Justice is Served

Chris Colin writes about Jose Klein, not your typical Harvard Law Grad, who illustrates make-a-plate dinner plates featuring the Supreme Court Justices, various amendments and major cases....Ha!
Read it here!

James Gurney's instructional blog

I stumbled onto this blog a few days ago.

James Gurney is the mega-successful illustrator creator of the Dinotopia books.

His blog is mostly instructional in nature, somewhat informative, kind of off-the-wall and often updated.

I read this post today about how to draw apes from life and the solution he came up with was just brilliant:

The gorilla loved it. He had never seen a human act like a polite ape before. He came right up to the glass and posed for me while I did this half-hour portrait from just two feet away.

click here to see the whole article.


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My donations to the Handmade Nation Silent Art Auction!

Here's a link to the show info!

Poketo & Handmade Nation present:
Silent Art Auction Fundraiser

It'll be in LA July 19th– so if you are too, you should drop by!

How can someone so young/ Sing words so sad?

"Laura Marling," The New Yorker, June 23, 2008

Here's a portrait of Laura Marling, an 18 year-old singer-songwriter from England. The third sketch was chosen but I was asked to give her the more up-to-date pixie haircut. Comparing that sketch with final looks a bit like hair salon's "before and after" shots.

Read "Young Folk" by Sasha Frere-Jones here.

Laura Marling- "New Romantic"

This week's issue of The New Yorker also features my pixelated pal, Tomby! Together again for the first time!

Evah Fan & Brendan Monroe Interview

I had the fantastic pleasure of interviewing the amazing Brendan Monroe & Evah Fan for Lost At E Minor! Read it here!

Maxim quickie

in the current Marissa Miller issue

6 portraits in 6 hours! I'm pretty happy with how they turned out though- and looking forward to seeing it in print once this 99° heat subsides!
Do you guys know of any good beaches around here?

New stitching for American Medical News!
Check out my blog for the spread-

Personal Site Updated!

Indeed! I have finally updated my website. Lots of new work so check it out!

a little klezmer

(oh i remember how completely mortified i was when my parents decided to hire a real live klezmer band to play at my bat mitzvah all those years ago.....)

Dollhouse

I thought I'd share this experiment with some different methods and media...

2 Legit Celebrity Startups 4 Wired

Hammer >>> dancejam.com

Ashton Kutcher >>> ooma.com

Kanye West >>> kanyetravel.com

David Caruso >>> lexicondigital.tv

Andrew Shue >>> cafemom.com

Such a fun assignment! I was glad to see Evah Fan was in the same issue, the page after mine actually.

Wraparound

"Deadline Does Not Compute," American Medical News, May 19, 2008

To emphasize how few and far between doctors using electronic medical records are, the doctors in the illustration don't all appear at once. The piece was designed to be seen in two parts- after turning the page, the second half is seen.

page 5 (right side)

page 6 (left side, verso of page 5)

Sara Antoinette Martin interview

Kidrobot NYC Grand Opening Artist Interviews - 5/1/08 from Kidrobot on Vimeo.

Check out Sara's site here and her blog here.

quotes from famous ohioan's

just did this full page for lesley blake at ohio magazine. from top left to right on down: gloria steinem, neil armstrong, toni morrison and the wright bros.

Don't Let Congress Orphan Your Work

Frank just sent this website to me- it provides a quick and easy way to email your representatives about opposing the Orphan Works Bill.

Visit the Legislative Action Center here.

my influences in no particular order))) (click each to enlarge)
Balthus - George Grosz - Francisco Goya - Jockum Nordstrom - David Hockney's Rake's Progress - Neo Rauch - Kara Walker - Gee's Bend & Hawaiian Quilts - Kiki Smith - Jan Svankmajer - the Ohio homestead - and countless others I'm sure... but these are the one's I'm feeling now!

The Deal

New full page piece for Larry Gendron at the Deal about internet music broadcasting.

r.crumb

sammy harkham

phillip guston

otto dix

barry mcgee

Cripes. I could go on forever with this post. Honorable mentions: Dave Gibbons,
Marcel Duchamp, Picasso, Brian Ralph, Chris Ware, Melinda Beck, Jack Kirby,
David Shrigley, Juan Miro, Cy Twombly, Paul Klee, Keith Haring, Warhol.

another suit!

Lots of suits of late! I had fun time with this one for Shane Luitjens at MyMidwest magazine. The story was on the effectiveness of story telling in business. I also did another full page (and some type!) to go along with this.

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On another note! I'll be showing some work at the About Glamour Gallery in Williamsburg (Brooklyn)) next Friday 5/9. Details:

"Dreams + Reality"
About Glamour Gallery
103 North 3rd St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Other Artists Include:
Kiersten Essenpreis
Lizz Hickey
Ilana Kohn
Amy Kligman
Jessica Langley
Sandy Litchfield
Joel Morrison

**Opening Reception Friday, 5/9 from 7-10 pm**

Hope you'll all be there!

new site

howdy boys and girls,

I just re-did my portfolio site. Click here to have a gander. Lots of current work, cleaner and simpler. I have spent all week on it!


much love,