A woman named Audra Wilford came to my close friend Susie Bauer, owner of www.rockscissorpaper.com, requesting a poster design for a fundraiser. Susie was unfortunately tied up in another project and forwarded the opportunity to me. That is always appreciated! Audra has organized a music event in order to raise money for St. Baldricks, a…
I was asked by Giant Robot in Los Angeles to participate in a printmaking group show called Printed Matter. I love printmaking and I do it often, so it’s no surprise that for a printmaking show for whatever reason, I would have one of the most difficult and troublesome printing problems I have ever suffered. …
I just finished this illustration on Friday for the New York Times. The article was about a fella named Ryan Boyette who was part of a Christian group who went to Nuba to teach and help build churches. Boyette fell in love with a woman there and married her, but when Sudanese government began to…
I had the good fortune to do 13 illustrations for the 110th anniversary issue of Popular Mechanics! The mission: to take old illustrations from various years (i.e. 1937) and redraw them with a new spin, but keeping them looking old. What can I say, SUPER FUN. A total of six DIY inventions each with a…
Being an illustrator can lend itself to a lot of solitude. Fortunately, I’m able to fill up my free time cleaning up after my pets thus breaking up the monotony. Actually, I teach and bar tend too so I’m ALWAYS busy. Since moving to Long Beach, I have been a bit of a recluse….
I was contacted a few weeks back by the A.D. who hired me for Harper’s about a year ago. He was doing some A.D. work for High Times Magazine and hit me up for this little ditty. I’m very on the fence with the legalization of marijuana. I don’t personally like the stuff and very…
After an airline mash up of swapping, switching, loosing flyer miles and not to mention lots of plain old cash, a trip originally planned for London became a business trip to the NYC. At the advisement and help of my former instructors (Kids, don’t burn those bridges!), I was able to put together a make…
Almost a year ago I was asked by the folks at Backpacker Magazine to do the cover of their winter catalog “SNEWS”. I obviously jumped at the opportunity because I like to draw and getting the cover of anything feeds my ego. I like it when everyone knows I’m awesome. It’s a hole that can’t…
I was asked to submit an image for a collection of art work for a friend’s art magazine. The theme was very open ended, the idea being women and science fiction. A blank piece of paper might as well be a mountain. I had no idea what to make. Now, if you and I sit…
The Descendents saved my life. When I was a fat kid and super nerd in high school, like many fat kid super nerds, I used to get really depressed. I had my little chubby heart broken a few times and definitely wanted to throw in the towel on occasion. Fortunately, I found the Descendents, or…