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Nick Beery — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:41:12 +0000

You can now purchase a selection of my Hobo-Eaters tees from my Coalesce Clothing line as well as my Pulp Street design from Defiant at Rotofugi Chicago! Rotofugi is your one stop shop for designer toys, urban art, and the goods that keep the inner child in you squealing for more. Owners Whitney and Kirby Kerr are simply amazing and do a phenomenal job of selecting quality merchandise. I’m super stoked to have some of the Beery apparel at Rotofugi and work with such passionate people. Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery, established in July 2004, is located on the border of Chicago’s Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods in a beautiful vintage building. Since opening, Rotofugi has grown to become one of the world’s premier sellers of designer toys from artists all over the world. Rotofugi features a diverse selection of vinyl figures, capsule toys, plush and more from both eastern and western designers. The adjoining Rotofugi Gallery features monthly art exhibits by a range of both local and nationally known artists.

Pulp Street

Lumbering Jack

Rubix Dude

Vapor Trails

Locksmithsonian | Collaborative World

Nick Beery — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:33:05 +0000

Working as a commercial designer for new brands is always exciting. Being a part of a great community of people who strive to make the world a better place through visual art, smart products, and supporting the local economy is definitely a highly satisfying job. As an ongoing collaborator and artist for So Cal’s Collaborative World I am able to fully enjoy every aspect. This new ‘giving’ company is on the rise by making positively progressive efforts in actively amplifying the efforts of individuals and organizations who are striving to make a loving impact on the world. http://www.thecwmovement.com/

Locksmithsonian CW

My design entitled Locksmithsonian is now available through the CW online store. Featured as CW’s Artist Signature Piece – This dapper chap is exactly the kind of person -CW- hopes to inspire. He holds the keys to his own potential, his dreams, his passions and his future. Once he finds the right key to unlock his imagination, he will be an unstoppable force for good in the world.

Collaborative World is a GIVING company that gives 50% of the profits from all our apparel sales to partners already making a loving impact in the world.
We exist to Amplify their efforts. Our Mission is to actively pursue new and more extraordinary ways to give, while encouraging others to do the same.
Giving is the brand, the product is the campaign.

The -CW- Mission:

to actively pursue new and more extraordinary ways to give while encouraging others to do the same

The -CW- Vision:

to amplify the efforts of individuals and organizations already striving to make a loving impact in the world

The -CW- Values:

1 :: TAKE CARE :: we value extraordinary giving outside of everyday filters

2 :: FEARLESSNESS :: we value a fearless approach to new ideas and concepts

3 :: ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS :: we value giving everyone the opportunity to join, be, and share the movement

4 :: THE 50/50 RULE :: we value that at least half of what comes into -CW- ultimately ends up leaving -CW-

Some fantastic shots of the Locksmithsonian tee from the Collaborative World launch party hosted at Hurley Headquarters in Costa Mesa CA. Special thanks to photographers Marvin Malzahn and Alex Pavone for some great photos. Please check out http://collaborativeworld.bigcartel.com/ for new fashion this 2011 season!

Collaborative World Launch Party Hurley Headquarters Costa Mesa CA

Here are some happy ladies with the CW branded Locksmithsonian!

These girls were stoked to get Locksmithsonian!

123 Bell Holiday Show

Nick Beery — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:01:19 +0000

A mega ton of goods from the Beery factory can be found in Belltown this month until the holiday… just in time for the gifting season. Tons of new limited edition prints, posters, fresh tees, and small paintings are all on sale at this rad mash up of art-boutique bazaar in Seattle’s Belltown. Come get the goods for yourself or to give!

123 Belltown Holiday Gift Show

November 15th to December 23rd

Noon-6pm Wed-Fri

10am-6pm Sat & Sun

closed Mon & Tue.

Artist reception during the Belltown Art Walk on Nov 17 and our closing reception on Dec 23!

