got sum' new stuff

And i'll be posting more of it soon, however in the mean time heres a new piece! it was for an article about a nagging girlfriend for "2 Magazine" - the magazine for couples. It was fun for me because i had total freedom. I gave alot of ideas, and was a bit surprised when this one was chosen - fun though. The colours always look "greyish, or mega saturated" when posted on my blog, but in real life i think it looks pretty nice. 2 different versions
lots of new stuff up soon!
thanks for coming by.
Pete

50 told me go 'head switch the style up...

n' if they hate then lettem hate and watch the money pile up.
This is an illo i recently did for Profit Magazine.
The AD was a great guy and really cool with feedback - we went through alot of roughs to get to this point and even a few after (the face looked less arrogant in some later versions). Anyway, the illo is for an article about getting more search engine hits for your website.
This illo gave a good chance to further push my style in some new directions - slow steps - i still want to retain "what i do" but keep evolving.
lemmie know your thoughts - i really had fun with this, and like how it turned out.

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Soooooo, i recently did the Cover of "The Village Voice". The Cover is about Bradley Tusk, the man behind NY's Mayor Bloomberg.
http://blog.silive.com/latest_news/2008/01/01-24-STATEN-ISLAND-MAYOR.jpg
Hes apparently very shady and has had a hand in some crooked deals. The AD (who was wonderful) didnt want a portrait of Tusk, as he's not very well known - but rather have him sort of hiding behind Bloombergs image. She had an interesting idea to have Bloombergs face on a sort of masquerade mask that Tusk was sort of peering out behind. I liked the idea of doing a portrait, and also liked the freedom I received with the drawing. Im in the process of slowly "updating" my style, relying less on lines, and more on shapes - this offered a neat opportunity to pursue that a bit. The RGB jpegs look a bit "grey", but the cmyk verson has a nice contrast and saturation. Anyway, heres the final and a small detail. such a wonderful opportunity.
Im so excited to have done this.
More soon.
Pete