30 Useful Emoji For New Yorkers (for The Village Voice)

Every once in a while I get a perfect assignment like this one for The Village Voice. I had been craving to design emojis, so when Tom Carlson called me to create this series I was so ready to do them. I'll be a New Yorker no matter how long I live in California. So, all of these emoji were very relatable. Some New York things are never changing, like the black and white cookie, the Greek coffee cup or the greasy regular "slice". Makes me a little homesick.

Here are some details from the NYC emoji series.

Subway Pole Dancer

There is something to be said for public transportation, eh? 

I'll be talking more about this illustration and more very soon. It's part of a series that I can't talk about just yet, but I can show this one because it's one of the pieces that didn't make the final cut. I thought it was a decent piece to showcase either way.

Y-O-O-O-G-E!

Are you all watching The Donald in this week's Republican Presidential Debates on thursday? I know I am. It's gonna be Y-O-O-O-G-E!!!

2 New Illustrations for Scholastic

I've been busy for the past few weeks on several projects and will write more about them as I get some actual free time. But, in the meantime, here are 2 illustrations I did for Albert Amigo at Scholastic. They initially wanted the boy to be cracking his knuckles and I tried about 6 different sketches and variations. Then they wanted a more frantic expression and attitude. In the end they asked for 2 of my sketches to be used in full color. Here's how they came out.