Hey guys please check out my TUMBLR for the latest work because that's what you do now. I promise it's not a big mess of other people's flashing wizard gifs. Just recent work with bigger pictures and less words. I'll probably still post things here from time to time. Do it!
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
SXSW for Variety Magazine
Illustration for Variety Magazine about Austin's SXSW festival and corporate sponsorship, like #SXSUBWAY and the "Doritos Bold Stage", a massive Doritos machine that doubled as a stage and lights up or something when people tweet about Cool Ranch chips.
Also jammed in there: "The Mule" and "Buzzard" which look like pretty good movies. Also Lady Gaga (who was covered in green vomit on the Doritos stage as part of her show - which happened after I drew this) and a bunch of other stuff. Anyway Thanks Variety for the awesome gig.
Clare & Carl's
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Sartre Cookbook for Reed College Magazine
Great assignment for Reed College Magazine. For the "Jean Paul Sartre Cookbook", a spoof written by Marty Smith back in the day. Done in a similar watercolor-ish style as the Chinatown piece below. Read the whole thing here. it's pretty hilarious.
"I have realized that the traditional omelet form is bourgeois. Today I tried making one out of a cigarette, some coffee, and four tiny stones. I fed it to Malraux, who puked. I am encouraged, but my journey is still long."
Chinatown
Messing with a looser, less-obsessive style for drawing neighborhoods.. that I can do in a few hours instead of 4 days. It's still gouache (which is what I use if I'm not coloring in photoshop) but used more like watercolor. Might be some Caran D'ache crayon in there too.
Anyway I'd love to do some future assignments like this. I've gotten a lot better at coloring in Photoshop but I still sort of hate it. It also just looks so damn flat. Oh yeah and this is Philadelphia's Chinatown if you didn't know. Semi-inspired by Craig Laban's recent guide.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Early Baltimore Citypaper Illos / Wrongfest
Recently longtime Baltimore Citypaper Art Director Joe MacLeod got the axe when the paper was bought by the Baltimore Sun, in that all too familiar tale of whatever's left of the once-thriving world of Alt Weeklies being swallowed by bigger, blander media. Joe was escorted from his office with no severance pay (!!) I assume in retaliation for angry tweets? I don't really know the full story... I would check one of many articles for details.
A group of employees and freelancers are organizing a benefit / concert / art auction for Joe this month. I've donated the original of this rejected Citypaper cover from a couple years ago. The first event is tomorrow night, and the final bidding / second event is March 28th, both at Ottobar I believe. More details here: http://wrongfest.tumblr.com
Joe MacLeod was one of the first people to hire me, and seemed to have a knack for assigning exactly the sort of work I wanted - completely over the top and/or humorous takes on serious subjects. Lenny Bruce, Nigerian con artists, Fat tourists with fanny packs and Old Bay tattoos.
One of the highlights is this illo about Evan Wright's book Generation Kill (later an HBO miniseries). I'm pretty sure this political stuff led to my later gig illustrating Steven Wells' column every week for a few years.
Another classic with some foreshadowing of the hot dog thing. The "Bavarian Music" guy in the corner still cracks me up.
Some vegetarian propaganda relating to Jonathan Safran Foer.
"Portrait" of Corey Harris from Mother 13.
One of the earliest, from 2002.
More recent work.
Anyway THANKS JOE for all the great work over the years. Follow him on twitter @JoeMacleod666 or read his Mr Wrong column which is maybe still going to run in the Citypaper? And keep your eye on the Wrongfest site for how to bid on the auction.
Monday, March 10, 2014
Detroit Stadiums for Next City
Series of illustrations for Next City Forefront article about Detroit pouring all their money into stadiums instead of the crumbling city.
Preview the article here - Forefront Excerpt: Red Wings Stadium Upset!
Or grab the Forefront App.
Did you know the Red Wings mascot is a maniacal giant purple octopus? Also threw in a nod to Detroit's lesser-known corned beef scene.
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