Chris Vendrick

March 2012 Open Mic Poster

2012-03-01T11:11:00.002-05:00

Inspired by the great and kind of crazy design logic of random Japanese signs that one may find in a google image search. See my entire Wellington Square Bookshop Open Mic Night poster series here!

Dharma Me

2012-02-22T20:44:00.000-05:00

After subjecting them all to it, I promised my Lost-watching family members I'd do one of these drawings of me in the Dharma Initiative - so here it finally is. You may think Desmond brought that plane down, but Dharma had somebody on the inside.

More Powerful Than Ever

2012-02-16T23:44:00.002-05:00

A theme for 2012 by Jesse Thorn

Bushbaby Press Logo

2012-02-03T12:36:00.002-05:00

Logo for Bushbaby Press (formerly eReadia Kids). Congrats to my friend and author Maggie Mitchell on being a super publishing bigwig!

February 2012 Open Mic Poster

2012-02-02T16:55:00.000-05:00

January 2012 Open Mic Poster

2012-01-09T10:59:00.002-05:00

December Open Mic Poster

2011-12-05T11:00:00.001-05:00

November Open Mic Poster

2011-11-30T14:41:00.001-05:00

Halloween Party Decorations

2011-10-31T10:53:00.000-04:00

The whole snow in October thing spoiled my outdoor decorating plans, but I still went crazy inside with spooky silhouettes cut out from black construction paper.

Check out more photos here!

October Open Mic Poster

2011-10-31T10:41:00.001-04:00

Happy Halloween!

Coming Soon - Who Stinks?

2011-10-18T12:07:00.002-04:00

Who Stinks? will be available soon from eReadia! Stay tuned!

Anime Witch

2011-10-07T14:27:00.003-04:00

Halloween's coming!

The Altadonnas Wedding Movie Poster

2011-08-04T10:58:00.002-04:00

For my good buddy Larry who's getting married in Disney next week!

The Big Stink - NOW available as a paperback!

2011-07-14T16:30:00.002-04:00

Buy your own copy of The Big Stink now on Amazon here!

REVISED! The Justice League Stops For Burgers

2011-06-07T09:53:00.003-04:00

I reworked this piece in my current illustration style of choice.

Captain America WWII Propaganda

2011-06-07T09:51:00.001-04:00

Open Mic Poster #15

2011-06-07T09:50:00.002-04:00

Open Mic Poster #14

2011-05-05T12:46:00.003-04:00

Open Mic Poster #13

2011-03-18T10:05:00.004-04:00

Coming Soon!

2011-03-15T10:38:00.002-04:00

Get all the info by liking The Big Stink on Facebook!

I Heart WFMU

2011-03-08T09:29:00.003-05:00

I drew this a while back, but I'm posting it now for a reason. The Best Show on WFMU is one of my favorite things and tonight is the last chance you have to support it (and get awesome stuff in return)!

The Best Show on WFMU's 2nd Marathon Show

Tuesday, March 8th between 9 PM-midnight EST

TED LEO, CARL NEWMAN, JOHN HODGMAN and KURT VILE LIVE IN STUDIO

AWESOME gifts when you donate!

CALL 1-800-989-9368 or PLEDGE ONLINE at www.wfmu.org on TUESDAY MARCH 8th between 9 PM-midnight EST and be counted!

Open Mic Poster #11

2011-01-27T14:39:00.002-05:00

Open Mic Poster #10

2011-01-04T14:39:00.001-05:00

Open Mic Poster #9

2010-11-30T12:10:00.002-05:00

Dharma Bro

2010-10-10T19:05:00.003-04:00

The last of the "draw the members of my family who got together and watch Lost every week in the Dharma Initiative in the 70's" series.

Open Mic Poster #8

2010-10-05T15:13:00.000-04:00

Judith Beheading Holofernes

2010-10-03T21:33:00.002-04:00

Paper sculpture for art club. Here's what the original by Carravagio looks like.