Gurude Tee

Nick Beery — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:22:06 +0000

Working with the DELI crew is always like a family reunion. These guys do it right when it comes to sporting the latest fly fashion. If your fortunate enough to be part of the fam they rep you right by bringing the best artwork from the NW stable of artists in the DELI Art Signature tees. Upon putting together the Legion of Doom show I’ve teamed up to offer my feathery hobo-eater character GURUDE. This eater was inspired by father time, ferrets, chicken suits, tar & feathers, and explicit street vagrants. Awesome 4 color print on super soft black tee with artist signature hand tags makes this rude guru dude pop right off the street. The bottom of his foot reads “SEATTLE 4 LIFE”. Head down to DELI Seattle or check their online shop to pick up a guys or girls tee. Fresh from the DELI…straight from Beery!

Gurude DELI Artist Signature Tee

Beery • Gurude Tee Black

Thunderbird

Nick Beery — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:07:13 +0000

As an intellectual who holds great regard for the Native American culture and heritage it is important to me to represent the iconic imagery that has been integrated into US heritage from such a powerful nation. I believe that the symbols so embraced by the old culture can evolve and be altered to exhibit a new world of ideology and icons for generations to come. Perhaps the most inspiring of symbols “the firebird” or “phoenix”, which is deeply rooted in ancient mythologies and civilizations globally, is the pinnacle of power and uprising for tribes nationally. I took this idea a bit further and created Thunderbird as an ode to not only the first nation but as a mark of strength and freedom for all who appreciate divine myth, societies, and a better way of life for all.

This design was featured on RIPT www.riptapparel.com for 24 hours. The mock up below is larger than the actual print which RIPT produced. We sold 60 shirts in less than 24 hours. Thunderbird is a highly popular design which will be reprinted as shown below in the near future for my sub-company. Stay tuned for announcements of this reprint for 2011.

Thunderbird Tee

Below is the version that was offered on RIPT.

Hobo Eaters: Agents of Chaos

Nick Beery — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:10:14 +0000

February 12 2010 from 6-9pm it all pops off over at Band Vibes space in the Greenwood Collective…that’s right my long awaited character series Hobo Eaters: Agents of Chaos. The show is a collection of my coveted hobo characters that maniacally made their way into Seattle’s streets and the hearts of our NW culture. The collection consists of original pieces that are hand inked and painted with wood stain on various wood panels in a variety of sizes. Besides the originals there will also be limited edition prints, jumbo posters, and a line of limited edition tees that all reflect these grungy agents of chaos. I will be giving away a free print and a free tee randomly to those who sign up at the Band Vibes space. Come join me for a night of bad-ass art and mayhem…It’s gonna be an epic event of diabolical debauchery full of twisted 50′s animated style hobos!

Hobo Eaters Flyer

Artist statement (dirt on the show):

Hobo Eaters: Agents of Chaos

The term hobo-eater refers to an entity who, through ritual means, would take on by means garbage and liquor the sins of a deceased bum, thus absolving his or her soul and allowing that person of the street to rest in peace.

What was once a ritual performed by beggars and vagabonds in certain villages of bygone years is now performed in a reverse of roles by animated entities who take on the form of the hobo whose diabolical lifestyle is reflected upon the appearance of the hobo-eater. The hobo-eater would be brought to the dying vagrant’s curbside or stoop, where a neighborhood drifter would place a crust of dumpster pizza on the chest of the dying and pass a 40 oz. of malt liquor to him over the corpse. After reciting the ritual, he would then drink and remove the crust from the derelict tramp and eat it, the act of which would remove the sins and deadbeat-scars from the dying transient and take it into himself.

Often times hobo-eaters are not only filled with the sins and scars of the deceased but take on a ghostly appearance, ragged with the lines of deceit and chemical abuse of the former vessel. The result is a vaporous apparition whose tattered clothes and grungy attitude is forever portrayed among the urban environment. Thus the ethereal term Agents of Chaos has come as a contemporary descriptor for these aeon old hobo-eaters who are destined to drift the streets perpetually consuming fiendish souls.

Hobo Eaters 2010 Poster

Below are a few of the Hobo Eaters character pieces that are included in the show:

Vapor Trails:

Vapor Trails Ink & Wood Stain

Vapor Trails Detail

Vapor Trails / Bummin & Runnin

Below are some updated photos of some of the work included in the show. To avoid rambling on too much about all the pieces I am simply posting the pics including the detailed shots of the artwork. Enjoy!

