I really enjoyed working with Art Director Keith Webb on this illustration for the Wall Street Journal. The accompanying article asks the question “Is the Babysitting track just for girls?” and also ponders the effects of babysitting on a young girl’s future.
And here’s a shot of it in the actual paper. I was really honored to discover that I was sharing the section with the work of Brian Cronin, David Plunkert, Luci Gutierrez, Nishant Choksi, and Adrian Johnson.
Here’s a new editorial piece for Seven Days magazine, a Vermont-based alt-weekly publication. This one accompanies an article about the inability of local police officers to confiscate guns from those legally prohibited from owning them due to the simple fact that the police have nowhere to store them.
I’ve been having some fun making moving illustrations lately, and thought I’d share my latest creation. Actually I guess it’s more of a RE-creation of an earlier illustration that has been electrified with flashing lights. Wheeeee!
Rising cigarette prices are putting Canadian convenience stores out of business. (For Canadian Grocer)
Neighborhood groups clash over new public parking laws. (For Willamette Week)
Embezzlers in the Treasury Department (For Seven Days)
As a refreshing change from my usual editorial work, I was recently commissioned to create this website illustration for a veterinary behaviorist. As the name implies, it’s a veterinarian who specializes in treating animal behavior issues. I enjoyed the challenge of creating a poetic image in as sparse a style as possible that would read quickly and clearly in its place on the home page of the website.
Always a pleasure to work with Wes Bausmith at the Los Angeles Times. This latest project was for an Op-Ed piece exploring the possibility of a public or political backlash if the Supreme Court rules in favor of marriage equality. After working out a handful of concepts trying to tie together all the aspects of the article, Wes and I agree that a stripped down and simplified approach was best.
Read the article here.
It’s true. I really do love you, Art Director, and I’m not afraid to show it.
You know, Valentine’s Day has a way of bringing out the softer, gentler side of an Illustrator. I know most people don’t celebrate it until next week, but this kind of love just won’t wait. The way I feel about you won’t be confined by the rigid boundaries of society or the cell-like squares on a calendar. Hell no.
That’s why I just had to tell you with this new illustration.
Today. Right now.
I made it just for you.
You’re my Heart Director.
Cuddle up with this pillow as you keep me in mind for your next project, or get the print of the whole Heart Director series here.
It’s heartbreaking that our children ever have to be worried about their safety at school, and that we as a nation even have to consider hiring armed guards to protect them. I can only hope that we will come together to address this issue in a way that allows our kids to maintain the innocence that is so precious during their younger years.
