d r a w e r

Left some post-it drawings at a pals house

2012-01-29T15:58:00.001-05:00

Left a drawing on the bathroom door of an art store

2012-01-15T22:53:00.001-05:00

Left a drawing in a restaurant

2012-01-11T21:16:00.001-05:00

Location:Preston Ave,Charlottesville,United States

I left a drawing at a pizza place

2012-01-06T20:50:00.001-05:00

(Christian's, Cville's DT Mall)

Left a drawing at a pals house on New Years Eve

2012-01-06T15:56:00.001-05:00

instag/am/bient - drawing + sound

2012-01-03T18:30:00.000-05:00

I have a drawing and a sound piece in instag/am/bient, an image/sound collaboration album put together by Marc Weidenbaum of the great blog disquiet.

His plan was to have 25 artists/musicians swap images that have been through instagram (a popular iOS image sharing/maniputating app/website). Then each participant would create a sound piece based on the image they received.

I was sneaky and turned in a manipulated drawing, not a photo, but since this is mostly what I post in instagram it made sense. My drawing is from a photo I saw online of a battle in Libya earlier this year. There are more like it here to see here, and a little book related to it here. Christopher Bissonette made a wonderful sound piece for it (listen here).

I got a great and evocative image from Linda Aubrey Bullock to make my sound piece from (you can see it in the PDF booklet of the project here).
I'm not a musician but I have become fascinated with field recordings and manipulated sound over the part few years (mostly due to reading Weidenbaum's great disquiet blog). I've especially liked, and drawn from, the work of Aaron Ximm aka Quiet American. He does a great job of keeping a strong connection to the recorded sound while still composing and creating something new and alive; something to rival the original field recording.

I've been making simple field recordings and posting them at SoundCloud (my kids playing, a train, some animals). Doing these documentations seemed like drawing in my sketchbook to me - to remember, to aestheticize a little, to try to make something out of them.

For instag/am/bient I looked at the image I was given of a car side mirror, ice/rain and weird light and went out looking for sounds to record that could work with the photo. I ended up with some rain and car sounds, a hum of a powerline and some other mechanical rumbles I found by walking around my neighborhood late at night. I sometimes go on "drawing safaris" and this felt like that. SNEAKY.

I smashed all the sound together and tried to "compose" it. Weirdly, doing that felt natural - like making comics or books. In comics and music there's a pace and composition over time and that I got. I might be fooling myself, but I think I understood at least the basics of it from all the drawing work I've made.

The final instag/am/bient album is really great. There are some wonderful tracks on it, including a few by folks I've been fans of for a while. I am humbled and surprised to be in such great company - I really have no idea what I'm doing and I know my equipment is pretty lame (iPhone4 mic for recording, Garageband and SoundBooth for editing). Still, I'm really really proud to be the lowly amateur among these great artists.

It's also given me a taste of what can be done. Equipment is being purchased. Secret plans for projects are already forming. Trouble is brewing.

Thanks to all the other participants for their great images and sounds and one million thanks to Marc for making the project happen and for having me participate.

Xmas seed toss in NYC day 1

2011-12-23T23:45:00.001-05:00

(a restaurant bathroom)

(a museum)

(a favorite restaurant (Zen Palate) )

(a phone booth)

(a pharmacy window)

I drew on a wall in a gallery

2011-12-22T03:01:00.001-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 30

2011-11-30T00:01:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 29

2011-11-29T07:00:00.000-05:00

(for Derik Badman)

30 Days of Comics - Day 28

2011-11-28T23:30:00.000-05:00

Snuck around drawing at night.

30 Days of Comics - Day 27

2011-11-27T16:32:00.000-05:00

In honor of the last F1 race of the year.

30 Days of Comics - Day 26

2011-11-26T14:48:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 25

2011-11-25T22:30:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 24

2011-11-24T11:27:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 23

2011-11-23T23:00:00.000-05:00

Lots of drawings of me.

Left a post-it drawing on an elevator in Richmond

2011-11-23T20:33:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 22

2011-11-22T19:38:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 21

2011-11-21T13:49:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics: Day 20

2011-11-20T15:46:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 19

2011-11-19T07:00:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics: Day 18

2011-11-18T06:30:00.000-05:00

Thinking about a bad thing. Someone lost climbing and climbing and then up some more. Words from Apollinaire.

30 Days of Comics - Day 17

2011-11-17T06:30:00.001-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 16

2011-11-16T06:30:00.000-05:00

another Apolliniare ("The Little Car")

30 Days of Comics - Day 15

2011-11-15T22:30:00.000-05:00

also to Apollinaire, plus his pals Robert and Sonia Delaunay. And Paris.

