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!
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.
It’s been a while since I worked for Gulfshore Business, but last month I was asked to create 2 illustrations for an article about tourism. The first dealing with ‘culinary tourism’ and the second, ‘medical tourism’. Basically, Florida tourism is being driven by food and healthcare! You can read the article here.
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.
A little late with this post, but better late than never! Last December’s piece for Denver Magazine was about Advanced Sommelier Dustin Wilson. I was asked to illustrate his unique rise to the top of his profession. A great lesson learned. I enjoyed trying to show this in one quarter page image!
I was commissioned for the cover and feature article in this month’s The Scientist magazine. It’s a very insightful article linking skin disorders and allergies. Thanks to Ash, he’s a great guy to work with.
I recently completed a commission for Senior Market Advisor Magazine. The concept “A Day in the Life” was pitched to me as a behind-the-scenes look at an advisor and his family run business. With 14 illustrations in all, and the cover, this was a fantastic assignment. Mary the AD was great to work with and I think she did a great job with her daily journal concept for the layout. Below is the cover and a few of the interior spreads.
Below is the piece that I wrote about last week. It was a fun illustration to do, the concept of the illustration is that apps have been developed that act like personal trainers. Read the article here.
This was a great job. Joelle, the AD allowed me a lot of creative freedom with this series and I’m really happy with how it all worked out. The theme of the article, “The Empowered Patient”, discussed how we, the patient, now have more information at our fingertips than ever before and it is not only in our best interest to become educated about our health, but our knowledge is also becoming a great asset to healthcare providers.
Recently I was commissioned by a new client for a feature illustration, Investment Advisor magazine. Whenever I work for a new client I try to add something different to my work in order to keep evolving artistically as well as to offer something unique to the client. For this assignment I was able to get back to painting, something I truly love and I feel adds a much needed layer of depth to my work. It was a real joy to work on this piece and I had a great time working with the AD. If you’d like to read the article, click here.
I was recently asked to illustrate a monthly column for Denver magazine. The focus of the column is food, which is a favorite topic of mine, so I couldn’t be happier. Here is my first illustration for the column, based on an article about the ice cream craze in Denver. Read the article here.
