Alex Pardee x Greg Simkins Collab T-Shirt!!!

I (along with the rest of Zerofriends) am proud to announce a pretty crazy milestone for Zerofriends:
Our VERY FIRST TRUE COLLABORATION t-shirt & print release!
Please file this in the "it-was-bound-to-happen-eventually-but-its-still-blowing-my-mind-at-how-cool-it-was-to-work-on" folder, as today Zerofriends released both a t-shirt and a HUGE poster featuring collaborative art between myself and GREG "CRAOLA" SIMKINS!!!!







direct link to graphic:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/lasagnacassidy/ScaredFullart.jpg

Greg and I have collaborated in the past and we really wanted to do something cool for our first Zerofriends collab, so we decided to stop planning and just jump right in and MASH UP both of our companies ("Zerofriends", and "I'm Scared") into a deformed frankenstein-ish pile of superheroes.
What started as an innocent play on the old "Superfriends" shirts that both Greg and I had when we were in fourth grade, morphed into something a little more monstrous after a few back and forth sketch-sessions.
The end result is now available for you to dress yourself up in thanks to the age-old craft of printing!!

Starting today, The "SCARED FRIENDS" design is an insane 11-COLOR screenprint available on 3 different colors of shirts (white, slate, and light blue). And we actually used the exact color palette of the old superfriends art when we were designing this graphic.

And, because both Greg & My bedroom walls were plastered with super hero posters and giant dinosaur-eating galaxy posters, we thought "Why not produce old school-style wall posters?!" So we did just that. The "Scared Friends" image is also available as a HUGE 24" x 36" glossy poster for you (or your kids') walls!!

In the midst of everything else that is going on, this is something that i have been DYING to tell you guys about because Greg Simkins is one of my favorite artists of all time so it was a really fun collab. So be sure to check it out and grab one before they run out (as Greg's art and products seems to be more in demand than Kanye West's Nikes as of late).

Here's the info about the shirts, which are available EXCLUSIVELY online at Zerofriends ONLY!!!
Click here to go directly to ZEROFRIENDS or click any of the pictures below to purchase!





YES! WE FINALLY GOT A PILE OF NEW SHIRTS!





It's available in 3 colors. I guarantee you had the baby blue one in 4th grade. I know I did.





Detail of the art. Greg handled most of the left half and I did the right, but we scribbled back and forth over each other a lot and managed not to get mad at each other. It was fun.



DIRECT LINK TO PURCHASE THE "SCARED FRIENDS" T-SHIRT:
http://zerofriends.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=232

And check out the poster, the thing is HUGE, and will eat your Spuds McKenzie poster in a heartbeat.





Yah, i got a paper cut on my cheek but whatever...



Direct link to purchase the poster:
http://zerofriends.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=237

What are you waiting for?? With this image gracing your wall or your chest, you will be granted scary & super powers beyond belief.

Thanks a ton.
Oh, and yes, there are more collabs to come. Shhhhh:)

Alex
zerofriends.com

HUGE CHADAM SEGMENT ON "THE JACE HALL SHOW"

My solo show, "SELF PORTRAITS OF OTHER PEOPLE" opens in 2 hours @ upper playground in portland, and i am very excited and nervous, as usual.

Meanwhile, a brand new episode of "The Jace Hall Show" debuted today with a HUGE segment about the CHADAM project that I have been working on for so long! The Jace Hall show is a cool internet talk/comedy show focusing on the video game and internet industry. Now i join the ranks of Ice-T, Tom Green, James Gunn, Olivia Munn, and a ton of other cool peeps as a guest on the show.
Check it out, its really exciting and you finally get to see some cool shit from the project, and don't pay attention to Corey's lack of intelligence or golden shorts. He seemed a little "special". Hope to see you tonight if youre in Portland. If not, hope to see you in my dreams!

From Crackle: Morris Chestnut & Chadam

if you are having trouble viewing the video, here is a direct link to it on Crackle.

http://www.crackle.com/c/Jace_Hall/Morris_Chestnut_Chadam/2475276

Secret Animals, Grizzled Kampgrounds, Donkey Kong, and PDX Art.

Deformed twins, secret animals, hallucinating stuntmen, donut-fucking, serial killing teachers, treeple, and the evil computer from the Matthew Broderick epic adventure, War Games. How could these all possibly relate to each other? Simple, they are all characters in the imaginary (or maybe not-so-imaginary) universe that I am displaying tomorrow night at my new solo show, "Self Portraits Of Other People", that opens THURSDAY NIGHT, 7pm @ Upper Playground in Portland, OR.

