T-Shirt for Delaney BBQ in Brooklyn

Recently finished this T-shirt design for Delaney BBQ in Brooklyn, AKA Briskettown. I've worked with Dan Delaney before at VendrTV, and it's awesome to see him going from video blogger to hardcore brisket perfectionist. Need to get up there and try some real soon.

Limited to a run of 500 shirts, you can pick them up at the restaurant, or online for $30 a pop.

delaneybbq.com

359 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Fantasy Philadelphia Neighborhoods for Next American City

Series of three Illos for Next American City, imagining the future of several changing Philadelphia neighborhoods - East Passyunk, Frankford Ave and University City.

As someone who passionately disagrees with the popular "tear down the old, put in Steven Starr restaurants and Starbucks" model of urban renewal I was glad to have some leeway to leave in the amazing East Passyunk "King Of Jeans" sign (interesting article about the history of that thing here: Passyunk Sign of Ridiculous Charm May Be Lost) and some crust punks in the background of the University City piece.

I've never worked like this over photographs before and was definitely worried it would be a mess, but overall I'm happy with how they turned out, my only regret really is not being able to put in 10,000 more details. Much thanks to art director Anthony Smyrski for an awesome gig. 

Preview the article here, and you can buy it for a couple dollars-

http://nextcity.org/forefront/view/detours

Sandwich Show at American Sardine Bar

BIG Thanks to everyone who came to check out the show & also to chef Scott Schroeder & Michael Jordan at ASB for hooking it up. The show will be up until January at American Sardine Bar, 18th & Federal in Philadelphia. 

25 sandwich paintings, some are from the menus of American Sardine and South Philly Taproom, others are Philly classics, then some random regional stuff that I've always wanted to draw. 

A bunch are still for sale, you can check them out at the bar or just email me (hawk krall at gmail dot com) for more info & prices.Check out the whole show on flickr and/or the awesome article that Drew Lazor wrote about the show for the Daily News. 

These were all done on wood with house paint - something I'm getting into that's faster & looser than my illustrations. I don't do anything more than a thumbnail sketch (if at all) before drawing straight onto the board, different from my detailed hot dog diagram illustrations where I painstakingly agonize over every detail with 20 layers of tracing paper.

Definitely into doing work like this for clients - I don't know how well they will scan and reproduce, but if you're just looking for something to hang in your restaurant or hot dog cart, I can do this a lot faster & cheaper than the other stuff, and you'll receive it ready to go up on the wall or whatever.

Also debuting at the show was the South Philly / South Africa Gatsby Combo in which Scott and myself collaborated to attempt fusion of the South Africa Gatsby Sandwich and the infamous Philly Combo. 

For this special Scott has been driving up to Rieker's in Fox Chase to pick up their mind-blowing beef and pork frankfurters - maybe one of the best in the country - if I was running a kitchen in Philadelphia there is no way I wouldn't serve these. Topped with deep fried cod, skate wing and potato fish cakes, mustard seed /  longhot pepper hash (nod to both philly and the indian achtar pickles served on Gatsbys in South Africa) and tumeric mayo.

I don't know if this thing has much to do with authentic Gastbys or real Philly Surf & Turf but it's freaking delicious. Even though it sounds insane, it really really works. On the menu until January, when ASB will unveil the next monthly guest sandwich.

December 8th - January 2013

American Sardine Bar

18th & Federal, Philadelphia

americansardinebar.com

Sandwich Show this weekend at American Sardine Bar

All new paintings of sandwiches from Scott Schroeder's menus at ASB and SPTR, Philadelphia hoagie shops, and some others from around the country. Check out the opening next Saturday the 8th at American Sardine. 

Also on the menu for the month of December, some sort of wild sandwich collaboration, a cross between the famous Philly Combo and the South African Gatsby sandwich. 

Opening Sat December 8th

American Sardine Bar

18th & Federal, Philadelphia

americansardinebar.com

Post-It Show at Giant Robot 2 in LA

Just shipped these off to the 8th annual Post-it show at GR2 in Los Angeles featuring pretty much every awesome illustrator / artists / cartoonist you've ever heard of. Battlestar Galactica and Gyros.

GR2

2062 Sawtelle Blvd; Los Angeles, CA

more info at giantrobot.com

Pancake Signs for Runners World

HUGE article in the October issue of Runner's World about pancakes. Bunch of spots for this section on pancakes at chain restaurants.

Originals (much bigger than in the magazine) are for sale here: hawkkrall.net/store

Izakaya Etiquette for Willamette Week

Quick one for Willamette Week in Portland on Izakaya Etiquette. Really fun to do and makes me want to go to a real Izakaya. 

Read the article over at WWeek-

Gaijin Style: Learn some basic izakaya etiquette