House of Bamboo

"House of Bamboo," The New Yorker, August 29, 2011

Here's a quick NYer illo I did for Sam Fuller's House of Bamboo— "starring... Robert Ryan as the ruthless kingpin of Tokyo's post-war underworld!"

Illo dump!

Here are a couple of new illustrations for The New Yorker, plus some sketchbook stuff:

"Warpaint," The New Yorker, April 4, 2011


"Bill Cunningham," The New Yorker, March 21, 2011

(in case you're wondering, yes, they're all on a conference call with each other)

Phillip Knight's Sketchbook Book

I was delighted to be a part of UK illustrator and designer Phillip Knight's new book "GARP: Sketchbook Process" which includes some really great illustrators and designers. It totally gives you the voyeuristic pleasure of picking someone's brain along with peeking in their sketchbooks. One of the other people featured and a new favorite is Iain Macarthur - I love his mix of obsessive tightness and pattern, coupled with his pure draughtsmanship and dynamism.

Vacation Pictures!

I kept a little sketchbook while I was out in California, and posted the results (or the more sucessful ones at least:)) at my blog.

GALACTUS!!

My comic obsession of late has led me, inevitably, to Galactus. Spawned from a Cosmic Egg and survivor of the Big Bang, Galactus is the jam. He also enjoys boogie boarding and cooking.

Some more lil' sketchbook work. . .

Finished out this little sketchbook with some more subway shots, my Grandma Alice, misc . . . Drawing from life. Who knew?

Black and White psychedelia

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An unused background for an upcoming illustration.

happy halloween!

What would Halloween be without a black cat?
A little animated version courtesy of Jashar!

A Wooly Welcome

Happy Monday Everyone and thank you for inviting me over!
I'm thrilled to be your friend and/or foe, as the case may be.
It seems I have some mighty catching up to do, and I sure do hope I don't disappoint.

In the meantime, it's getting chilly up here in the north country; here's a sweater from my sketchbook if you need it....



I look forward to playing in the sandbox with you!

a recent page

Here's a recent page from my latest sketchbook. You can check out more sketchbook pages here. At the moment, there's 3 (blog) pages worth- just make sure you click on "Older Posts" when you get to the bottom.

the ol' sketchbook

It's only been as of pretty recently that I've gotten back into the whole sketchbook thing. I had intended that this would be a 'no show,' down & dirty, screw around sketchbook in order to keep myself from getting precious about it. What the heck though. Here are a few pages! Including a paint sketch (that one's for you jashar!), I've been trying to get myself to work on those as well.

Ye Olde Mini-Sketchbook

I started teaching Ted McGrath's old Methods and Media class down at Pratt, and got inspired to do some good ol' fashioned drawrin' form life. I realized that while I was grinding the students about really looking at the model, and at reference, I had probably let myself get a little rusty. Felt good to just draw a room, and impromptu still lifes, views out of a passing car. . . I've got to admit, the mini-sketchbook is great for translating mental snapshots to drawings. I'd love to see some of y'alls sketchbook stuff, too!