My most recent illustration for the local alt-weekly paper in Asheville, NC (The Mountain Xpress) was commissioned for the purpose of illustrating the cover story of housing costs driving employees (in this case, city police officers) out of the city they work in, to live in less-expensive outlying areas. Here […]
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This week’s issue of the local alt-weekly paper in Asheville, NC, The Mountain Xpress contains a story on local alcohol-free establishments, and I was commissioned to draw the cover for it. Here are some of my initial cover ideas, along with the art for the cover, and how the printed […]
That’s a wrap for my participation in the month-long, daily drawing challenge with Halloween-themed prompts for me to draw something for. Here is the gallery of all the days I did:
Another cover story I was asked to illustrate for the local Alt-Weekly Asheville paper, The Mountain Xpress, was this one about an upcoming vote on local bonds that would be used to fund greenways and preserve open space, as well as for affordable housing. I was given some ideas they […]
The local alt-weekly paper, The Mountain Xpress, in Asheville has once again seen fit to commission my art for one of their cover stories. This one seeks to illustrate the concepts in the article regarding the efforts of those both outside the area and inside, mostly non-profits, trying to provide […]
Here is the final three days of the daily caricature challenge for the month of January: David Spade; Fred Ward; and, of course, the six degrees of separation guy, Kevin Bacon. Plus, here is the entire month, connections added and the final day subject connected to all from Day One, […]
Another cover illustration opportunity for the alt-weekly Asheville paper, The Mountain Xpress came up recently, and I was able to provide this requested autumn scene of squirrel families safely enjoying the Thanksgiving holidays in separate “pods” to keep them safe from the current cover-19 virus situation. Here is the illustration […]
This week’s new issue of the alt-weekly Asheville Mountain Xpress paper features a new cover illustration by me. The paper needed a humorous cover design to accompany the cover story about local social-distancing mandates that have become “The New Normal” due to the worldwide Cover-19 pandemic. It was also requested […]
This week’s new issue of Mountain Xpress (the local alt-weekly paper for Asheville, NC) features another cover illustration from me. I was tasked to come up with a concept to illustrate the story about the history of the monuments located in an old local church. This assignment was tricky, because the Confederate […]
This week’s new issue of Mountain Xpress (the local alt-weekly paper for Asheville, NC) features another cover illustration from me. I was tasked to come up with a concept to illustrate the story about the vast amount of election campaign contributions for the two local district representatives that come from […]