Cow's Milk for Babies

 Here's a quick one for the Wall St. Journal Health section on the debate of cow's milk for babies.

Holstein cows have such graphic possibilities I knew this was going to be a fun job. Thanks Pete!

Standford redesign by Pentagram

Pentagram (the NYC office), just redesigned Stanford's School of Business Magazine.

I always feel honored and pressure on a redesign, because they are putting alot of trust in you.

The editors were pleased apparently, because they requested me for the next issue.

This one was about working from home vs. the office.

 I added some color to their favorite roughs to help them pick.

Thanks Shigeto!

Here's the cover of the magazine (paper illustration by Owen Gildersleeve) which I thought turned out great!

Scientific American

For Scientific American.

On the barrier around the brain that prevents certain drugs from entering the brain.

Ballpoint pen and ink brush to get the veins right.

Making a face and seeming anatomically correct at the same time, took a few attempts.

Music You Hate

Trying to learn to appreciate the music you hate, for the LA Times.

My favorite was the skunk note, but I think Paul was the wiser to choose the trash can headphones.

Applied Arts 2013 Illustration Annual

I was glad to see this personal piece I did get into the latest Applied Arts Annual. Thanks judges!

Lenin

Got to do a portrait of Lenin for the Wall Street Journal last week.

I love doing conceptual historical portraits, it was a dream job for me.

The article talked alot about Lenin's infamous micromanaging during the a sealed train ride from Switzerland to Russia in 1917, so I had to include the train angle.

I was glad my AD of AD's Keith Webb went with the more general graphic portrait...
But it still needed some work, here's a bit of the finessing....

Spin Doctors

 "Spin Doctors"  for M le magazine du Monde, Paris.
Art directed by Federica Rossi.

I don't think I had worked for a french client before, so that was exciting.
Luckily her english was great.

They wanted a secondary smaller illustration as well.

The spread, too bad I can't read french.

And in print I got in the mail.
Merci Federica!