Big Boi and Yoko Ono

So, I really like Outkast, therefore I was thrilled when Time Out: Chicago contacted me to do a full page illustration of Big Boi for the upcoming Pitchfork Festival. In the tradition of hip hop stars Big Boi is quite polyonymous, and that's what Time Out wanted to see. His aliases are Sir Lucious Left Foot, Daddy Fat Stacks, Hot Tub Tony, Billy Ocean, and Francis the Savannah Chittlin' Pimp. I had a lot of fun with this one. Hopefully some more hip hop jobs are on the way.

In addition Time Out wanted me to do a quarter page illo about a previous Pitchfork festival incident. Yoko Ono performed in 2007 and was being somewhat difficult in the rehearsal. A dust storm formed in the adjacent baseball field and the Pitchfork team had to soak the field with bottles of water so she would perform.

Check back soon. Hopefully I'll be able to post something related to the long-term project that I've been working on. Thanks!

-B

"We Made You Banner"

Here's a banner I put together for The Toilet Paper, a daily newsletter aimed towards 20-30 somethings. Enjoy!

3x3 Annual!

I got something into the 3x3 Illustration Annual! It's the Anatomy of a Richmond Murder piece I did for Richmond Magazine several months ago. The annual should be available sometime in the Fall. Click here for a list of everyone who got in this year.

Green Students at Dartmouth

It's been awhile since my last post, but a lot has been happening regardless. I went to Costa Rica for a week. Unfortunately my hard drive crashed, but I was able save everything except my newly designed website that I had been working on for the past month>:( , so I'm not sure when the newly designed site will be up and functioning. Also most importantly I've been working on a long term project that I'll keep everyone updated about once the time is right (can't disclose details at this point).

Here's a new one I did about a month ago fom The Progressive about students at Dartmouth College trying to make their campus more green.

Also here are three color variations of Rick Tramonto for Time Out Chicago's Hot Seat column.