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Graduation

May 11, 2012 | mkalami

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 | mkalami

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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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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Up!

April 25, 2012 | mkalami

Spiraled House, watercolor in moleskine

This guy needs an elevator. This is what happens when you begin exploring the oblong shape of an opened moleskine watercolor book.

Guidance

April 12, 2012 | mkalami

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

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Virtually Spring

March 30, 2012 | mkalami

Virtually Spring, pencil drawing/digital Here’s my New Yorker cover submission for the theme of the week: Spring. I’m conveying a very common scene on the streets of NYC these days. Everyone is wrapped up in their electronic devices … Read More

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Figure Drawing

March 29, 2012 | mkalami

Pets make great models. Especially ones who move around a lot. They provide constant inspiration and help to get you to think about shape and gesture.

Tax Maze

March 23, 2012 | mkalami

Tax Maze, digital (click to zoom)

Here’s my idea to mark April 15th, Tax Day for The New Yorker magazine.

March MADness

March 21, 2012 | mkalami

MAD MAN, digital (click to zoom)

“We’re going to sit at our desks and keep typing while the walls fall down around us because we’re creative – the least important, most important thing there is.” … Read More

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Preparing for MADness

March 19, 2012 | mkalami

MAD MEN concept. Graphite on paper (click to zoom) It’s been some seventeen months since we’ve seen them, but things are shaping up. MAD MEN Season 5 Premiere on Sun., Mar. 25 at 9pm ET/PT on AMC. Color version coming soon.Read More

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