HOW LOVE

HOW magazine included my site in their September Top 10 Web Sites for Designers. Thanks for the love HOW Magazine.

http://blog.howdesign.com/

PROCESS- START TO FINISH

I recently did a job for a pitch for the Vendy Awards to come to Los Angeles. The client wanted a couple sketches to show the Los Angeles people what they had in mind. After I sent in the sketches, they wanted to combine all three concepts together into one piece. 

Normally, this is a nightmare descending into mediocrity, but in this case, the suggestions were good and the final piece is better for it. 

Below are the original thumb nails, followed by the sketches and then cleaned up and color dropped in with Photoshop.  The client asked for the wrestler guy to be driving the taco truck and the type style and copy added from the third one. I have also included my the untouched drawing of the wrestler as a taco truck driver followed by the finished piece.

DOES THIS BODY MAKE ME LOOK FAT?

MODES OF TRANSPORT

I have a bike.  Its an old rusty cruiser from the 40's its beautiful, but about every 10th time I ride it, I blow out the back tire for some reason.

LIKE A SEX MACHINE

Movin, you know, doin it.

SUMMADELPHIA!

Its summertime and we are off for a long weekend at the beach in Delaware. Is that still technically "down the shore" as they say here? Or is that phrase reserved for Jersey only?

POOP FREE DMZ

Friends and neighbors Michael and Kimberly were in dire need of a doggie doo-doo deterrent. I agreed to make one in the form of a humorous sign for a case of special beer. The beer is long gone, so I had to get the sign out.  Doggies of Narberth, you've been warned.

Bunny Bag

I've posted about this before, so excuse the redundancy. The bunny bag is out in stores. You can also purchase it here:

http://www.blueq.com/shop/item/114-productId.125845443_114-catId.117440696.html

DESIGN MAFIA

Recently I ended up on some list that was asking for submissions for a design motif/poster for Create Berlin. Which, I guess is some kind of agency promoting different cities as design capitals or something.  I was intrigued because I spent a semester in Berlin in college. 

I remember seeing a lot of amazing graffiti and street art, and that inspired this drawing.

Bears are the official symbol of  Berlin, taken from their coat of arms, and he's dressed in Polizei riot gear. Keeping bad design at bay, he's probably a pretty good hugger too.

Doot-Doo!

Oskar is obsessed with elephants right now. Everyday he wakes up and points to his nose and says "doot-doo? doot-doo?" which translates, "Are we going to the zoo to see the elephants?"

Over the holiday, the elephants were moved from the Philly Zoo to a preserve in Pittsburgh, he doesn't know that yet, but I made him a little elephant from some scrap wood, for when he finds out.