Album illustrations for SHAWN JAMES' "The Dark and The Light"

I am incredibly excited to finally be revealing the front and back cover illustrations for SHAWN JAMES' new album "THE DARK AND THE LIGHT". When I first met Shawn at one of his NYC shows after working with him on the shirt design, he informed me that he would have a new album coming out soon, so I jumped at the opportunity to work with him again and offered my services. Pictured above are the front and back cover illustrations but I will also be working on the interior illustrations for the vinyl release in which I will be interpreting each song individually. As I have previously mentioned, Shawns music is very different from the bands and artists that I usually work with but the same aesthetics and inspirations that I employ in my work are abundantly present in his own. I highly recommend this album to pretty much anyone regardless of your musical taste, it probably has something for you. The album will be released on March 22nd 2019 on Parts and Labor Records.

new illustration for SHAWN JAMES

Here is a look at my recently finished illustration for SHAWN JAMES. Shawn was an absolute pleasure to work with on this piece, which is inspired by one of my favorite songs of his "Delilah" I recently attended his NYC show on his last solo tour which was incredible to say the least. I believe this design will be used for a shirt for his full band project SHAWN JAMES AND THE SHAPESHIFTERS and will be printed later on in the year!

Shirt designs for MARYLAND DEATHFEST XIV/2016

Once again I am completely honored to have done one of this years shirt designs for MARYLAND DEATHFEST! The shirts will be available in all of the colors pictured above as well as hoodies. Check out http://www.deathfests.com/ for pre order info. This design will be used as the poster as well so I will be posting it with all logos and further type placement shortly!

"SERPENTS" screen prints set and individual prints now available!

New screen prints are now available through my personal web store: http://lucasruggieriillustration.bigcartel.com/ and my Cvlt Nation Bizarre account: http://www.cvltnationbizarre.com/lucas-ruggieri?limit=25 . Pictured above, from top to bottom, "Rubedo", Jormungandr", and "Ouroboros" prints are all 8" x 10" silkscreen prints, hand signed and numbered, available both individually and as a set at a discounted rate. These pieces were all included in a series of work for my first solo show in 2014 "Apocrypha" at The Cotton Candy Machine in Brooklyn.

Here are the final versions of my design for MARYLAND DEATHFEST XIII. These will be printed at an edition of 250, half of which will be in color and half in black and white. Pre orders for this will be available on their site shortly. 

"DANSE MACABRE" New piece now on view at GRISTLE TATTOO & ART GALLERY

This is a new piece of mine "DANSE MACABRE" for the "ILLUSTRATED DEATH" group show currently on view over at GRISTLE TATTOO & ART GALLERY. This piece is an interpretation of the themes of traditional Danse Macabre images, along with several other aspects of life, death, and their cyclical relationship to one another that I feel are common aspects of my work in general. The show has pieces on view and available for purchase by JEREMY HUSH, ALLISON SOMMERS, DYLAN GARRETT SMITH, ALISON LILLY, and MICHAL BRODKA as well as many others! Email info@gristletattoo.com for info on purchasing pieces from the show.

Colored, and white print on black designs for MARYLAND DEATHFEST XIII/2015

These are the other two alternate versions of the design that I completed for MARYLAND DEATHFEST. The previously posted black on white design, and the white on black design will both be available as shirts at the festival this year and the colored design will be available as a limited edition poster. Pre oreders will be available shortly through their webstie: https://www.marylanddeathfest.com/