CJ Draden

I now accept credit and debit card transactions.

2011-11-02T09:19:00.003-04:00

It took a little bit of time to establish my credit system but it is now fully operational. Keep this in mind for the holiday season this year.
-Draden

A sneak peak at a spread from my debut graphic novel "Pain from the Scar on a Wooden Heart: a Pinocchio story by CJ Draden".

2011-11-02T09:12:00.001-04:00

The title of this post is a direct link to my FB page that is strictly updates and progress for my Pinocchio story. Add my Pinocchio page to your FB "Likes List" to keep up on the latest details for the release of the graphic novel as well as original works for sale form the story.

-Draden

Limited Editon Lithograph Print.

2011-08-07T07:18:00.004-04:00

For those of you that will be attending Wizard World Chicago 2011 as VIP's, make sure you come by my table and pick up your free 11x17 Lithograph Print. The image is of my Pinocchio. This Lithograph serves as my first public promotion for my debut written and illustrated graphic novel "Pain from the Scar on a Wooden Heart". Ill be located at table 1317 when your ready to pick yours up.

A real boy...

2011-07-02T09:17:00.006-04:00

He's almost ready. He's almost real. I had to push the release of my graphic novel back in order to finish construction and production of my Pinocchio. Ill post more updates about my graphic novel "Pain from the Scar on a Wooden Heart: A Pinocchio story by CJ Draden" as time goes by, but for right now just enjoy my Pinocchio and and come back often to see up dated posts on the progress of my Pinocchio. Remember to check out "The Art of CJ Draden" FB page as well for updates on Pinocchio and various other projects.
-Draden

CJ Draden's Pinocchio. June 2011.

2011-04-29T02:18:00.001-04:00

CJ Draden's twisted Re-imagining of one of the most well known folklore's of our time, Pinocchio. Draden brings Pinocchio to life in June 2011. Be ready.
-CJ Draden

CJ Draden's EBAY Store Launched.

2011-03-03T22:09:00.002-05:00

Get prints of your favorite heroes and villains at a discounted rate AND with the launch of my new store on EBAY ill be taking care of shopper shipping costs on prints. Take advantage of that great opportunity.
-Draden

CJ Draden is now on EBAY.

2011-03-03T09:14:00.006-05:00

Check out my EBAY store. Ill be selling Prints, Stickers, Shirts, original artwork and much more. Some stock has been posted to the store but there is plenty more to come. Click this post's title to be directed to my ebay home page to view my stock.
-Draden

Slug: This House is our last stand! Series #2. Piece 3.

2011-03-03T01:11:00.005-05:00

Slug: This House is our last stand! Series #2. Piece 2.

2011-03-03T00:36:00.007-05:00

Wizard World Miami 2011.

2011-03-03T00:09:00.004-05:00

Wizard World Miami rocked from start to finish. Met a bunch of great people, met up with some old friends from the cons, met Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters, Almost got my ass kicked by Ray Park... yeah had a blast! Hit the title link on this post to check my album from Wizard World Miami, this past weekend.
-Draden

CJ Draden's Pinocchio. Coming 2011!

2011-01-27T05:47:00.002-05:00

The Fall: Vengeance and Justice. Cover by Draden.

2011-01-27T05:42:00.002-05:00

Wizard World Miami.

2011-01-19T12:30:00.003-05:00

Dont forget Ill be heading out to Miami to sport new works and Promotions for my new book the "The Wooden Heart". Get your asses out there and have a beer with me.

-Draden

The Wooden Heart.

2011-01-19T12:19:00.003-05:00

My debut graphic novel is being released in 2011. No release date has been confirmed yet but it will not disappoint. Here is an image from the book...

My debut graphic novel is being released in 2011. No release date has been confirmed yet but it will not disappoint. Here is an image from the book...

Slug: This House is our last stand! Series 2. Piece #1.

