The world burns
An interesting request for a group exhibit came by email asking for an interpretation of the world’s end which seemed like an ironic request during the holidays. My take wasn’t the apocalyptic scene which I’m sure many illustrators will take but a more quite “snuffing” out approach. One science fiction short story talks about a scientist who helps monks calculate every possible name for God with a super computer. Once this task is complete, the purpose of man is finished. At the end when the names are calculated, the stars vanish one by one.
Merry merry
May everyone get all the presents you want may your dreams come true for the next year. I would also like to thank my clients for a very good year. Few things make me as happy as working away on a deadline then scampering off to indulge whatever hobby like a kid who has proudly finished his homework.
Have a happy holiday and please drink an extra glass of eggnog for me.
Welcome to an impolite gentleman
Like many young artists, my first introduction to art was comics and I dreamt about being a cartoonist before discovering illustration in high school. Things have come full circle after a couple of Parsons students insisted I create a comic based on the humor of my twitter feed. One student said I play all the gentleman games but am not always a gentleman. This is how the Impolite Gentleman was born. If you would like to follow his journey (and many false starts while I learn) please follow him on Tumblr or Facebook.
The game plan is one strip will be produced every week.
Here’s the first to give you a feel and enjoy.
Time never waits
It’s been a pleasure working with the CFA institute on various projects and covers for their regular magazine. Even more fun has been working with Communication Design in Richmond. My former professor, Robert Meganck is one of the principles so it always brings back nice memories. Bil Cullen called and asked for a cover about age demographics and picked this bell curve solution. For the sake of ego, I’m going to pretend the male in the middle is me.
Always the bridesmaid
The Washington Post will always have a soft place in my heart since they helped my career break out as a young illustrator starting in DC. It was very heady to walk into the famous newsroom and see the energy. When Ben Bradlee walked by, I almost had a heart attack. He definitely had a presence. Lisa Schreiber called with a story about new apps for computers being ignored because software companies use resources to first develop mobile apps. I might have felt like the tiny computer in the presence of the great Bradlee.
Joy to the Emerging World
Emerging Markets have been a big theme for the last few years even though many of the “Emerging” countries are much older than the US. This was an illustration for Orlie Kraus for the Weekend Wall Street Journal with a quiz for investors about investing in Emerging Markets.
Layering has been a thing of mine lately and it was fun creating a texture with multiple flags in the background.
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. Usually we spend the holidays with friends and everyone contributes to the meal. At the end of dinner, everyone recites why they are thankful and while it may sound quaint, it is the perfect ending especially for New Yorkers and Brooklynites to take the edge off being New Yorkers and Brooklynites.
May everyone have a thankful Thanksgiving.
