Concept / Aesthetics / Everything Else

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Hi Blog. Lately I've been thinking about how artists perceive and even categorize their work based on the parameters of concept and/or aesthetics. I can only speak for myself and about what happens in my own brain, so feel free to disagree. However, one day in the future I want to sit with my son, turn on my hologram computer with my mind and show him that his dad had an interesting thought once.

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Wet Mask

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Greetings Blog, and Happy Belated Birthday United States of the Americas. It's a million degrees here on the east coast. I'll take desert heat over coastal humidity any day.

Bright Lights, Not Really

spaceHappy Friday Blog. I just got back from Las Vegas late last night. I had a great time, met some amazing people, and didn't wuss out on the Stratosphere's SkyJump (my "jump" involved a lot of profanities and attempts at bargaining).

In the spirit of bright lights and big cities, enjoy this GIF made from airplane doodles.

Buttsicle

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Hi Blog. I'm in Las Vegas this week enjoying some sun (crutches and all). It's going to be 110 degrees today, so that's something to look forward to.

Oil of No-Way

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Good evening Blog. This is a piece for today's "Letters to the Editor" page in the Op-Ed section of The New York Times. It has to do with the effort to contain the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I usually dig the illustrations in this section because they get right to the point due to the size constraint. Plus, it's a great mental exercise. Below is an alternate idea that Aviva and I both liked but was ultimately passed up for the above image.

Papercut

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Hey Blog, and back to our normal illustrating program.

Devilish Nature

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Manneken Pis

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Hokusai's Wine

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Misunderstanding

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Atom x Eve

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Cock Back

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Math Problems

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The Philosophy of Insomnia

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Magical Pencil Indeed

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Ah, it's the end of the week again Blog. I was at The Society of Illustrators for their Jazz & Sketch night last night and greatly enjoyed myself as always. I tried something slightly different from usual and did most of my drawings with a Magic Pencil, which is usually found in high schools and beginner art classes, but is ridiculously fun. Also, if it's good enough for Milton Glaser, it's good enough for me. The above image was actually done on the subway on the way home. The rest are from Jazz & Sketch.

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The Least Terrible*

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Good afternoon Blog. Its been an odd jumble these past two weeks, filled with Big Apple Comic-Cons, sustainable parties, and tying up loose ends on open jobs. I'm looking forward to moving onto another big personal piece and some design gigs that just came my way.

The images above are from last night's Jazz & Sketch session at the Society of Illustrators. The awesomely scary thing about being there (and being a young illustrator), is that you definitely feel like you're part of a legacy going back for decades, when illustration was a much more venerable practice (it still is of course, but like everything, times change).

These sketches were done very quickly, with my best effort to quiet my lizard brain. I did a bunch, but I thought these were the least terrible*. Also, I was in the back so I missed a couple of AWESOME angles, but oh well.

So that's about it. Later Blog.

* Two things I constantly ask myself are "Is this terrible?" and "How do I be less terrible?".