Did this cover design for my brother, who now has 4 books published. Journey’s End takes place in China in the 1800s. The fanstastical dragon image is from an old opera book Duncan inherited from our mom. I added the 4 corner pieces which were photographed from an antique Chinese chest in the family. Wanted the effect to look like an antique captain’s log book. More or less.
I did a whole series of pop-up windows on Dr. Anita Pepi's website for people to sign up for her informational eblasts. Pop-up windows are pretty annoying, so I did a series of them throughout her website, hoping to make them fun and engaging---and to get people to fill out the forms! I also wrote the copy.
DFS Okinawa hired me to do a series of illustrations and icons for a product line for the Okinawa store. I designed them to look like traditional Japanese mons (which are icons used to decorate items as well as to identify an individual or family).
This is basically an assemblage of a bunch of vintage imagery that I liked. The mermaid is so odd; I wanted to build imagery around her.
These are various icons I've designed for myself. My great admiration of Japanese design is what inspires me to design and use little icons on my art whenever I can.
LIttle Big Jim is a fictional character from a series of stories my brother wrote for his children. The stories all take place in the wild west.
Berkeley has BART, but not, technically, a subway. Subway signage has been all the rage for wall art. What I did was to use the streets and locations of my childhood neighborhood and created a subway sign for my brother.