Omar

"Omar," The New Yorker, March 3, 2014

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"Omar," directed by Hany Abu-Assad, is Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. The title character attempts to get marriage approval from his girlfriend's brother by joining him in an attack on Israeli soldiers. Things don't go as planned.

Thanks, Chris!

Big Freedia

Mad Men

I did this piece two weeks ago for the New Yorker. The art department loved the illo, but the higher-ups decided to go with a photo treatment for the article at the last moment. These things happen in publishing. On the bright side, I was paid for my work and I'm happy with how the illustration turned out!

The Messenger

 

Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder

Boyd and Justified hero Raylan Givens have a complicated relationship as criminal/cop frenemies. As much as I liked this drawing as a likeness of actor Walton Goggins, I couldn't find a way to incorporate it into the illustration.

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Here's an unused sketch from my Johnny Winter illustration. Check out his killer version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" from 1974:

Alternate Heathcliffs

Ox thumbs

Here are some thumbnails for my Ox Mountain Death Song illustration.

Unseen Hunters

Some unused drawings from my Hunters illo.

The Challenges of Adult ADHD

"The Challenges of Adult ADHD," American Medical News, August 6, 2012

This illustration was for an article about the growing number of adults being diagnosed with ADHD and the recent realization that many children do not outgrow ADHD. 

Thanks, Annemarie!

Saadat Hassan Manto sketches

Julia Holter

Julia Holter, The New Yorker, September 3, 2012

 

 

Thanks again, Jordan!

Citizen Conn

"Citizen Conn," The New Yorker, February 13 & 20, 2012

My first full page for The New Yorker illustrates "Citizen Conn," a new short story by Michael Chabon. I'm a big fan of Chabon's—The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay inspired my senior project at Pratt and a while back I did a few illustrations that ran in "The Escapists," a Dark Horse comic series sequel to Kavalier & Clay. This short story is a return to the world of comic book creators for Chabon.

I had longer for this piece than a typical NYer illustration and much of the time was spent conceptualizing. Here are the thumbnails:

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Four of thumbnails were chosen and developed into rough sketches:

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There was some debate among the editors as to whether to go with a literal scene from the story or not. As a result, two of the roughs were asked to be developed into final inks.

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The literal direction won out in the end (although I went back to the drawing board one more time!).

"Citizen Conn" appears in this week's issue of The New Yorker.

Read an interview with Chabon about the story here.

Thanks for all the great direction, Jordan!

Go West

"Califone,” The New Yorker, January 23, 2012

As part of the NewYork guitar festival, Califone will perform a live soundtrack to the Buster Keaton's GO WEST.

Thanks, Jordan!

A few unused drawings of Black Star...

Gillian Welch

"Gillian Welch," The New Yorker, October 24, 2011

Here's my illo of singer-songwriter Gillian Welch for this week's New Yorker (along with some early sketches before I went in a "more Gillian / less cowboy hat" direction) and here's a song from her latest album, "The Harrow & The Harvest"—


She's performing at the Beacon Theater in New York on Saturday, October 22.

Thanks, Jordan!

House of Bamboo

"House of Bamboo," The New Yorker, August 29, 2011

Here's a quick one I did for Sam Fuller's House of Bamboo— "starring... Robert Ryan as the ruthless kingpin of Tokyo's post-war underworld!" Also included are some unused drawings from my sketchbook.

Thanks, as always, Jordan!

High Places

"High Places," The New Yorker, August 15, 2011

Above is an illo of High Places I did for the NYer. Also included is an alternate sketch and an early palette direction (I liked the looks of it but didn't think it would reproduce well).

This was an especially fun piece because Rob was my boss when I did workstudy at Pratt!

I Was Born from Transformation Surprise on Vimeo.

Thanks, Jordan and Nicholas!

Warpaint

"Warpaint," The New Yorker, April 4, 2011

L.A. band Warpaint are playing the Brooklyn Bowl this Wednesday and the Bowery Ballroom the next day. Here's the illustration I did of them for the New Yorker. Below is my color inspiration (Overlap No.3 (Crimson and Blue) by Ernst Benkert) as well as the original drawing of the band's bassist.

Check out their video for "Beetles":

Thanks, Jordan!

The Fashion Cycle

"Bill Cunningham," The New Yorker, March 21, 2011

Here's the portrait of fashion photographer Bill Cunningham I did for this week's New Yorker. The black and white drawings are the sketches— for the final illo, I decided to zoom in a bit on the approved sketch.

Here's the trailer for "Bill Cunningham New York" (to be released March 16):


Gotta love the Velvets.

Thanks, Jordan!