3x3

I totally forgot to mention that I got piece into the 3x3 juried annual that is currently on sale at bookstores. There's a lot of good work in this year's annual, so I definitely recommend taking a look. Enjoy!

Lots and lots of little people!

I just did a portrait of Meredith Whitney for Globe and Mail's Report on Business, a Canadian publication. Think of it like the USA Today of Canada. Mrs. Whitney is a stock analyst who regularly appears on TV news speaking her mind about the state of the economy and and the the stock market. She's known for being very outspoken and having a much more dire outlook than many of her colleagues. So I decided to draw her confidently walking through a sea of her peers. Drawing all the little people was a challenge and a lot of fun. I sent them two different versions to choose from.





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People Who Died

I just completed thirteen portraits including one for the cover of The Philadelphia City Paper. Since there were so many monumental celebrity deaths in 2009 The City Paper found it only suitable to pay homage to other accomplished people who did not have their names splashed all over the tabloids. I really enjoyed doing the type by hand and drawing the border which is something I do not normally do in my illustrations.

Here's a compiled version and a close-up of Helio Gracie. Click on the image to see a larger version:

Here's a list and a brief description of everyone shown above:

1. Marilyn Chambers (porn sweetheart)

2. Harry Kalas (Phillies announcer) cover version

3. Helio Gracie (ultimate fighting grandpappy)

4. Allen Klein (manager/agent of Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles)

5. Donald Westlake (pulp novelist)

6. Sylvia Schur (inventor of Clamato, among other things)

7. Rashied Ali (jazz drummer)

8. Jack Cardiff (cinematographer)

9. Jack Rose (guitarist)

10. Harry Kalas (Phillies announcer)

11. Linda Cohen (classical guitarist)

12. Judith Krug (library defender)

13. Richard Whitcomb (aerodynamic engineer)

14. Joaquin Rivera (Latin musician)

Ben Bernanke and Bear Troy

Here's a new one for Stocks & Commodities. What we have here is Ben Bernanke using some crafty techniques to do battle w/ the economic crisis. I'm a huge history buff so naturally this was a lot of fun to work on. Hopefully it'll be on the cover some time next month.



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Thanks everybody!

Hair'em Scare'em

Some of my art is included in a book released this month by Gestalten. It's called Hair'em Scare'em, and it's dedicated to contemporary art and design themed around hair. Here's the publisher's description:

Hair'em Scare'em presents an extraordinary exploration through the fascinating beauty and inventive possibilities of hair as a medium for artistic expression in contemporary art and design. The book documents this palpable trend into a visual sourcebook that presents a captivating collection of hairy works in graphic design, photography, illustration and art as well as interior design, fashion and jewelry design. The extraordinary works featured in this book are the best indication of trends in hair outside the mainstream.

Here are some of the featured spreads from the book's website. Click here or on any images to be redirected there.

Time Out Chicago and the Progressive again

Just finished another one for The Progressive. This one is about foreclosures particularly in black and other minority communities.


Here are three color variations of Kendal Duque I gave to Time Out Chicago for their Hot Seat Column.

Stocks and Commodities and The Progressive

It's been awhile since my last post, but I've been keeping pretty busy this past month so I have a lot to show for it. This first piece, for Stocks and Commodities Magazine, was about the uncertainty and immobility of the stock market of the past year. I love drawing bears and bunches of little people, so naturally this was a lot of to work on.



I especially like working on projects that involve creating images for social issues and/or current political events. This illustration is for the October issue of the Progressive and is about how bad the unemployment issue is in New Orleans right now.