Seattle Weekly Thelonious Monk
Monday, October 29, 2007
I did this a few weeks ago for Seattle Weekly. The art director from City Pages (Twin cities) Moved over to Seattle Weekly and liked my stuff so she gave me a call. This was about Thelonious Monk and his weird sporatic playing style. I'm a fan of Monk so of course I took this job. I never saw how the final layout looked.
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Children's Book Idea
Saturday, October 20, 2007
I finally found some time to finish this illustration. it's been sitting half finished for months. I was going to try to make a children's book story out of these guys. It's all written down but i still need to draw everything out. A few publishers told me that my Jason's smelly pants book idea is too hyper realistic for kids and I am afraid that I made these guys to gruesome and hyper-realistic as well. What do yall think?
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Tanuki from Kenka
Sunday, October 14, 2007
This is a sketch i did a while ago of this tanuki "racoon dog" that sits on the counter by the cash register in a great japanese drinking place called Kenka on st. marks place. They have a huge tanuki statue in the front of the restaurant in another style with glowing red lightbulb eyes. after wikipedia research they usually wear a straw hat, carry a bottle of sake, and a bill they will never pay in the other hand. i have heard they are sort of a symbol of drunkiness. I should further develop this guy but knowing those japanese im sure they beat me to it like centuries ago.
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Risen Magazine Interview
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Alicia Frank for Risen Magazine interviewed me this summer and its finally out in their oct/nov issue now. it has two spreads of my work. Pretty cool to see but it feels weird.
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riverfront times
Thursday, October 04, 2007
this is a half page illo for their weekly calendar page. Its a paper from st. louis. the featured event that week was this series of Scottish games held annually. One of the events is something about throwing logs the furthest.
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LA Times
Friday, September 28, 2007
This is a quick turn around for the LA times, It will be out in this sunday's paper in the sunday opinions column, running in b/w. I've just gotta the the NY Times now! the story is about healthcare reforms. I tried to make the nose a little different, i dont know if its working, but i have to do these little experiments to keep it fun for me.
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Printmaking class
I am taking a printmaking class at FIT and it has been kind of a drag until this week. This is a self portrait assignment in woodblock form. I printed it this week and it came out looking pretty crazy/funny. its drying so next week ill post that up. so i am liking the class more now. but i dont think it worth it for all the hrs of carving wood. anyway i'll see how i do with linonleum. i think i should just start doing my own thing but the proffessor is such a nice guy i feel bad about going against the grain.
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rides magazine
Monday, September 24, 2007
this is for rides magazine. the "talkin crash" section. Rapper David Banner was rear ended by a blond on her cell phone.
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chico news and review cover
here is this weeks cover for the Chico News and Review. I had to change it to green because the the theme is green/sustainability on the inside. Interesting that they would call me for this one. I've worked with them before but im more of a people illustrator as opposed to a tree guy, but i suprised myself. Still like the red one better but oh well.
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My Midwest magazine
Thursday, September 20, 2007
this is a full page and a spot for Midwest airline's inflight magazine "my midwest" This is the first job i have gotten as a result of doing that art directors club illustration review day back in the summer. the article is about one bad apple in the office ruining the whole bunch. chain reaction stuff leading to bad behavior and performance in everyone. This came out different than my other stuff i guess.
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jazz sketches
I finally got to a jazz club on sunday and sketched a couple of the players. They were a "latin jazz" group but their line up was weird. the lead was a trombone player. he was tall skinny and perfect for drawing. they had a trumpet, piano, upright bass, drums, and a conga player. i was happily suprised they were good. its "smoke" on 106 and broadway. i miss sketching and i miss live jazz, i should make it a sunday thing.
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Westchester Magazine
Friday, September 07, 2007
for an article about how hard it is to start your own restaurant. this guy has to do accounting, paper work, contracts, market, promote, taste test, be a chef, cut red tape, etc.... one of the few times i have made up a face out of my head. also the first time i've signed the piece in the corner. was trying to go for a slightly different look this time.
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UTNE reader magazine
Thursday, September 06, 2007
an illo for utne magazine. it will be out in november.
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Washington Post Style/Arts cover
Sunday, September 02, 2007
the style and arts sections of the post are merged now. this is the cover for this sunday about amateurs like reality TV show stars coming up on proffessional actors and taking over. It printed huge again. hooray!
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jazz times magazine
Saturday, August 25, 2007
this was a quick turnaround full page for jazz times. its for an article about international students coming to america to study jazz in its birthplace.
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American Medical news
Saturday, August 18, 2007
this is an illustration for american medical news. the article is about new technology in the medical field and getting consumers to embrace it. this is how the final layout came out
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The book of Bob Updated!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
I had the fortune of seeing bob this weekend. I had a chance to sketch him twice! i had to follow him around the house while he read that g-darn harry potter book. its been way too long since i have drawn bob, and way too long since i've even sketched in my sketchbook. i had forgotten how good it feels when you don't care about the outcome. must not forget sketchbook. bonus i foound these sketchs from xmas time i forgot to scan ! see all of bob here. B.O.B. (book of bob)
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Rides magazine
Sunday, August 05, 2007
for an article about rapper "Kia Shine" and his accident in is crysler sebring where the hood ended up flying off as he was trying to indescreetly drive home because he was driving without a licence.
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Backbone magazine
another full page illo for backbone magazine (canada) its for an article about public acess wi-fi being brought to downtown toronto. its kind of a different style than i usually do because usually i dont have to draw tons of buildings.
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Washington Post Sunday Arts cover
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Here is how it ran today. pretty cool its so huge.
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