Category: Illustration
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Forgetting How To Hold A Fork
Last fall, I did the cover and some inside lettering for the new book, Forgetting How to Hold a Fork (and other momentary lapses of reason) recently published by 826NYC. From the back of the book: More than just a nod to Pink Floyd and temporary mindlessness, this short story collection – written entirely by…
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Getting Even With Shakespeare in the Fringe Festival
Here’s recent illustration I did for the Getting Even with Shakespeare production which has been selected for the New York Fringe Festival. While the above image is for a postcard, it was originally designed for the festival’s website (color) and brochure (grayscale) which required a very small icon. The size restrictions proved to be an…
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Illustrations for Christine
I did a couple of illustrations for my friend Christine. The idea was to do a bio in a children’s story style complete with five or six drawings. Christine tells great stories (check out her blog), so it was easy to find interesting things to illustrate, and I enjoyed dusting off the ol’ watercolors. Maybe…
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Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies Announced!
I’m pleased to announce that I will be a part of the indie comics creation: Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies. Beginning this May (Issue 160), each issue of Image Comic’s Savage Dragon will contain a short story written and drawn by a different indie cartoonist featuring characters from the Savage Dragon Universe. Here’s the lineup as…
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Getting Even with Shakespeare
Here’s an illustration job I recently completed for a play called Getting Even with Shakespeare. The production is an official selection in the Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Winterfest 2010. Here’s the premise (from the website): “Five Shakespearean tragic heroes are in a New York City bar…and they are pissed. According to the laws of metaphysics, Hamlet,…
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Wedding Animation
Last summer, John Kuramoto and I were commissioned to make a short animation for a wedding. The short was added to a surprise video for the bride and groom which was shown at the reception. Our task was simple — make a quick retelling of the couple’s origins. It was a typical story: Boy meets…
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826NYC Workshop Logos
Not too long ago, I helped out with a creative writing workshop over at 826NYC. Over four weeks, the kids split into groups and created a restaurant, complete with theme, menu, and back-story. With direction from the two teams, I drew up a logo for them. Here they are, along with everything the kids wrote.…
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Cape Testing Poses
Every week, I have the pleasure of working a shift at the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. Anyone that has visited Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. can tell you that our Capery is one of the finest, and therefore, one of our main attractions. So while I was proud to be employed by the largest supplier of…
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Secret Identities Trailer
Here’s a new trailer for the upcoming book, Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology which will be on sale in April. You may recall that I did a bio picture of John Kuramoto that will appear in the book.