Here's a little something I'm working on. Thanks to Rob Clayton for the cool pic.

Here's a small series of Yokai illustrations. Yokai are Japanese demon/spirits, and all of these are based on real folklore.

Rokuro-Kubi: a woman who's neck uncontrollably stretches.




Hayakume: a Yokai who guards temples from vandals and thieves. If he sees a thief, one of his eyes flies off and attatches itself to the theif.

Dorotabo: A dead farmer who resembles a rotting corpse and haunts his abused land.

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I've got an illo in today's New York Times letters section on doctors who monitor tortured detainees. Here's the final and some sketches. Thanks a bunch to Kim Bost for this one!

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Here's a little slide show portfolio of most of my recent work. don't know how I'm going to use it yet, but it's pretty cool.

The Playboy Jazz Fest is tomorrow at the Hollywood Bowl! Here's an illo I did for Sax for Stax featuring Gerald Albright, Jeff Lorber and Kirk Whalum. It will be in the official jazz fest catalog. Thanks to AD Fred Fehlau.

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