30 Days of Comics - Day 14

2011-11-14T22:30:00.000-05:00

more to Apollinaire and Cubist pals

30 Days of Comics - Day 13

2011-11-13T12:01:00.000-05:00

Dedicated to Apollinaire, Braque, Guston and my first little digital camera.

30 Days of Comics - Day 12

2011-11-12T16:49:00.000-05:00

(alone, at a party, look in the mirror, look out the window)

30 Days of Comics - Day 11

2011-11-11T05:30:00.000-05:00

Left a post-it note drawing in a gallery bathroom

2011-11-11T00:49:00.001-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 10

2011-11-10T22:00:00.000-05:00

Drawn from "À bout de souffle" ("Breathless")

30 Days of Comics - Day 9

2011-11-09T21:30:00.000-05:00

Project Runway comic, dedicated to my wife and Derik B.'s wife.

30 Days of Comics - Day 8

2011-11-08T21:10:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 7

2011-11-07T20:25:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 6

2011-11-06T16:26:00.000-05:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 5

2011-11-05T12:19:00.000-04:00

30 Days of Comics - Day 4

2011-11-04T06:17:00.000-04:00

hanging the show at The Shuckster

2011-11-04T01:03:00.000-04:00

The show is up! But I still have some obsessive things to add.

Big thanks to Brendan, Sierra, Jesse and Patrick for having me show here. Extra to P for hanging with me.

Opening tomorrow!!!!

30 Days of Comics - Day 3

2011-11-03T19:13:00.000-04:00

Day 3

30 Days of Comics - Day 2

2011-11-03T06:43:00.000-04:00

Secret hint: Stuart Davis is The Man.

New work at The Shuckster

2011-11-02T18:41:00.000-04:00

This Friday, Nov. 4, I'll be showing some new work at The Shuckster, a small art space here in Charlottesville, Va. Also to see will be work by Hannah Barefoot.

I'll have a bunch of work from a series of drawings I've done from images of this past year's revolutions in Egypt, Libya and the more recent Occupy Movement. You can see some of what I'll be showing here.

The Shuckster is an art space, centered around nooks, created by Brendan Fitzgerald, Sierra Bellows, Jesse Wells and Patrick Costello. This gallery features two artists monthly, presented and updated online every First Friday and Saturday. For directions: E-mail the.shuckster.cville [at] gmail.com.

More details:

http://www.craghead.com/kickitover.htm

http://theshuckster.blogspot.com/

Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=296176110393878

30 Days of Comics- Day 1

2011-11-01T22:31:00.001-04:00

I'm joining Derik Badman and other illustrious scribblers to do a 30 Days of Comics project - one page of comics per day for the month of November. A sort of comics answer to NaNoWriMo thought up by Mr. Badman. I'm also posting the pieces here.

some Libya drawings

2011-10-29T15:54:00.001-04:00

I'm in a show that opens next Friday Nov. 4 here in Charlottesville at The Shuckster. I'll be showing a ton of these war images.

Ginger at the pool

2011-10-14T00:45:00.001-04:00

left some post-it drawings around

2011-10-02T02:56:00.000-04:00

2011-09-30T18:11:00.000-04:00

dirt & note

2011-09-24T16:40:00.002-04:00

some sneaky stapling

2011-09-13T23:47:00.001-04:00

A Short Interview with me

2011-09-06T23:07:00.000-04:00

Austin English did a short interview with me - it's on The Comics Journal!

even more postcards

2011-08-16T23:13:00.002-04:00

go see and get one here.

Beastie Boys | Official Merchandise Store

2011-08-08T14:37:00.000-04:00

Beastie Boys | Official Merchandise Store

Superchunk covers The Cure

2011-08-04T17:04:00.002-04:00

Superchunk covers The Cure

Trawick Prize

2011-08-03T22:33:00.000-04:00

I'm glad to say I'm a finalist for this year's Trawick Prize, an art prize in the DC area. There's a show of finalists that opens Sept. 9 - I'll be making crazy crazy books!

LOST on "a map's little spell"

2011-07-25T21:58:00.000-04:00

Just added a new section at a map's little spell - LOST drawings, the opening scene. TV!

The Beastie Boys Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win ft. Santigold

2011-07-19T12:28:00.000-04:00

The Beastie Boys Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win ft. Santigold from Beastie Boys

some kids talking

2011-07-18T19:32:00.001-04:00

no message

A Fighter #Libya #revolution #draw

2011-07-13T23:09:00.003-04:00

A Fighter #Libya #revolution #draw, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

A Fighting Fighter #libya #revolution #draw

2011-07-13T23:09:00.001-04:00

A Fighting Fighter #libya #revolution #draw, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

review of Sweetheart #3 by Austin English

2011-07-13T23:07:00.000-04:00

I posted a lil bit on Austin English's great Sweetheart #3 over on We Like Books.

