Freelancing
February 4th, 2022 | Posted in Freelancing
It’s been a while but I did the art for a new piece in the latest issue of the long running U.K. humor comic Viz!, but I have one in a recent issue. The feature is a mashup of the TV show “Mad Men” and the film series “Mad Max”. I love doing these features for Viz, few and far between as they are. They are challenging because the panels are REALLY SMALL, having to cram 15 or so panels per page with room for all the word balloons. Working small really forces me to think about how I am using solid black areas and to… READ MORE
August 26th, 2021 | Posted in Freelancing
Well actually this is yet another of the roughly gajillion “workplace” poster I did for the Marlin Company from 2001 to early 2017. I think the message here was supposed to be about teamwork. READ MORE
June 29th, 2021 | Posted in Freelancing
I really got a lot of positive comments on my illustrations for CNN’s “History of the Sitcom” documentary. Thanks to everyone who had nice things to say about the art. For those whose only comments were “WHY ISN’T (insert name of their favorite show) INCLUDED?!?”, please contact CNN Original Series to complain and/or just put it on your TS list. Many people asked about the process and how I put together the compositions. Because there were so many people and they needed to be put together in both a vertical and horizontal format, I did individual sketches of each “show” character(s) and then played around… READ MORE
February 19th, 2021 | Posted in Freelancing
Here’s something different I’ve been doing for a client lately- watercolor caricatures of executives as gifts for promotions/retirements/etc. These are all physical ink/watercolors. They give me a list of things each person is “known for” and I do an illustration incorporating those things as gags or whatever. Having to haul out the old watercolors is what prompted me to take a refresher workshop from a former college instructor of mine who lives in the area. All of these were done prior to that afternoon. I’m looking forward to seeing the difference in my technique if/when I do more of these. These guys all like wine,… READ MORE
November 14th, 2020 | Posted in Freelancing
I did these Donald Trump “postage stamp” illustrations for a client this fall. They were supposed to be used by “The Lincoln Project” somehow, but I don’t think they ever did whatever they were planning on using them for. Clearly it was some kind of commentary on how the Trump administration was messing with the U.S. Postal Service. READ MORE
October 13th, 2020 | Posted in Freelancing
I did another Halloween themed piece for Ranger Rick magazine this year, this one is about “not so scary animals”. The idea was to depict a haunted house with windows showing various animals that are considered “scary” but with facts showing they actually have endearing some qualities. The big blank areas in the image is where text boxes with the animal facts were to be placed. READ MORE
August 25th, 2020 | Posted in Freelancing
Earlier this summer I did a couple of projects for Judd Apatow and his new movie “The King of Staten Island”. One was this movie poster image meant to be sort of a throwback to the kind of humorous poster art done by greats like Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Rick Meyerowitz, and others. It was done like a real one-sheet movie poster, which is huge at 27″ x 40″. Room was left for the typical credits, etc., although it was never going to be the actual movie poster. Judd made smaller prints of it and included them as part of a package of promotional items… READ MORE
July 28th, 2020 | Posted in Freelancing
I did the art for the cover of this week’s Commercial Observer, a New York City real estate news publication I’ve done a couple of covers for. This was a really fast turnaround job I managed to squeeze in between a bunch of other jobs last week. This is a mock up of the final cover, thus the placeholder text. The issue came out today. READ MORE
