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It's that time of year when candidates come out of hiding to get your attention, and more importantly your vote for nomination. Get out you ballot and head into your favorite voting booth and make your decision.

Labels: Arm Wrestling, Democrats, Editorial Illustration, Politics, Republican, Skope Magazine, Tattoos

Networking. It's a huge part of anybody and everybody's career path including artists of all kinds. This article was about how musicians can best use your time and take advantage of music conferences and seminars around the country. Rule number one: get your music into industry hands.

Labels: Editorial Illustration, Music Industry, Skope Magazine

Here's the finished portrait illustration of John and John from They Might Be Giants. I really wanted to do a good job with this illustration since I've been a huge fan of theirs for years. As I began painting, I tried to push color more in this piece than I usually do to add a more dynamic feeling to the piece, as well as to help accentuate the toy bobblehead concept. You'll be able to find this in the January/February issue of Skope Magazine.

Labels: Editorial Illustration, Portrait, Skope Magazine, They Might Be Giants

I just finished this sketch for an article about They Might Be Giants. After thinking about the assignment I decided that it would be a fun idea to do John and John as bobbleheads. And so far I'm pretty pleased with the result.

Labels: Editorial Illustration, Portrait, Sketch, Skope Magazine, They Might Be Giants

This piece never actually saw print since the article was killed by the magazine for some reason, but I was extremely pleased with the way that it came out. Originally from Austin, Charlie Rose is a local Boston-based folk musician. I loved the idea of doing this in a pseudo american folk art style, which just accentuated the banjo in his arms and the whole sense of folk music.

Labels: Charlie Rose, Editorial Illustration, Folk Music

"...Pearl Jam turned out to be Generation X's Led Zeppelin, openly paying homage to their predecessors, without using a formulaic template for success. Stone Temple was able to channel the Doors, thanks primarily to Scott Weiland's stage histrionics, and eke out their own spot in rock history..."

This article for Skope magazine that I had to illustrate gave me a huge panorama of people and bands to play with. In the end I decided that I really found the play of Jim Morrison against Scott Weiland (or possibly Scott Weiland against Jim Morrison) to be the most fun and dynamic. Once I had that decided this piece really came together fast and I've been pleased with the result.

Enjoy

Labels: Editorial Illustration, Illustration, Jim Morrison, Portrait, Scott Weiland, Skope Magazine