I first heard the term “Citizen Designer” while I was in college. I didn’t think much of it then, but recently I was given a wonderful opportunity to discover what that term really means. And in the process I was able to crawl out from under the weight of my own present life situation, take a broader view of the world and was able to give back in my own way, and for me that way is through Art and drawing.… Continue Reading
Recent Blog Posts
The Orange Sketchbook
Summary: A brief post showing some sketches from an older sketchbook. Done in preparation for an upcoming Sketchbook section of the website. This post is an experiment of sorts. The images below are from a sketchbook of mine was create a while ago. I am planning on starting a section of the website that will… Continue Reading
Light During the Darkest Days
It seems amazing to me, that a year ago (11 months technically) I was jumping for joy at a fresh new prospect of creating two book covers for PM Press. Now, here I am almost a full year later, marveling as the second of those books come to fruition on the printed page. As the New Year approaches, one can’t help but to be struck by the wonderful and timely symmetry that this book represents, if you’ll pardon the pun, it creates a nice book-end to 2010!… Continue Reading
Buke and Gass; Where Music Meets Art
Happily, I discovered that Buke and Gass are featured on the most recent (at the time of this post) Tiny Desk Concerts on NPR. I first heard of Buke and Gass while listening to the Radio Lab podcast and was immediately smitten by their unique and charged sound. Of course the next step was to… Continue Reading
A Curious Introduction; a Story of Self Promotion
“A Curious Introduction” represents the first promo created specifically for a targeted audience of Art Directors working in the field of Middle Reader/ Children’s Book publishing. I wanted this first card to present a clear message and to show that I can tell a story with images. The message that it is intended to communicate is simply one of introduction. Which seems appropriate as I introduce my work to a group of people who most likely will be hearing about me for the first time through this piece.… Continue Reading
Society of Illustrators #53 Submissions
Well, wish me luck, the images have been submitted and the bill has been paid! Now it’s all up to the judges at this year’s Society of Illustrators annual show/ contest to vote on this year’s winners and participants in the 53rd Illustration Annual. For my submissions, I had to balance the cost and the… Continue Reading
October Surprise: a Sneak Peek
Well, things have been quite here on the blog… too quite, but, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been busy! Actually I’ve been working up a couple different images. One image is for a charity auction later in the month, and the other is an all out effort to make a promotional piece for Halloween.… Continue Reading
4 Week Challenge: the Wrap Up
I was happy to dive back in with the 4 Week Challenge, which was focused on creating new images. I wanted to start bringing in more “editorial” type of work and so, wanted to bolster my portfolio with some images. With the week turn around time on the images it seemed like an appropriate effort.… Continue Reading
A Brief Flash of Wonder
This week I received my first published book cover! I can honestly say that I have held that book in my hand and looked at it from a whole bunch of different directions, and each time I get a little flash of wonder about the whole thing.… Continue Reading
A Time For Love
The Lovebirds are a response to the the recent overturning of Propostion 8 here in California.… Continue Reading
