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Spread illustration for Dirt Rag Magazine table of contents. Sketches and close ups here.
Art Director: Matt Kasprzyk
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I usually post a before & after shot, I was too eager to get started and forgot to scan Jon’s original ink drawing before working on it.
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Pop up
I’ve been wanting to do a pop up book or card for a while, it took a few attempts to get it right, here’s the end result. It’s part of the collaborative sketchbook project I’ve been working on with Jon MacNair.
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Moleskin project
Here are before & after spreads from the ongoing collaborative sketchbook project with Jon MacNair:
I’ve been working with color in every single page so far, decided to keep this one black & white and not worry too much about composition or content, just pick up a brush, draw and see what happens.
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Pony Club Gallery - New Life
New work for a group show at Pony Club Gallery in Portland, OR.
More from this series:
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Portraits - Sketchbook collab with Jon MacNair
There’s a study of a portrait by Barthelemy d’Eyck titled “Portrait of a Man” that Jon did in his moleskin, I was hesitant to modify it since it was such a great portrait (hair’s great too, wanted to keep that), but I had an idea in mind so I just went for it. On the opposite page I drew a study of a self portrait by Alexander Calder, can’t wait to see what Jon does with it when he gets his hands on it!
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Howdy Folks
Another spread from moleskin exchange project, this one was inspired by a painted rooftop I see every time we visit Newport, OR.
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Collaborative sketchbook
Another sketchbook spread from my collaborative project with Jon MacNair.
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Collaborative sketchbook project with Jon MacNair
A few months ago Jon MacNair & I decided to collaborate on a project, Jon came up with the idea of trading sketchbooks. He sent a moleskin with some drawings and paintings in it and I finally got a chance to add some drawings and painting of my own to the sketchbook he sent me. These are before (Jon’s sketches) and after (my contribution) pages from the sketchbook. He has been working with the sketchbook that I sent him, you can see it on his blog. I’m not quite as prolific as Jon, but I’ll my best to keep up!
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Speaking of collaborations, here’s a sneak peek at a project with Nancy Froehlich, a graphic design professor at Oregon State University. Nancy also works with ceramics, so with this project we’re combining illustration and ceramics and I really like where this project is headed. 3-dimensional forms present unique challenges since I’m used to work on flat surfaces, I’ll post more images after we get more of these done.
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Artcrank Portland
2-color screen print for bike-inspired group show http://artcrank.com/portland
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dMob Roadshow Corvallis poster
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Oregon Home magazine
I did some illustrations for Oregon Home magazine for an article that tries to define what the Oregon home style is, it was an interesting challenge. I tried to capture some of the attributes of the Pacific Northwest aesthetic in the illustrations. Jon Taylor Carter the art director sent me some keywords and ideas that sparked lots of images in my mind: the temporary-ness of the home, culture of why not, organic “rooted” home, here are the results:
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Landscapes & snakes
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Brief interview where I talk about process, style, getting blocked for ideas and other things
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T-shirt design for an AIGA Portland BYOTEE event. It will be part of DMOB, two other illustrators, Factory North and Brooke Weeber have also provided t-shirt designs for the event. More info here.
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My studio assistant.
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Jared Mees & The Grown Children t-shirts
A couple of t-shirt designs for Jared Mees & The Grown Children, they will be for sale at their shows. You can pick one up at one of their upcoming shows.
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Sunday night moleskin action.
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Luchadores
These are part of the latest series I’m working on, they might become t-shirts, prints, or I might start another loteria set with these characters.
