should be noted, i have Tumblr page. i post with pretty random, fun aspects of my life, in picture form:

http://houndogg.tumblr.com/

hope you enjoy!

and, of course, my Twitter feed. loads of fun there:

https://twitter.com/houndogg

business page to come real soon! just dotting the T's and crossing the I's:

www.Houndogg.com

hope you all have a great, safe weekend!

-RyCo

BRA Day USA, recap...

Well the Breast Reconstruction Awareness Event was a great time, and a HUGE success for everyone involved. BIG HUGE thanks to Carolyn  De La Cruz, MD for organizing the event, and to The Mattress Factory Art Museum for hosting it. Also to all the artists, sponsors and donors that helped out! Was a really fun night!

To my Sis-In-Law Angie for getting me involved, and to family and friends that attended, you all are the best! Thanks again!

here's a shot of Gertrude strutting her stuff front and center, with MC Carolyn at the mic:

here's my bio page, written by my GF Jocelyn, next to a bidding battle:


















this knucklehead:



one more pose for the auction:



and some of the wonderful family that has to put up with me:



hope to do a lot more of these in the future!

BRA Day USA, Part 2...

BRA Day is tonight! REALLY excited to attend this event, and especially happy to contribute!

part 2, LOT'S of paint:

mosaic-style sun, with big gaps between the painted tile shapes for just enough brightness (ignore the sketch marks for now):

yellow outline on the flowers. paint pen & a steady hand:

tile detail:

almost finished:

well, hope you enjoyed! will try to post a pic or 2 of me and the mannequin we affectionately named Gertrude

p.s.

Gertrude was a great model to work with. not one complaint!