This is my first cover for Time, October 10th 2011 issue. Excerpts available online now, in newsstands next week.
Art for an article about the great division in spending between the upper and middle class by Jeffrey Sachs. I wasn't sure if Time would like the idea of the cover appearing as if it has been slashed in half, as it basically rips through the identity. But thankfully they loved it. The stack of money is copy paper that I cut. I colored the paper using my son's sidewalk chalk. I ground up the green, yellow and white chalk and made a powder until the hue was correct. Then I dusted the powder over the paper with my wife's blush brush.
Managing editor Richard Stengel unveiled the cover on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
ART FOR ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
Piece for Esquire's Grooming Spectacular: The Ramifications of a bold new haircut - in the October 2011 issue. My good friend Amy Meyer did a fantastic job creating the stallion hairpiece. Model is my friend Gabe. ¡El magnífico semental!
LAURENT
SPHECID WASP AT THE MARSHMALLOW LISTENING STATION
DEAD FLY DOTS THE I
Piece made for the What If exhibit in Chicago.
RUDY
Insect obstacle experimentation
BROCCOLI HOUSE
I couldn't make a real tree house for my son, so I made him this broccoli house instead.
DIAPER
Tee design for kids. (available soon)
GUMMY BEARSKIN RUG
EXHIBITIONIST COFFEE CUP
Goofy idea I had when I was suppose to be doing client work.
INTERVIEWS / ARTICLES:
Recently I talked to the folks at Wired Italia and Creazina about art and stuff.
WIRED
This is a new piece I made for Wired magazine. Also, I have a new blog on Tumblr.
Visit HERE
BROCK DAVIS TEES AT TARGET
I have a line of boys tees popping up in Target stores on May 1st. The first design available will be Cheeseburger on a Trampoline. Other designs will be sold via my online store. (Opening soon).
Your coffee should looks its best, no? This literal java jacket serves the practical function of a typical java jacket, but looks a bit more stylish. Fully collapsible. Sleeves are attached on a perforated edge, enabling them to fold out when the jacket is opened..
DARK SIDE OF THE DORITOS
I noticed that there are a lot of Doritos flavors out there. There is literally a flavor for each color used in the Dark Side of the Moon album cover. So I thought it would be a fun project to try and make the album cover out of cut pieces from those Doritos bags.
RICE KRISPYHENGE
TWINKIE CIRCUITRY
I've always imagined Twinkies having an electronic, skeletal interior.
ASSAULT RIFLE CHRISTMAS COOKIES
Made a batch of Christmas cookies with my kids. I made the assault rifles. The Galil SAR got a little burned in the stock, but I like how it came out. I was a little sloppier with the ak-47, but it tasted great. I guess I've been playing too much COD Black Ops.
PRINTS AVAILABLE
I finally have art prints available here. If you don't see your favorite, keep checking. I will be adding new prints frequently.
WIRED MAGAZINE
I created this piece for the January 2011 issue of Wired, for an article about the dark side of internet freedom.
BOBA'S INVOICE TO JABBA
I've been wanting to make this for a long time, so I finally did. Thanks to my friend Dan Wallace, author of The Jedi Path for helping with some of the minute details.
WIRED MAGAZINE
I created this piece for the December issue of Wired, for an article about music piracy.
Sculpted out of clay and photographed.
MONEY MAGAZINE
I created this piggy bank / piglet bank sculpture for an article in the August issue of Money Magazine. I haven't done a lot of sculpture and I was bit nervous when they decided to go with this idea, but in the end I think it turned out quite well.
MN ORIGINAL INTERVIEW
I talked to MN Original regarding my MSCED project.
SNOUTLET
The result of some spontaneous marker work during my interview with MN Original. See the interview and the birth of snoutlet in the vid above.
WATER TOWER PROJECTION
This is the water tower on top of the Wyman building in downtown Minneapolis.
Carmichael Lynch, the ad agency where I work, occupies the top 4 floors of the building. Several months back I was asked to come up with some concepts for the water tower. Eventually looking to projection, as it was the most economical medium and ideal for keeping the historic tower in it's natural state. This tower, which we've named Rusty, faces the new Target Field Stadium, which just opened and is the new home of the Minnesota Twins. Several other projection ideas are in the works, but this simple face has been the clear favorite so far as it brings to life the physical structure itself allowing it to complete the overall look of the character. Currently, we're working to have Rusty react in realtime to the games in the stadium, so that If the team wins, he can cheer and if they lose, he cries.
MSCED SOLO EXHIBITION
Creative Electric Studios presents: Brock Davis - Make Something Cool Every Day
May 1st - May 22nd
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, May 1st 6:30-11pm
ON VIEW:
Saturday 10-2pm or by appt. Thru May 22nd
LOCATION:
The California Building / 2205 NE California St. / Minneapolis
NY TIMES MAGAZINE
I created this piece for the 4/11 issue of New York Times Magazine
for the article Building A Green Economy by Paul Krugman.
LIVING PHOTO ON WEB SOUP
Living Photograph: Chris with Teacup, lovingly ridiculed on G4's Web Soup
KILL SCREEN MAGAZINE
I'm proud to have contributed artwork to issue zero of Kill Screen. A new, intellectual video game magazine created by Wall Street Journal alum Jamin Brophy-Warren and collaborator Chris Dahlen.
Issue 0 boasts the work of writers from the likes of The New Yorker, GQ, The Colbert Report, PopMatters and Paste. Check it out here.
