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.

Fall Movie Preview Portraits for Entertainment Weekly

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

Twitter Cover Concept

Though this was not accepted as a cover, I turned it into a successful art print.

Black Friday for the Washington Post

Favorite Things for PlanSponsor

HR Employees listed their favorite things for this feature. Pizza, iPods, and soda were tops on the list...

Christmas Memory for Virginia Living

This full page opener introduced a section of Virginia Living dedicated to local celebrities' memories of their childhoods in Virginia. Virginia Living is an oversized publication and it's a great showcase for illustration.

TV Shows in DC for The Washington Post

More and more television shows are choosing to shoot on location in DC.

Lean Times for Law Firms for BusinessWeek

Even corporate law firms know that the big bad bear is waiting outside their doors. This was a really fun piece for Christine at BusinessWeek and is frequently cited as a favorite of other art directors for new commissions.

Broken Blossoms for The New Yorker

'Broken Blossoms' is a tragic silent film that tells the tale of an abused woman who is helped by an immigrant who owns a store in Chinatown. Things do not end well.

The Play of Daniel for The New Yorker

NY Times Book Review: D.O.A. and...

'D.O.A. and One on the Way,' is a dark novel by Mary Robison, mixing themes of violence, family strife, jealousy, Adam and Eve, twins, old money, and much more. It was a cool challenge to make an interesting image out of all this!

EMT Workers' Mid-Life Crises for the NY Times

An essay illustration accompanying a moving piece written by an EMT worker going through a mid-life crisis, along with her professional partner.

Shady Trip to Mexico City

A dark story about a 1950s woman taking a cab to Mexico City to purchase drugs.

A Soldier in the City, for the NY Times

NYC and its inhabitants can appear to have their own camouflage of sorts, and soldiers in uniform feel out of place and lost in this foreign environment. This illustration accompanied a city essay in the NY Times.

The Wise Doorman, for the NY Times

For an essay about a NYC doorman who stands in front of his building, chain smoking and dropping pearls of wisdom on passersby and residents, as they come and go.

Spots for ESPN Survey

These fun spots covered a wide range of topics: Divine intervention in sports, fixed matches, confusion over mixed martial arts, economic impact on fans' spending habits, fans and drinking, pro athletes as roll models...

TV Learning for Bicycling

Apparently, you can learn an awful lot about how to win the Tour De France by watching it on television. That was the angle of the essay in this piece for Bicycling, one of my favorite clients.

Gostkowski for ESPN, The Magazine

This illustration was for a special Fantasy Football issue of ESPN Magazine.

Winter Training for Bicycling Magazine

Using rollers in the winter can keep bicycling enthusiasts in shape. A woman who subscribes to the magazine saw this illustration and ordered a print for her husband - apparently, they have two kids (a boy and a girl), the same basement setup, and he trains with rollers! How strange...

The NTRP Dilemma, For Tennis Magazine

4.0 players are taking over the self-rating system in league tennis and wreaking havoc! I am a tennis fan and play all the time - it was a blast illustrating a full page for Tennis magazine.

Basketball Guys for the NY Times

This illustration accompanied an essay in the City section, written by an aging basketball fanatic who gets together with his old buddies, despite numerous injuries, for pick-up games at the local YMCA. I love composing multiple figures in a space like this, while retaining energy and movement in the drawing.

Old Crow Medicine Show for The New Yorker

Ghostland Observatory for The New Yorker

The high energy band, Ghostland Observatory is too much fun to watch on stage. Though the deadline for the drawing loomed, I got sucked into their performances in online video footage. The band's manager actually contacted The New Yorker when this issue came out and requested a print of this image.

'Miro' For The New Yorker

Joan Miro made the claim that he would 'assassinate' the art of painting. This image for the Goings on About Town section of the New Yorker takes him at his word and incorporates visuals from existing Miro artwork.