12/24/09 - 11.58 PM

Super city !

beware to the giant squirrel !!!

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Train Spotting

Recently I worked with Joseph Heroun at The New Republic magazine. We worked on the cover art. We've worked together before, and he was one of the first art director's to encourage me to work with a my more simple direct approach. Joe had an idea in mind which he described to me. I liked the idea as well, and after a few rough sketches, final art was under way. We wanted to keep the colors somber, and dark. The sketches have their own quality which I liked. I began to wonder if executing the piece in an alternative approach might be better. I was waffling, but Joe's direction was a real support. I've found that "sketching" roughs for a looser direct brush mark can get tricky. The direct graphic brush approach in the final is difficult to indicate with a pencil. The rough sketches tend to veer towards another approach. I am proud of the final cover, and the Art Director played a very helpful role in this situation. I'm not always thrilled with concepts floated at me, but when it's working in my opinion....well it's working.

End of Holidays (allegory)

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Shocking

Another automotive Technolgue Illustration from Motor Trend. There are many engineers trying to harness energy from many of the mechanical processes going on in a moving car. Well what about the energy generated in shock absorbers? Well it's being developed now. The energy & heat in the shock absorbers of a car can feed power into the electrical system. This means that a bumpier road just might just be the better one. The details are on the newsstand now.Final Art

Punks

Last July 4th weekend I did a cover for LA Weekly. Subject is, "how two veterans of the L.A. punk scene wound up on a collision course, until only one was left standing, the other shot once through the heart at point-blank range with a .25 caliber handgun". The art director, Darrick Rainey suggested the classic face card composition, and I offered a scene sketch. I fleshed out his suggestion which I liked as well. Went with the brush and ink approach for a "punky" feel. Bright contrasty colors for newsprint. Fun assignment.

blub! blub?!

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Sub Bust Security

Recently finished assignment with the art director, Roy Comiskey, at Security Management magazine. Working with Roy is a pleasure. He's a real fan of illustration and painting. Talking over the assignment with him is a mix professionalism, and fun. The subject is about the ongoing struggle to stop converted vessels loaded with illegal drugs from entering U.S. waters. The converted vessels are sub-like in their final form. Very low to the waterline as to make them almost undetectable.

Lost!

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Robotic Hands

I'm still grinding gears with Andy Foster at Motor Trend magazine, and lovin' it. The Technologue column is at the front of the magazine, and highlights mechanical topics within the automotive world. My Father was a civil engineer who impressed upon me an armchair appreciation of machines. Doing illustrations of the workings in engines is an interesting challenge. My images are definitely not the noble diagrams of engine manuals, but a playful riff on the subjects.
We're talking about variable combustion ratios, VCR, not old tapes. This is pretty amazing technology that increases an engine's capabilities while greatly impacting it's fuel consumption on the fly.

Attack of the Snowmen

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Darwin was wrong !

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The art director at Motor Trend, Andy Foster, is easy to work with. There is also a regular column at the start of the magazine titled "Technologue". It addresses current technological developments in the automotive world. As an armchair gearhead I quite enjoy the challenge. This ones about planetary gears.

Tour de France

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Retired

Hi guys,

I don't need work anymore. I struck it rich. Well, first, I was out hunting. Things were rough, and I still needed to eat, so I figured I would try to bring in some meat. And then I came upon this truck that had a satchel of money in it. It also had heroin in the rear bed, but I don't approve of drugs, so I only stole the money. So I am pretty well taken care of financially. Now if I can only keep away from this maniac with a high pressure air hose, I'm set.

So I'm retired, see you....

Robert Rodriguez

After The Flood

Oils on board

Recent illustration for the National Labor Federation. Subject is the disaster in disaster relieve. Katrina, and other major events have exposed the failure of the Government's ability to address these crises. The stock market rallied yesterday, but that crisis was manmade. The other events/crises quite often end up going begging, and relying on charity. In some ways I felt the image kinda describes the landscape on a couple of levels.

Wild life

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Back to Civilisation

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Happy 2000 !

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Cat City

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Life on the Nautilus

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Conde Nast Traveler

I'll have two pieces in the upcoming April issue of Conde Nast Traveler. Here's one:

Art Director: Byron Regej

Cover Art BusinessWeek Feb.16th - Exxon

I worked with the art director, Andrew Horton, at BusinessWeek magazine. Andrew pretty much had his idea for the cover nailed down when he phoned. So I focused on fleshing it out, and offering a subtle shift. It was sketch #2 that was working for him.

I drew up three rough pencils;




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New York Times - Pastime

Aviva Michael phoned with an assignment for the week in review section of the New York Times. The art was for the weekend of the Super Bowl, and subject being on America's number one pastime. I guess in a number of survey's it's been football that has come out on top. Although more people actually play baseball. Basketball's placement varied from survey to survey. The art was going to appear in color, and black & white. I shuffled the colors for the different applications.

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PC World - Grading Tech

Well here's my first post; A recent assignment was for PC World magazine. The exciting subject of tech support! The art director, Beth Kamoroff described the subject as being the grading of the follow-up service offered by the big tech companies. We went to final art with sketch#2.

Ian Dingman: How Lovely

Urbanest has a collection of some of my new pieces now on display. 5228 N. Clark, Chicago. Ends 2/28.

NYT Book Review

Martin Haake: NYT Book Review 2/1/09