Micachu

"Micachu," The New Yorker, March 16, 2009

alternate color and alternate sketch

Here's a portrait of a 21 year-old British pop musician Micachu. Read more about her in "Dropping Gems" by Sasha Frere-Jones.

Check out more from Micachu and her band, The Shapes, here.

"Marketing Illustration"

I'm interviewed in "Marketing Illustration: New Venues, New Styles, New Methods" by Steven Heller and Marshall Arisman. Other interviewees include Christoph Niemann, Alex Murawski, Yuko Shimizu, and Tomer Hanuka.

The book hits stores in one month but you can pre-order it at a discount here.

More about Steve Heller here.
More about Marshall Arisman here.

No Trouble

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Continue reading here.

Amble prints

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I've already posted about this, but I got the prints in the mail and wanted to show them off!

All of my signed ultrachrome prints are on archival Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper (5 x 7 inches) and inside clear archival sleeves.

Buy the prints as well as original works here.

Van Morrison

"Van Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl ," The New Yorker, February 9 & 16, 2009

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"Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl" by Van Morrison was recorded last November. Art director Max Bode asked me to do an illustration for the album's upcoming release. I decided to revisit the feel of my Kimya Dawson piece but with shapes implying the Hollywood Bowl and the color palette from the original album art for "Astral Weeks."

"Van Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl ," alternate version
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I also did a second, trippier version inspired by psychedelic artists Peter Max, Tadanori Yokoo and medieval star charts.

More "On the Horizon" illustrations here.

Amble through Bramble

My good friend Morgan Levine will be on the Martha Stewart Show, Wednesday at 11am on NBC. She will be featured in two segments explaining how to fold crepe paper flowers.

Morgan's also set up an online store, Amble through Bramble, where you can buy her paper flowers (dipped in resin) as barrettes or brooches! She also has invited Emily L. Eibel and me to sell prints and original works in her Guest Exhibition section!

All of my signed ultrachrome prints are on archival Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper (5 x 7 inches) and inside clear archival sleeves.

Black and White Psychedelia

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An unused background for an upcoming illustration.