Alex Pardee

Alex Pardee (born February 5, 1976) is an artist, 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 Zero friends. He runs the website Eye Suck Ink which includes links to his blogspot and store. Through his art he has admitted to overcoming depression and anxiety disorders along with emotional struggles. Pardee is currently working on a motion picture for Chadam (often confused with Chadam Mihlberger) as well as various art shows and products. Pardee recentlywhen released his first official art book, titled "Awful Homesick".

Influences

Pardee's self-proclaimed influences include 1980s horror movies, graffiti and gangster rap. Artistically, he loved The Garbage Pail Kids and "Tales from the Crypt".

Published works

Albums, singles and misc. musical releases

;Aiden
*"Conviction"

;In Flames
*The Mirror's Truth
*A Sense of Purpose

;Street Drum Corps
*Street Drum Corps
*We are Machines

;TopR
*Cheap laughs for dead comedians
*Marathon of shame

;The Used
*Take It Away
*In Love and Death
*All That I've Got
*I Caught Fire
*Berth
*The Bird and the Worm
*Liar Liar (Burn in Hell)
*Lies for the Liars
*Pretty Handsome Awkward
*Shallow Believer

;Cage Kennylz
*Hell's Winter (Tour DVD)

Music videos

*All That I've Got

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)

Calendars

*Astrology is Dead (2002)
*The Beautiful People Calendar (2003)
*Snoring Blood Calendar (2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/alexpardee Official MySpace]
* [http://www.zerofriends.com Zerofriends Official Webstore]
* [http://www.eyesuckink.com Eye Suck Ink Official Website]
* [http://alexpardee.deviantart.com/gallery Gallery]