Parks and Rec is back on tonight which means I’m dusting off the Ron Swanson chestache illustration.

“Arrested Development and Netflix: How to Save Your Company Instantaneously (No Matter How Many Terrible Decisions You Make)” - by Sam Spratt

With Netflix bringing back the greatest show of all time, I felt I finally had an excuse to actually use the rage faces I made a ways back. If you missed those, you can check them all out right HERE

“Ron Fucking Swanson” - Portrait Painting by Sam Spratt

Being a fan of high-quality comedy television and not watching Parks and Recreation might just be the second most blasphemous thing you could do (the 1st of course being not watching Arrested Development). If for some reason you are in the “yet to watch” category, I present to you Ron Swanson aka exhibit A on what you are missing (youtube video).

If you have “seen the light” and are already familiar with Swanson Greatness, I humbly give you my painting of him. Features include: High and tight Swanson haircut, Swanson body hair, Swanson mustache, Swanson mustache chest hair (not groomed, grows that way naturally), Tammy tattoo, Tammy 2 tattoo, Tattoo of the text from Ron’s Speech to the boy’s basketball team, copious amounts of meat, the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness, Food and Stuff grocery store desk sticker, and Mulligan’s Steakhouse apron. High-quality Archival Prints Available HERE

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The 5 Stages of iPhone 4S Grief by Sam Spratt

First-world problems, etc.

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How to Survive a Hurricane Power Outage as a Digital Artist

I hate fear-mongering and all this NYC “end of the world” preparation is nonsense.That said, I did use it as an excuse to assemble my own emergency art kit in the event of a hurricane power outage and I am forced to put down the Wacom and Photoshop for a bit. As crazy as it sounds, this could be my first time drawing with pencil & paper in over a year. Now I just need a small hammer and a glass case to put this stuff in that says “Break glass in the event of a digital art emergency!”.

Though it will probably only effect a few, what are you all doing to survive Irene?

“The Oatmeal + Sam Spratt Present: Bear-O-Dactyl”

• (Supplies are extremely limited, be sure to pick up a signed, archival print!)

Description courtesy of The Oatmeal:

“I teamed up with world renowned illustrator, Sam Spratt, the artist who brought my Tumbeasts to life (as well as a plethora of other awesome things) to produce a portrait of the Bear-o-dactyl. Painted in the style of Venus of Urbino, I present to you Sam’s masterpiece.

We had these printed up on an acid-free, archival, 100 lb stock and they’re sized at 19” x 27 1/4” (48cm x 66cm), so they’re significantly larger than my other prints. We’re selling a limited quantities of these, and each copy is signed and numbered by The Oatmeal. The prints are $50.00, with free shipping anywhere in the world. Details here.”

“Neil Patrick Harris aka Barney Stinson” - Caricature Portrait by Sam Spratt

In trimming down my portfolio for my new site, I tossed some of my older favorite pieces because they weren’t up to par on a technical level. I couldn’t stand to see the legendary NPH missing from my artistic arsenal, so I did the possimpible and dropped some serious hours into fixing anatomy, advancing and nuancing the lighting, going into detailed texture work, adding a few elements like the drapes and cigar, and layering in an all around smokey vibe to the portrait. 

If you like this illustration, do follow me on tumblr (I follow back almost every person that follows me), or for the latest, I run a mean facebook artist’s page and a musing-filled twitter. 

• Prints and Posters now available here: http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/7477717-poster

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 “I Lied Face, Evolved” - By Sam Spratt

After 25 thousand votes over at memebase (11k of which were to paint all the meme faces, sorry!), the winner of which would be my final meme was “I Lied” with over 5000 votes. This is the last of my evolved meme faces. You may purchase a print of all 8 in a plethora of sizes, mattes, and frames in the link below <3 Sam

http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/7477717-matted-print

Previous Meme Faces:

• (LOL face)
• (Me Gusta face)
• (Y U NO? face)
• (Inglip/FFFUUU face)  
• (Rage face) 
• (Troll Face) 
• (Forever Alone Face)

If you like this illustration, do follow me on tumblr (I follow back almost every person that follows me), or for the latest, I run a mean facebook artist’s page and a musing-filled twitter. 

 “LOL Face, Evolved” - By Sam Spratt

This is the seventh of my evolved meme faces. There will only be one more and I will be having YOU vote on which meme I end up doing. <3 Sam

Previous Meme Faces:

• (Me Gusta face)
• (Y U NO? face)
• (Inglip/FFFUUU face)  
• (Rage face) 
• (Troll Face) 
• (Forever Alone Face)

If you like this illustration, do follow me on tumblr (I follow back almost every person that follows me), or for the latest, I run a mean facebook artist’s page and a musing-filled twitter. 

“Zach Galifianakis” - Portrait Painting by Sam Spratt

Detail shot:

This portrait of the “Hangover” Star and mega comedian was recently featured in CMYK Magazine’s 50th issue of the Top New Creative Professionals. I figured I would reblog for the new comers to my blog who haven’t seen some older work. 

If you like this illustration, do follow me on tumblr (I follow back almost every person that follows me), or for the latest, I run a mean facebook artist’s page and a musing-filled twitter.