As promised, below are a few photos of us setting up my And if you feel inclined to digest some spoilers, skip down to the bottom and see a chunky visual preview of some of the 42 pieces of art that are hung in the gallery for this show!
Anyway, enjoy this little pre-prep mission, and be sure to check out the show if you are around Portland. If you can't make it on Thursday, the show will be up for 2 months! Heres the info one last time:)

“Self Portraits of Other People that I Drew by
Myself Pretty Much”
OPENING RECEPTION:
June 4th from 6:00 - 9:30pm. Beverages from Redhook will be
provided as well as music from DJ Mighty Moves.
FIFTY 24PDX Gallery / Upper Playground
23 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
503.548.4835

Now for some adventures via photos over the last couple of days:





Sean painting a makeshift projector screen.




Adam (aka MacGruber) forging a hanging dvd projector mount out of a dishwasher tray, some tape and fishing line.




Adding some details, or better yet, "tree-tails" to the projector screen.




Doing my best window impression. Note, it's not a very good impression.




Pressing firmly on Leatherface's torso, hoping he's stickier than Van Dammes fists in Kickboxer.




Took a quick break with Adam & Sean (bottom row) to go a little north and visit amazing illustrator Blaine Fontana (top left), he loves fingering me.



So then, we took a trip over to one of the illest design/motion graphics firms in Portland called Kamp Grizzly (Kamp Grizzly's site) and hung out with Kamp Grizzly's head honchos, Kevin & Dan, along with DangerEhren from VALLEY SKATE & SNOW in McMinnville. Stories were told of burglery, taxidermy, roofies, and computers. Those dudes seriously had one of the most inspirational studios I've seen. it was huge, full of critters and "fish", and they are working on some really cool projects, and hopefully we are going to collab on some video stuff soon. Check it:




I was REALLY excited to be at Kamp Grizzly, as you can easily tell by my piercing grin.




Me taking FULL credit for Jeremy Fish's masterpiece on the Grizzly walls. Good job, me.




Sadly for me, this was NOT a bootleg copy of "Hell Comes to Frogtown", which i think is definitely Roddy Piper's Greatest Hit.




The Guardian, takes a beating and still keeps fucking guarding the place! True soldier.




Once again taking full credit for something too dope for me to handle.




Oh yah, while i was there, we filmed me going for the world record at Donkey Kong like my hero, Steve Weibe. Did i do it??? Full video with results coming soon. Don't want to spoil it for you, but i think i did pretty damn awesome.




This is by far my favorite picture of me forever. I am SO goddamn happy when little wolverines want to date me and let me cuddle. Yes, thats definitely a cuddle-face on her.




The Kamp Grizzly team with me, adam, and my new wolvie girlfriend.



So, then it was back to work....




...where I continued to lick my favorite transvestite's chest.




And one of the nicer sections of the installation. Come check it all out on Thursday, which is either today or tomorrow depending on when you read this.

yes, this adventure has been fucking amazing. Meeting a ton of local artists and eating a ton of mac'n cheese and voodoo donuts. So I hope to see you tomorrow night at the opening. Here is a sneak preview of some of the paintings that will be on display/for sale at the show. and there will be a bunch of neighboring galleries around there too so make it a night of art and then probably strip clubs or 80's video games. or both, as most people out here do.:) Enjoy.





This one will also be available as a super-limited print at the show.

























Pics of the opening to come shortly. Thanks for reading all of this madness.
Goodnight.
Love,
Alex

PDX Update #1

It's pretty hard morphing into blog mode on the fly but i figure that its a pretty important time to do so, seeing as how I am not going to have a day of rest until around October 10th. I've been trying to be a little more organized lately, so I've been cramming all of my blogging into one day a week and peppering it out sporadically so it gives the impression that i'm either an expert blog-code-writer-from-my-phone guy or I have little cyber-imps that can download my memories and translate my thoughts into sometimes-witty html code. Either label I'm happy with. But by blogging everything at once, it also means that i have to be in the proper setting, with lit candles all around me, weeks worth of notes, spells, stupid references to movies like "Just One of The Guys" that i have jotted down, and blended up steak thats fed to me through a tube while I type voraciously for 6 hours.
So that's why tonight is weird. I am writing this blog from my hotel room in Portland, Oregon, where I just had to discipline myself to leave my group of friends, run back to the hotel, punch out some blog shit while Andrew Zimmer eats poison blowfish-dick on TV, and then meander my way back to the party and butt into a mid-conversation by saying something like "I know, Brenda is a bitch! I can't believe she dyed her hair, she looks like a fucking french hyena!" So that's what I am doing now, except, in usual absent-minded fashion, I came all the way back to the hotel but forgot to grab the camera cord so this update will have NO PICTURES AND THAT FRUSTRATES ME. But i will make it up to you tomorrow.

