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January 26th, 2016 | Posted in Freelancing

Spot illustration for a health article on, you guessed it, skipping leg day. February issue. READ MORE

Picture courtesty of Celestia Ward Yesterday’s “Glenn-efit” event at the Downtown Crown Pub in Las Vegas was a big success, raising over $1500 to benefit our good friends Glenn and JoAnn Ferguson as they begin the long road to Glenn’s recovery and rehabilitation from his injuries. I drew alongside some terrific local Las Vegas caricaturists like Doug Citizen, Andrew Taylor, Robert Sundini, and I think a few others jumped in and did a couple of drawings as well. There was also a raffle with prizes ranging from donated spa products to massages to Penn and Teller tickets to signed books, prints and originals artwork. Also… READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag: How Much to Charge?

January 24th, 2016 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: I would think one of the hardest things about being a freelancer is determining how much to charge a client for your work. Do you have set prices? Do you bid on jobs like a general contractor? Would you charge different prices for the exact same illustration to for different clients? A: That is something many freelancers agonize over, especially when you are asked to give a quote for a job. If you get the job, you always wonder if you underbid and could have gotten more, and if you don’t get the job you wonder if you overbid and lost it to another… READ MORE

Sunday “Glenn-efit” in Las Vegas

January 22nd, 2016 | Posted in General

Just a reminder, I’ll be joining a gaggle of Las Vegas area caricaturists this Sunday at the Downtown Crown Pub in Las Vegas from 1 to 4 pm to benefit the medical and rehab fund of Glenn Ferguson, our fellow caricaturist who was badly injured in a brutal attack on Jan 1st. We’ll all be drawing live caricatures for donations, and there will be a raffle with some great prizes including massage and spa packages, tickets to Penn and Teller, signed prints and books, and an original page of of my MAD art from the parody of “House of Cards”. There will also be belly… READ MORE

Illustration Throwback Thursday #19

January 21st, 2016 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday

This was supposed to be the cover of a book about internet gambling. I did the art in December of 2000, and as far as I know it was never used. I’m not sure the author ever found a publisher for the book at all. A lot of book deals go down like that. An author wants to make a “pitch” to various publishers either with the concept and outline or a finished manuscript, and feels like the need a visual to go along with the pitch. I never work on spec, so I expect to be paid for the art whether the book sees… READ MORE

Sketch o’the Week- Trump!

January 20th, 2016 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Totally swamped right now so no time for a more elaborate sketch this week. This is a small, rough study for a job I’m working on right now. READ MORE

What Gets Drawn in Vegas…

January 19th, 2016 | Posted in General

I’ll be drawing live caricatures along with a bunch of other Las Vegas area caricaturists this Sunday from 1-4pm at the Downtown Crown Pub, all proceeds to benefit the support fund of Glenn Ferguson, whose plight I have shared previously. It just so happens I was going to be in Vegas for a different fundraising effort from Monday-Wednesday, and when I found out about this I was able to change my flight to arrive a day early and participate. There will also be a raffle for which I have donated a page of my original MAD artwork. The event is being organized by Celestia Ward… READ MORE

Monday MADness- Boston Public!

January 18th, 2016 | Posted in Monday MADness

Remember that TV show from the early 2000’s about a Boston public high school and the daily drama between it’s faculy, staff and students called “Boston Public”? That’s okay… neither does anyone else. But MAD did a parody of it in issue #413, January 2002! Desmond Devlin wrote it and I drew it. I think I even got paid for it. Anyway, here’s a look at the art: READ MORE