Thursday, July 21, 2011

Cricket Lullaby for Turtle Magazine


Pick up the current issue of Turtle Magazine and you'll see this piece I did on the back cover. It accompanies the poem Cricket Lullaby by Jacqueline Schiff.

The first sketch I did (see below) had the cricket in a suit and fedora a la Sinatra but that idea was nixed. I was sad to loose that touch, but I think it helped the image in the end because the suit would have diminished the effect the green has against the monochrome background.

In related news I'll be working on the puzzle pages for Jack & Jill (which is Turtle's sister magazine) for September through to the end of 2012. Be sure to check out the first installment which is a Halloween themed spread.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Burning Celebrities for Keep the Heat

Alex Negrete of Keep the Heat fame asked me to make a background with a bunch of celebrities heads screaming and yelling and caught up in fire. Needless to say I said yes.

You can see the complete full sized background here.