Stranger Illustration

A wistful piece for The Stranger, it was my last illustration of 2011.
Many thanks to Art Director Aaron Huffman!

Stranger Illustration

Here's one that I did for The Stranger recently. The story was about the writer's most memorable concert experiences, good ones as well as bad ones…
You can read the entire article here. Thanks to Aaron Huffman for the fun assignment!

SXSW Festival for Isthmus

(Please click to enlarge)

This semi-sequential piece came out on the pages of Isthmus today. It's illustrating an article about the South by-Southwest Festival in Austin, TX, and about music festival "junkies". The idea for the Family Circle-inspired approach was by Art Director Carolyn Fath.

Ad in Jazz Inside NY Magazine

If you run across the September issue of Jazz Inside NY magazine. (formerly Jazz Improv), you’ll find this ad for Faith Gibson's CD Big Moon (for which I created the packaging design and artwork). The ad was designed by the magazine, picking up the theme of my artwork. You can find out more about Faith's music on her website.

CD Design

Every once in a while I get to use the old designer chops, and it always feels very special to me. After all, that's what I originally went to school for.

Faith Gibson is an American Jazz Singer currently living in Germany, and I had the pleasure to design and illustrate her new CD, Big Moon. You can find out more about Faith and her music on her website.

Dallas Observer

This one was for the Dallas Observer, about the official Air Guitar Championships. Many thanks to Art Director Alexander Flores. You can read the article here.

Open Mic in Boston

This was for an article about Open Mic venues in Boston, published in the Boston Phoenix. Thanks to Kristen Goodfriend and the lovely people at the Phoenix!

Capitol Hill Block Party

I did drawings of Vampire Weekend and Jay Reatard for The Stranger's coverage of the annual Capitol Hill Block Party. The theme was wet'n wild! For more info check out the Stranger website.

Formale Systeme

Back in Germany, when I was making music (occasionally) I did a couple tracks with my friends Boris Kahl and Thomas Holl, under the silly name Formale Systeme. We occasionally talk about putting our old songs together and self-produce a little EP or something. Which might look like this:

Cover for The Boston Phoenix

This is a drawing of the voluptuous Beth Ditto and her colleagues of The Gossip, that just came out on the cover for the Arts, Music + Events feature of The Boston Phoenix. AD Kevin Banks

Laurie Anderson for Isthmus

Here's a portrait of performance artist and singer Laurie Anderson, that just came out on the pages of Isthmus.