Ottobar: New Wave Dance Party

This is the most recent poster that I designed and illustrated for the Ottobar here in Baltimore. I really love the cover to New Order's Power, Corruption & Lies album. It features the painting "A Basket of Roses" by French artist Henri Fantin-Latour, which was the inspiration for this cover. I have blood dripping down the hand to symbolize the dance battle. The rose is fragmented to represent the different styles of the featured artists. 

The Disco Ball at the Ottobar

Here is a poster that I designed for the Ottobar in Baltimore, MD. The poster is for an event called "The Disco Ball" which is an all 70's themed disco/funk dance party. I wanted to bring the funk and this was the result. I also hand lettered the words "The" and "Ball". These are the three color options I came up with. I love them all but lean more towards the red fro and the purple carpet.

Ottobar: Madonna VS Britney VS Lady Gaga, Round Two

Artscape: Midway Banner

Baltimore Magazine: John Waters, 20th Annual Crab Derby and World Cup Championship

Baltimore Love Project/Madonna Party/Force Fed

Here are a few pieces that I finished this week.

The first is for my friend Michael Owen's Baltimore Love Project fundraiser called Innovate Love. The name of the piece is called "Neighborly Love". To innovate is to make changes in anything established. "Neighborly Love" is about breaking the mold and reconstructing. What would happen if our neighborhoods were able to co-exist, bond and build on the foundation of love? When I think of Baltimore, the city that I live in and love, this is how I imagine it.

The second piece is a piece that I did for the Ottobar in Baltimore for a Madonna/Gaga/Britney dance party. I took elements of each person and created a super-human/diva/pop-star. The face of Madonna, the bald head that Britney sported for a minute and Gaga's glasses.

The third piece is a personal piece I did entitled "Force Fed" that will soon be a part of a book project that I'm working on with Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins aka Declaime. I'm hoping to call the book "Baptized in Fonk".

Baltimore Magazine: Murder Ink Readings

This is a piece that I did for Baltimore Magazine's Charm City Chatter column. This write up was about the public readings of Anna Ditkoff's Murder Ink column that runs in the City Paper (that I work for).

Baltimore Magazine: At the Rodeo

For this month's Charm City Chatter column I was asked to illustrate the Professional Bull Riders invitational that took place downtown. I was really excited to do this one because it meant that I got to draw a cowboy and some plaid. 

CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK

A piece I did for Thursday night's 2nd Annual Lighting of the Chicken ceremony's corresponding exhibition 'Chicken in a Biscuit'.
Artwork had to be chicken themed.

This is the latest piece that I did for Baltimore magazine's Charm City Chatter column. It was for the kid's group Milkshake's visit to the Lyric Opera house. Apparently they are HUGE and from Baltimore. I didn't realize how big they were when I got the assignment, maybe because my child is only 3.5 months old. Anyway, the idea was to make the kids event look like it was in a "grown-up" environment, hence the point of view.

Elephants on Parade

This is on my promo piece (which you can see in a few posts below), but I figured I'd post it again in a larger size. It is featured in the "Charm City Chatter" column of the current issue of Baltimore magazine. The piece was to illustrate the annual march of the animals parade that Ringling puts together every year. The elephants march from the B&O Railroad museum to the big top. This year the parade happened a little later than usual and apparently there were kids in their pajamas there to see the large pachyderms.

City Paper Job Guide Banners...

So, City Paper will start a new website called "City Paper Baltimore Jobs"...pretty boring name, but here are some not-so boring designs I came up with to rest at the top of the pages. My personal favorite is the banner with the feet. I decided to use contour line drawings and I'm happy with the outcome.

Obama comes to Baltimore!

This is the second piece that I did for Baltimore Magazine's 'Charm City Chatter' column. I was inspired by vintage state postcards and figured the concept would be perfect for Obama's visit to Baltimore on his trail to the White House.

DAN DEACON!

This is my latest illustration that I did for the great people over at Baltimore magazine. They have started a new column called "Charm City Chatter" (about stuff going on in and around the Baltimore area) and to my surprise they asked me to be the regular illustrator for the column! The first assignment was for Dan Deacon's 'Round Robin' Tour and below is the result. Enjoy.