I had the opportunity to work with AD Peter Hausler the other day. He asked me to do a couple of illustrations for the Wall Street Journal. The illustrations were about road rage taking other forms. It was a fast turn over and I didn’t get to sleep much, but my students seem to like…
Derrick Brown of Write Bloody Publishing asked me to design a shirt for him to sell and promote his company. I always find shirt graphics a little strange and imagery seems almost arbitrary. Really, if there is no specifics other than the company branding, the goal I suppose is to make something cool. So I…
I recently finished the book cover “Glitter in the Blood” by Mindy Nettifee for Write Bloody Publishing. This was a tough assignment. I’m used to doing a lot of drawing and in this instance it was not the case. I actually got this assignment second hand after it was given to me from another artist. …
Giant Robot ask me contribute to Game Over, a group show of art inspired by video games. Growing up in a strip mall in the suburbs of Los Angeles I quickly learned the value of a dollar. Each day after school I would go to the dry cleaners that my parents owned and operated. Of…
Hot for teacher! I was recently commissioned to do a portrait of an acquaintance’s wife and cat as a one year anniversary gift for her. From my understanding the one year anniversary is supposed to be something paper. It was quite a task to not be able to take my own photo reference of my…
A friend of mine is a city planner for Los Angeles and asked me to do an illustration for a project that he is currently working on. If he gets the green light for his efforts, he’d like me to be an illustrator for the campaign. That would be wonderful!!! Everyone send me some good…
Always a bride’s maid but never a bride. Here is an image I finished a couple of weeks ago for Write Bloody Publishing. Working with the owner Derrick Brown has given me plenty to work on. I think I’ll call this “Beauty and the Beast” or “Roses for Buffalo”? I know! I should call it…
I recently got fed up with my job as a bartender and quit. I worked for that restaurant for over ten years and decided that my personal beliefs and their company vision were too different and that it was time to part ways. I spent a frantic few weeks looking for another bartending job and…
Here is a piece I did in Sunday’s New York Times. As usual I really enjoyed the work so the hours flew by allowing me to forget to feed myself or exercise. I have had a real interest interpreting water lately so expect to see some more of that in the near future.