Editorial Illustration For Library Journal - Taming the eReader

This was an editorial illustration done recently for the cover of Library Journal. The issue was expanding on their recent ebook summit where they hosted their first-ever virtual summit on ebooks. It was an all-day think tank with sessions, commentary on ebooks, their future, how libraries have to deal with them, and what to expect. After speaking with the art director, conceptually we thought librarians trying to rope down an ebook (taking some inspiration from Gulliver's Travels) to represent the challenge libraries will have with getting some control over ebooks in the very near future would make for a compelling cover image. It was a fun cover illustration to work on and Kevin was great to work with over at Library Journal.



materials used: pen and ink, textures, and adobe photoshop.



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Editorial Illustration For 417 Magazine - Titan of the Triathlon

Talk of the Town editorial illustration for 417 Magazine. It went with a quick story about a local 417 guy who qualified for the world Ironman competition in Florida. The headline for the story was "Titan of the Triathlon."

materials used: pen and ink, textures, and adobe photoshop.



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Sweet & Salty Greetings From RTD: Series 1

After many-many requests over the past couple years, Series 1 of the RTD Sweet & Salty greeting card line is finally here! So let's get to spreadin' some RTDs this holiday season!

Card size: A2 - 4.25 x 5.5 inches / 10.795 x 13.97 cm
Printed on 12pt cardstock.
Blank on the inside, so you can make it special for any occasion.
Comes with a paper envelope.
Packaged in a biodegradable cellophane sleeve.

- available online here -





Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. >> available here






Greetings From Mr. Bird >> available here






I Wish I Could've Hung Out Longer >> available here






Forgotten Memories >> available here






The Departure >> available here






Boombox Love >> available here






Fly Fishing >> available here






Waiting For A Believer >> available here

Dots Not Feathers Album design

Just finally got my hands on a copy of the Dots Not Feathers: A Thousand Novels album. These guys were great to work with and it was a real pleasure immersing my noggin in their sound for several days as I worked out concepts for the design.

As I was sketching out ideas during the concepting process I thought it would be really cool to connect the “dots” language visually with braille. Getting at the idea that you really do connect with and feel their music. Unfortunately the turnaround was superfast on this and we had very little time for printing, so embossing wasn't an option this go around, but it is on the radar for the next print run. So stay tuned!

Check these super talented humans out here >> Dots Not Feathers









materials used: royalty free clip art, textures, and adobe photoshop.



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Pamona College: Getting In To Google - Editorial Illustration

This was a full page illustration done recently for Pamona College. The story was about the hiring process at Google and the man in charge of that process, Laszlo Bock. He is the vice president of people operations at Google and Pamona alum. Bock is the guy who runs the intricate, data-intensive process by which Google picks its Googlers.

When Mark Kendall from the magazine contacted me they were looking for something fun and conceptual that portrays the idea of job-seekers trying to land gigs at Google. After having that discussion the battle to the search box felt like a natural direction to go.

materials used: pen and ink, textures, and adobe photoshop.



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