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The Midnight Sun #1 Cover Process

1. Original cover. This was the cover I had originally done back in 2003. Even at the time, I was disappointed with the execution of the lettering at the top. When I would finally print and officially release this issue nine years (!) later, I wanted to go back and redo the cover to reflect my current style and skill. Note the traditional comics-style issue boilerplate in the upper left corner. I was so cute. [...]
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March 4th, 2012 | Posted in Processes | No Comments
“Best of Chico 2011,” Chico News & Review Cover Process

1. These are my initial (very rough) ideas for the cover. The art director wanted a superhero-themed cover/issue, which played to my strengths as an über-nerd. Number five is what would make the final cut, but I was asked to flesh out four, five, and six. . 2. The finalists in more detail. Number three was a better idea in theory than in execution, in my opinion. Number two showed the city of Chico itself, [...]
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November 4th, 2011 | Posted in Processes | No Comments
“Best of Chico 2011,” Chico News & Review Cover

I once again illustrated Chico News & Review‘s annual “Best Of” issue, this time a superhero-themed deal. You can see the process here.
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November 4th, 2011 | Posted in Illustration, News | No Comments
“Back 2 School Issue,” Inland Empire Weekly Cover

My work was featured on an August cover of the Inland Empire Weekly for their “Back 2 School” issue.
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October 20th, 2011 | Posted in Illustration, News | No Comments
Inland Empire Weekly cover Process (September 2007)

1. This was a cover story about many Mexican immigrants’ accounts of their journey to America, some legal and some not. After reading through the copy of the story the editor provided, I came up with a couple pages of sketches. I based most of my concepts on actual tales told by the various immigrants. I always like to get the illustration dimensions as soon as possible so that I can base my ideas and [...]
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November 13th, 2007 | Posted in Processes | No Comments
“Crossings” IE Weekly Cover

This was a cover for the Inland Empire Weekly regarding Mexican immigrants’ tales of crossing the border. My ideas were drawn from the text of the article itself, which contained a number of firsthand accounts from Mexicans of different walks of life. The one that struck me the most was of a girl who (illegally) crossed the border with her father and younger sister. Not long after crossing, their father quickly hid the two girls [...]
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September 19th, 2007 | Posted in Illustration, Illustration Comments | No Comments
“Skin”

There’s a somewhat long and slightly interesting story behind this image. Interesting if you’re me, that is. It is a redo of an illustration I had done years prior for a magazine I was the art director of, 78 Magazine. The original image was a black-and-white graphite drawing for the cover of an issue that focused on skin (dubbed “The Skin Issue”) and its importance in culture, medicine, etc. At the time I was merely [...]
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August 19th, 2006 | Posted in Art Comments, Illustration, Illustration Comments, Prints | No Comments
“Atomic Scientist”

I’d like a pair of those goggles. But not so much the apocalyptic world the scientist is beholding. This image was later used for Paranoia Magazine’s 50th issue cover. It was my first cover for a national publication.
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February 7th, 2005 | Posted in Art Comments, Illustration, Illustration Comments, Prints | 2 Comments
“Question Authority”

A cover image for 78 Magazine, done back when I was merely a staff illustrator. The theme of the issue was “Question Authority,” and I came up with a number of sketches that explored that concept. This one was everyone’s favorite, and we even put up extra money so that we could have the color red for printing (it was a black and white publication). Like most every other hip artist on the planet, I’ve [...]
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October 19th, 2004 | Posted in Illustration, Illustration Comments | No Comments