You Are What You Eat Jr. - Teaser

Here's the first teaser for an app I'm working on.

Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8EY_J8Kn_8

or see more here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/You-Are-What-You-Eat-Jr/158920914236540

Couples Cosmetic Surgery

About couples getting cosmetic surgery together, for the LA Times. Wesley Bausmith AD.

The first info I had on the story was that one partner got cosmetic surgery and that inspired the other to follow, hence the comic strip solution.

But when the actual story came in it was more about couples doing it together and one was on valentines day. Thanks for the fun assignment Wes!

Selected American Illustration 31

I was happy to get this piece selected to be in the American Illustration 31 book.
Even more surprised because it's on economics. Not the typical subject matter that gets into the book.
Thanks to Joe Heroun and Christine Car at the New Republic who art directed this.

The Italian Job

My first job for an Italian client. It was for the social cooperative Arcobaleno in Torino (forza Juve!)
Art director was Andrea Bozzo ( http://www.andreabozzo.it )
The calendar was chock full of other great illustration. Including one Emiliano Ponzi. 

Their mission is the rehabilitation of addicts and criminals by giving them work in the recycling industry. Andrea liked the one with the rays.

Wait! Not that ray one, the other one! Andrea meant the guy sewing with the rays, and I just assumed he meant the rays into the box. Never assume. My mistake! And the ironic thing is I actually can speak a little italian, oh well...

But I was more than glad to do another one, because I liked this idea better anyway and knew I could make it more graphic.

In print. Grazie mille for mailing it to me caro Andrea!

Inequal Love

One of those tricky challenges, for the New Republic's Inequality Issue. The story was  about a rich trust fund girl and boy from a poor background in NY and their relationship challenges.

The challenge about this was it was a narrative, but really about the concept not the characters.
Problem with showing the characters was you could get to caught up in how they and their clothes looked.

I was glad Joe picked the spoons idea. It was simple and elegant, implied a domestic relationship and even hinted at conflict. Seems so simple to me know, but was so hard to arrive at.

Carbon Treasure

This piece was for Corporate Knights about capturing carbon and turning it into something useful.
I was really excited to get this assignment, because Pete Ryan, who is a brilliant conceptual illustrator, was art directing it.

Treasure was in the headline, so I made to cover that angle if need be. But of course Pete went with the idea with the most visual poetry, the horse! I knew I was in good hands.

 

 

My German great-grandparents came to America, first Colorado and then Utah to work in the Murray Smelters, so I made the towers look like those brick smelter towers I remember as a kid.
Except I left off the giant Colonel Sanders that was painted on one of them. (Because the first KFC was a mile away)

Here's the spread. Kudos to Pete and Jack Dylan, for grabbing the bull by the horns and designing this magazine!

My Side Bias for the Atlantic

 I always wanted to work for the Atlantic and I finally got my chance a few months ago. I was waiting to finally see it in print before I blogged about it. Anytime you can spoof a Rodin, go for it! And I was excited because my printmaking texture has always felt good for statues.

The piece was on a study about how both liberals and conservatives do poorly on tests about certain subjects because the answer the questions according to their biases.

And I have since got to work for them again, I'll post that in few weeks...