It seems amazing to me, that a year ago (11 months technically) I was jumping for joy at a fresh new prospect of creating two book covers for PM Press. Now, here I am almost a full year later, marveling as the second of those books come to fruition on the printed page. As the New Year approaches, one can’t help but to be struck by the wonderful and timely symmetry that this book represents, if you’ll pardon the pun, it creates a nice book-end to 2010!
Yearly Archives: 2010
Buke and Gass; Where Music Meets Art
Happily, I discovered that Buke and Gass are featured on the most recent (at the time of this post) Tiny Desk Concerts on NPR. I first heard of Buke and Gass while listening to the Radio Lab podcast and was immediately smitten by their unique and charged sound. Of course the next step was to…
A Curious Introduction; a Story of Self Promotion
“A Curious Introduction” represents the first promo created specifically for a targeted audience of Art Directors working in the field of Middle Reader/ Children’s Book publishing. I wanted this first card to present a clear message and to show that I can tell a story with images. The message that it is intended to communicate is simply one of introduction. Which seems appropriate as I introduce my work to a group of people who most likely will be hearing about me for the first time through this piece.
Society of Illustrators #53 Submissions
Well, wish me luck, the images have been submitted and the bill has been paid! Now it’s all up to the judges at this year’s Society of Illustrators annual show/ contest to vote on this year’s winners and participants in the 53rd Illustration Annual. For my submissions, I had to balance the cost and the…
October Surprise: the Sneak Peak
Well, things have been quite here on the blog… too quite, but, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been busy! Actually I’ve been working up a couple different images. One image is for a charity auction later in the month, and the other is an all out effort to make a promotional piece for Halloween….
4 Week Challenge: the Wrap Up
I was happy to dive back in with the 4 Week Challenge, which was focused on creating new images. I wanted to start bringing in more “editorial” type of work and so, wanted to bolster my portfolio with some images. With the week turn around time on the images it seemed like an appropriate effort.
A Brief Flash of Wonder
This week I received my first published book cover! I can honestly say that I have held that book in my hand and looked at it from a whole bunch of different directions, and each time I get a little flash of wonder about the whole thing.
ICON6: Preparations and Portfolios
Well, here it is, the night before I head down to the ICON6 Illustration Conference in Los Angeles. I feel like I’m prepared, like it won’t be one of those dreams where I walk into a room full of a 100 illustrators and art directors without any pants on { note to self, double check that the pants are packed! }
IMC 2010: initial impressions
“Humble” would be the word that can summarize my feelings about attending this year’s Illustration Master Class. Never in my life have I been surrounded by so many incredibly talented and wonderfully supportive people. My plan is to revisit many of the ideas and experiences from this trip through different blog posts. I thought I…
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