Today I have a piece on the letters page of the NY Times. The topic is on the military uniform and the concept of being a hero. Thanks again to Alexandra Zsigmond.

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Last week I worked on a piece for The NY Times Op-Ed about Rosa Parks and part of her estate being sold off by an auction house who is refusing to allow historians to examine the collection. The auction house recently released a portion of a letter Parks wrote about being a victim to an attempted rape and I found the letter online and used it in the background of the illustration. Sadly the story was killed, so this piece won't be published, but here it is for posterity. Thanks a bunch to guest Art Director Alicia DeSantis for this assignment!

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Yesterday I had an illustration in the NY Times Op-Ed about Michele Bachmann and her migraines. The illustration needed to focus more on the migraine and less on Bachmann. I love that I was able to get a little wild with the scribbles. Once again, many thanks to Aviva!

I found inspiration from this Basquait painting, which seems to scream migraine:

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Today I have a piece in the NY Times Op-Ed about overweight women falling behind in the job force because of disadvantages they experienced as heavy children. I love how this one turned out! Thanks to Aviva who allowed me to flex my creative muscles! I am always amazed at how we can pull these off in just a day.

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Yesterday I had a piece in the NY Times about the recent election in Nigeria and the resulting unrest. Thanks again to Aviva and Alexandra over at the Op-Ed!

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Today I have an illustration in the NY Times Op-Ed about liquor wholesalers controlling consumer choice. The multi-talented Josh Cochran was guest art director on this one. Thanks Josh!

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Yesterday I had three spots in the NY Times Book Review for a collection of short stories. The stories I illustrated were about the creator of Godzilla, a flood, and an off the grid survivalist. Thanks again to awesome Nicholas Blechman.

the sketches:

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Here's my piece in today's NY Times Op-Ed about women journalists in war zones. We wanted it to be a strong and powerful image, so I took the idea of Rosie the Riveter and gave her a hijab and a pencil. The editors were afraid it looked like she was going to inject herself (agreed), so in the printed version the arm is a little darker to give emphasis to the face and the pencil, which I think works out just fine. All the elements are collaged. The face is from an old girlie mag, and the arm is my own with a few improvements.

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Here's today's piece for the NYT letters page. It's about the concept of the mind playing a roll in illness. I really enjoyed this one and I love how it turned out. Thanks to Alexandra Zsigmond on this one.



The final combined the ideas from two sketches, and I think it worked out much better.

I was inspired by this image I found on the web...I'm not sure where it is from originally though (Metropolis?), if anyone knows please drop me a line.

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I've been so busy that I didn't have time to post this when it came out in the NYT last Sunday. I am really proud of how it turned out, and it was a great experience working with the talented Jennifer Daniel. For this one I was inspired by Escher and this surreal quality of having things seemingly falling apart, especially as the article is about the Arizona shooting and how disasters sometimes give us clarity.

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I have a piece in today's NYT letters section. It's about the FDA pulling a popular breast cancer drug. The pill capsules are scanned and altered plier handles which worked out quite nicely. I also broke open an actual cold pill capsule on the scanner bed to add some texture. Thanks once again to Aviva for the assignment.

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I have a piece in today's New York Times Op-Ed letters page about the troops in Iraq and the lack of patriotism on the mainland. This was super last minute and a nice challenge to see how fast I can produce a quality image. Also thanks to Eric Davison for the use of his freakishly large hand.

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I have an illustration in this weekend's New York Times Book Review. Thanks a bunch to one of my favorite ADs Nicholas Blechman for the assignment.

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I have an illustration in the New York Times Op-Ed today. It's for an article about re-visiting Haiti after the earthquake. A really moving and interesting first person account. Thanks always to awesome AD Aviva Michaelov. If you are interested in the Op-Ed section there's a great online feature about the Op-Ed turning 40 that was released last weekend. Aviva had a hand in including some great illustration, and watching the video makes me proud to be an illustrator for such a legendary newspaper.

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I am really proud of my new piece in today's New York Times. It is about a new test that predicts Alzheimers. The sun is shining through to give it a hopeful note. I really love how it came out. Thanks a bunch to Aviva over at the Op-Ed.

sketch:

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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 today's NYT letters piece on health care reform and abortion. This sensitive subject can be quite a challenge...no pregnant bellies, fetuses, wombs...so I had to come up with something to represent the woman's health side.



here are a couple sketches. The editors requested I get rid of the oval because it looked too much like a womb.

Also congrats to Aviva Michaelov on her new position at the Op-Ed, and good luck to Leanne Shapton on the next stage of her career. They are both great to work with!

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Here's my sketch and final illo from today's New York Times letters page, which is about how to finance food aid for the needy. You can read the letters here. They lightened up the image from the original, which looking at it now was a good idea since the newspaper always prints a little darker.

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I have two illustrations in today's NYT book review. One on the cover and one inside. I am really happy with the way they turned out, I might even use that cover illo for a promo! Much thanks to amazing AD Nicholas Blechman.

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I've did a quick illustration for today's New York Times letters page about the accuracy of paper ballots over computerized ballots. read it here.

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