Came straight up to Portland right after my UPPER PLAYGROUND TOY RELEASE on Saturday, and Portland has been amazing in the few days that we have been here (i'm here with Adam and Sean from Zerofriends). The weather is super san diego-ish, and having adam and sean helping me set up the art show, we are finding some time to actually enjoy the city. And by enjoy i mainly mean point at (and try to videotape) the many odd shapes of humans up here (myself included) while we try to find good food and drank, which we have successfully done I guess since i just noticed that all of my pictures ive taken so far are either of food or the decorations at the restaurants we are going to. no, my soul has not been taken over by old people, I just seriously havent been out of the studio in SO long I forgot how cool food and outside is.

My solo art show, "SELF PORTRAITS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT I DREW ALL BY MYSELF PRETTY MUCH", which will be open thursday night (June 4) @ Upper Playground PDX, is coming together nicely. We have been making a minimal mess, gluing a massive transvestite and giant rainbow-spewing dick to the wall, painting tree-shadows, concocting a dvd/projector mount out of a dishwashing tray, tape and some fishing wire, and inhaling fumes left and right.

Aside from that, we have managed to crowbar in some culture. Saw "Drag Me To Hell" and pretty much instantly decided that it was the most fun i've had at a movie theater since i saw Star Wars when I was ONE. And last night we went and hung out with the homie EATCHO, a really dope illustrator from Fresno who lives in PDX now. We joined (annoyed) him while he was working on his BACK on a mural (with another dope artist, JASON GRAHAM ) on the CEILING of an old schoolbus that was CONVERTED INTO A GRILLED-CHEESE RESTAURANT. I'm not joking. The place is fresh. I'll try to get some pics of the spot before I leave.
Then today, went up to my friend Blaine Fontana's studio in North Portland and checked out some of his various inspirational projects he's working on. I keep thinking I am working hard, and then I go visit artists like Blaine, who is simultaneously designing furniture, bikes, cars, painting full time, horiticulturing the shit out of bonsai trees, and riding his dogs like panthers. It was really rad because I have looked up to Blaine and his work for a long time but because he is so far from my beautiful grasp I have never seen his studio. It was some well-needed inspiration before I finish setting up my show.
Then we all (Me, Sean, Adam, and Jason from Upper Playground) ate dinner 30 stories above all of portland and played real life "where's waldo" with binoculars, which is fun in portland because one out of 6 people has a horrible, easy to spot outfit like waldo's.
Tomorrow is Kamp Grizzly, Powell's books, hanging more art, hopefully destroying LESS, fixing my pants (the one pair I brought the fucking zipper broke and I feel like the weirdest pervert as I look down at my crotch about 30 times a minute to see if it failed again and i get caught every time),, maybe try to infiltrate the Nike Campus in Beaverton, and eat more food.

Oh yah, and I will upload a bunch of photos tomorrow, including some preview pics of the show to try to entice your soul to come down and support on Thursday, June 4th @7pm at Upper Playground PDX.
Seriously, please come say hi. I worked really hard on getting some new cool paintings done amongst my madness.

And before I go, just thought I'd share that Andrew Zimmer just inhaled live-maggot-filled cheese. And also, you know that obscure "Just One Of The Guys" reference i hinted at earlier? well, regarding this attempt to write a blog on the fly, looks like I "...just finished."

Where have I been and where am I going??

Its been a while since i stuffed my fat toes into my limited edition cyberspace shoes and gone web-surfing in the intergalactic ocean that is the internet. Although its only been a few days, somehow I have now developed a fear of it. An overwhelming fear that I can't pick up where I left off. Too many Twitters to catch up on, can't possibly respond to the insane amount of spam on myspace and facebook, and failblog scares me only because i will sit there for hours and stare at utter fail only to make myself feel better about only semi-failing.

However, fear isnt the only thing that has kept me away from Sandra Bullock's best movie (don't question it, of COURSE i mean "The Net" and i dare you to challenge me). In usual fashion, I have been juggling more projects than ever and neglecting my health and sanity to make sure they will rule the school. So with that all being said, here is some fun little info on what is going on with me in the next week or so:

1. A huge chunk of my internet-neglecting hours have actually been spent drooling over perfect actress Kristen Bell, who I have become so obsessed with that i actually sold the rights to my dreams and someone made some shitty movie about Beyonce and Ali Larter and didn't even include my heavenly love, Kristen. If any of you know her, please tell her I would love to take her to Toast, which is my new favorite restaurant. I will wear clean pants maybe.

