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Art Directing 2065

December 6, 2012 |

A tale of an Art Director, a roving Illustrator and Vampire Aliens

I recently produced a book jacket for a Science Fiction series set in 2065: E.E. Knight’s Vampire Earth series. I was given a list of expected and … Read More

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Living without the Light

November 5, 2012 |

Moonlight After Storm, gouache on watercolor paper, 12×13 (click to zoom)

Last weekend we met Hurricane Sandy and now a week later we still sit in darkness. Sandy’s wrath was magnified by the full moon and the Tuesday night after … Read More

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The Dog Days of Summer

July 13, 2012 |

According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the Dog Days of Summer is the 40 day period beginning on July 3rd through August 23rd. The Romans marked a similar period where the weather became hot and rainfall was at its … Read More

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Lunch Lines

July 5, 2012 |

Would Automats look like this today or is it these brands which have taken their place? Digital (click to zoom) Iconic NYC foods. After completing this, I went back in a revised it to show the black and white … Read More

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NEW YORKER: from contest to cover

June 18, 2012 |

My cover idea sketch, picked as a runner-up.Françoise Mouly’s commentary on my idea: “A simple idea, rendered efficiently. Not the first thing one wants to think about at the word ‘wedding,’ but it’s undeniably a real part of it.” The … Read More

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CELLabration!

June 8, 2012 |

CELLabration! digital (Click to zoom) Here’s my sketch submission for a New Yorker cover with this week’s theme: Independence Day

Duck lips seemed appropriate here but I thought that it may not come across well and may be one … Read More

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Graduation

May 11, 2012 |

Gradual Graduates, digital (click to zoom) Stepping In, pencil drawing, colored digitally (click to zoom)

Here are my two sketches for New Yorker covers for this week’s theme: Graduation.

The bottom one was my first idea based on a … Read More

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Books

May 4, 2012 |

Books, pencil sketch

Here’s my New Yorker cover sketch for this week’s theme: Books.

The theme is very general. Are we talking about the joy of reading or the conversion of readers from physical books to digital books or something … Read More

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The Rich and the Poor

April 27, 2012 |

Here’s my New Yorker cover submission for the theme of the week: The Rich and the Poor.Is he homeless? tired? a protester? part of the 1%?The theme for this week is: The Rich and the Poor. The figure is placed against … Read More

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Guidance

April 12, 2012 |

Guidance, ink, pencil and watercolor pencil (click to zoom)

I’m certain that people can find all sorts of meaning behind the visuals here. I worked left to right with no plan in mind and this was the result.

What does … Read More