Cracked Bell Catering Logo

2010-09-29T11:19:00.001-04:00

Open Mic Poster #7

2010-09-16T10:06:00.005-04:00

A Halloween-themed poster based on an old Govt Mule one. Get more info about the Open Mic here!

Open Mic Poster #6

2010-08-18T16:06:00.003-04:00

Open Mic Poster #5

2010-08-02T10:51:00.004-04:00

The new open mic poster is a parody of The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks. For more info, go to WellingtonSquareBooks.com.

Ramona Flowers

2010-08-01T17:09:00.003-04:00

This earned me tickets to see Scott Pilgrim early! Thanks Geekadelphia!

Dharma Sis

2010-06-20T20:18:00.004-04:00

A family portrait birthday present for my sister who hosted our family Lost nights.

Open Mic Poster #4

2010-06-11T12:13:00.005-04:00

Go here for more info!

Mr. America Pageant

2010-04-29T09:45:00.004-04:00

More info here!

Open Mic Poster #3

2010-04-26T09:28:00.002-04:00

Missing Link

2010-03-28T19:10:00.000-04:00

Another Retro Open Mic Poster

2010-03-24T15:03:00.002-04:00

Dharma Dad

2010-03-13T18:07:00.004-05:00

For my Dad's birthday, I got him recruited into the Dharma Initiative during the 1970s.

Snowbird

2010-02-02T11:56:00.003-05:00

Open Mic Poster

2010-01-21T14:25:00.006-05:00

Guys, where are we?

2009-12-30T18:38:00.001-05:00

Have A Merry Christmas!

2009-12-15T19:16:00.003-05:00

This is something I did in the holiday mood that I'm not really sure what to do with now.

JJGo! T-shirt Designs

2009-11-12T18:57:00.006-05:00

Here's two t-shirts I designed for the Jordan Jesse Go! t-shirt contest. Apparently you "vote" by writing in the comments section which ones you like. So if you would be so kind, say you like these two! Here's the page.

Cripes!! I need to draw more.

2009-11-06T11:39:00.002-05:00

I haven't posted anything here since July, and really haven't been drawing a lot since then. A renewed interest in photography has got in the way partly (check out my Flickr page if you're unawares), but I've been slacking on the doing creative stuff outside of work department. That changes NOW! ....or whenever I get around to it.

Here's a few things I've done over the hiatus:

Halloween Recruit Flyer

2009-11-06T11:30:00.004-05:00

A recruit flyer for my Dad's Halloween Walk this year. Check out the photos of the event here.

Square Dancing Illustration Series

2009-11-06T11:24:00.008-05:00

Desktop Calendar

2009-11-06T11:13:00.008-05:00

A summer-themed desktop calendar for Numberseven Design Studio.

Lost

2009-07-31T19:00:00.005-04:00

2010 really can't get here soon enough.

Family Caricature #2

2009-06-09T21:37:00.003-04:00

Ben Roethlis-burger

2009-05-27T13:36:00.005-04:00

The Brief: I want a lion eating ben rothlisberger (ben is in pieces) in the jungle with a mountain in the background, on the mountain in a unicorn looking on approvingly. - art director mk

Job Status: Approved.

Concept stolen from: Tiny Art Director

100th Post!

2009-04-18T18:29:00.004-04:00

Here's a few freelance pieces I did that were birthday presents. Fun stuff!

Smyth's Final Show!

2009-04-11T12:44:00.004-04:00

Come on out blogoverse! It's gonna be great!

Penguin in the Pants

2009-01-13T21:34:00.010-05:00

What the hell does this mean? If you enjoy podcast hilarity, click here to find out!

Grandparents

2008-12-27T14:55:00.004-05:00

In watercolor.

Philadelphia Phillies Championship Parade 2008

2008-11-01T09:42:00.013-04:00

Wow, I've thought many, many times that I'd never see a championship parade in Philadelphia. Here's the photos I took yesterday with my iPhone because I forgot my camera. Why'd I forget my camera? When I saw the crowd at the train station, I knew I had to get in line as fast as possible and forgot it in my car. Damn. Can we have another one of these sooner than 25 years from now that I can bring my camera to?

