The Last of Us

The Last of Us

Illustrations and alternative movie posters for "The Last of Us" series based on the video game now streaming on HBO Max. I created a couple of different versions of the key illustration as well as the alternative movie poster. I think the textures of the image above...

…in the shade of trees

…in the shade of trees

“A society grows great, when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.” Although this phrase is often attributed to a ancient Greek proverb, its exact source is unknown. It is a popular quote that is widely used to emphasize the importance of...

Gandalf, the Grey

Gandalf, the Grey

Portrait of the great Ian McKellen, in his iconic role of Gandalf as originally performed in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy. As often occurs, the initial portrait may only be a step towards a larger goal. As I worked through the illustration, I also...

On The Sheet

On The Sheet

We’re live! So very proud and happy to finally present to you: #ONTHESHEET, a movie poster project featuring over 60 international artists that created a character for themselves - the poster artist. Presented by Eileen Steinbach, based on an idea by Liza...

Tank Girl

Tank Girl

Work-in-progress of a portrait I have been wanting to do for some time; an illustration of Lori Petty as Rebecca "Tank Girl" Buck. Now, this is one of those classic cult films from my youth starring one of the most overlooked and undervalued actors from that same...

Dagobah

Dagobah

Rarely, do I revisit an old composition in my work. More often than not is because time does not allow the luxury. However, it is an age-old tradition to work and rework themes over the course of a lifetime; we saw that with the old masters and repitition is a strong...

Luke

Luke

First portrait illustration of the new year, 2023. Surprise, it is a Star Wars themed portrait of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. A New Year's Eve tradition our family has is to rewatch the original trilogy. Over time that has grown to include starting at Rogue One and...

2022 illustrated review

2022 illustrated review

A look back at the year, 2022, and a selection of the illustrations and posters that I had produced throughout the year. Since the start of the pandemic, I have been working on translating my skills with traditional media (e.g., watercolor, oils, inks, etc.) to the...

The Future of Work

The Future of Work

This article was originally published on my page on Medium.  This errant view has been nurtured by corporations for decades and it required a global pandemic to expose this flawed perspective. After almost 2 years where much of the global workforce has been performing...

Creative Strategy

Creative Strategy

Content strategy plans for the creation, publication, and governance of useful, usable content. If we use the quote above as an accepted definition...

cap alphabet

cap alphabet

in between projects, tutorials and sales efforts it is always good to unwind with a creative endeavor. it provides me an easy way to clear my mind and encourage unrestrained creativity. i started this alphabet with an idea to do a different letterform for a different...

elements of magic

elements of magic

we have recently completed a long-term project and published our first book entitled, elements of magic: the interactive guidebook to disney's magic kingdom, and it is now available on the iBookstore.   the book covers a brief history of disneyland, and showcases...