Damarak The Destroyer

Al Scorch & the Country Soul Ensemble

2012-01-15T21:12:00.000-08:00

Another album cover for the marvelously talented Al Scorch & the Country Soul Ensemble

Ka-Bar article

2012-01-15T18:31:00.000-08:00

This is a small article on the video I did for K-Bar, but I'm really posting it for the video at the bottom of the page. A guy trying to destroy a knife on the internet, this is the foundation of freedom America was built on.
www.needlesandsins.com

Ka-Bar

2011-12-11T15:22:00.000-08:00

Finally the time has come!
Illustration I did for an animation for Ka-bar knives has been released, please take a second to watch it.

http://www.kabar.com/

I am video number 2, entitled "hiking," and I must emphasize that I did not do any of the other video's that involve stabbing.

"Fasion Focus" Time Out Chicago

2011-09-14T12:05:00.000-07:00

Ghouls Poster

2011-09-05T19:14:00.001-07:00

Acme Letterpress

2011-06-22T09:03:00.000-07:00

New Print courtesy of Lindsay Stadig of Acme Letterpress in Brooklyn.

Bridezilla

2011-04-06T19:26:00.000-07:00

For Time Out Chicago

Invitations Redux

2011-03-30T17:20:00.000-07:00

Memento Mori

2011-03-03T19:01:00.000-08:00

H 20" x W 16"

Emily & Peter

2011-01-31T10:27:00.000-08:00

Razor White Shark

2011-01-23T08:20:00.001-08:00

Seated Sweetie

2011-01-22T15:32:00.001-08:00

W 12" x H 15.8"

Serious Sneak

2011-01-22T15:31:00.000-08:00

W 12" x H 15.8"

The Pitch, Kansas City

2011-01-20T17:08:00.001-08:00

Cockpit

2011-01-20T17:06:00.000-08:00

Forelorned Falcon

2011-01-20T17:04:00.000-08:00

Nutcracker

2011-01-09T15:37:00.000-08:00

the Daley show

2010-11-29T17:37:00.000-08:00

For a show in Chicago about our Mayor Daley.

Burn The Witch

2010-10-27T17:53:00.001-07:00

Jawbreaker

2010-10-16T09:27:00.000-07:00

For a skull themed show at Parlor Gallery in New Jersey.

Apocalypse Now

2010-10-12T19:44:00.000-07:00

W 14.25" x H 19.75"

Al Scorch album cover

2010-09-20T19:52:00.000-07:00

Quaker Wedding Certificate

2010-09-06T07:05:00.000-07:00

Alyssa and Connor asked me to make a quaker wedding certificate for their wedding in Maine for the guests to sign.

Queen Card

2010-08-29T12:43:00.000-07:00

Kellyn in Portland has my most awesome design tattooed on her.

La Morte

2010-08-25T17:29:00.000-07:00

A "Death Card" for a Tarot card themed show at Johalla Projects and a clipping from the Chicago Reader.

La Rosa

2010-08-04T19:33:00.000-07:00

A Loteria Card for a show at Columbia College in Chicago.

Snake Charmer #1

2010-07-12T18:22:00.000-07:00

2010 Dunny

2010-06-24T19:44:00.000-07:00

My 2010 Kidrobot Dunny.

http://www.kidrobot.com/Clothing/Mens/TShirts/DamarakTheDestroyerMensTShirt.html

I am selling a papel picado print that I hand cut, edition 20.

And I've got a linocut of the same image.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/50009399/linocut-dunny-print

Corzetti Stamp

2010-06-16T09:26:00.000-07:00

Thus begins my foray into the magic the the Dremel tool and carving with power.

This is a stamp Rick Leech lathed and I carved to make an imprint onto pasta.

Devoted Deigan

2010-06-03T12:34:00.001-07:00

W16" x H16"

Time Out Chicago

2010-04-26T13:01:00.000-07:00

Rabbit Fox Heads

2010-02-24T16:59:00.001-08:00

Lusca

2010-01-21T11:59:00.001-08:00

Background Redo.

A Lusca is the name of a sea monster that resembles an octopus.

Under The Bridge

2010-01-17T16:20:00.001-08:00

W 12.75" x L 15.6"

Split Hair

2010-01-17T14:55:00.000-08:00

W 10.8" x L 30.25"

Surreal moment

2010-01-13T19:14:00.000-08:00

A friend sent me a photo of her back with this piece on it, a gift for her birthday.

