A Bully Story

This was the final for my Illustration Topics Class. The subject was rainforest, and the story goes that Teddy Roosevelt, while hunting in the Amazon witnessed the massacre of a cow by a school of piranha. This illustration had to be painted large enough to still print clearly on a 30x40" banner print, which was part of the assignment.
"They will rend and devour alive any wounded man or beast; for blood in the water excites them to madness." -Teddy Roosevelt, "Through the Brazillian Wilderness"

Done for my Illustration Topics Class with Tom Garrett.

Opposites - "Prickly Pear" and "Bison"

"Prickly Pear"


"Bison"



These pieces were intended as calender illustrations illustrating the opposites Flora and Fauna. I wanted to do something with a Western theme, so I chose a plant and animal that would have been common to the lives of the two figures, but I wanted the Flora and Fauna to be the subjects, not the figures. Because of this, I placed them in the foreground and out of balance with the rest of the piece. Also it was really fun to research and create my own patterns, symbolizing American Indian and American cowboy aesthetics.

Done for my Illustration Topics Class with Tom Garrett.

MCAD Mug Design

This was a design I submitted for a mug. I originally was gonna have "coffee blood" emitting from a slashed tentacle, but I was advised against it (as the mugs are given to donators and those who sponsor interns from MCAD).

Done for my Illustration Topics Class with Tom Garrett.