you shoes you lose

This piece was for CIO magazine - about a specific website that is using video to sell their merchandise (shoes) - video helps it be more interactive etc. In the roughs i supplied i provided both solutions to the concept of video providing money - and also videos relationship to shoes.
heres some roughs, there were many more...loved this idea - so simple, the pyramid turned on its side - very much the play icon

Las Vegas Weekly Cover

This image was for the cover of Las Vegas Weekly. The feature was about Nevada losing its edge - through roughs i realized that a guillotine blade with a broken edge looks EXACTLY like the state of Nevada and is perfectly clear for the concept of losing an edge. What an amazingly fortunate coincidence. Above is the image (cropped a bit) and i'll post the cover image with the text and title asap - still 100% painted. Below 4 of 11 rough ideas. Thanks so much to Ryan, great to get to work with you! More soon
turning down the vegas sign - "W" doubles as a dimmer switch
talked about the influx of Republicans to the state - thought it would be a neat image to be "shuffling" the two parties together
starts edgy - ends conservative
broken heel
cover :)

Abacus cadabra

Gonna be reading the LaTimes today? Then check this out...
Overnighter about calculating the Oscar winner for best picture (its a relatively new method they're using to vote in the winner (it actually a very old method they're bringing back)) - the article also talked a bit about the controversy of this method - and the idea of picking your favourite one. Anyway, started painting at about 5pm, due the next morning by noon - needless to say...i was tired. Im excited every time Wes calls - he's a great AD and tonnes of fun. Shout out to good buddy Josiah Gordon, and Daniel Downey - two great illustrators well versed in abacus imagery. Have a good sunday everyone

beam me up spotty

another spot - i seem to do a lot of these, someone has to right :)
for the stranger about their book advice column (advises love books or love advice...it involves love) anyway - this is graphically a lot cleaner than my usual work - its just that the size didnt lend itself to a lot of detail and i wanted it to be read without any trouble.
more messier work up soon. fo sho
i was REALLY hoping the "lady and the tramp" bookmark idea would be picked, c'est la vie

its my birthday this month

This was for Phoenix mag - its the first time I've had to paint a building (or anything really) that actually looked like it does in real life. So that was fun. I've wanted to work with Brian for a while and he didnt disappoint. stop by again soon, wont you?

blinded by the light

Quick spot for a really neat article about "shedding light" on adult literacy, programs and institutions (such as libraries). Places like these promote healthy reading habits for life - really excited that blinds look like a library card!!

i fought the law and the law won

Heres a piece i did for American Lawyer about jealousies between core and secondary practices, how they interact and how they are contained. The article had a lot of information, which made getting the right final image tricky and involved lots of roughs :) I was really happy with the direction of the piece and the AD was a real pleasure to work with.
more soon.
Heres some roughs
Thanks for reading, lots more soon.

Op-Edward Scissorhands

it was that title or Op-Edward Cullen.
So heres two recent Op-Eds for the LATimes, it started with one, then another was assigned the next day, both finals due the next day at noon. Needless to say it was a long night.
"Dunce" was about kids who are getting amazing grades but should be failing etc."Trophy" was about cultural inflation in relation to the oscars - how
the award has to reclaim what it means to win, from what it means to be popular.The Art director was the totally awesome Wes Bausmith. Thanks a million Wes!
Thanks for visiting. Jills in england for 10 days, im going crazy with boredom ...call me!!!

Misc.

two spot jobs and two "just for funs"
first - a small spot for Time Out NY - they wanted a construction worker plugging his ears.
next a little spot for Macworld. They wanted a guy on an island, able to use his mac. I can do that! the issue is that working as small as i was everything needed to be a bit more graphic, so it was readable. kinda fun to breath new life into an exhausted metaphor
The last two are a bit unusual for me, but i was so happy to try some fun new stuff - first, a shirt design for Canadian hardcore band Comeback Kid - For their Australian tour i wanted simple, fun, graphic images - sort of trying on my "designers hat" (note to REAL designers - im sorry to EVER refer to myself as one of you...just give me this...)
and Finally, in the same vein, my good friend Greg has been putting on shows in Toronto for ages now and theres a big one in Feb. I happily did the poster for him to help promote it - again very graphic - but handled in a familiar way.
More editorial work up soon. Thanks for stopping by.

learn it

Yikes, Sorry we're already a week in without a post. I'll just make sure this one is long as hell. Its great to be here in 2010 - no sign of flying cars yet, or food in pill form - but maybe soon. This series (only a portion posted) was for AV's 2010 education package. Although I had a bit over two weeks to get all of these done - with other finals and the holidays that time quickly turned into latenights and early mornings. Im really trying to push my work this year - like make some great stuff - so i put a lot of time into the execution. Aside from a bit of tweeking / contrasting in photoshop almost 100% of these are painted. Im finding myself painting more and more, rather than screening and Im having a lot of fun doing it that way. Its nice when your process is refreshed. Lindsay, the AMAZING AD always has so many ideas and such great input. Im so happy everytime I hear from her. Anyway Im going to post lots of rough ideas and a few of the finals... split into two parts the article focuses on getting degrees online and the troubles w/ that - and also going back to school for an MBA - the pro's and cons. -


there were many many more - just to give you an idea of where i was coming from.
Heres a few finals:
balancing work w/ getting the MBA degree
being heldback by the persuit
digital assistance on the journey
Lots more to post this month, Plus Im thrilled to announce that Mark Smith (see links (for some reason i cant get the link to work here)) will be conducting interviews with me on Nonslick.
Im happy to have him on board.
Thanks for reading