Aaron McKinney - Artist / Illustrator

New Website

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:58:00 +0000

A good friend and multi-talented designer Jared Cheek put my new sight together, if you get a moment check it out!

www.aaronmckinney.com

Lucha Style Takedown

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:29:00 +0000

Illustration from a weekly column in Las Vegas CityLife

Death Panel

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:48:00 +0000

Illustration from a weekly column in Las Vegas CityLife

Nurses, Ambulance Chasing Lawyers & The Hamburglar

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:36:00 +0000

Illustration from a weekly column in Las Vegas CityLife

Alright i've been really busy this past year, between a new baby my first book and illustrations, uploading stuff took a back seat. I'm going to try and upload only the good stuff from the past year one piece a day. Starting with this one.

The Unruly Alphabet

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:20:00 +0000

I've been really busy recently finishing up my first book The Unruly Alphabet due out this fall!

Gibbons in Fantasyland

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:52:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (11/17/09)

Nev. Gov. Jim Gibbons is seeking reelection, let's just say his chances are slim at best.

Modofly - The Disconnect

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:18:00 +0000

Check out these great art-covered journals and sketchbooks at Modofly.

Links to books with my art on the covers:

The Disconnect

Big Fish Eat Little Fish

April Fools

Mad Hatter March Hare

Modofly - Big Fish Eat Little Fish

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Check out these great art-covered journals and sketchbooks at Modofly.

Links to books with my art on the covers:

The Disconnect

Big Fish Eat Little Fish

April Fools

Mad Hatter March Hare

Leiberman Kanye-like

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:24:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (11/3/09 #72)

Joe Lieberman pulled a “Kanye West” on Harry Reid after Reid announced the senate’s health care reform bill. Lieberman went on about how he would caucus with the republicans… big shocker.

Hot Rod Coppers

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:56:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (10/27/09 #71)

There was an incident in Vegas with a policeman... he was cruising down a street at night, going about 70 or so, without his lights on, although his headlamps were lighted... and it's generally regarded as reckless behavior. The story continues, as the cop screamed through the intersection, an oncoming driver attempted a left turn. Needless to say there was a collision. So I got to pay tribute to Ed Roth with two cops in a drag race.

Malpracticing Hepatitis

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:05:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (10/20/09 #70)

There's a medical case going on in Las Vegas in which people got infected with Hepatitis because of really shoddy medical practices. So it's in front of the courts right now and the lawyers came out and are shifting blame to manufacturers of needles or something like that. They wanted to satirize the lawyers by having them cross-examining a hepatitis virus itself, as if they are holding the disease responsible for the malpractice because it exists.

2nd dumbest city in the country

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (10/13/09 #69)

Another study came out, it said Las Vegas was the second dumbest city in the country. So, they wanted to assemble a Las Vegas style version of the A-team. Assembling the best and brightest of what Las Vegas has to offer.

Tasers are in the air

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:38:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (10/6/09 #68)

This one revolves around some happenings out in California, where the police tasered a man with no legs and removed him from his wheelchair and placed him handcuffed on the ground.

9th worst place to raise a kid

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:43:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (9/29/09 #67)

Las Vegas is the 9th worst place to raise a kid. So they want to do a kiddie pool at Rehab.

The Lowly Custard Shop

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:06:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (9/22/09 #66)

Peeps in Las Vegas are mad at Mindy Kaling from The Office for talking smack about a Las Vegas neighborhood. So they wanted to do a piece where Dwight Schrute is escorting her to the very scary neighborhood, defending her with his nun-chucks.

Insurance Regulators

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:09:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (9/15/09 #65)

Insurance regulators are hosting a gala for people in the insurance industry. So, the people who are making the rules are inviting the people who are supposed to abide by the rules to a party with booze and a boat ride retreat-type thing on a lake.

Water Restrictions

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:04:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (9/8/09 #64)

A new watering schedule went into practice in Las Vegas so we're bringing back our new friend Pat Mulroy.

Pandering Reid

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:11:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (9/1/09 #63)

Harry Reid was doing a bit of pandering, bringing a prop to a speech... a GUN! And he was talking about how it was his special friend. So, they wanted do Reid as Rambo.

Chestnut Pimp

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:12:00 +0000

Another one for the Ask Eddy Column in Canoe & Kayak Magazine.

Water Pipeline

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:03:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (8/25/09 #62)

I’ve been really bad about updating recently, had a lot going on. I’ll try and put up one a day till I get caught up.

This lady name Pat Mulroy has been the person pushing it along. And they are, naturally, looking to pipe in water from ruralities to Las Vegas, because, dammit, people here are gonna get thirsty after a while. They are having this meeting to supposedly debate whether the pipeline is going to be built, but it's apparently a "foregone conclusion," as my editor says. I think this meeting is just some sort of pretense of taking opinions, but the thing is going to get done, no matter what.

Unruly Mob

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:18:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (8/18/09 #61)

This week, they want to talk about people getting ready for the healthcare forums. You know, there are protests going on and the mob is getting riled up.

Aging Metalheads

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Some illustrations i did for a book on aging metalheads.

Kid out of water

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:14:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (8/11/09 #60)

Kids have been drowning in swimming pools in Las Vegas... and I am not entirely sure what to think about it. It is very terrible, but I'm finding it hard to understand a spike in such a thing. The approach for this one was to focus on how to keep kids safe in pools.

Chest of Horrors

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:12:00 +0000

A piece for OC Weekly.

A truly bizarre story if you are interested-

Chest of Horrors

Church Nightclub

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron McKinney) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:07:00 +0000

Weekly Slant Column in Las Vegas CityLife (8/4/09 #59)

This illustration was based on the license denial and subsequent closure of a big nightclub in Planet Hollywood. In Las Vegas they market themselves as naughty, do-anything, etc., but once you REALLY get naughty, you get busted. So, the ONLY nightclub that could possibly satisfy the sanctimonious Gaming Control Board; is a place called The Church nightclub.