Sundays review in The Comics Journal

2011-07-11T17:57:00.000-04:00

Rob Clough has a great review of the latest Sundays anthology - he likes the piece I did:

Unsurprisingly, the best strip in the book is Warren Craghead’s “(new, old)”. He was one of the originators of comics-as-poetry and this particular piece is a wonderful fit in an anthology full of such stories. It also adheres to the anthology’s theme as it depicts the tide receding at a beach, with each page serving as a single panel showing the passage of time. Each page reveals more and more of the beach and its denizens, which he depicts with simple figures that almost look like a bundle of Ed Emberley-style drawings. In the midst of these figures, Craghead inserts a poem about the rising tide and the sounds it makes, which shows each letter rising, falling, and crashing like the surging water. It’s a lovely, evocative story that stirs all of the senses using the simplest of building blocks to create a complex reading experience.

He pretty much got what I was aiming at - the back and forth of the water in the sea, the waves crashing and the sliding water on the shore. I'll hint at a secret - there's a reference to a famous poem in there too 9and it isn't Apollinaire). I don't have the piece online yet but I'll post part of it soon.

landsurfing scariness

2011-07-09T19:10:00.000-04:00

PANDA BEAR "Surfer's Hymn" from m ss ng p eces on Vimeo.

A Fighter and some smoke #libya #draw #revolution

2011-07-08T11:04:00.003-04:00

A Fighter and some smoke #libya #draw #revolution, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

Some police #Greece #protest #draw

2011-07-08T11:04:00.001-04:00

Some police #Greece #protest #draw, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

a Fighter 25km west of Misrata #libya #revolution #draw

2011-07-08T11:03:00.001-04:00

a Fighter 25km west of Misrata #libya #revolution #draw, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

Drawn in a bathroom in an art museum in Richmond Va

2011-06-27T01:14:00.000-04:00

Drawn on a wall in a Subway bathroom

2011-06-25T13:49:00.001-04:00

dilemma of a dum-dum by Rina Ayuyang

2011-06-24T09:35:00.001-04:00

dilemma of a dum-dum, a photo by rinaok on Flickr.

I know what this feels like.

Drew a dude on a number on a pole

2011-06-17T00:23:00.001-04:00

Stuff drawn on a phone #draw #bugs #dirt #iPhone

2011-06-12T21:06:00.001-04:00

Stuff drawn on a phone #draw #bugs #dirt #iPhone, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

Locke found in UVA Law courtyard #lost #dharmainitiative #theothers

2011-06-08T21:57:00.001-04:00

Locke found in UVA Law courtyard #lost #dharmainitiative #theothers, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

#drawnwhile watching Istanbul Grand Prix #F1 #iknowimwaybehind

2011-05-30T23:56:00.001-04:00

#drawnwhile watching Istanbul Grand Prix #F1 #iknowimwaybehind, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

#drawnwhile watching Istanbul Grand Prix #F1 #iknowimwaybehind

2011-05-30T23:55:00.001-04:00

#drawnwhile watching Istanbul Grand Prix #F1 #iknowimwaybehind, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

a piece of Secret Violet Birthday Project no. 1 #draw #violet #birthday

2011-05-29T22:07:00.001-04:00

a piece of Secret Violet Birthday Project no. 1 #draw #violet #birthday, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

Plant and pole ( #iPhone #draw ing)

2011-05-29T22:06:00.001-04:00

Plant and pole ( #iPhone #draw ing), a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

shoes

2011-05-28T00:30:00.001-04:00

more food-faces

2011-05-19T20:30:00.001-04:00

more Secret Ginger Birthday Project #draw #ginger

2011-05-19T10:22:00.003-04:00

more Secret Ginger Birthday Project #draw #ginger, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

Secret Ginger Birthday Project is almost done #ginger #draw #unsharpmask

2011-05-19T10:22:00.001-04:00

Secret Ginger Birthday Project is almost done #ginger #draw #unsharpmask, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

more chunk of Secret Ginger Birthday Project #ginger #draw

2011-05-19T10:21:00.001-04:00

more chunk of Secret Ginger Birthday Project #ginger #draw, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

Drawing left on a gas pump

2011-05-10T19:53:00.001-04:00

Chunk of Secret Ginger Birthday Project

2011-05-04T17:18:00.003-04:00

Chunk of Secret Ginger Birthday Project #ginger #draw #birthday, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

Daughters on bikes

2011-05-04T17:18:00.001-04:00

Daughters on bikes #ginger #violet, a photo by wwcraghead on Flickr.

