The Walrus - Spots

Contributors | The Walrus

Series of spots for Paul Kim at The Walrus. I got to pick a theme and use it to roughly illustrate various sections and articles...


Editor's Note | The Walrus


Letters | The Walrus


Miscellany | The Walrus




Various spots | The Walrus

The Mountain Giant

The Mountain Giant | Personal Work

The biggest influence on my work and style are the cartoons and cartoon posters from the 1920's - 1940's. I have watched Fleischer Bros Betty Boop cartoons more times than I can remember. When I finally discovered these cartoons as a teenager I think the style felt new and wild. It's was a strong alternative to what I was seeing on tv and in theaters. Ever since then I've been in love with round sausage looking characters. So I wanted to do some work like those posters I love. The image above is from a doodle that I think was originally an idea for a client. Seemed like it was a good fit for a poster.

(Update: Giclée prints now available to purchase from Society 6.)

John Wyndham - Covers (personal work)

The Chrysalids | Personal Work

I'm a big fan of John Wyndham's books and I was feeling the urge to do my own covers to a few of my favorites. Sort of a dream job that I gave myself.


The Day of the Triffids | Personal Work


The Kraken Wakes | Personal Work

St. Louis Mag - The Smile Squad

The smile squad | St. Louis Magazine

Headline illustration and three spots for a feature on the top dentists in the St. Louis area. Big thanks to Daniel Elchert for his great art direction. I was extra happy to do this job because my wife has family in St. Louis and it's kinda cool to do work that people you know will see.

• Spots

AARP: Touch-O-Meter

Touch-O-Meter | AARP

For an article about how touch can change how we think. With this illustration we started with the idea of doing some sort of "Touch-O-Meter" and I went from there to put together a few rough sketches of various designs until we finished with the sketch below. I've been doing more type work lately and this job was a fantastic opportunity to develop my lettering skills. Big thanks to Todd Albertson at AARP for working with me on this.

• Sketch


• Online versions

The Twitter Friends - logo design

The Twitter Friends logo | The Twitter Friends

Here's the logo design I did for a new video podcast called The Twitter Friends. The podcast stars Megan and Beth(my wife), two friends who met each other on twitter. The shows recap 10 funny/strange/fascinating things they learned on twitter that week. Here's a link to the show...

The Twitter Friends

One episode is available so far with more to come. In fact, a new episode is scheduled to be filmed tonight in our living room!

• On screen


• Sketch

Hogtown - prints, shirts & skins!

Giclée prints available from Society 6.

Done for Society 6 as part of their Locals Only project. This is my impression of Toronto. Also known as "Hogtown" due to the livestock that was processed in Toronto in the early 1900's. Not to mention that I live near the last slaughterhouse remaining in downtown Toronto.

Oh and that would be Timothy Eaton chasing a pig, just because!

I decided to do a loose ink style for this one, most of my sketches look like this and sometimes I prefer the look of the sloppy ink over clean lines.



Laptop skins available from Society 6.



iPhone/iPod skins available from Society 6.



Shirts (various colors) available from Society 6.

NEW WORK | NERD + prints

Here's something new for all the nerds (myself included) out there. I have prints available from Society 6.