My brother-in-law and I were literally the last two people on the train and needless to say, it was crowded. We got into the city, bought a cheesesteak for lunch, settled in at the corner of Broad & Sansom and the rest was just awesome.

Then we went to a bar to watch the rest of the parade on TV and afterwards, of course, came the celebratory dance party.

Defender of the City

2008-10-08T22:07:00.003-04:00

Halloweenie

2008-10-07T23:55:00.006-04:00

Who's hasn't updated their blog in a long while and is excited for Halloween? Me! So halloween always reminds me of this awesome episode of Pete & Pete and I drew this in tribute. This one is completely digital - sorry for the neglect, pens.

Roller Derby

2008-08-06T20:25:00.004-04:00

Thanks Charlie.

Morris Day vs. the Bear

2008-07-16T09:56:00.001-04:00

Spike & the Horror Squad

2008-07-02T09:15:00.002-04:00

buy my book! buy my book!

2008-06-24T12:28:00.006-04:00

The first book I've got illustration credit on, "Flynndini Lives!", is now available on amazon.com here! I'm considering having a life-sized standup of me sorta like this made up for the occasion.

rogue

2008-06-23T23:17:00.002-04:00

smyth v. ninjas

2008-06-04T22:42:00.007-04:00

Smyth is playing Love Park in Center City Philadelphia this Friday at noon! With their opening act Mayor Nutter and Governor Rendell!

Olivia Munn

2008-05-27T23:36:00.003-04:00

Ted Leo

2008-05-20T00:28:00.003-04:00

Desmond

2008-05-13T09:11:00.005-04:00

double shirt tuesday!

2008-04-15T09:34:00.004-04:00

Go vote!

girl in pencil

2008-04-14T21:26:00.004-04:00

Street Fighter Signups

2008-04-13T21:25:00.007-04:00

tsoya t-shirt design #2

2008-03-31T23:07:00.007-04:00

Do you civic t-shirt duty and vote here!
UPDATE: This one was voted top 5 of the shirt designs and won me an iTunes gift card - thanks to everybody who voted! Jesse let me know this might even turn out to be a sticker in the fun packs he sends out, so go here to donate to The Sound of Young America and maybe get one!

tsoya t-shirt design #1

2008-03-27T09:55:00.006-04:00

Be a pal and vote for my shirt design here.

flyer

2008-03-05T15:12:00.001-05:00

America's Radio Sweetheart

2008-03-01T17:49:00.006-05:00

Another radio show I really like - The Sound of Young America by Jesse Thorn, America's Radio Sweetheart. This is Jesse and his dog Woofie. I wanted to try a different style with this one, and having no thick outline is about as far away as you can get from my typical style, haha.

The Best Show on WFMU

2008-02-26T09:22:00.013-05:00

This great radio show needs your support! Donate tonight from 8-11 PM at 800-989-9368 or www.wfmu.org. Ted Leo and Paul F. Tompkins listen - so should you!

*update*
Here's Tom with Ted Leo, Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie and Patton Oswalt singing "Take a Chance on Me" at the end of the very successful 2nd week of the pledge marathon. Awesome.

Phila Zoo Flickr

2008-02-18T00:25:00.004-05:00

I went to the zoo! It was fun! There was an elephant fight! Look at more of the pictures I took here!

coming soon!

2008-02-10T19:28:00.000-05:00

giant-sized

2008-02-10T12:07:00.001-05:00

yoga flame!

2008-01-08T10:56:00.000-05:00

New Smyth show! Be there! This one's #2 in a flyer series with that Love Park tree flyer being the first.

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-24T12:02:00.001-05:00

This is from the christmas party at my place earlier this month. Wearing an awesomely bad christmas sweater and parting your hair like you did in 3rd grade is the only way to celebrate. I decided to take the picture to it's logical conclusion here.

