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The Thing

admin — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:04:38 +0000

The always inspiring movie “John Carpenter’s The Thing” motivated me to work on this image. I did the inks on several layers and Heather added another dimension to it with some awesome colors.

Gimme Shelter // Willamette Week

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:54:35 +0000

I’ve done a handful of illustrations of Portland Mayor Sam Adams for both Willamette Week and The Portland Mercury. He’s often in the news. Here’s the latest one that has to do with his recent interactions with the regional public transit system in the area.

Art Director Ben Mollica and I went through some sketches to come to this final illustration that best illustrated the article. Below are the sketches:

See the illustration and article on Willamette Week’s website here: http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19425-gimme_shelter.html

In defense of foie gras // Las Vegas Weekly

admin — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:41:14 +0000

Here’s a spot illustration I did for Ryan at Las Vegas Weekly.

You can read the full article online here: http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2012/jul/05/one-las-vegas-chefs-defense-foie-gras/
Below is the round of sketches. We both liked the force-fed chef, but the first one worked best for the viewpoint of the article:

Dogfight

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:54:45 +0000

Gearing up for the political season, here is a new promo illustration. This is set up for a magazine spread, but also works well at about postcard size. I’m interested to hear the feedback on this image because I wanted to play off of how each side (Democrat and Republican) sees the other side, but also maybe close to how they see themselves.

I decided to keep the colors mostly solid for a contrast effect, but decided to add some texture in the background to soften the vibration between red and blue.

Here’s an image of part of the inks in progress:

Oscar Whispers // Grantland Quarterly #3

admin — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:57:13 +0000

Here is one of the pieces I did for Grantland Quarterly #3. This series of books are full of awesome illustrations! Check it out here: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/grantland-issue-3

Cous cous

admin — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:56:26 +0000

Belvedere

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:33:13 +0000

Mad Men

admin — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:21:23 +0000

I’ve been catching up on Mad Men on Netflix this weekend for the season 5 premiere tomorrow. Here’s a Don Draper ink drawing.

Work Weak

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:19:15 +0000

Here is a new personal piece. Sometimes it can just be a long week at the office. Created with ink and Photoshop, but set up well for silkscreen separations.

Roll Back (The Portland Mercury)

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:52:00 +0000

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.