GURU: Inspired by ancient sages of forgotten lore. The word bubble is Chinese for “Knowledge”.

Guru

Guru detail I

Guru detail II

Guru detail III

VAPOR TRAILS: Inspired by all the shredding skateboard bad-asses…you know who you are.

Vapor Trails Ink & Wood Stain

Vapor Trails detail I

Vapor Trails detail II

BUMMIN & RUNNIN: Inspired by old 50′s animations, bums, and liquor.

Bummin & Runnin Ink & Wood Stain

Bummin & Runnin detail I

Bummin & Runnin detail II

RUBIX DUDE: Inspired by particle theory and physicists worldwide.

Rubix Dude Ink & Wood Stain

Rubix Dude detail I

Rubix Dude detail II

THE SHAMBLER: Inspired by Scrooge McDuck, Robert Crumb, and A X-Mas Carol.

The Shambler Ink on Wood

The Shambler detail I

The Shambler detail II

CODED: Inspired by zen buddhism and hidden meanings.

Coded Ink on WoodCoded detail I

Coded detail IICoded detail III

ROCKET ROCKER: Inspired by the Rocketeer and dark rockers everywhere.

Rocket Rocker Ink on Wood

Rocket Rocker detail I

Rocket Rocker detail II

AGENT OF CHAOS: Inspired by Hells Angels debauchery.

Agent of Chaos Ink on Wood

Agent of Chaos detail I

Agent of Chaos detail II

Agent of Chaos detail III

LET THE WHEELS BURN: Inspired by Mars Volta album Octahedron

Let The Wheels Burn Ink on Wood

Let The Wheels Burn detail I

Let The Wheels Burn detail II

Let The Wheels Burn detail III

THE MANNIKIN: Inspired by Robert Bloch’s short story The Mannikin from his collection Mysteries of the Worm

The Mannikin Ink on Wood

The Mannikin detail I

The Mannikin detail II

The Mannikin detail III

The Mannikin detail V

LUMBERING JACK: Inspired by chainsaws and the Pacific Northwest.

Lumbering Jack detail I

Lumbering Jack detail II

Lumbering Jack detail IV

BLOOD LIFE: Inspired by gangsta females everywhere.

Blood Life Vector Print Poster

Blood Life detail I

Blood Life detail II

Blood Life detail III

Blood Life detail IV

RUBIX DUDE: 3 versions of all characters. 1. Ink on wood 2. Vector digital design 3. Oil painting.

Rubix Dude Oils

Rubix Dude detail I

Rubix Dude detail II

Rubix Dude detail III

Rubix Dude detail IV

Rubix Dude detail V

Rubix Dude detail VI

MICKSTER MCGEE: Inspired by unicycle chimps, hipsters, scenesters, 80′s cartoons, and underground comics.

Mickster Mcgee Ink on Wood

Mickster McGee detail I

Mickster McGee detail II

Mickster McGee detail III

Mickster McGee detail IV

OL TIMER: Inspired by father time, ferrets, chicken suits, tar & feathers, and explicit street vagrants.

Ol Timer Ink on Wood

Ol Timer detail I

Ol Timer detail II

Ol Timer detail III

PHANTOM BEARD & DOOB: Inspired by Norwegians, black death metal, k-9′s, rebels, counterculture, loud loud loud music.

Phantom Beard & Doob Ink on Wood (unfinished)

Phantom Beard & Doob detail (unfinished)

Phantom Beard & Doob detail finished I

Phantom Beard & Doob detail finished II

Phantom Beard & Doob detail finished III

Phantom Beard & Doob detail finished IV

Phantom Beard & Doob detail finished V

Phantom Beard & Doob detail finished VI

Where's the bird?

Doob detail

Phantom Beard & Doob detail III

Phantom Beard & Doob detail IV

LYCOSA MASTER: Inspired by wizards, tattoos, medieval sorcerers, devils, demons, warlocks, giant spiders, and reckless gladiators.

