NYC Elections

So I've just moved to New York, about 12 or 13 weeks ago from Philadelphia and I still don't feel like I am part of this town. I still feel like I am a tourist. I am not entirely engaged in the community, or the art scene or the politics of this town. So I am still trying to figure out what it means to become a New Yorker. Maybe I will always remain a transplant and have my heart in the Keystone state.

But I degress....I got an email from Frank, The Art Director at The Indypendent, about doing a portrait of Michael Bloomberg, buying the New York City Election. I hadn't a clue what he ment till I started to read the article. Bloomberg spent a couple Million so that he could run a third term as New York City Mayor, and Bloomberg spent millions of dollar's on advertising his campaign, at yankees games, online, subway billboards, ect. He is also doing some weird stuff when it comes to his landlord's renting spaces to low income folk as well....

Though this may all sound bad, atleast it doesn't seem as bad as what was going on in Philadelphia....

In the portrait, I gave him snake like eyes as he is holding NYC in shopping bags.

The Upsides

"The Upsides" - Due out Jan. 26th 2010

I was asked by my good friends The Wonder Years to provide some hand lettering to go on to their new album, "The Upsides" coming out in late January.

When I talked to one of the guys 9 months ago while they were in pre-production, why they were choosing to use photography for this record whenever other records they put out had been beautifully illustrated; the answer was simple. They wanted to try something new, and had a lot of friends that did photography they wanted to try out. None the less I was glad to draw up some hand lettering to go on the cover of their new record. Below is the chosen piece you can click to enlarge in the first round of colors sent off to the band.

Manhattan Studio Space

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Animated Gif's the future of illustration?

Is the future of illustration in Animated Gif's in the markets of Advertising and Editorial's new mediums of E-Paper/E-Ink, and The Kindle?

I think it's a matter of time before illustrators will start to discus the pricing and ethical use of Animated Gif's made by illustrators. In 2 years time I will have a portfolio of 10 to 15 images that will be animated as a precaution to this new frightening yet exciting time we live in. Who knows when illustrators will start getting jobs to animate things. I will start in basic gif's in photoshop, and then possibly work my way back into flash and after effects though I am not that good in either of those just yet.

If I were to.....

...illustrate and design a postcard for the American Museum of Natural History, this is what it would look like. To bad it's just a mock up and not the real thing.

My website has been updated, with sweet image swap technology(aka Java Script).

Also I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but all my screen prints in my store are marked down to $10-$15.

So go buy some of my screen prints for your walls. Postage is included!!!

3 Years of Duality.....on Blogs.

Starting today, I am now going to blog on Ohger, which is a blog simular to Drawger but it is more focused for Senior Illustration Majors, Graduate Students, and Recent Grads one year out of art school.

I will still continue using my my blogger, and still post stuff from time to time on The Autumn Society of Philadelphia blog. I just have an extra arm to post about the awesome artwork I create.

Kudos to Matt Curtius for giving me the heads up on this awesome project.

Using Yesterdays Tools for Todays Job

Quote from "The Medium is the Massage" by Marshall McLuhan.