10 Selected Posters

Here are ten selected posters for a variety of clients, ranging from a brewery to a university to a theater. In the past five years, four of my posters have been accepted into Society of Illustators Annuals, six have been selected for Graphis, and two have appeared in the Print Regional Design Annual.

I Love Logos

Logo and brand design are among my favorite creative exercises of all time. I usually have at least one logo job in the queue every month, but I can always use more. If you need a clever corporate identity, a set of icons, or a comprehensive branding package, just give me a call.

The small selection of logos and icons below are pulled from over 100 marks that I have designed, both as a freelancer and as a full-time designer in my former life at Shapiro Walker Design. Note: any logo with an asterisk was produced while I was at SWD.

Various Slate.com (The Big Money) Cover Spots

Slate's The Big Money calls me for quick cover jobs pretty frequently. These assignments provide a very good thinking exercise, because they are assigned between 11am and 1pm and due by 4pm on the same day! Sometimes, my best ideas come when it seems there is no time to think...

NY Times Week in Review Timeline Spots

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.

Time for the Gym? For the NY Times

An essay piece for the tale of a woman who is trying to balance her schedule and make time for exercise, as she slips ungracefully into her middle-aged body.

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.

Oakland Magazine Cover

Finding the Perfect Chair, for the Hartford Courant

Wine List for Wall St Journal

A list of things to try in the new year to add more fun to one's wine drinking experiences.

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.

Bloody Andrew Jackson for The New Yorker

For the musical, 'Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson.'

Romeo and Juliet for The New Yorker

In this Mark Morris Group adaptation of the Prokofiev version of Romeo and Juliet, the lovers do not really die. Instead, they ascend together into some kind of heavenly destination - it's a rarely performed version of the familiar story.