Black and White Celebrity Portraits

I illustrated a celebrity gossip column for a full year for The Stranger. Here are some of the best results.

Obama, for Worth Magazine

A great portrait opportunity. The direction: to convey to the viewer that Obama is concerned about our future, but up to the task. Finding the right facial expression was a challenge, but the result was successful.

Asset International - Portrait of Jerome Booth

Booth, in this essay, talks about the potential reward that waits at the end of a risky investment road.

'The Strangers' for The New Yorker

A portrait of Liv Tyler in the movie, The Strangers, for The New Yorker.

T Pain for the Washington Post

The rapper, T Pain, uses autotuner to make his voice sound much better (and in key) - my concept was to show a swarm of bees coming out of his mouth and being transformed, when passing through a digital field, into songbirds.

Jose Saramago Portrait for LA Weekly

This was a full page illustration of the writer, José Saramago, who lives in the Canary Islands.

Palin for The Guardian

This was a Guardian cover for a series of humor pieces about what would happen at the inauguration if Palin and McCain won. The art director gave me freedom to create whatever I thought would be funny.

Can Obama Rescue the Economy? Los Angeles Times

This Business Section Cover for the LA Times was a great chance to do an unorthodox Obama portrait.

Fall Movie Preview Portraits for Entertainment Weekly

Clooney, Hathaway, Mortenson, and Streep - what could be more fun?!