On the Drawing Board
January 19th, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
BIG, crazy MAD job on the board right now. This one has an odd backstory and is, as far as I know, unique in the storied history of the magazine. Naturally I will not be able to share any of that story until the job is in print, but as that will be NEXT MONTH in MAD #499 it won’t be too long before I’m able to tell the tale. In the meantime I am working furiously on the project in question… no time for any other jobs. Before I got started on it late last week I finished this poster job for Marlin: Job:… READ MORE
January 17th, 2009 | Posted in Freelancing
I’ve got a killer MAD job on the board right now with a brutal deadline, so posts this next week may be a bit abbreviated. Here’s my latest newspaper political caricature for the column “Good Old Boys Gone Bad” in North Carolina’s The Independent print and on-line newspaper. READ MORE
January 10th, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
I’m headed back home from Orlando today, but in the meantime here is another of the weekly caricatures I have been doing for The Independent, a local newspaper in North Carolina. These are used as header art for a column called “Good Old Boys Gone Bad” . READ MORE
December 23rd, 2008 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Two big jobs wrapped up yesterday, which leaves a new project for Penthouse (no naughty stuff, just funny) and more of the column header caricatures for The Independent on the board right now. I can’t share the Fade In job until publication, but as always the client for the workplace poster jobs doesn’t mind my posting the images I do for them upon completion. So here is the latest of those posters: Initial Pencil The job was to do an image of a harried looking nurse thinking about a relaxing getaway on a beach, being served hand and foot. The first pencil rough above needed… READ MORE
December 19th, 2008 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Pretty busy right now, which is a nice problem to have these days. Nothing for MAD yet so barring a last minute job from them it looks likely I will not be in issue #499… I sure hope I am given something for issue #500, which is going to be a big deal. Plenty to work on, though. I just finished up a couple of spot illustration jobs and a personal commission for a local corporation of their president. Here’s what’s on the board with now: The Independent– North Carolina news publication (print and online) where I am illustrating a political column with local politician… READ MORE
December 17th, 2008 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Not a very ambitious sketch this week, as I am currently swamped with work. Here’s a very quick and tiny study of actor Johnny Depp. This took me about 5 to 10 minutes. Not the most successful drawing. I’ve always admired Depp as an actor, not just for his performances but for his refusal to ride his good looks to success. I was in college when “21 Jump Street” was on TV, and Depp was catapulted to stardom and teenybopper heartthrob royalty via that show. It would have been easy to take empty but glamorous roles where his looks were as big a part of… READ MORE
November 24th, 2008 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
I have several irons in the fire at the moment but here’s the latest “workplace poster” job I just completed last week. This one was a killer. Here’s the art direction and tagline: (Urban street scene. It’s Feb. 14. Maybe there’s Times-Square-style zipper that says, “Happy Valentine’s Day today!’ Looking up on either side of the street you can see a flower shop, a bookstore, a jewelry store and a candy store. It’s a mob scene, with men and women (diversity, please) frantically running in the streets with cards and last-minute gifts, sweating and carrying their packages. Men carrying flowers and jewelry bags, a woman… READ MORE
November 14th, 2008 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Click image for a closer look… In October I got a rare opportunity to do some cover art for MAD… not “THE” MAD Magazine but their little brother publication MAD KIDS. I did the cover of MAD KIDS #7 a year or so ago, and was given the opportunity to do the cover for MAD KIDS #13 this fall… they must have had limited options! Since the issue has been released, I can now share the artwork here. This job was unique in that I was being asked to somewhat ape the look and feel of the art style of the “Star Wars: The Clone… READ MORE
