Alex Pardee
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Alex Pardee is a freelance artist, apparel designer, and a writer born in Antioch, California, USA who is best known for illustrating The Used
's album artwork. He has also done works for Hurley International
, Twenty Twenty Skateboards, Bay Area rapper TopR, Upper Playground, Street Drum Corps
, Aiden
, Kid Robot, and lately the cover of In Flames
's ninth studio album, A Sense of Purpose
, and its first single, entitled "The Mirror's Truth
". He is a member of the groups Cardboard City and Zerofriends. He runs the website EyeSuck Ink which includes links to his blog
and store. Through his art he has admitted to overcoming depression and anxiety disorders along with emotional struggles. He uses pens, ink, watercolors,dye, and is trying to use more acrylics, oils, and latex. Pardee is currently working on a motion picture for Chadam (often confused with Chadam Mihlberger) as well as various art shows and products. Pardee released his first official art book, titled Awful Homesick in October 2008. Recently he has started to donate his proceeds to needy charities, including Purple Heart and To Write Love on Her Arms. He also designed the artwork for Zack Snyder
's movie, Sucker Punch
.
, graffiti
and gangster rap. Artistically, he adored The Garbage Pail Kids, The Maxx
, Spawn
and Tales from the Crypt. He was influenced by Michael Morris of Saint Augustine's, Cairns
In Flames
Street Drum Corps
TopR
The Used
Cage Kennylz
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...
's album artwork. He has also done works for Hurley International
Hurley International
Hurley International is a clothing company located in Costa Mesa, California founded by Bob Hurley. The company puts emphasis on skateboarding, surfing, music, and "fun"...
, Twenty Twenty Skateboards, Bay Area rapper TopR, Upper Playground, Street Drum Corps
Street Drum Corps
Street Drum Corps is a punk rock percussion band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2004 by Bobby Alt, of S.T.U.N. and Faculty X, Adam Alt, of Circus Minor, and Frank Zummo, of TheStart. To date the group have released two albums and have been part of tours such as Van's Warped Tour, Taste of...
, Aiden
Aiden
Aiden is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. The members are WiL Francis , Nick Wiggins , and Angel Ibarra . wiL originally played bass but took over lead vocals when the original singer left...
, Kid Robot, and lately the cover of In Flames
In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...
's ninth studio album, A Sense of Purpose
A Sense of Purpose
A Sense of Purpose is the ninth studio album by Swedish band In Flames. The album was released in first Japan on March 26, 2008 with 15 tracks and later in Europe on April 4, 2008 through Nuclear Blast and through Koch Records in North America on April 1. This is the band's last album to feature...
, and its first single, entitled "The Mirror's Truth
The Mirror's Truth
"The Mirror's Truth" is the first single released by In Flames from their ninth album A Sense of Purpose. The disc contains the single and three songs, out of which two are previously unreleased, that didn't appear on the album. This single is available to Europe, Hot Topic, and the American iTunes...
". He is a member of the groups Cardboard City and Zerofriends. He runs the website EyeSuck Ink which includes links to his blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
and store. Through his art he has admitted to overcoming depression and anxiety disorders along with emotional struggles. He uses pens, ink, watercolors,dye, and is trying to use more acrylics, oils, and latex. Pardee is currently working on a motion picture for Chadam (often confused with Chadam Mihlberger) as well as various art shows and products. Pardee released his first official art book, titled Awful Homesick in October 2008. Recently he has started to donate his proceeds to needy charities, including Purple Heart and To Write Love on Her Arms. He also designed the artwork for Zack Snyder
Zack Snyder
Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. After making his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead, he gained wide recognition with the 2007 box office hit 300, adapted from writer-artist Frank Miller's Dark Horse Comics...
's movie, Sucker Punch
Sucker Punch (film)
Sucker Punch is a 2011 action-fantasy thriller film, directed by Zack Snyder and co-written by him and Steve Shibuya. It is Snyder's first film based on an original script. The film stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, and Oscar Isaac...
.
Influences
Pardee's self-proclaimed influences include 1980s horror movies, pop artPop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
, graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
and gangster rap. Artistically, he adored The Garbage Pail Kids, The Maxx
The Maxx
The Maxx is an American comic book series created by Sam Kieth and published originally monthly by Image Comics and now collected in trade paperback collections from DC Comic's Wildstorm imprint. The comic book, which stars a character of the same name, spawned an animated series that aired on the...
, Spawn
Spawn (comics)
Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...
and Tales from the Crypt. He was influenced by Michael Morris of Saint Augustine's, Cairns
Albums, singles and misc. musical releases
AidenAiden
Aiden is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. The members are WiL Francis , Nick Wiggins , and Angel Ibarra . wiL originally played bass but took over lead vocals when the original singer left...