!!!!!!!!!!

Uprising

2010-01-03T22:13:00.000-08:00

W14" x L20" SOLD

Shipwrecked and The Shark

2010-01-01T14:25:00.000-08:00

This piece was inspired by Watson and The Shark, a painting the fascinated me as a child. W 11" x L 30.5"

Cockspur

2009-12-21T18:46:00.001-08:00

W8.5" x L7.5"

And Out Come The Wolves

2009-12-01T20:48:00.000-08:00

W13" x L17.5"

Ferocity

2009-12-01T19:51:00.000-08:00

W8.5" x L7.5"

Conjurer

2009-12-01T16:47:00.000-08:00

W8.5" x L7.5"

Black Widow

2009-11-25T16:13:00.001-08:00

W 12.75" x L21"

Fish Sock

2009-11-22T18:27:00.001-08:00

W 12 3/4 x L 15 5/8
SOLD

Cat Fight

2009-11-17T15:30:00.001-08:00

These are going to be smaller using the same figure.

12 3/4" x 15 5/8" SOLD

Crooked Crane

2009-11-02T07:15:00.000-08:00

W14.5" x L23.5" SOLD

Lotus Plant Plunge

2009-10-27T09:21:00.000-07:00

W16.5" x L17"

Bat Cave

2009-10-26T20:13:00.000-07:00

Fierce Fudo

2009-10-26T20:12:00.001-07:00

W16" x L16"

Summer Sexy

2009-07-24T13:33:00.000-07:00

I am participating in a charity online show called summer sexy, thanks to Tony Fitzpatrick, my bossman and friendo.

Waves (untitled)

2009-07-23T12:15:00.000-07:00

Spilt Blood

2009-07-14T22:17:00.000-07:00

Card Sharks

2009-07-14T12:55:00.001-07:00

For the Dieu Donne Benefit in Oct.

Skatedeck

2009-05-17T16:56:00.000-07:00

For a show in chicago at a cafe. My first, and hopefully not last, skateboard challenge. SOLD

Time Out "Perish or Prosper"

2009-05-12T19:46:00.000-07:00

Some icons for a reoccurring section.

Blown Away

2009-04-28T11:24:00.000-07:00

SOLD

Garden Snake

2009-04-18T12:57:00.000-07:00

Canary In a Coalmine

2009-04-14T21:40:00.000-07:00

W 13" x H 23"

SOLD

Siamese Fighting Fish

2009-04-10T10:20:00.000-07:00

I most definitely had a fish tank my whole life until charged with the task of cleaning it myself, go figure.

Falconer

2009-03-27T11:38:00.000-07:00

While researching Falconers during work on day, bossman happened upon me, only to launch into a story about how he was an apprentice falconer at the age of 16, catching a hawk of his own, even getting his license. He was able to explain how to get your bird to come back to you and recommended I look up Gyr Falcons, the most coveted prize for a falconer, which is snow white. SOLD

Dill Vader

2009-03-26T08:14:00.000-07:00

Ron Kaminecki, my father, has been canning his own pickles and sauerkraut, so i made him a label for this enterprise.

Curious Cat

2009-03-08T18:22:00.001-07:00

W19" x L17.75"

Windy Wrath

2009-03-08T16:23:00.000-07:00

A Hannya mask is a warning to women who become so jealous they turn into monsters.

W 15.88" x H 15.32"

SOLD

Downward Dog

2009-02-16T20:10:00.001-08:00

The sister piece to this, this figure is partly inspired by the Japanese film "Ju-On" or "the Grudge" which scares the bejesus outta me but I can't stay away.
The image is a Foo Dog, which is a Chinese guardian, pictured here battling the mighty origami swan, papercuts everywhere.

W13" x L19"

Rainy Day

2009-02-05T12:06:00.000-08:00

I did this for my friend Liz.

Ruthless

2009-01-29T08:38:00.001-08:00

Tiger Paws

2009-01-27T08:25:00.000-08:00

No posts for a while. Well I've been to NY 3 times and New Orleans 2 times since October. For "work." Working hard, hardly working. It's damn cold here so I don't mind being cold anywhere else.