2. BEHOLDDDDD!!!!





Finally, I am returning to PORTLAND, OREGON next week to install and show a brand new collection of artwork at the Upper Playground / 5024PDX Gallery! Last time when I did my show there, I thought it would be a cool experiment to not sleep at all and paint 30 paintings in 30 days. Well, that experiment killed me and I vowed NEVER to do that again. So instead i said fuck that, i can do the whole show in 3 WEEKS! So yah, I have been in and out of a haze, day in and day out pumping out new paintings and drawings for this new show which will be opening next Thursday, June 4. Here is all the info about the show, as well as a little behind the scenes collage of me making stuffs for the show. Hope to see you there!!!! I love Portland. Maybe Kristen Bell will show up.

My quote about the show, which is subtly titled "SELF PORTRAITS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT I DREW ALL BY MYSELF PRETTY MUCH":
"Throughout the years, my reality and my imagination have occasionally blurred, causing me to misinterpret memories of various characters that I have met in my life: The grocery bagger with braces who constantly coughed on my apples; the old woman who had a heart attack in front of me at the bank; and the overweight man with arms growing from his head who yells at me for taking his parking space at work. Some are real, and some...I only THINK are real. Nonetheless, I wanted to create portraits, stories, and emotional representations of some of my favorite characters that continue to wander
through both my imagination and my reality.”

“Self Portraits of Other People that I Drew by
Myself Pretty Much”
OPENING RECEPTION:
June 4th from 6:00 - 9:30pm. Beverages from Redhook will be
provided as well as music from DJ Mighty Moves.
FIFTY 24PDX Gallery / Upper Playground
23 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
503.548.4835







3. MY VERY FIRST ORIGINAL VINYL TOY IS BEING RELEASED THIS SATURDAY, MAY 30th @ UPPER PLAYGROUND IN SAN FRANCISCO!!! I am really excited (and a bit nervous) about the launch of this toy. I have wanted to fully design a vinyl toy for years and I can't thank Upper Playground enough for giving me this chance! I love the toy and I hope you do too. Here is the info about this Saturday's limited release and signing. Oh, yah, just to clarify, there are 2 versions of the toy. One is an Upper Playground Exclusive (BLACK & GREEN) and THAT is the one being released this Saturday. The REGULAR EDITION (Teal & Magenta) will be released in 2 weeks in LA @ MunkeyKing and then everywhere else shortly after that. Also I dont know how clear it is here but if you want to just come down and say hi or have me sign something, that would be awesome. you dont have to buy the toy just to say hi!!!! Check the info:





HERE IS A SHOT OF THE U.P. EXCLUSIVE VERSION THAT IS BEING RELEASED ON SATURDAY:



And look how awesome it looks in the giant box!!!




Maybe you have even seen these around, as apparently the rider has been missing;)




And here is a sneak peek at the REGULAR EDITION in the package, that will be released in 2 weeks!





NOTE: There will be LIMITED QUANTITIES to sell on hand at the release, i have no idea how many, but also, you can PRE-ORDER them to assure you get one!
PRE-ORDER THE BLACK EXCLUSIVE HERE!


Direct link to Black pre-order:
https://www.upperplaygroundstore.com/catalog/item/walrus_rider_black_4426



PRE-ORDER THE REGULAR EDITION HERE!


Direct link to Teal pre-order:
https://www.upperplaygroundstore.com/catalog/item/walrus_rider_teal_4425

4. Way more updates soon, as we are putting the finishing touches on CHADAM and ZEROFRIENDS is getting ready to release a ton of NEW STUFF!!!

5. LASTLY (for now), I got a very very cool and unexpected visit from my friends, Aesop Rock & Jeremy Fish to provide me with some well needed inspiration in this crunchy time of no sleep and exhaustion. Here's a little video that Aesop made while he was here (including that sick beat that is in the vid), which actually shows you a little glimpse of some of the new pieces that are debuting at my PORTLAND "Self Portraits" show. Enjoy;)






Goodnight, Kristen Bell.
Love,
Alex

The Best Book Ive Ever Made Is Finally Back!

LOOK AT WHAT'S FINALLY BACK IN STOCK AND READY FOR SOME MESSY WATERCOLORED BEAUTIFUL LOVE FROM YOU ALL!!!!
If you don't know what this is, please continue reading. If you DO, what are you waiting for? Now that they have discovered the missing link and shit, this book is the ONLY thing waiting to be uncovered by your inquisitive eyes.







