Nobody ever brings anything small into a bar...

...so I've had a lot going on lately. The editor of the magazine for the LA THC Expo saw my work in Cigar Press and commissioned me to do four pages of vampires smoking weed... really... I'm not kidding... Dracula with a spliff.

Above is a doodle I've been wanting to start the finish on for a while, I'll probably get around to it after the aforementioned project is done. I still want to do a 'maritime' themed show with my chums Eamon and Anthony.

Below is a show poster... nothing like starting off the year with the same crap I've been drawing for the last few years...conceptually dead...but fuck it. Next show poster is for 'the Coat Hangers' so maybe I'll be able to hash out something a little more worthy of being silk-screened.

more soon. I promise.

"Bottom of the Ink Well" book is finished!

So after a few days worth of scanning and sorting through old crap and using blurb.com's awesome book layout program, I present to you:

"Bottom of the Inkwell"

52 pages of sketches, largely drawn at Bob and Barbras and assorted philly bars. The drawings are from 2007 to 2009 and include failed attempts for PCS Book III, images used in Parade of Flesh show posters, preliminary work for a few unfinished projects, and some personal work. I'm going to be selling them at this firdays ASOP Hellboy show at Brave New Worlds, and on my new etsy shop: www.samheimer.etsy.com

ODDITY SHOP...

Hey folks, few announcements:

- Finally got around to putting together "Bottom of the Inkwell", a collection of sketchbook pages from 2007 to 2009, about 52 pages. I'm getting the proofs later this week, copies of the book will be available at the upcoming Autumn Society of Illustration Hellboy show, first friday of December and available on...
-The Etsy shop I'm finishing up. Silkscreened posters, t-shirts, digital prints, and my soon to be finished book will be for sale. www.samheimer.etsy.com
-The 'Dia De Los Muertos' issue of Cigar Press drops this week, including my cover, and a four page spread with current work and an interview.
-I'm taking a more active role with the Autumn Society of Illustration; expect some great things in 2010.
-Looks like master sheets of the Tatuaje Drac Spooky Ticket will soon be available, most likely on the Etsy shop.
Keep an ear to the ground folks, got alot coming to a head!

Magazine cover and 3 page spread...

Hey folks, I know that there are probably very few cigar smokers on this blog, but if any of you happen past a cigar shop, stop in around Halloween and ask for Cigar Press magazine. I did the October cover, along with a three page spread including a brief interview, some of my current work (you've probably already seen) and the spooky ticket promotional item I did for Tatuaje Cigar Company. Below is a tiny detail from the cover... and by the way, the theme for the cover was Dia De Los Muertos...

Ever wonder what 75 hours of Ink looks like?

It looks like the above. Ink a couple hours, eyes go cross, smoke a cigarette and wait for eyes to re-align, repeat. Below are the print files of the promotional item for tatuaje cigars. They look a little different printed because they were done on watercolor paper, dyed, and hand numbered. Also, finished the cover for cigar press. The issue drops halloween. In addition to the cover I have a 3 page spread on the inside with images and an interview. If that doesn't result in some work I'm gonna cry.




More soon lovelies. And if not prior, please...

HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Many thanks to you, lover of art and beer!

Thank you everybody who cam out last friday and supported my friends and I, and thank you so much to the folks who purchased art. While the accommodations, overlapped booking and preliminary headaches from Triumph Brewery were a little infuriating, we put on a hell of a show and the place was packed.

Above is the only piece of mine I was happy with. I was originally supposed to have a native american in it accepting the candy corn, with text reading "The Patron Saint of Halloween bestowing candy-corn upon the savages... The died a short time later". If any of you have read David J. Skal's 'Death Makes a Holiday' you probably understand what I'm getting at.

Working on a alot of projects right now, the Spooky Ticket promo for Tatuaje's Halloween release needs to be done soon, the cover for Cigar Press magazine is due at the end of the month, and two show posters in the works. Cheers!

make yourself available!

Date:	Friday, September 4, 2009
Time:	7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:	Triumph Brewing Co. 2nd Floor
Street:	117 Chestnut St

Come by and check out new work by:

Leanne Biank
James Heimer
Sam Heimer
Shane Leddy
Anthony Pedro
Ryan Resch
Danielle Rizzolo

There's supposed to be some kind of drink specials and i'm sure some crazy shamwow stealing will ensue ending with Anthony and the Heimer boys picking a fight with some douche bags.