Friday, March 16, 2007

VISA "Breakthrough" campaign


I did these drawing for a company called Arc Worldwide in San Francisco. They had a project that needed a sketch/layout artist and they gave the job to me. VISA was doing a new campaign for small business credit cards called "Breakthrough". I was told that I was to draw two scenarios. They had chosen a female chef and a male contractor. I was told what type of scenes they wanted for each scenario. An example would be contractor at his desk, a chef cooking, etc. The description was very open. I was not given any reference and was asked to do these quickly. The art director loved the sketches. He especially loved the detail and attention put into the backgrounds.
The drawings were then shown to VISA and they loved them as well. I was offered the job of flushing out more scenarios but I had to decline. I accepted a full time job as Head of Marketing at Fireclay Tile.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

Turkey!


This is a pen & ink drawing that I was commissioned to do for an avid turkey hunting club.

Tub's Club Logo

This is a logo that I designed for a start-up company that was kind of like a Jenny Craig type of place. I made the logo in about 30 different colors so that the could merchandise it any way that they wanted. They were very pleased.

U.S. Government VS Blackwell

While in college I landed a job as a courtroom sketch artist for 10TV NEWS in Columbus Ohio. This is one of the cases that I covered. These images were done onsite in the courtroom during opening statements. I only had about 2 hours and I complete 7 paintings. These 4 were used on the 5, 6, and 11 o'clock news. This is an image of Roger Blackwell himself. He was caught (along with many friends and family members) and charged with insider trading that resulted in millions of dollars gained illegally.
This is an image of the government's prosecutor. I sat right behind him during opening statements. This is an image I did of Roger Blackwell's defense attorney during opening statements.
This is Roger Blackwell's ex-wife, who testified against him in return for all charges against her and her parents to be dropped.

Phonebook and Chamber of Commerce Ad

This was an Ad that I did for a Real Estate company in Pacifica California. It was made to be printed in the Yellow Pages and in the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce magazine.

Monday, March 5, 2007

Portrait of a Doctor


This is my most recent portrait. I just finished this last night (3.4.07). I have several more portraits that I am finishing up so keep an eye out for new ones.

Friday, March 2, 2007

Dora the Explorer


This a "Dora the Explorer" children's touch book that I did the layout for Leap Frog. This was a big freelance job for me. Leap Frog has recently asked me for samples for to do more work for them (I have done a total of 2 jobs for them already).