- Conviction
In Flames
In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...
- The Mirror's TruthThe Mirror's Truth"The Mirror's Truth" is the first single released by In Flames from their ninth album A Sense of Purpose. The disc contains the single and three songs, out of which two are previously unreleased, that didn't appear on the album. This single is available to Europe, Hot Topic, and the American iTunes...
- A Sense of PurposeA Sense of PurposeA Sense of Purpose is the ninth studio album by Swedish band In Flames. The album was released in first Japan on March 26, 2008 with 15 tracks and later in Europe on April 4, 2008 through Nuclear Blast and through Koch Records in North America on April 1. This is the band's last album to feature...
Street Drum Corps
Street Drum Corps
Street Drum Corps is a punk rock percussion band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2004 by Bobby Alt, of S.T.U.N. and Faculty X, Adam Alt, of Circus Minor, and Frank Zummo, of TheStart. To date the group have released two albums and have been part of tours such as Van's Warped Tour, Taste of...
- Street Drum CorpsStreet Drum Corps (album)Street Drum Corps is the eponymous debut album by Street Drum Corps. It was released on February 21, 2006.-Track listing:#"Police Beat Introduction" - 0:21#"Wrecks" - 3:28 #"Rabbit" - 2:59#"Street Drum Corps" - 3:06...
- We are MachinesWe are MachinesWe Are Machines is the second studio album by Street Drum Corps. It was released on April 1, 2008. The album features special guests Adrian Young, theSTART, Sporty O, Tor Kjeka, and David Adams.-Track listing:#"Marching Order" - 0:42#"Action!" - 4:08...
TopR
- Cheap laughs for dead comedians
- Marathon of shame
The Used
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...
- Take It Away
- In Love and DeathIn Love and DeathIn Love and Death is the second studio album by American rock band The Used. It was released on September 28, 2004 and has since been certified gold. It is their most well-received and successful album to date. This was the first album for which Alex Pardee did the artwork, and he has done all...
- All That I've GotAll That I've Got"All That I've Got" is the second single taken from The Used's second studio album, In Love and Death. "All That I've Got" was dedicated to Bert McCracken's dog, David Bowie, who was hit by a truck during the making of the album. An acoustic version was later released on iTunes...
- I Caught FireI Caught Fire"I Caught Fire" is the third single released by The Used from their album In Love and Death, released in 2004. The song had the subtitle "In Your Eyes" appended to it when it was released as a single; the original song title was simply "I Caught Fire" when In Love and Death was first...
- Berth
- The Bird and the WormThe Bird and the Worm"The Bird and the Worm" is a song by The Used, released as the first single from their third studio album, Lies for the Liars. It is their highest charting single to date, hitting #9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #7 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, equaling...
- Liar Liar (Burn in Hell)
- Lies for the LiarsLies for the LiarsLies for the Liars is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band The Used. It was released on May 22, 2007. It, along with their newest studio album, Artwork, are their only studio albums to date that have not been certified gold....
- Pretty Handsome Awkward
- Shallow BelieverShallow Believer*Track 6 is a self-titled B-side, tracks 4 and 9 are In Love and Death B-sides, and tracks 1-3, 5, 7-8, and 10-11 are Lies for the Liars B-sides.-Personnel:The Used* Bert McCracken — Lead vocals, piano, keyboard* Jeph Howard — Bass, backing vocals...
Cage Kennylz
- Hell's Winter (Tour DVD)
- I Never Knew You EP
- Depart From MeDepart from MeDepart from Me is the third studio album by American rapper Chris Palko, better known by his stage name Cage. Released on July 7, 2009, it is the rapper's second and final studio album on Definitive Jux.-Lyrics:...
Comics
- And So He Bathed In The Blood Of The Lepers
- Bunnywith
- My Book Of Poetry
- My Book Of Feelings
- The Ugliest Fairy (2006)
- Good Night Lava (2007 Upper Playground limited edition)
- Awful Homesick (2008)
- Into the Marrow (2009 1988 Gallery Limited edition)
- The Secrets of Hollywood (2004)
Calendars
- Astrology is Dead (2002)
- The Beautiful People Calendar (2003)
- Snoring Blood Calendar (2004)
External links
- Official MySpace
- Zerofriends official webstore
- Eye Suck Ink official website
- Gallery
- Pardee's review of Friday the 13th (2009 film)Friday the 13th (2009 film)Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a reboot of the Friday the 13th film series, which began in 1980 and the twelfth Friday the 13th film in total...
- Alex Pardee on Deviantart
- Alex Pardee featured in WWA gallery Show "Shade's of Ray" Color Ink Book 3rd Anniversary Show