Financial Post: Sitting On A Stockpile

Sitting On A Stockpile

Financial Post

Investing Feature: This weeks investing feature focus' on how corporations are sitting on and hoarding growing piles of cash for themselves. Also, because of the unpredictability of the market right now, they are waiting for certain economic conditions to deploy it. The catch is that this money is not being used for anything productive, its just sitting there.

After a long hiatus I'm back to illustrating the investing features!!! Woo!! Vuvuzela time!! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I was really excited to get back at it and wanted to combine some things that were working well with the comic illustrations that I was doing. I really love drawing simple characters that radiate their personalities to the viewer. This is a type of image direction I really had fun with. What do you guys think? I'd love to hear your thoughts? Or would I?!?....yes..yes I would!

On a final note: Yesterday nights movie popcorn the greatest breakfast ever?

Wired: Geek Food

Geek Food

Wired (Italy)

This sentence is an introduction. I always find the first sentence of a blog the hardest to write. Not sure why?...moving on. This illustration was for Wired magazine in Italy. I was super excited when I received the email for this project. It has been a dream of mine out of school to illustrate for Wired. The illustration accompanied the article of the top 10 Geek Foods. The AD wanted me to combine the words Geek and Food and see what I could come up with. Huge thanks to Daniela! Here are some roughs:

Potato Chips

Cheese Plate

Hamburger Combo

I had a blast with this assignment. There are so many different kinds of "Geeks" I tried to encompass them all in the last two roughs. The added elements were mainly the ones that resonated with me the most! I'm not gonna name all the references but lets see if you can spot them! (I do wish I could of illustrated the Cheese Star Destroyer a la Spaceballs)

I wish I spoke Italian

Random note: Starcraft 2 is coming out this month!!!

Canadian Lawyer: ACTA

Canada joins together with ACTA

Hello sea dogs an' land lubbers here be a new illustration fer Canadian Laywer (Oh Pirate Translator how I love you, just as friends of course). The article was about how Canada joined ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). Joining many other countries in an effort to stop piracy and counterfeiting.

Here are the rough ideas below. Since Canada was uniting with other countries. I liked the idea of hands joining together to prevent/block/stop piracy.

Rough 1: The idea was that the united hands formed a chain surrounding "piracy"

Rough 2: The hands together form a barrier and a wall.

Rough 3: I liked the hands forming a wall, and the effect the hands made in the 1st rough. So I joined the ideas. This was the rough that was picked!

Sidebar! Hawk and Squirrel has had some technical troubles as of late, and me Chad and Nimit being in different areas its super hard to coordinate ourselves. However, we will be back!!!

Also if you haven't checked out Motivasean #3 its up on my other blog.
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