Dirt Rag Evolution

2009-01-05T12:44:00.000-08:00

Floating Lady

2008-12-03T20:59:00.000-08:00

Also, Jeff kindly posted this.
http://urbanvelo.org/damara-the-destroyer/

SOLD

To Haggle (Time Out Chicago)

2008-11-24T10:42:00.001-08:00

Gates of Dawn #8, 9

2008-11-21T09:59:00.000-08:00

These are about 7" x 9" SOLD

Aquarium

2008-11-20T14:55:00.000-08:00

While taking in a couple It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia's at 1am I came up with this image which reminds me of a shop in Japan which had a clean glass bowl full of tiny orange and red fishes.

I Overflowed

2008-11-18T16:08:00.001-08:00

The quote "I Overflowed" is taken from a Rilke quote "Insatiably I drank, but I was filled already with too much, and as I drank I overflowed." I haven't quite figured out how to integrate text into these, yet. SOLD

The Common Review

2008-10-24T02:09:00.000-07:00

Again, another work in progress, this is supposed to be James Joyce's pen name "Stephen Dedalus" filling out a college application, and might i add he is quite smug.

Day of the Dead

2008-10-23T19:00:00.001-07:00

Razor(s) in a Jar

2008-10-20T14:40:00.000-07:00

I made one of these for my friend Ted McGrath in Brooklyn who did the cover of American Illustration something book this year which is a big deal.

Circus Sky

2008-10-19T14:28:00.001-07:00

W12.75" x L15.6"

New Orleans biennial

2008-10-19T13:36:00.000-07:00

SOLD

New Cannonball prints

2008-10-15T15:46:00.001-07:00

I have been slaving away at these blocks for Cannonball Press which are 18" x 24", $20, and in a small edition of 20.
Oh the blisters.

Show Oct. 24

2008-10-15T15:19:00.000-07:00

Athenian Skate

2008-10-06T16:00:00.000-07:00

Gates of Dawn #7

2008-10-02T22:30:00.000-07:00

SOLD

Lay your hands where your heart used to be

2008-09-29T19:51:00.000-07:00

This has come leaps and bounds where it was.

Shirts and Shoppe

2008-09-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

We have had these shirts made for a billion years (yes, since the dinosaurs) but I have not been successful in letting people know they exist.
When I say "we" I mean me mum who sells them through her bike shoppe. They can be purchased here.

I also opened an Etsy store (damarakdestroy.etsy.com), what a world!

Crouching Tiger

2008-09-18T13:36:00.000-07:00

My oh my not going into work this week has been productive.

Being Koi

2008-08-27T11:14:00.001-07:00

Young Livers/Attack Vipers Split

2008-08-12T14:25:00.000-07:00

This is the beginning of a split I'm working on. It's a giant 18 inch print that is impossible to get a good print from using my floor and my feets.

Mermaid Lady

2008-08-10T19:13:00.001-07:00

Finsihed! This image is a one of a kind, 13" x 18.5", made from collaged relief prints and the background is drawn in colored pencil.

Dieu Donne Hearts

2008-07-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

A benefit piece for Dieu Donne's 6 x 9 show in Oct.

The Common Review

2008-07-29T11:23:00.000-07:00

Gates of Dawn #6

2008-07-23T14:30:00.001-07:00

Portfolio

2008-07-23T14:25:00.000-07:00

Someone in NYC requested a portfolio and I managed to whip this hand bound book up in a day from scraps I have laying around. I certainly miss binding books but it is the passion of a Luddite.

Tiny Jars

2008-07-16T18:15:00.000-07:00

No name for this one yet.

Cabinet of Demons #2

2008-07-08T11:30:00.001-07:00

SOLD

Banners #2

2008-07-01T21:32:00.000-07:00

"I was leaking, my insides couldn't be contained by my skin."

Razor work in progress

2008-07-01T21:23:00.000-07:00

Not sure what I want to write in these blades yet so I've started with a Tom Waits quote "Lay your hand where my heart used to be." We will see.

ghostface

2008-07-01T15:52:00.000-07:00

SOLD

Flavorpill part II

2008-06-24T11:01:00.001-07:00

My banner for the Chicago Flavorpill here.

Dieu Donne June 6

2008-06-03T07:22:00.000-07:00

The show announcement for my Dieu Donne piece is here.

June 6th art shoe

2008-05-26T16:08:00.000-07:00

I will be in NYC for this show
!!!!!!!! Photo's can be here.