Category Archives: Illustration
Two logos selected for inclusion in Logo Lounge book 7
I was thrilled and honored to receive word that two of my logos (shown below) will be included in Rockport Publisher’s Logo Lounge book 7 available in July 2012. The first was created for the John Hancock Committee for the States, and the other was for Kara Collegeman Photography. You can read more about the…
Court Report cover illustration
Being asked to do an illustration for a magazine is fun and exciting work. Being asked to illustrate the cover is even better, especially when it’s for a well crafted article written in the style of a Hardy Boy’s mystery. It was titled “The Mississippi Five and the Case of the Missing Case”. After being…
Thoburn logo published in logolounge Master Library
Thrilled and honored to have my logo published in volume three of logolounge’s master library of shapes and symbols. I received my copy today, and immediately flipped to page 240 where my little flame appears.
Bass Coalition
The Bass Coalition is a summer workshop for Bass players and enthusiasts. One of their sponsors, NoTreble contacted me and asked if I could design a logo for the coalition. One of the biggest challenges that they mentioned was that it needed to appeal to both kinds of bass players, classical and electric. I was…
Branding the Tea Party
Here’s a post sure to touch a nerve. For starters, I’m an artist and this is a blog about art, not politics (there’s plenty of those out there). Personally, I think art is much more interesting and is less likely to cost friendships. Within the past two years a movement started sweeping across America known as…
GeoEngineering
Editorial illustration for Momentum Magazine which is published by the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!
Don't Tread On Me part II
Like many high school kids, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do after graduation. One of my best friends was headed for the Marines, and I thought, the Marines are cool, and I like their logo. (I once chose a school to attend based solely on it’s logo & mascot. That didn’t…