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Foo Fighters – Wrigley Field
Illustration, T-Shirt Foo Fighters at Wrigley Field Leading up to the big concert at the “friendly confines”, I pitched an idea to the Promotions Department to create custom t-shirts outside the stadium as part of a guerilla marketing campaign to help promote the radio station 101WKQX. I wanted to borrow the simplistic graphic style that Get More Info
Tim Virgin Portrait Studies
Illustrations Tim Virgin Portrait Studies To freshen up the billboard advertising for 101WKQX, I proposed introducing some illustration to help set the radio station apart visually from its competitors. The Programming Department wanted to focus the creative on its afternoons disc jockey Tim Virgin. Below, are a couple of my portrait studies, one of which Get More Info
Matty Healy
Illustration Matty Healy One of my favorite bands to listen to while I’m working is The 1975. For this piece, I was interested in using the loose sketchy illustration style to capture the likeness of Matty and his magnificent hair. ‘Dat Hair Tho: Capturing the personality of Matty’s mane was an achievement in and of Get More Info
Chris Cornell #2
Illustration Chris Cornell #2 I was asked to create a custom illustration of Chris Cornell to help add to the “vibe” of the whole The Lounge experience. For those unfamiliar with The Lounge, it’s a wildly successful state-of-the-art LIVE performance studio located within the NBC Tower (in Chicago), providing music fans with an amazing opportunity Get More Info
Johnny Cash #2
Illustration Johnny Cash – #2 Piggy-backing on my 90s grunge series, I was inspired to reference the high-contrast, dramatic lighting aesthetic to create a quick series centered around the legendary Johnny Cash – this is the second illustration from that series. Final Illustration: The finished product is a dramatic, high-contrast piece that captures the charisma Get More Info
Layne Staley #2
Illustration Layne Staley As part of a larger series I’m working on, centered around Seattle-based Alternative grunge bands, I’ve been sketching out a handful of studies of their iconic frontmen. This particular study is of Layne Staley, the iconic frontman for Alice In Chains. Reference Photos: I tracked down a series of reference photos for Get More Info
Scott Weiland
Illustration Scott Weiland As part of a larger series I’m working on centered around Seattle-based Alternative grunge bands, I’ve been sketching out a handful of studies of their iconic frontmen. This particular study is near and dear to me… I’m convinced that if I was 10 years older, Stone Temple Pilots would, hands down, be Get More Info
Kurt Cobain
Illustration Kurt Cobain As part of a larger series I’m working on centered around Seattle-based Alternative grunge bands, I’ve been sketching out a handful of studies of their iconic frontmen. This particular study is of arguably the most influential grunge lead signer – Kurt Cobain. The Godfather of Grunge: To this day, Cobain is hailed Get More Info
Chris Cornell
Illustration Chris Cornell As part of a larger series I’m working on centered around Seattle-based Alternative grunge bands, I’ve been sketching out a handful of studies of their iconic frontmen. This particular study is of the late great Chris Cornell, who, in my opinion, had the greatest Rock voice of his generation. Fell on Black Get More Info
Layne Staley
Illustration Layne Staley As part of a larger series I’m working on centered around Seattle-based Alternative grunge bands, I’ve been sketching out a handful of studies of their iconic frontmen. This particular study is of Layne Staley from Alice In Chains. If. I. Could. Would. You? It wasn’t until I after college that finally began Get More Info