This is the first rev of Society of Illustrators. Rusty told me to use the runner one. I also wanted to do a kind of tribute to Bernie Fuchs because he just died and he was one of the most important illustrators of our time. So I thought it would be appropriate to use his illustrations.

Final Conversation Piece.

Final conversation piece.

3 hrs illustrating in photoshop.

1 hr sketching final comp.

2 hrs revising

Time in the Woods.

This is the final Time in the Woods spread. I like the composition overall and I think the colors are vivid and play well off each other. I didn't want to clutter the spread with an overwhelming amount of photography so I cropped the bottom and made the pictures smaller. I think it turned out much better than I thought it would

World's Largest Ears.

This is my initial sketch for the Guinness Book of World Records assignment. I chose to do the longest ears of any animal. It was a basset hound and he had some freaking huge ears. I wanted to do an extreme of this so I made his ears wrap around him and go behind him, just basically a crap-ton of ears. I am considering wrapping his ears around the type that we have to put in. The critiques told me to alter the composition somehow and make room for the type and to work out the ears better. I also was told to change the composition so that the dog was offset, but I don't think I agree with that.

This is my final gouache montage. I like the colors in this one better. They're much more vivid. I also like the background and the raspberry better in this one. The red hue on the snake was also a nice addition. I tried uploading the first draft but blogger is being testy. Time: 6 hours.

Conversation Piece.

These are my conversation sketches. I heard this girl talking about how there was this misunderstanding about how someone found a dog in the rain but they thought they found it in a sewer. Long story short, I decided to use this for my conversation piece. The first draft is at the bottom and then the next two are in order. I particularly like the dog in the top one. I need to flush out some issues on the top one where the feet are. The sidewalk needs to come at a slant and the feet need some resolving. I can't decide if I want to do this in photoshop or gouache. Suggestions?

Final Professional Photo Layouts

This is the final Metropolitan Aquarium Gala poster. I think it turned out well. It's fun, yet elegant and would attract a wide range of demographics. I had a difficult time coming up with a concept that would be fun for the younger group but at the same time, would attract the older crowd, who would be more likely to contribute donations. 13x19. Full bleed. This was the one I wanted to print. But I had some technical difficulties with font printing out differently that I wanted it to. So I ended up having to print my suicide spread. Time: 5 hours.

This is the final for the suicide magazine article. I struggled with what to do with the title and the lead in text. I think it turned out well overall. I particularly like the picture on the right as well as the information that goes with it. Overall, a good layout if I do say so myself. Time: 4 hours.

This is the final MIKIMOTO pearl advertisement spread. I think it turned out better than the first two drafts. I like the pearls in the background of the title. Time: 3 hours.