October 2008 – EVAN HAYDEN // blog

GO (to) APE!!

October 31, 2008April 28, 2015 Evan Leave a comment

Hey everybody. Things have been very hectic with packing up for the LA move, but there’s a big event you should attend this weekend if you’re in the Bay Area… Alternative Press Expo (APE, for short)

SATURDAY November 1st 11am – 7pm
SUNDAY November 2nd 11am – 6pm
The Concourse – 620 7th Street, San Francisco (Directions here)
More info here.

This will be my third year tabling at the show, with my usual gang of comic-making buddies… Ryan Sands, Hellen Jo, Anthony Wu, Derek Yu, and Calvin Wong. We will be at table #415, listed in the program as “The Bang Gang”. That’s in the back-left corner of the main exhibition floor (here’s a map). Ryan and I will be showcasing our two recent big projects:

Electric Ant #1 / Tokyo Zombie

Electric Ant issue 1: Our baby. A collection of comics, short stories, nonfiction, art, lists, etc. Some of the many awesome contributors include Hellen Jo, Aaron K, MC Lars, Gea, Derek Kirk Kim, Anthony Wu, Michaela Collette, Derek Yu, Eric Nakamura, Julia Wertz, and many more. Ryan created, edited and published it. I did much of the layout and illustrations. Also edited by Alice Kim. The official launch date is November 1st.

Tokyo Zombie: Yusaku Hanakuma’s slapstick zombie judo bonanza that we adapted into English. Ryan was editor and translator. I did lettering, touch-up art, and book design.

Also, I will be selling prints of my illustrated-photography.

buy some illustrated-photography!

Hope to see you there! Come on by and say hi 🙂

EDIT (from the fuuuuuture!): Click this photo of my buddies and I to see a ton of photos from APE 2008!

ch-ch-changes…

October 27, 2008April 27, 2015 Evan Leave a comment

Hi kids. First off, I wanted to highlight some shots I did of the lovely Kristine. Click the image below, or click here to see more…

There’s a lot of things going on right now…. some good some bad. The bad first. My hard drive decided to die last week, and I hadn’t backed up to DVD in a long time (argh). Took it to a computer wizard but he wasn’t able to extract any data from it, so now I’m going to take it to one of San Francisco’s expensive data recovery specialists… Not sure which one yet, but I definitely need to get that data back (all my recent art).

In good / stressful news, I am moving soon. I’ve been in San Francisco for almost four years now, and it’s been great, and if I had my way, I’d stay here for a lot longer, and make my career happen here. Problem is, it seems like SF is not the best place to make a photography career happen. Also, since I intend to do more commercial work in the world of automotive photography, it seems clear to me that LA is the place to go. So with a heavy heart, I am leaving SF on the 3rd or 4th of November, and heading to the city of (fallen) angels. It just seems like a better place for me to be, career-wise… so if you are looking for a good photographer, hit me up! Make this move worth all the stress! (jk)

shots from the Madonna Inn

October 25, 2008April 27, 2015 Evan Leave a comment

So a couple weeks ago, I met up with my friend Star and her friends (including Marie, who I had the pleasure of meeting last year) in San Luis Obispo, at the Madonna Inn. (You can see Star’s posts about the trip – so far – here, here and here.)

The point of the trip was to exploit the bizarre / whimsical / schizophrenic looks of the Madonna Inn, and take lots of photos of photogenic people. I took a ton of pics, but here’s just a couple for now….

To see another pic of Audrey, click here.

Other new photos. good news. bad news. but I’ll save that for later this weekend…

“Lone Wolf”

October 9, 2008April 27, 2015 Evan Leave a comment

Hey kids. I just finished a new illustrated-photograph, the third in my post-apocalyptic series… “Lone Wolf”:

I did this shoot in Detroit with the lovely alternative model & Suicide Girl, Vivka, during my recent visit home. It’s been a while since I got a chance to explore an abandoned building (not as many of those in the Bay Area), so this was super fun. Vivka and I did another shoot while I was there, but I’ll probably be illustrating that a couple months down the line, as life is super busy right now.

Another recent thingy, although I didn’t blog about it before… I took some publicity shots of a local rapper, “Venom”, and his car. Here’s his car:

Chrysler 300C DUB Edition

Other than that, I’ve been doing product / lifestyle shots for the fall lineup of Infectious. I’ll post some of said shots when the product lineup is live.

In other – major – news… I’m planning on moving to Los Angeles at the beginning of November. I, and everyone else in my company, got laid-off a month ago, since the company is shutting down. (thanks recession!) I’ve been doing freelance photography and graphic design this past month, but I’m thinking if I really want to benefit my photography career (especially for automotive photography), I need to get down to LA. Right now seems like a better time than ever to take a chance. Thus, after tabling at Alternative Press Expo in SF (more on that later), I’ll be moving. Life is crazy, as usual!