2011-01-09T05:04:00.013-05:00

These two pieces serve as one. They are each 4x2 feet. The purpose of this piece was to create the corner of a house (A Wall) so the viewer can see at eye level with the windows and focus at the zombies breaking through the house.

CJ Draden's Wonderland. Chapter 1. Piece # 6.

2011-01-09T04:24:00.005-05:00

CJ Draden's Wonderland. Chapter 1. Piece # 5.

2011-01-09T04:00:00.004-05:00

CJ Draden's Story of Icarus. Series piece # 1.

2010-11-14T07:36:00.005-05:00

CJ Draden's Wonderland. Chapter 1. Piece # 3.

2010-11-12T12:15:00.016-05:00

CJ Draden's Wonderland. Chapter 1. Piece # 2.

2010-11-12T09:32:00.013-05:00

CJ Draden's Wonderland. Chapter 1. Piece # 1.

2010-11-12T09:04:00.014-05:00

CJ Draden's Oz. Series piece # 2.

2010-10-15T15:32:00.003-04:00

Draden's Sin Series, "Greed". Piece # 3.

2010-09-15T20:17:00.008-04:00

The first in my series of seven is complete, this is Greed. I'm offering a special with this series of pieces, with purchase of one of my seven deadly sin puppets the purchaser will receive the original pre-concept painting with it. The product can be found at my ETSY gallery:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/56439576/greed?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=App_Seller&utm_content=items&utm_campaign=fb_seller_item

"This house is our last stand!". Series piece #4.

2010-09-10T20:41:00.004-04:00

This is the final piece in series one of "This House is our last Stand". These four piece are on there way with me to The Horror Realm Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa. There will be a huge "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dawn of the Dead Reunion", so Im hopeing this series will go over really well. Wish me Luck!

Draden's Sin Series, "Greed". Piece # 3.

2010-09-08T11:10:00.005-04:00

This is another new series of work I'm putting together, my interpretations of the seven deadly sins. This Piece is The first I created to kick start the series, his name is "Greed".

-CJ

"This house is our last stand!". Series piece #3.

2010-09-06T23:59:00.008-04:00

"This house is our last stand!". Series piece #2.

2010-09-06T23:22:00.013-04:00

"This house is our last stand!". Series piece #1.

2010-09-03T07:03:00.014-04:00

Reverence: What will you Seek?

2010-08-05T19:52:00.009-04:00

This is a novel I collaborated on with writer Jeanie Galster. You can read more about the book and purchase your copy at Jeanie's website, http://jeaniels.com/ Drop me a line in the comments box let me know how you feel about the work. Critiques are always a pleasure.

CJ Draden's Oz. Series piece # 1.

2010-08-04T00:11:00.003-04:00

This bitch is badass, one of my favorite villains.

Optimus and Megatron.

2010-08-03T23:55:00.002-04:00

Map of Yucatan Peninsula.

2010-08-03T23:44:00.003-04:00

A map I map of the Yucatan peninsula I created to keep track and map out where I would be traveling to within the three regions of the Yucatan. Although I was having so much fun travel through Mexico I never got around to labeling the areas and regions I had visited. lol.

Painting techniques I really enjoy.

2010-08-03T23:32:00.004-04:00

Two pieces I painted of Native Indians. A Copper Plate Etching of a Mayan Indian of Yucatan. An Oil/ Tar painting of a Northern Native America Indian.

Incidents of Travel in Yucatan.

2010-08-03T23:10:00.004-04:00

Pre-production and post-production to a short documentary I filmed in Yucatan/ Mexico, titled after John Lloyd Stephens travel journal "Incidents of travel in Yucatan".

Flamenco Journals.

2010-08-03T22:54:00.005-04:00

A series of books based a short story I had written upon traveling trough Spain. The story is about the perspectives of a male painter, a male guitar player and a female flamenco dancer. Each of the journals belong to one of the characters.

Boat Designs.

2010-08-03T22:50:00.003-04:00

Sketches and designs for the boat constructed below.

"The Sea Around Us".

