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PJ McQuade – Jim Henson – Influences

Jim Henson.  The upper echelon of fantastic-ness, a legendary man.  This portrait I did reminds me of Treebeard from The Lord of the Rings.  Kind of a odd comparison, but to me it rings true.  He’s rooted in my generation

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PJ McQuade – Jim Henson – Influences

Jim Henson.  The upper echelon of fantastic-ness, a legendary man.  This portrait I did reminds me of Treebeard from The Lord of the Rings.  Kind of a odd comparison, but to me it rings true.  He’s rooted in my generation

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Keith Negley – LA Times

  Derek Simmons at LA Times was nice enough to ask me to do the cover of this year’s tax guide. It was a great collaboration and the only real challenge for me was finding the right palette to reflect

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Keith Negley – LA Times

  Derek Simmons at LA Times was nice enough to ask me to do the cover of this year’s tax guide. It was a great collaboration and the only real challenge for me was finding the right palette to reflect

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Kyle T. Webster – Boston Globe ‘g’ Covers

Here are two recent ‘g’ cover illustrations for The Boston Globe. The first was on the subject of virtual coaches, available as apps on your mobile device. The second was on the popular book, ‘Bringing up Bébé,’ which compares and

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Kyle T. Webster – Boston Globe ‘g’ Covers

Here are two recent ‘g’ cover illustrations for The Boston Globe. The first was on the subject of virtual coaches, available as apps on your mobile device. The second was on the popular book, ‘Bringing up Bébé,’ which compares and

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PJ McQuade – Book Clubs – Time Out New York

I have an illustration in this week’s Time Out New York, The Spring Preview Issue.  It’s for an article about various Book Clubs in the metro area, good stuff.  I love the Greenlight Bookstore especially.   I did some work

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PJ McQuade – Book Clubs – Time Out New York

I have an illustration in this week’s Time Out New York, The Spring Preview Issue.  It’s for an article about various Book Clubs in the metro area, good stuff.  I love the Greenlight Bookstore especially.   I did some work

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Thomas Pitilli – Sex Ed Group Show

These are some recent linoleum cut prints that I made for an upcoming Slap Dash event, with the theme being ‘Sex Ed’. I wanted to make something that was not figurative, but still suggestive enough to work within the theme

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Thomas Pitilli – Sex Ed Group Show

These are some recent linoleum cut prints that I made for an upcoming Slap Dash event, with the theme being ‘Sex Ed’. I wanted to make something that was not figurative, but still suggestive enough to work within the theme

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Mike Freiheit – New Orleans Graves

This was for a piece about people visiting New Orleans musicians’ grave sites and how it alluded to a lot of the people taking it as a kind of religious experience (or so that’s what I got from the text).

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Mike Freiheit – New Orleans Graves

This was for a piece about people visiting New Orleans musicians’ grave sites and how it alluded to a lot of the people taking it as a kind of religious experience (or so that’s what I got from the text).

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Brian Taylor — 401k Tools and Relocation Woes

Here are some recent illustrations for Workforce Management and its website. This was an illustration for an article on how companies are trying to make it easier for employees to save for their retirement by using online 401k tools. This

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Brian Taylor — 401k Tools and Relocation Woes

Here are some recent illustrations for Workforce Management and its website. This was an illustration for an article on how companies are trying to make it easier for employees to save for their retirement by using online 401k tools. This

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Pete Ryan – Seattle Weekly

This piece, for Seattle Weekly, was a follow-up to the nuclear kickback story I worked on a few months ago. The article picked up where the other left off. Initially, this made coming up with a whole new set of

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Pete Ryan – Seattle Weekly

This piece, for Seattle Weekly, was a follow-up to the nuclear kickback story I worked on a few months ago. The article picked up where the other left off. Initially, this made coming up with a whole new set of

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Tomoyuki Tanaka – Patrick McQuade – Influences

Tomoyuki Tanaka, Creator of GODZILLA. I remember as a kid watching a commercial for what was Godzilla vs. Mothra and seeing Mothra in creepy larva form crawling down the street spewing webs and being blown away. Then I heard Godzilla’s

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Tomoyuki Tanaka – Patrick McQuade – Influences

Tomoyuki Tanaka, Creator of GODZILLA. I remember as a kid watching a commercial for what was Godzilla vs. Mothra and seeing Mothra in creepy larva form crawling down the street spewing webs and being blown away. Then I heard Godzilla’s

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Brett Affrunti – Casino movie poster

This is the first of a new series of personal work, where I’d like to take some of my favorite movies and redesign and illustrate the movie poster! This one is for Martin Scorsese’s 1995 “Casino” starring Robert De Niro,

