http://www.nonoart.com Ben Swift, eyeskull, poster art, gigposters, screen printing, silk screen, serigraph, how-to, art, painting, tshirts, flash, design, the Killigans, Westside Proletariat Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://www.nonoart.com/2008/06/30/food-print/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/06/30/food-print/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:19:20 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/?p=468 F**ked Up Food - 2008 8×10 paper - image size approx. 5×7.5 4 color, hand-pulled screen-print in an edition of 70 Included in “a la Cart” group show curated by Leia Bell - at Signed and Numbered in Salt Lake City, UT, opening (today) June 20. If you are unfamiliar with this show, it is a mini-print show [...]]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/06/30/food-print/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/06/12/flashbelt-wrap-up/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/06/12/flashbelt-wrap-up/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:56:55 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/?p=467 I just got back from an amazing conference- Flashbelt, in Minneapolis. http://www.flashbelt.com On the one hand it was amazing and inspiring and energizing, on the other hand it made me look at the work I’ve done over the past couple of years in a new and less favorable light, and on one foot it makes me [...]]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/06/12/flashbelt-wrap-up/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/14/original-art-for-sale/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/14/original-art-for-sale/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 16:23:53 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/?p=465 I have put up a number (13 actually) of my watercolor drawing for sale on the gigposters.com site - go check them out. Only $25 a piece, framed in a simple clip frame. http://www.gigposters.com/classifieds/detail.php?siteid=6447&pre=1 please contact me about availability of a specific piece. thanks! ]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/14/original-art-for-sale/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/12/sneak-peak-at-upcoming-print/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/12/sneak-peak-at-upcoming-print/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 02:47:58 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/?p=464 This is a close-up preview shot of a new art print I recently completed. It’s an art print that is going to go into a trade pool with a bunch of artists from gigposters and other places. It’s being organized by the talented Leia Bell, check out her work here: http://www.leiabell.com. Basically, 50 or so artists [...]]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/12/sneak-peak-at-upcoming-print/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/10/1972-cb-450/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/10/1972-cb-450/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 02:35:57 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/?p=463 Well, here it is, all cleaned up and ready to ride. It’s a runner too, 16,800 original miles, not even ridden since 1985. New tires, bars, pipes, chain, a few this-n-that items, a battery, and a quick tune-up; started up on the first kick. Nice. ]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/10/1972-cb-450/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/08/trying-out-a-new-store/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/08/trying-out-a-new-store/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 04:33:28 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/?p=462 http://www.nonoart.com/store-front/ check it out - a new store / shopping cart integration. let me know if it breaks? ]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/05/08/trying-out-a-new-store/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/04/18/drawing/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/04/18/drawing/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:46:13 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/2008/04/18/drawing/ I’m pretty good at drawing, but I am not Leonardo good.  I can draw something that looks like something, or even something that is kind of a symbolic representation of something without looking “real”, but I usually can’t draw something that looks “real.” I mean, I could but I don’t take the time to do it. [...]]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/04/18/drawing/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/31/got-a-bike-doing-a-7/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/31/got-a-bike-doing-a-7/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:50:58 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/31/got-a-bike-doing-a-7/ got a bike. Bloodcow liked my flier so much they asked me to do the artwork for their upcoming split 7″ record with Boston’s Motherboar. So that’s cool. ]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/31/got-a-bike-doing-a-7/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/27/bloodcow-fallen-77-attack-from-uranus/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/27/bloodcow-fallen-77-attack-from-uranus/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:42:33 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/27/bloodcow-fallen-77-attack-from-uranus/ yes. be there. also found out today that Ideal Cleaners is playing the same night at Box Awesome, just down the block. be there too! ]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/27/bloodcow-fallen-77-attack-from-uranus/feed/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/19/age-vs-mosh/ http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/19/age-vs-mosh/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:08:12 +0000 ben http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/19/age-vs-mosh/ anyone over the age of 25 who still wants to get in a mosh pit is an idiot. especially at a Killigans show. I don’t want to see your old ass out on the floor pogoing like a dork or trying to pick up nickles like you are some old-school badass. the chip on your [...]]]> http://www.nonoart.com/2008/03/19/age-vs-mosh/feed/