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I ♥ NYC / SF 
Illustrations for a Bold Italic story by Ali Hart about making the transition from the Big Apple to SF. Read the article here. Client: The Bold Italic AD: Sarah...
Mental Floss  
Illustration for an article on why tree frogs in the Amazon evolved to have such a variety of patterns and colors.
Moving to Oakland 
Illustrations and design for a Bold Italic story by Broke-Ass Stuart on why people are migrating across the bay from San Francisco to Oakland, read the story...
2043 
Illustrations for French publication 2043, a magazine dealing with potential future issues. My set of illustrations were for a series articles on the future of war...
Square Valentines 
Worked with the team at Square on a Valentines Day #lovelocal campaign. Visit Happy Valentines Day Love Square Animation by: Very True Story Producer: Justin...
The Owl Mag 
Identity and website redesign for SF / LA based music site The Owl. Full project soon.
Plague Timeline 
Commission by French future focused magazine Usbek & Rica, chronicling the history of plagues and pandemics throughout time and what new epidemics await us in the...
Road to Modern Marketing  
Character illustrations for Eloqua on the modern of marketing, a balance of science and art. The series includes different marketing archetypes of from the door...
Geo-Tagging 
Cover illustration for the Travel Issue of Distro, tablet tech magazine, the feature article was on globe trekking and camera gear and the art of geo-tagging....
18' Not 18" 
Two color screenprint for the Bottleneck Gallery's Alternate Endings show. Inspired by the classic napkin miscalculation from This is Spinal Tap. Printed by:...
331 Cortland  
Series of illustrations and icons for a Bold Italic story about 331 Cortland, a botique foodery in Bernal Heights, that has a revolving roster of merchants; from...
Tour of the East  
Spot illustrations for an Australian magazine article on various types of eastern cuisine available down under; Japanese, Indian, Thai, Korean and...
Good Eggs 
Collaborated with the team at Good Eggs on a poster highlighting the cornicopia that is Northern California. Full project soon.
California Greenin' 
Full spread illustration for Greensource Magazine highlighting various green building in San Francisco and a set of icons for different environmental building...
GOOD x SF Arts 
Illustrations for a focusing on various arts culture venues and facts around San Francisco; including the SFMOMA, the Conservatory of Flowers and the War Memorial...
Re-Build Up 
Poster to help benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy for Help Ink. 90% of proceeds go directly to All Hands Volunteers, available at Help Ink.
LA Times 
Illustrations for a Bold Italic article by Jake Swearingen comparing life between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Each illustration in the set is split down the...
Urban Graphic 
Series of patterns for wrapping paper and greeting card designs for Urban Graphic's Toasted line.
Friends of Type 
Had the pleasure to be a guest post'r over at Friends of Type. Here are a few of the pieces from that week, view the whole set over at FoT.
Tune in, Turn off, Plug out  
Illustrations for an article on proper tech etiquette by Brian Lam. Read the article over on The Bold Italic.
Parasitic Armored Arachnid 
Contribution for the first volume of the Zelda Zine curated by Cory Schmitz. The piece is based on the epic first boss battle form the The Orcarina of Time...
Triforce Tribute 
Set of potion bottles and a handpainted sign for the Triforce Tribute, a Legend of Zelda themed show curated by AWH + Jolby at Land Gallery. Potion bottles...
Occupy Poster Project 
Was invited to be a part of The Occupy Poster Project, created and curated by The Half and Half. Other artists in the series include Dan Cassaro, Art Chantry,...
DCFC 2011 
Had the pleasure to work with Death Cab for Cutie again in 2011 to help create some designs for the bands Codes & Keys tour.
Emancipation Proclamation  
Illustration of the Emancipation Proclamation created as part of Momentus, a project curated by Evan Stremke which designers and illustrators visualize defining...
Wander 
Was asked by Keenan Cummings to contribute a piece for the Wander Postcard Collection to help promote the launch of Wander. Check out the whole collection...
Silver Screen Society 
Contributions to the Silver Screen Society. Featured film were Carol Reed's noir classic The Third Man and Disney's musical masterpiece Fantasia.
Meowoodle 
Started a little project where designers and illustrators can post drawings, doodles and sketches of their feline companions. Here are my little rascals Buffins...
Kill Screen 
Cover typography for the fifth issue of Kill Screen Magazine, which focused on music and sound design in games. AD: Keenan Cummings Photography: Daniel Schludi
The Letters Poster 
Collaboration with Ross Moody of 55 Hi's for a limited edition silkscreen poster featuring a whirlwind of various letterforms developed by Ross and I over a...
How To Do Everything Better 
Series of monthly illustrations for the "How to do Everything Better" section of Men's Health magazine. AD: Justin Long
Google Economic Impact Report 
Suite of fifty illustrations highlighting an economic and cultural aspect for each of the 50 states for the 2011 Google Economic Report. with Enso...
Rise and Shine 
Design for the The Peoples Pennant a project started by Kern and Burn and Eric R. Mortensen. Each pennant is to intended to celebrate an aspect of everyday, I...
The Traveler 
Wandering space explorer art print made for Help Ink, which donates 40% of each print purchase to charities around the globe. Available for purchase here.
Bold Italic Magazine 
Work for the quarterly print version of The Bold Italic The Bold Italic # 1 25 Ways to Be Local Series of illustration dealing with various elationship quirks...
Mine 
Identity for Mine a place to catalog and share your purchases. Here's some stuff i've bought recently.
Cycle Cycle 
Deconstructed bike print made for the 2011 SF Artcrank show. Available for purchase in the shop. Printed by: Vahalla Studios
Stranded 
Illustration for Ferocious Quarterly No.3, curated by Nate Utsech. The theme of the issue was survival, so of course theres a shipwrecked fellow stranded on an...
Poolga 
Two sets of iphone wallpapers for Poolga
SuperSonic 
An intersteller travelogue
We Live Now 
Contributions to Eric Smith's inspirational LIVE NOW book. Find out more about Eric's We Live Now project.
Popular Mechanics 
I've been commisioned to create several illustrations and graphics for Popular Mechanics magazine over the last year. ADs: Scott R. Wells, Justin Long
Eureka 
My contribution to Dan Cassaro's 50 and 50 State Mottos project. For my homestate of California's state motto: Eureka or "I Have Found It."
Noise Pop 2011 
Poster and identity for San Francisco's 2011 Noise Pop Music Festival featuring Pidge, the radical mascot of the years fest that was used throughout the week of...
In Radiolab We Trust 
Illustration for the second installment of Jez Burrow's In Radiolab We Trust print series. Based on a story from Radiolab's Cities episode.
DCFC 
Collections of tee designs for Death Cab's 2009 tour
10x10 
Type treatments for my favorite albums released in 2010. And yes, Age of Adz is that awesome.
Things I Like 
Four color hand stamped poster of a few things that I like. printed by: Vahalla Studios
Ra Ra Riot 
Selected t-shirt designs for Syracuse indie rock band Ra Ra Riot.