Foreign Policy Cover

 

Final Cover

Roughs I sent to Lori the AD on this.

Monmouth Magazine cover

 

Cover for Monmouth University magazine

Topic was climate change. Here's the roughs I sent to the design firm, Dog Ear Consultants. I felt the iceberg globe coming apart coming apart had the most graphic potential so I developed it just a little but further the other roughs. Patrick the AD on this agreed, so we went with that one.

Normally I sent the AD a tight color sketch before going to final but it wasn't necessary in this case because the ice had to be a cool white and the ocean a cool color, either blue or blue-green.

The only color to fiddle with was to make the polar a warm off-white to pop him a bit.

And the design firm must have liked it, because they use it on their main website to highlight their work for Monmouth University. Thanks Patrick!

Teton Valley Magazine Cover

 

For their 25th anniversary Teton Valley Magazine (local to me) 

decided to have me illustrate their cover for the special occasion.

Here's the first set of roughs.

Then Kate and Sage narrowed it down to these 6.

Next I needed flesh these out a bit...

Trying out some colors...

to see which idea has the most potential...

With the direction chosen, now time for some experimentation.

Getting closer....

Trying some simple colors, but doesn't work.

Doesn't feel snowy enough and the 25 isn't popping.

Just right, feels snowy and the 25 pops.

Publishers were so happy with the cover, they decided to have 

250 limited edition signed 18x24 posters made of it to sell.

And it won some awards too :)

Border for Williams magazine

 

For Williams magazine

Sketches sent. The art director on this (Lily Pereira) decided on the face with the fence across them but to switch the fence out with red tape since the editor wanted to focus on the bureaucratic obstacles for immigrants.

Tight color sketch sent.

Another tight color sketch with art director and editor requested tweaks, to make sure everything is good be I go to final.

They also wanted a spot that would kind of tie in with the cover of the book the article is based on.and that 

Because it is referenced visually at the start of the article.

So this was our solution to that.

 Spot in print

Final layout with brilliant typography by Lilly.

Spiritual and Financial Fraud

 

"Spiritual and Financial Fraud"

for the Ensign magazine

Some roughs, dropped a few into the layout the AD on this (Hailey Wagner) 

had supplied to me at the start.

Here's some the accompanying spots.

Thanks Hailey!

Covid-19 series for Deloitte

 

So coronavirus kept me busy illustration wise in 2020. Mainly this series for Deloitte.

The above Black Swan cover was probably my favorite from the series.

Here's the roughs. The initial idea got modified as me and the art director worked it out.

Below are some other of my favorite covers from the series. It was a challenge because it had to work with sub-brands and Deloitte brand colors etc.

 

Here's thumbnails of a most of the covers.

And here's the first set of roughs I made for this series. The AD Matt Lennert made a key move at the start of this project by identifying the visual potential of the spilt virus background idea and a way to build an entire series off of, which was huge.

Soccer

For Science and Letters magazine on how soccer can unite and divide us.

The AD saw the simple potential of the figures forming a face. As you can see I was favoring the upper left one. That's why AD's get credit for every illustration in an annual. They are a huge part of an illustration's success, in this case Tim Madle, Landesberg Design.

 

The spread in the magazine, thanks Tim!