Cloud Computing

This is a quarter-page illustration for last week's issue of Network World magazine. It accompanied an article about the different ways that companies can utilize the cloud, specifically how it can connect different types of devices.

Haircut

Drew this between jobs a little while ago and had been tinkering with it for too long. Not sure if it's totally done, but I'm moving on.

Hodor

Also! I did a swap with Vera.

Bran and Hodor, from A Song of Ice and Fire. Some of my very favorite characters from that series.

Skully

I did this little dude for Mike Mitchell (who I’m sure you all know). How in the world could I resist drawing a skull who is also a little dude?

I have been doing more ink drawings lately, so keep on the lookout.

Diane

“Diane,” a small contribution to Andrea Kalfas’ Twin Peaks zine, “Damn Fine Coffee.” While watching the show I liked to pretend that Cooper’s recorder wasn’t on, and that Diane was just his name for it. Like it was some kind of stress release to talk to it and gather his thoughts. 

Ink and digital.

Viral Language

I had an illustration in yesterday's New York Times Business Section (alongside Kali, which is sweet). It was for an article called Coining Terminology for Life on the Web, and it was kinda about how startups try to either invent or appropriate bits of language that they think will "go viral." Ok, cool.

Thanks to AD Minh Uong for the job.

Ad Map

This map ran in last week's issue of Adweek, accompanying an article about thriving ad agencies in small markets. Maps are exhausting, but you can fill them with little goofs, so it evens out.

Thanks again to AD Nick Mrozowski, whose name I can now spell without issue.

Pokemon Battle Royale Prints!

Hey! You can buy a cool limited edition print of that Alakazam drawing I did for the Pokemon Battle Royale Show. Only 15 of 'em! Only $40! How neat.

Buy buy buy!

Stability

This is a new drawing for SooJin Buzelli at Plansponsor magazine. The article this accompanies is about how stable investments are performing better than their peers. So, obviously.

Super exciting lineup of illustrators in this issue, including Dadu Shin, Nick Iluzada, Josh Cochran, Joohee Yoon, Victo Ngai, David Jien, Chris Silas Neal, Marc Rosenthal, Red Nose Studios, and EVEN MORE. Yow!

Thanks again to SooJin for the call.

What Were Neanderthals Like?

I recently worked with John Sandford at Muse Magazine on a feature article about the characteristics and lifestyles of Neanderthal man. 

How easy would it be to recognize a Neanderthal if you ran into one at a bus stop? Our Neanderthal here is characterized by his heavy brow, long nose, wide brain case, and primitive reading material. Homo sapiens are notable for their hot dog skateboards, bubblegum, handheld videogames, and a propensity for putting shirts on dogs.

Neanderthals may have been smarter than we typically give them credit for.

Life sure was rough for these guys.

Alakazam

This is my finished piece for the Pokemon Battle Royale show held next month at the Light Gray Art Gallery in St. Paul, Minnesota. Alakazam is some kind of psychic jackal, I think? 

There will be a few prints of this dude available at the show if anyone is planning on attending. From what I've seen, it's going to be a great show.

I drew this a few weeks before Moebius died, and it kinda ended up as a weird tribute to him. Kali bought me "40 Days Dans La Desert" a year or so ago and it's been one of my favorite books ever since.

Something in the Air

I have a two-page spread in this week's edition of Adweek Magazine, accompanying an article about retails businesses using subtle perfume as a sort of olfactory branding to draw people into their stores.

Super quick turnaround on this guy -- assignment comes in Friday night, final goes out Tuesday night.

The magazine is printed with scratch-and-sniff ink over the perfume areas, which is grass scented. Fun!

AD Nick Mrozowski

55/52 - A Frog

And we end on a selfish note. After doing all of these drawings for other people, I was getting pretty bummed out that I didn't get to keep one of the set, and I figured I could stand to do one more. This is my D&D character (who I'm picking up after I finish DMing). He is a psychic frog.

So, that's the series. I'll hopefully have some more of this stuff to put up in the not too distant future, but for now, that's it. If everything goes according to plan, I will have a book of these drawings available at SPX in the fall, and I'll sell them online afterward.

Hope you enjoyed the series!

54/52 - Braid

Second to last!

53/52 - Sludge Knight

Self portrait as a knight.

52/52 - Ogre

You know he's a bad dude because of the spikes and skulls and stuff.

Because of a few APs, this series will continue through the week before it's done forever.

51/52 - Skull

I think this was the last one that I did? Maybe.

ANYWAY, the numbers say I only have one more of these to post, but you can't always believe numbers.

50/52 - Orc

Orcs have pig faces. Don't trust anyone who tells you otherwise.

49/52 - Sahaugin

Sahaugins are fish lizards from the bottom of the sea. Aquaman has met some, probably.

48/52 - Bard

This is the bard in my D&D campaign, who is a party dwarf of the finest caliber.