2010-08-03T22:16:00.005-04:00

This was a project I wanted to do after I finished filming a documentary in Mexico and after I had finished traveling through Spain. My thought's were that I wanted to experience sailing from Spain to Mexico back in the 1400 and 1500's when the conquest of New Spain was in order. Think about how technology has us traveling on air planes and the navigation to arrive in another country in a matter of hours as apposed to sailing a sea for years and trying to navigate with a paper map, a compass and instinct through the most harsh of storms and weather conditions. I disassembled a book entitled "The Sea Around Us" and pieced it back together in the form of a ship with sails using only pieces I extracted from the book itself. The dimensions of this ship are about 1 foot wide by 1 1/2 feet tall. The base of the ship is constructed with only cardboard while hinging the cardboard at certain abtuse and acute angels together with glued and layered pages of the book. the sails are constructed with pages from the book and the string from the book's "perfect bound" method/ craftsmanship. I hope you enjoy my boat, after all it took three weeks to design and build. lol.

Push Comes 2 Shove.

2010-07-11T04:26:00.009-04:00

Album art I executed for Seattle based band called "Push comes to Shove".

Spooky Empires.

2010-03-17T03:42:00.009-04:00

Here are some shots of what happened at Spooky Empires this year. If you didnt get the chance to get out to this show, make sure its on your schedule so you dont miss it next year.
-CJ

Cosmic Times Presents "Arthur: The Legend Continues"

2010-03-17T03:21:00.004-04:00

Martin Pierro the creator of "Cosmic Times productions" approached me at the Mega Convention to re-illustrate the cover for his project "Arthur: The Legend continues". its a good read and an interesting interpretation on the legendary King Arthur, set in a post apocalyptic future. If your interested in picking up a copy of this book check out cosmictimes.net.
-CJ

Panels on Pages Fan Girl of the Month Calendar.

2010-03-06T05:14:00.005-05:00

Check out the new "Fan Girl of the Month" calendar, brought to you by Panels On Pages. This awesome calendar is filled with a mix of whimsical and dark illustrations of Panels on Pages Fan Girls. Each artist was given a month and a fan girl to illustrate. I was given a beautiful upcoming actress "Tara Cardinal" and the month of October. I spoke with Tara and we agreed on having her fan girl character be "The Red Reaper", a character from her new independent film "Legend of the red Reaper". If your interested in purchasing the calendar, check out panelsonpages.com for information about actress Tara Cardinal, the Fan Girl of the Month calendar or for the latest updates on pop culture in the entertainment industry including interviews with top name celebrities/ voice actors and artists.
-CJ

PLB Comics. Cover illustration for issue # 3. "The Fall".

2009-11-10T08:21:00.003-05:00

Finished a cover for issue #3 for the guys that produce "PLB Present". I love working with them, hopefully Ill get to do more work with them in the future.
-CJ

A new series of horror paintings, for the spirit of Hallowen. (click here)

2009-10-21T20:37:00.017-04:00

This is a series of paintings that I did for the Spooky Empires show in Orlando. I had a lot of fun meeting certain celebrities I really admire like William Forsythe, Bill Mosely, Bill Hinzman. All of these fine gentlemen now own a piece of my art work, for photos of the show be sure to browse my website. I will be doing a series of Halloween theme paintings, they will be posted to this blog as well as my shopping cart on my website very soon. Be sure to check in from time to time to see updates and new work.
-CJ

Previous works posted on my last blog...

2009-10-20T01:46:00.028-04:00

This is a continuation post previewing for my new viewers what was posted on my previous blog, and for those of you that are returning then welcome to my new blog. Posted above is a link to my new website featuring a shopping cart, a gallery, an event schedule revealing what shows and conventions I will be attending, my twitter postings and more cool stuff on the way. Also if you new and have not been in formed of my graphic novel coming out keep a look out as I will be revealing details very soon. Thanks to everyone that supports me at the shows and conventions. I talk with everyone very soon.
-CJ Draden