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Brett Affrunti – Casino movie poster

This is the first of a new series of personal work, where I’d like to take some of my favorite movies and redesign and illustrate the movie poster! This one is for Martin Scorsese’s 1995 “Casino” starring Robert De Niro,

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Alex Fine – Baltimore City Paper

I illustrated the cover of this week’s Baltimore City Paper.  The illustration refers to an article about a book written by a member of a notorious Baltimore gang.  While still in prison, he wrote the book as a guide for

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Alex Fine – Baltimore City Paper

I illustrated the cover of this week’s Baltimore City Paper.  The illustration refers to an article about a book written by a member of a notorious Baltimore gang.  While still in prison, he wrote the book as a guide for

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Daniel Fishel – Hitting the mark

Hitting the mark – 9″x12″ Acrylic and ink on paper mounted to board You can purchase my piece online here I was asked to be apart of a group show at paradigm gallery, where the theme of the show was

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Daniel Fishel – Hitting the mark

Hitting the mark – 9″x12″ Acrylic and ink on paper mounted to board You can purchase my piece online here I was asked to be apart of a group show at paradigm gallery, where the theme of the show was

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Ryan Snook – Rejected New Yorker cover

The White Dog I wanted to share a cover idea that was rejected by the New Yorker that I really like. It was very much inspired by our dog, Scooter.

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Ryan Snook – Rejected New Yorker cover

The White Dog I wanted to share a cover idea that was rejected by the New Yorker that I really like. It was very much inspired by our dog, Scooter.

February

Noah Patrick Pfarr – Personal Work

I have wanted to do something like this for a long time, and I finally made the time to do it.  I wanted to illustrate a month of the year and also pay tribute to one of my illustration heroes

February

Noah Patrick Pfarr – Personal Work

I have wanted to do something like this for a long time, and I finally made the time to do it.  I wanted to illustrate a month of the year and also pay tribute to one of my illustration heroes

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Pete Ryan – ConnCan

Last month I worked with the fine people at ConnCan on their newest education reform campaign called “Wake up Connecticut”. The Job required creating a logo for the campaign, as well as a series of illustrations to help roll out

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Pete Ryan – ConnCan

Last month I worked with the fine people at ConnCan on their newest education reform campaign called “Wake up Connecticut”. The Job required creating a logo for the campaign, as well as a series of illustrations to help roll out

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Keith Negley – Recent Work

Here are a few recent assignments I had the pleasure to work on. The first is for Christianity Today for their book review section, about the duality of good and evil and why you need both. Art Director: Gary Gnidovic This

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Keith Negley – Recent Work

Here are a few recent assignments I had the pleasure to work on. The first is for Christianity Today for their book review section, about the duality of good and evil and why you need both. Art Director: Gary Gnidovic This

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Brian Taylor — Fast Company

Here are some spot illustrations for the March 2012 issue of Fast Company for a short article entitled “How Alcoa, Starbucks, Arista, and Febreze Kicked Normal Habits and Found Success.” That last illustration is a portrait of Andre 3000 and

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Brian Taylor — Fast Company

Here are some spot illustrations for the March 2012 issue of Fast Company for a short article entitled “How Alcoa, Starbucks, Arista, and Febreze Kicked Normal Habits and Found Success.” That last illustration is a portrait of Andre 3000 and

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Thomas James – The Old Man and the Sea

I recently completed this new personal piece based on my favorite recurring scene from my favorite book, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. The main character, Santiago, often dreams about lions playing on the beaches of Africa,

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Thomas James – The Old Man and the Sea

I recently completed this new personal piece based on my favorite recurring scene from my favorite book, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. The main character, Santiago, often dreams about lions playing on the beaches of Africa,

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Mike Freiheit – The Hobart Family

This was a fun little portrait of the group Hobart Brothers and Lil’ Sis for Offbeat Magazine. The AD I think was looking for something pretty straight forward, but I really wanted to dig into the ‘family’ aspect. I had

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Mike Freiheit – The Hobart Family

This was a fun little portrait of the group Hobart Brothers and Lil’ Sis for Offbeat Magazine. The AD I think was looking for something pretty straight forward, but I really wanted to dig into the ‘family’ aspect. I had

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Daniel Hertzberg – Time Out Chicago: A Decade After E2

It was an honor to be asked to do the cover of Time Out Chicago a couple weeks ago. It was a feature article about the 2003 E2 nightclub stampede in which 21 people were killed and more than 50

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Daniel Hertzberg – Time Out Chicago: A Decade After E2

It was an honor to be asked to do the cover of Time Out Chicago a couple weeks ago. It was a feature article about the 2003 E2 nightclub stampede in which 21 people were killed and more than 50