The Portland Mercury
Spot and Feature Illustrations.
Story by Denis C. Theriault.
I probably over did the detail on this one, considering it was only going to be a 5×4 spot illustration. I really liked the concept from the art director though, so once I got the idea in my head there was no scaling it back.
Story by Dirk Vanderhart
Over doing it on my last spot illustration probably got me this one. A featured piece for the cover story! With no size constraints I was really able to cut loose and it ended up filling most of the page. That’s pretty cool. I had a lot of fun drawing this one.Round Two
Story by Denis C. Theriault.
Good old fashioned fight cloud!
What About the Other “Top Two” Primary Initiative?
Story by Denis C. Theriault.
Cartoon animals in a potato sack race. My comfort zone.
Story by Dirk VanderHart
The first one I ever did for the Merc. I wasn’t sure how it would read in print so I kept it pretty simple. Probably too simple.
Recent commission for a Chip Kelly fan. I’m not super into football but I am into Conan the Barbarian and Frank Frazetta, so this was a lot of fun to do. Apologies to anyone whose team appears slaughtered.
Dungeons & Dragons
I did some commissions for a D&D team (is that the right word?). I love doing character designs but I know nothing about D&D. Luckily their character descriptions had a good sense of humor and didn’t take it too seriously. This was a fun little project.
Bike Portland
I used to draw a weekly web comic for BikePortland.org. The comics were written by Jonathan Maus. Here are a few of my favorites.