"The Secrets Of Hollywood"
By Alex Pardee
36 Pages, Full Color. 8.5" x 11"
CLICK HERE TO BUY ONLINE @ZEROFRIENDS!


Direct link to purchase Secrets Of Hollywood:
http://zerofriends.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=43&products_id=226


Here is some more info about the book and about my revolutionary creative process:

"A lot of people don't know that one of my 2 main hobbies are A) trying to do things blindfolded, and B) detective work, aka just pretty much spying on people. Over the years, because of certain projects that I have been lucky enough to be a part of, I have also gained access to certain peoples' lives, which is always an awesome chance to take part in my spying hobby.

For example, Did you know Avril Lavigne speaks FLUENT DOLPHIN??! Its incredible!

After spying on almost every celebrity in Hollywood, I had stockpiled a ton of actual secrets that I have learned about some of them. Some secrets are astonishing, others are just AWESOME. I then decided that i no longer wanted them to be secrets anymore, and I wanted to share them with all of you. But then I thought, "how could I possibly do this in a non-boring way??? Oh, I know, I will practice my OTHER hobby, and PAINT BLINDFOLDED while simultanously integrating all of these TRUE FACTS into my paintings, and then compile them into a set of books for you to enjoy."






And thus, "The Secrets Of Hollywood, Part 1" was born.
This is the first in a series of 3 books, which, when combined together, will be over 120 pages of amazing and SECRET secrets that some of your favorite celebrities don't want you to know.

Here are some pics of the book, and as an added bonus, the FIRST 100 ONLINE ORDERS WILL RECEIVE A FREE GICLEE PRINT OF A BRAND NEW SECRET! (HINT: ITS THIS CHRIS BROWN ONE RIGHT HERE:)







Note: "The Secrets of Hollywood" was originally compiled and published in 2004 in a smaller format, but sold out quickly and has not been available anywhere in 5 years. However, this new version, though containing the same artwork, is re-laid out with larger panels, and broken up into 3 separate books in order to present the artwork the way Alex originally intended it. This is book #1.



Additional pics of the book, which you can purchase by clicking any of the pics on this page.

New CHADAM development article up!

A really cool, in depth article just got published online at CGW Magazine about the whole development process that has been going into creating the Chadam animated series that I am doing with HD Films an Warner Bros. And along with the article a few new screenshots got released, too! With your first look at the villain, VICEROY! I made a quick little collage below of some of the new shots as well as a couple of storyboards so you can see how closely we are trying to recreate them! enjoy.

My First Vinyl Toy EVER Up for pre-sale!

I am proud to announce that my very first original vinyl collectible toy is now officially available for pre-sale over at TheLOYALsubjects' website !!! The final toy, which i designed for Upper PLayground to celebrate their 10th anniversary, is insane and I worked extremely close with the sculptors and painters to get it as close to a perfect recreation of my imagination as possible. Bendable arms, removable "tusk-sword", and standing almost 10" Tall, and it looks rad in the package! I am really proud and excited that this will be released JUNE 14th!.
The quantities are limited so go make sure you reserve/pre-order yours now, and if you buy it and don't take it out of the box to play with it and help him exact his revenge, my face might be mad at you. grrrr.
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THE WALRUS RIDER FROM THELOYALSUBJECTS!

direct link:
http://www.theloyalsubjects.com

And as an added bonus, I was lucky enough to get famed toy photographer Brian McCarty to beautifully photograph the Walrus Rider (photo above!), caught in mid-fantasy, "dreaming of blondes" as he did before his legs were stolen. (Note: Brian's legs were not stolen, The Rider's were.)
The photo rules, and here is a cool pic of Brian setting up the shot. Make sure you check out more of Brian's work on his website






and in case you missed it, here is the story of the Walrus Rider:

Born with legs of a golden tint,

He'd walk, he'd run, he'd jump and sprint.

There's nothing much he COULDN'T do,

With legs of gold and wooden shoes

The girls all loved his limbs and knees,
For no one else had legs like these,
But jealousy arose with some,
Cause' HE was having all the fun!

So late one night upon his slumber,

Darkness drenched with rain and thunder.

There he slept and dreamt of blondes,
But when he woke HIS LEGS WERE GONE!

Who would do this tragic thing?
What good is a bee if a bee cannot sting?

And what good is HE without legs at all? 

Now he cannot move and he's not that tall!

So he hopped on the back of his bestest friend,

And together they ride as he seeks his REVENGE!

Word.