Hope you all have an awesome holiday!

your turn

2007-12-07T14:21:00.000-05:00

Charlie and I did this a long while back - and being that I'm really bored on a Friday afternoon with nothing to do, I present you another product of boredom. I forget where we found the idea but one person draws something and then the next one draws something different, but takes a visual cue from the previous one. Note that Edvard Munch's The Scream is referenced twice (we're terribly unimaginative).

rain cloud kid

2007-12-03T23:00:00.001-05:00

concept

2007-11-12T23:02:00.000-05:00

eagleview landscape

2007-10-21T23:32:00.000-04:00

So the event for work where I was there to do caricatures? It was very, very slow. So this is what I did to kill some time on Saturday.

half life 2

2007-10-16T23:34:00.000-04:00

i've been playing a lot of that orange box thing lately, and man, is it damn good. and if he was constantly fighting these little creepy headcrabs that obviously want to go after your head, wouldn't they think to give him a helmet?

more caricatures

2007-10-09T23:01:00.000-04:00

here's more of these, and fortunately i'm a bit happier with tonight's results.

brushing up on caricatures

2007-10-08T22:14:00.000-04:00

I'm doing caricatures for an event at work, so I'm brushing up on the little bit of caricature skill I've got.

jude law

john krasinski

amy poehler

masi oka

tank girl

2007-09-20T22:32:00.000-04:00

charlie ripped off ashley wood and drew her, and now i'm ripping off charlie (though not as successfully). it all comes full circle.

riding a bog turtle

2007-09-20T22:24:00.000-04:00

Here's something i did for a happy hour invitation at work, kinda funny looking.

fightin' fungi

2007-09-05T20:38:00.004-04:00

here's a logo/mascot i did for my fantasy football team, the fightin' fungi. although i've successfully made one very nerdy thing into something super ultra-nerdy; a mushroom giving the finger was just too funny not to draw.

colossus

2007-08-19T23:18:00.001-04:00

colossus blocking bullets for a little russian schoolgirl.

galifanakis!

2007-08-08T22:08:00.001-04:00

my subconscious is excited about cloverfield

2007-07-31T23:01:00.000-04:00

hey! go see this show!

(Semi-) Weekly Sketch #8: Out of Place

2007-07-18T22:11:00.000-04:00

Hey Paul - remember when you suggested to bring back this weekly sketch thing? Before the 4th of July? Better late than never I suppose.

transformer

2007-07-09T22:56:00.000-04:00

seriously, who didn't see transformers and wish their car did this when they left the theater? so here's what my car would look like. and honestly, it wouldn't even have to transform if it could get me megan fox, is that so much to ask?

oh yeah! it looks like i've been keeping this blog for a year. hooray! i'll try and post more to commemorate the occasion, honest!

Love Park Flyer

2007-06-11T23:01:00.001-04:00

Philly Bike Race

2007-06-11T22:46:00.000-04:00

Here's some photos from the bike race i went to sunday. A good time was had by all - special thanks to no open canister laws in manayunk for the day. I took these with my phone so they're not great, but i think they captured just how fast these guys were going (and up a massive hill, no less). Oh, and the last photo is the race marshall who was drunk, dancing around and hitting on girls - those marshall standards must be tough.

getting over her

2007-05-13T22:11:00.000-04:00

we all remember that power ranger show right? where the giant robots and monsters fought in a city and would fall into buildings along the way? those kids shows never seemed to address the obvious loss of innocent life there, haha. i'm thinking about adding color/rain into this later.

caricature

2007-05-01T23:10:00.000-04:00

a caricature of my sister alison and her fiance josh

sylar

2007-04-24T21:19:00.000-04:00

The villain from Heroes who rips people's heads open with his finger and steals their brains and powers and junk. Tried to go for a more finished look (i.e. an actual background), and cooler colors, so uh - here it is!