Traveling Around All Over

Hi all,

Just got back to the studio after a ton of holiday traveling. Had an unexpected trip to New York last week that gave me the oppurtunity to visit one of my all time favorite sketch destinations- the Natural History Museum.

I took colored stock and brush pens with me to get a variety of colorful sketches. Sadly, the crowds on hand and my own time restrictions didn't give me more then a half hour or so for each sketch, but I figured they would be a fun addition to the blog to show my "exercise" outside of normal projects.

This middle image is actually from my layover in Baltimore. I'm not sure what the giant crab and elephant were doing there.

The Ivory Trade

I have just wrapped up work on this new illustration based around articles like this from NPR that have been cropping up over the past year. I have something of a soft spot for pachyderms- having spent hours in my past sketching mammoths and mastodons, along with my known hobby of armchair politics. As such, it is frustrating to hear about the rebound in poaching the last several years.

Any one who has seen my work knows that I rely a great deal on humor. For this piece that avenue just didn't seem appropriate. Regardless, it was fun stretching in to more editorial work, and I hope to do much more of it in the future.

Things aren't always what they seem...

Hi everybody,

Wanted to share this recent image with you that I produced for the The Stranger in Washington. The story covered Democratic State Senators who have Republican leanings. It was a ton of fun- and since one of my hobbies is armchair politics anyway I got a kick out of it. Really happy with how the bodies turned out. Many thanks to AD Aaron for the gig!

New ANIMALS in SUITS!

Hey everyone- hopefully you made it out to see me this past saturday at Star Clipper, but if not, I'm presenting the new animals I drew that day here today and later this week. Remember- I will be taking requests and drawing new animals two more times on December 3rd and the 10th!

Another Late Night

Thank God for Elephants and aquatint.