Had a chance to do some intricate line drawing for this illustration! It was interesting, and almost therapeutic, drawing all of these buildings and windows and streets and antenna and, and, and… And then I got to loosen up and work on a few lifestyle spots of things happening in front of the architecture. Great layout by the AD too.
I was pleased to be asked to contribute my reportage drawings to VAROOM! magazine. The publisher Derek was looking to feature illustrators that reportage live music and he was a fan of the drawings I made of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks last year. Here is a post about that show.
VAROOM! is a great illustration based magazine so check out their website and support the cause!
I’m pleased to announce my inclusion in the Quarry Books release “The Art of Urban Sketching“. It’s a great book filled with many incredible artists, including fellow Studio 1482 members Veronica Lawlor and Margaret Hurst. The book is based on art created for the international sketching blog Urban Sketchers.
I’d like to say a special thank you to author/artist, and Urban Sketchers founder, Gabi Campanario for all of his hard work in putting this book together.
I hope you’ll pick it up at your local book store or online at quarrybooks.com
Had a chance to work with a favorite art director of mine, Stephanie Glaros. The article was one of the more interesting I have read in quite a while as it dealt with the author’s trip to the middle east 40 years ago. It was eye opening to hear his perspective on the mid-east then and now.
This was a fun illustration. I had to figure out how to illustrate “Avoiding a Lap Dance”. The article was really whacky, so I went for the overall mood of our main character, the unwilling patron.
Benefits Canada, the magazine of The Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute handed me an intriguing article to illustrate last month. The article was detailing the difficult road that employees and employers must travel when a cancer diagnosis reaches their office. I challenged myself to come up with an alternative interpretation of the article as I did not want to treat the subject in a literal way as I didn’t feel like it was appropriate (or interesting) for the subject matter. I’m really pleased with how it came out. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Last month I was commissioned by Antenna to do a series of illustrations on the history of the Bra. Yes, the Bra. It was great, a really quirky and unusual assignment, but unfortunately things happened and only 2 of the illustrations were ultimately commissioned…and then only one of them actually ran. So the article, titled “What a Bust” turned out to be accurate in more than one way. No, really, I enjoyed the job very much, I just wish more of the art made it out of the sketch phase.
The hippie and the 50s housewife.
I was contacted last month by Investment Advisor magazine to produce a full page illustration for an article on the gift and estate taxes. To put it mildly, this was not an article loaded with visuals, which is exactly why I loved this assignment. It forced me to look for a different way of illustrating the message. Thankfully the AD was open to the idea and really welcomed a conceptual and abstract approach.
It felt great to play around.
My latest series of illustrations are for the Robb Report Private Aviation Sourcebook. I had a lot of fun reading about luxury airlines and the extravagant perks that are offered to their clients. I was asked to illustrate a gourmet meal (at a beautiful, private table!), a suite for your dogs, and an on board marriage proposal. Wow.
I’m pleased to announce that Merge Records will be using my reportage drawings of Crooked Fingers as the artwork for the upcoming album “Breaks In The Armor”. This is an honor for me as I’ve been a fan of both Merge and Eric Bachmann (Crooked Fingers) for years and have always respected their music immensely. In fact, I basically grew up on their music. For me this is an incredibly fulfilling commission and I just can’t wait to hear the album. Check out the trailer for the album HERE.
Thanks to Eric and Maggie.
I spent some time in NYC a few weeks ago and I had a chance to visit The High Line. The High Line is a park above Manhattan’s west side. Originally an elevated freight railroad line, it was converted into a public park and opened in 2009. It has a really interesting vibe and a totally different feeling from anywhere else I’ve been in NYC.
Those of you familiar with PowerPoint are well aware of its history of artistic limitations. So when I was asked last month to create original designs for a PowerPoint presentation, I was thrilled to hear that Microsoft is working to change people’s perception of what PowerPoint can be. I was one of six artists to participate and I think everyone did a fantastic job bringing a fresh look to such an important application. Check out the design gallery here and download the presentations for free!
Below is the chosen title slide as well as 2 additional designs that I created for presentation. I’d love to hear which is your favorite.
I had the opportunity to do some interesting line illustrations for The PrivateBank of Chicago. I was asked to create “continuous” line drawings for an employee booklet that illustrated “team values”, “stategic objectives” and “best people”. Below are the 3 spreads that I illustrated. Thanks Susan, it was great working with you!
I’m happy to announce that my artwork has been selected by E&J Gallo Winery as the new shipper illustration for their DaVinci wine. My drawing of the town of Vinci, Italy will be placed on all shipping boxes as well as other promotions for the DaVinci brand. It is quite surreal to have my work appear alongside Leonardo DaVinci! A dream come true.
