My Tourist Crossing the Delaware illustration was accepted into Society of Illustrators 54. I posted some of the process work for this illustration a while back here.
Tourist Crossing the Delaware // Art Director ~ Aiko Masazumi // Ink on Bristol and digital // 2011
Directed by the talented Guilherme Marcondes, Hornet made this great title sequence for the new movie, Bunraku. I designed all the backgrounds, buildings and vehicles. Glad I can finally share this. It was over a year ago that I worked on this project.
Below is a sample of some of my background designs as flat images.
Check out the movie trailer and a couple more backgrounds after the jump…
Ever wonder who makes those toy commercials that air during Saturday morning cartoons? Turns out it’s me! I designed the characters for this Hasbro Transformers ad, and Transistor Studios did the rest.
Chase character concept
Some orthographic designs for the rest of the characters after the jump…
Aunt Martha just released a new album of recordings from Norway, ME. As a thank-you to all their fans they’re giving away the album for free! Get your copy at auntmarthaband.com. In other exciting Aunt Martha news, they’re performing at Mercury Lounge next week on September 14th. Get your Mercury Lounge tickets at mercuryloungenyc.com. You won’t be disappointed.
Norway, ME cover art ~ Graphite on Bristol and digital
Many thanks to art director, Stephanie Gladney, for entrusting me with a full spread in TimeOut Chicago this week for their Casinos issue. Together we hatched the plan of illustrating a craps table casino scene from above, but repurposing the craps board to hold all the information about local casinos. For me this was a challenging exercise in forshortening. There is perhaps no more difficult angle to draw a person than from directly above, so I completed this whole illustration digitally to save time, because of a quick deadline and a crunched schedule, and also to give myself a bit of a safety net with the figures themselves. I always have fun with illustrated type, the neon header turned out a bit better than I expected.
I added a little extra to the scene so TimeOut would have a little freedom with cropping, so they could make sure they included all the type. Below is my uncropped version, and beneath that is the spread as it printed (more process work after the jump).
Chandra Illick, the art director of Businessweek Magazine called me to illustrate an article about businesses that are cropping up to capitalize on the Rapture as a result of the debt ceiling crisis. This was the first time an art director has asked me to illustrate a specific idea that was already decided. Luckily, it was an exciting one to illustrate! I haven’t done likenesses in a little while, so this was a nice refresher (from left to right: Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and John Boehner). You can read the article online on the Businessweek website.
Is the debt ceiling crisis resurrecting the Apocalypse Industry? ~ Ink on Bristol and digital More after the jump…
some little Rapture spots for the spread of the article: a man being saved, a man being damned, and a shopper stocking up on Rapture merchandise
Art director Halina Sabath from another Westchester magazine, 914INC., asked me to illustrate an article discussing the importance of an MBA in the world of business. The article considers that many people can reach the same levels of success without master’s degrees.
This illustration was for Westchester Magazine, for an article about local revolutionary war sites to visit in July. It’s my humble (and silly) homage to the great Emanuel Leutze‘s painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware (below after the jump). Many thanks to art director, Aiko Masazumi for the fun job!
Ink on Bristol and digital
process work after the jump…
Concept sketches (digital)
14″x20″ ~ Ink on Bristol
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze 1851.