PROGREGRESSIVE! (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 30) (the end)

2011-04-30T18:45:00.001-04:00

PROGREGRESSIVE!

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 30)

With a high hammering note of metal, thus endeth International Pwoermd Writing Month. All hail fellow pwoermd-forgers and esp. mighty Huth.

sicknal (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 29)

2011-04-29T18:44:00.001-04:00

sicknal

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 29)

SWAND (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 28)

2011-04-28T19:43:00.000-04:00

SWAND

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 28)

surfbored (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 27)

2011-04-27T18:41:00.002-04:00

surfbored

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 27)

shalloween (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 26)

2011-04-26T18:37:00.006-04:00

shalloween

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 26)

finonecial (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 25)

2011-04-25T18:38:00.000-04:00

finonecial

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 25)

recorduroys (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 24)

2011-04-24T13:36:00.000-04:00

recorduroys

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 24)

COMPOOTER (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 23)

2011-04-23T14:35:00.000-04:00

COMPOOTER

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 23)

careern (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 22)

2011-04-22T18:34:00.000-04:00

careern

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 22)

manchine (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 21)

2011-04-21T17:33:00.000-04:00

manchine

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 21)

Drawn while watching Glee

2011-04-20T23:54:00.000-04:00

That's the famous movie star Gwyneth Paltrow singing.

NEPTOON (pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 20)

2011-04-20T19:42:00.000-04:00

NEPTOON

(pwoermd for InterNaPwoWriMo Day 20)

Handboards video

2011-04-20T19:18:00.003-04:00

My hand boards from GotSurf.ca on Vimeo.

d r a w e r

Left some post-it drawings at a pals house

Left a drawing on the bathroom door of an art store

Left a drawing in a restaurant

I left a drawing at a pizza place

Left a drawing at a pals house on New Years Eve

instag/am/bient - drawing + sound

Xmas seed toss in NYC day 1

I drew on a wall in a gallery

30 Days of Comics - Day 30

30 Days of Comics - Day 29

30 Days of Comics - Day 28

30 Days of Comics - Day 27

30 Days of Comics - Day 26

30 Days of Comics - Day 25

30 Days of Comics - Day 24

30 Days of Comics - Day 23

Left a post-it drawing on an elevator in Richmond

30 Days of Comics - Day 22

more postcards up at Seed Toss

30 Days of Comics - Day 21

30 Days of Comics: Day 20

30 Days of Comics - Day 19

30 Days of Comics: Day 18

30 Days of Comics - Day 17

30 Days of Comics - Day 16

30 Days of Comics - Day 15

30 Days of Comics - Day 14

30 Days of Comics - Day 13

30 Days of Comics - Day 12

30 Days of Comics - Day 11

Left a post-it note drawing in a gallery bathroom

30 Days of Comics - Day 10

30 Days of Comics - Day 9

30 Days of Comics - Day 8

30 Days of Comics - Day 7

30 Days of Comics - Day 6

30 Days of Comics - Day 5

30 Days of Comics - Day 4

hanging the show at The Shuckster

30 Days of Comics - Day 3

30 Days of Comics - Day 2

New work at The Shuckster

30 Days of Comics- Day 1

some Libya drawings

Ginger at the pool

more postcards at seed toss

left some post-it drawings around

dirt & note

more postcards

some sneaky stapling

A Short Interview with me

even more postcards

more postcards

Beastie Boys | Official Merchandise Store

Superchunk covers The Cure

Trawick Prize

LOST on "a map's little spell"

more Postcards at seed toss

The Beastie Boys Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win ft. Santigold

some kids talking

A Fighter #Libya #revolution #draw

A Fighting Fighter #libya #revolution #draw

review of Sweetheart #3 by Austin English

Sundays review in The Comics Journal

landsurfing scariness

A Fighter and some smoke #libya #draw #revolution

Some police #Greece #protest #draw

a Fighter 25km west of Misrata #libya #revolution #draw

Drawn in a bathroom in an art museum in Richmond Va

Drawn on a wall in a Subway bathroom

dilemma of a dum-dum by Rina Ayuyang

Drew a dude on a number on a pole

Stuff drawn on a phone #draw #bugs #dirt #iPhone

Locke found in UVA Law courtyard #lost #dharmainitiative #theothers

#drawnwhile watching Istanbul Grand Prix #F1 #iknowimwaybehind

#drawnwhile watching Istanbul Grand Prix #F1 #iknowimwaybehind

a piece of Secret Violet Birthday Project no. 1 #draw #violet #birthday

Plant and pole ( #iPhone #draw ing)

shoes