Lycosa Master Ink on Wood

Lycosa Master detail I

Lycosa Master detail II

Lycosa Master detail III

Lycosa Master detail IV

Lycosa Master detail V

Hobo Eaters: Process of Grunge & Divinity

Nick Beery — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:45:26 +0000

I find it important to share with you a bit of my process when it comes to putting together a themed gallery show and how I translate my original concepts into original pieces of fine artwork as well as refining them into digital graphic outputs for prints, tee shirts, and other printed products. As I put together my Hobo Eaters: Agents of Chaos show for February 2010 I was able to document the process and can now shed light on the toil of time, blood, sweat, and joy that goes into each character design.

For the intro to my process I am going to breakdown how I created Cascade Vagabond which was one of the first characters created from the theme. Cascade Vagabond not only was created as an original piece of art but also ended up as the winter 2009 shop deck for Snowboard Connection.

All designs begin with a light pencil sketch to define the linework that will eventually be the parameters for inking and coloring digitally:

Beery Method : Hobo Eaters

Sketch

After a sketch that defines the characters details I move on to hank inking the characters with Pigma Micron pens on vellum:

Inked

Here is a side by side view:

Sketch & Ink

Inked Detail

After inking I scan the image and vectorize it in Adobe Illustrator. Once all the character is vectorized I move on to adding colors and gradients:

Cascade Vagabond Digital Version

Below is the final image put to product. In this case it is a pro line skateboard. See the blog archive for more close up details:

Cascade Vagabond Skateboard

Here is a breakdown of how I created Rubix Dude who is another character from the Hobo Eaters series:

Sketch / Ink / Original

Here are some close up shots of the materials and process:

Blue Line Sketch

Inked Drawing on Vellum

Ink & Wood Stain

The original piece was done utilizing the sketch by projecting on wood, tracing, hand inking with brush, and painting with wood stain and finish:

Rubix Dude: Ink & Wood Stain

Details

The fact that the above piece is hand inked makes it the “original” and one and only. I can create variations on this design by utilizing the sketch and inked drawing, but every new edition will be different. No one version is alike since I ink by hand using brush and pen. Some versions sit on finished wood, while others are absorbed directly into the grain of the wood piece.

Below is the digital version with added hues, gradients, and tones that make it very different from the original:

Rubix Dude Digital Version

Last but not least I printed up limited edition tees of Rubix Dude by printing transparencies from the vector output and screen printing to garments:

Rubix Dude Tee Shirts

I still have a few of these limited edition tee shirts available. Printed on silver AA fashion fit tees. Please contact me if interested in purchasing!

To continue this thread the following will be most of the characters from the Hobo Eaters: Agents of Chaos series. As to not be redundant I am simply posting the details of the sketches, inked versions, originals on wood, digital versions, and any products created with the designs. Enjoy!

The Shambler:

Sketch

Inked

Sketch / Inked / Original

Sketch Detail

Inked Detail

Original Detail

The Shambler Original

45 Mack:

Sketch / Inked

Inked Detail I

Inked Detail II

Original Detail I

Original Detail II

45 Mack Original

45 Mack Digital Version

Blood Life:

Sketch

Inking

Blue Line & Ink on Vellum I

Blue Line & Ink on Vellum II

Unfinished Inking Detail

Ink Detail II

Blood Life Digital Version

Coded:

Sketch & Ink

Sketch Detail

Ink Detail I

Ink Detail II

Coded Digital Version

Ol Timer:

Ink Beginnings on Wood

Final Inks on Wood

Ol Timer Tee

Ol Timer Digital Version

Rocket Rocker:

This design actually started in reverse. I did a digital rendering in Corel Painter which I then vectorized in Adobe Illustrator and added halftones. This design was eventually picked up by a Seattle skateboard company Nomadic.

Rocket Rocker Ink on Wood

Rocket Rocker Skateboard

Bummin & Runnin:

This design started as a pencil rendering which I then scanned and added a couple layers of highlights and midtones. It was originally created for soft goods production and ended up on tee shirts which are available from Portland OR based Tilteed.

Bum & Run Original

Bum & Run Detail I

Bum & Run Detail II

Bum & Run Detail III

Bum & Run Ink & Wood Stain

Bummin & Runnin Digital Version

Bum & Run Tee Shirts

As this post has become lengthy with photos of my process from concept to finals and even products I am going to put the rest of this series of characters in the following post regarding the Hobo Eaters show and series…

Beery Method Design Studio