The silly season
The Iowa caucus has kicked off an election season which many commentators find to be a strange cycle. Candidates who would normally never have a chance are leading or contending because voter anger has reached a tipping point. This illustration originally commissioned by AD Scott Seymour for the Chronicle of Higher Education seems perfect for the start of our electoral silly season.
Winter is coming
It was one for the records for the blizzard this weekend in New York City. These illustrations were inspired by me doubting the weatherman about massive storms coming to the city. Turned out to be a very bad decision.
Wall St. Journal: Eight Questions
Animated gif for the Wall St Journal about the financial questions you need to ask before picking a college. The animation needed to be a fun simple gif which caught the idea of tallying up the final cost. Colleen McEnaney, AD.
On the good grid
Illustration for Amherst Alumni Magazine explaining the Alumni Executive Committee. Connections and network are themes which come up a lot for assignments and the challenge is always creating a fresh image. It doesn’t always have to be a radical idea, Something as simple as circles can do the trick. The circles came at the last second influenced by Venn diagrams. Ronn Campisi, AD.
The death of privacy
Illustration for the Chronicle of Higher Education about the loss of privacy in the digital age. On the bright side, the public is more aware how technology creeps into our lives and the pushback has already begun. Scott Seymour, AD
Eight by Eight Magazine: Messi is not coming
Eight by Eight Magazine Spread for feature by Will Frears about an Arsenal fan’s anxiety during the the window transfer season when players coming and going can break a fan’s heart. Publisher and creative director Robert Priest wanted a humorous image which captured the frenzy in a fan’s mind. This was a very collaborative process has since the type and image needed to integrate seamlessly. Watching the team of Priest + Grace take the image and turn it into a spread I could never imagine made this one of the more inspiring assignments of the year.
Smithsonian Magazine: The Quantum Measuring Problem
Illustration for Smithsonian Magazine about the quantum measuring problem. Quantum physics can measure and predict many outcomes but there is a fuzzy section of the math which cannot be measured. Heather Palmateer, AD.