Nature Canada Illustrated Map

Fewf! I'm super happy to show you all this illustrated map of Canada I created with John Lepp of Agents of Good for their client, Nature Canada.  This was a large spread for the Nature Canada 2012-2013 Annual Report.  Take a look at the full report here.  John did such an amazing job on the graphic design, I'm so thrilled with how this all came together.

I particularly enjoyed researching and illustrating the handful of Canadian animals.  After this commission was finished, I filled up the map with yet more animals.  I'll be showing you how the completed original turned out in an up coming blog post!

Today's Parent Magazine: Debate Illustration

The October issue of Today's Parent Magazine is out, and has an illustration I created for their debate page.  This debate was about a "push presents", a gift a father would give the mother after she's given birth to a new baby.  This was art directed by Nicole Chung, who I always enjoy working with.

You can read the debate here.

Garden Harvest

I've been enjoying my little garden harvest this past month.  I have 8 Chadwick's Cherry Tomato plants, a nice little row of Black Tuscan Palm Tree Kale and a pot of Italian Large Leaf Basil.  I buy my seeds from The Cottage Gardener.  They have a most excellent selection of heirloom seeds and I've had great results with them.

I thought this was a good time to show another illustration I made for Interval House.  Like the Typewriter Illustration, it was framed and given as an award to a special donor.

Mindful Magazine: Issue 4

New batch of illustrations for Mindful Magazine!  Art directed, as per usual, by the wonderful Meg Yoshida.

2012 Interval House Impact Report

I updated the Interval House Impact Report illustration from last year to fit the new stats.  I worked on this with John Lepp of Agents of Good.  It's always such a pleasure to create work for a truly an amazing organization.

Orange Coast Magazine

I created a bunch of illustrations for Orange Coast Magazine that appeared in the Best of 2013 issue.  The three 1/4 page illustrations are about the hiking, bakeries, and pet supply shops, respectively.

The spot illustrations accompanied suggested shops, restaurants and bars.  I had really a good time working on these commissions.  Thanks very much to Lisa Lewis, who art directed these and was perfectly wonderful to work with.

Today's Parent Magazine: Debate Illustration

This illustration is in the July issue of Today's Parent Magazine.  It accompanied a debate on whether you would let your young daughter wear a two piece swimsuit this summer.  You can read the debate here.

This was art directed by Nicole Chung, who is always a pleasure to work with.

Typewriter Illustration

This is one of 6 original illustrations I created for Interval House.  The illustrations were framed and given as awards to select people who had donated to the women's shelter over the years.

This particular one was given to a women who has been a major donor and was a journalist in the 70's.  She championed the issue of violence against women.