Harry and the Potters Album Cover

One of my illustration assignments at Pratt was to draw an imaginary album cover for a band.  I chose Harry and the Potters, because I had just found out about them a year or two before and was kind of obsessed with them at the time.  I sent this image to Harry and the Potters, and although it was never used for an album cover, they have used it a few times on flyers or things like that.

I am posting this old work to get it back online after I stopped using Flickr to display my illustration work.

Bob Boehler Portrait

Back in 2005 my friend Bob hired me to draw his portrait.  If memory serves, he super-imposed a red "NO" symbol over it (like a "NO SMOKING" sign) and put it on a T-Shirt.  I can't remember exactly why he needed a "NO BOB" shirt...  Anyway, it was fun to draw!

I am posting this old work to get it back online after I stopped using Flickr to display my illustration work.

Old Website Backgrounds

For the final project of my Professional Practices class at Pratt I built the first version of this illustration website.  Version 1.0 had one background illustration for each of the four sections, which were split up my medium: Digital, Acrylic, Watercolor and Pen & Ink.  Below you can see those images (click on any of them to make them bigger):

 

I also made this background for the initial splash page.  It was also used on the back of my business card for years.  I thought the image of a rooster, getting up at the crack of dawn to greet the day was a good representation of my work ethic and attitude.

The site was later updated to have just one portfolio section, and then eventually it morphed into its current illustration blog format.  I wonder what it'll look like next!

I am posting this old work to get it back online after I stopped using Flickr to display my illustration work.

Evil Dead: The Musical Poster

This was another illustration assignment from my Pratt days.  If memory serves, we were supposed to select one of the plays that was currently running in New York and make a poster for it.  I chose Evil Dead: The Musical because I thought it would provide some interesting imagery.  Ironically, I have never seen any of the Evil Dead movies (or the play) because I can't handle horror movies.

I am posting this old work to get it back online after I stopped using Flickr to display my illustration work.

Beg Yr Pardon Poster

Back in 2006 I was asked to illustrate a poster for the Beg Yr Pardon concert series in New York City. It was a lot of fun to try and get all of this information onto a single sheet of 8.5" x 11" piece of paper.  Hand lettering all the way!

I am posting this old work to get it back online after I stopped using Flickr to display my illustration work.