Roll Back (The Portland Mercury)
Here is an editorial piece I did for The Portland Mercury about removing a planned streetcar extension in the Portland area. Click here for the full article.
Damn You Red Planet!
I was looking at an older poster image I made and decided to do a related image. These are made by ‘inking’ into Photoshop. I used a similar color and texture to keep the images related. The planet images are public domain from NASA.
Wordstock Feature – Portland Mercury
A few weeks ago, Art Director Suji Allen at The Portland Mercury asked if I’d like to do a feature piece for the upcoming Wordstock Festival. The article would need about 10 author portraits with some extra character to them. After a few drafts, I decided on a style that I thought would work well,...
Recent Work Update
Things have been busy lately. Here is an update of some projects I’ve worked on recently or that have recently been published: Frosh Student Guide 2011 Cover // Offbeat // Art Director: Elsa Hahne This is one of my favorite pieces this year. I loved drawing the giant gumbo dish. It was great working with...
Man Signs Dog – Offbeat New Orleans
Here is an editorial illustration I made for an article in Offbeat (New Orleans). You can read the article here. I’ve done a few pieces for them recently and they are great to work with. Every illo has been music related, which is one of the top subjects I enjoy illustrating.I did a handfull of sketches...
Philadelphia Weekly Cover
I illustrated the cover to this week’s Philadelphia Weekly! Here is a larger version of the final without the masthead and text: Below are a few of the initial sketches I sent to the Art Director. There were a few more edits, tweaks and tighter sketches on the octopus layout (#2). I like how it came...
Offbeat New Orleans – Wolfman!
Here’s an illustration I did Offbeat, a music review publication in New Orleans. It illustrates a part of the article about a particularly lively musician known as Wolfman, testing out his new teeth on a bartenders neck. This was put together with using a layer of ink, watercolor, Photoshop color and texture. You can read...
Buckaroo – Original Art on Etsy
My Etsy store is open now and I posted my first item. Check it out here:http://www.etsy.com/listing/72055792/buckaroo-original-painting
The Logic of Sex Laws – Portland Mercury
Here’s another illustration for the Portland Mercury.
Offbeat
Here’s an illustration I did for Offbeat magazine in New Orleans. It’s the header to a listing for a jazz festival. Here’s their website.
Ball Busters – Willamette Week
I did this illustration on an article about Smash Putt. It’s basically miniature golf + alcohol, which is pretty great in my opinion. I think the article mentions this, but the Portland recipe for success seems to be: Something you enjoyed as a teenager + alcohol. You’ve got Ground Kontrol – an awesome classic arcade/bar....
Transformers
My friend Ulises Farinas has been doing some cool stuff for the Transformers comics lately and it got me in the mood to draw a robot in disguise… or at least on his way to being in disguise..
Portland Mercury Editorial Illustrations
Here are a few recent editorial illustrations I did for the Portland Mercury. There is a section on their website that has all the images I’ve done for them, kinda neat: http://www.portlandmercury.com/gyrobase/ImageArchives?by=2431044§ion=22100 . Also the Art Director over there, Scrappers, recently did an interview on Escape from Illustration Island, IT’S GREAT STUFF!: http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2011/03/02/efii-podcast-episode-73-art-director-justin-scrappers-morrison/
