Tuesday, February 16, 2010
slate: olympic sap-o-meter
it's time for the winter olympics in vancouver, and nbc is all ready with heartfelt stories of success, hardwork, suffering, perseverance...sap. slate has dusted off the ol' sap-o-meter which tallies the daily cheese-quotient of the on-air crew. be sure to check in for your daily dose of schmaltz and the 'sappiest line of the day," it's enough to make a grown peacock cry. slate: olympic sap-o-meter / complete coverage Labels: illustration, interactive, olympics, peacock, sap-o-meter, slate.com
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
slate: why won't anyone give me a credit card?
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
tree and squirrel
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Monday, July 06, 2009
slate: the summer movie special
illustrations for the slate summer movie special issue. go read about the indignities of outdoor movies, stunt men's favorite flicks (personal illustration goal of drawing a big ol 'splosion...achieved. kablooey!), and more. slate: summer movies issue III slate: that was awesome, by kevin conley.  slate: let's go see a movie in the park!, by juliet lapidos.  Labels: editorial, explosions, illustration, slate.com, summer movies, surfing, trees
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Monday, June 15, 2009
slate: periodic discussions
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slate: friends without money
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
slate: the food issue
slate is running a special series this week examining food and food culture, for which i got to prepare some tasty illustrations. i am a little sad that they didn't use an illustration for the article about lard, but really, it's probably for the best. eat up, people. - the way we eat: slate celebrates food. - one part creativity: zero parts recipe: can just using ratios really teach me to be a better cook?, by jennifer reese.   Labels: editorial, food issue, illustration, ratio, slate.com, sleuth
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
slate and colbert
emily yoffee of slate appeared last night on the colbert report to talk about her article on narcissistic personality disorder (featuring an eben illustration . . . on slate.com, not the colbert report. sigh). way to go emily, you did good! slate: but enough about you..., by emily yoffe Labels: colbert report, illustration, narcissism, slate.com
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
slate: narcissism
these days, we all seem to love blogging, twittering, posting our own illustrations, etc, but this doesn't make us narcissists (i'll chalk that one up to selfimporatant jackasses). slate looks at narcissistic presonality disorder, its causes, poster-children, and societal implications. if you can tear yourself away from yourself, go read it. slate: but enough about you..., by emily yoffe  Labels: illustration, narcissism, slate.com
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
slate: what is there to laugh about in gaza?
an article about humor in gaza did not seem like an easy assignment, and my initial ideas centering around a comedian performing on a bombed out stage, or 'the gaza' a comedy club, weren't exactly transcendent. once past all of that, i like how the illustration turned out. look for more groucho glasses in the future. slate: what is there to laugh about in gaza?, by alex dziadosz.  Labels: gaza, grenade, illustration, slate.com
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Monday, January 12, 2009
slate: the year in illustrations
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Friday, October 24, 2008
slate: . . . or for worse
let's face it, marriage in politics sucks. we hold our politicians to the highest matrimonial and parenting standards, and are disguested when they let us down, but, should we actually be surprised? slate writes about, 'why american politicians have such rotten marriages,' and i get to draw cardboard cutouts! slate: . . . or for worse, by melinda henneberger.  Labels: illustration, marriage, politics, slate.com
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
slate: happy birthday, you bastard
an article about the dreaded birthday dinner. a ton of folks at a fancy restaurant, a hefty check, and the scheming, conniving and bitterness that goes along with this unfortunate meal. i liked my concept of using the last supper, but someone please remind me to keep it simple on these half day turnarounds. slate: happy birthday, you bastard, by john swansburg 
on a separate note, slate.com relaunched with a brand new site. congrats to the art staff, the new site looks great. it's bigger, cleaner, easier to navigate, you know, all the stuff you want from a big relaunch. if you haven't seen it, check it out.  Labels: birthday, dinner, illustration, last supper, slate.com
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
slate: the cell phone wars
a year ago, i did an illustration for slate of iphone vs. curve in a fight to the death. with the launch of the new google cellphone platform android (or google phone, or g1, or whatever you feel like calling it), slate ran a new article about this cell on cell, no holds barred, cage-match mobile phone battle. happily, this illustration felt like a continuation of the previous skirmish, but whereas the first was a street fight, this one turned into more of mma brawl. in the interest of full nerd-fanboy-disclosure, i am partisan towards the iphone. slate: the cell phone wars, by farhad manjoo 
slate: the iphone menace, by paul boutin  Labels: curve, g1, google phone, illustration, iphone, slate.com
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Friday, August 29, 2008
slate: the life of a jellyfish
today i was on call to do a slate illustration. basically this means that one of the art directors has me scheduled, they email me a story, i send sketches, we sometimes have a back and forth, things go smoothly, it's a beautiful thing. today, the slaties were busy with all the democratic convention coverage, john mccain picking a running mate, and probably a hundred other stories. things were a bit delayed and then i got this from jim (ad extraordinaire)... So it's a story about jellyfish. That's all I know, and it's late, but I want you to get started.
I trust you, so...JELLYFISH! GO! yup. that was it (and this is actually fewer exclamation points than our usual email threads). how often do you get a job where an ad gives you basically a word, says go, accepts your sketch, accepts your final, and just makes your day. mind you, this isn't even the first time. slate...i love you guys. slate: the life of a jellyfish, by constance casey  Labels: illustration, jellyfish, slate.com
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
slate: 82 days and counting
illustration for slate about the run up to november for the democrat and republican presidential campaigns. i have probably been watching too much of the olympics, but a marathon sprint between elephant and donkey was too much to resist. also, for you pre-season football fans out there ( pico), illegal armbars! the sprint concept also worked well as these slate covers don't employ a lot of lead time (the background and winding road came after the final, in a casual chat with the AD). slate: 82 days and counting, by john dickerson  i am amused that the story was titled 82 days, and on the cover, it's 81 days. oh well. cover:  Labels: illustration, politics, presidential race, slate.com
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
slate: the nose that never knows
loss of seeing and hearing are situations that we are familiar with and have attempted to comprehend, but what of the loss of smell. elizabeth zierah tells the painful story of her own life and of her anosmia, the absence of the ability to smell. this was a tough assignment, as my illustrations don't generally go towards the realm of somber and serious, but i went for mood with this piece (albeit with a big-glaring-lack-of-nose concept) and the work of rené magritte popped into my head as reference. anyway, don't forget to appreciate your sense of smell. slate: the nose that never knows, by elizabeth zierah  cover:  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Monday, June 30, 2008
slate: my day at reality-tv school
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
slate: procrastination
i got to do a whole series of illustrations for a slate special issue on procrastination. i hemmed, i hawed, i put them off . . . actually, i screwed up and got these illustrations done nice and quick!? i blame the studio environment. you may notice that the 'caveman procrastinating', isn't on the slate site. the description i had of the article didn't quite jive with the final story, don't tell the t-rex. - just don't do it: a special issue on procrastination- lollygagging through life: i'm joining procrastinators anonymous-can i get past step one?, by emily yoffee- pro·cras·ti·na·tion: how we got a word for "putting things off", by ben zimmer- procrasti-nation: workers of the world, slack off!- solitaire-y confinement: why we can't stop playing a computerized card game, by josh levin- tuesday cover / thursday cover      Labels: illustration, procrastination, slate.com
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Friday, May 02, 2008
slate: why doesn't anybody go to the horse races?
the kentucky derby is upon us, and slate has a couple of stories about horse racing. the one i illustrated is how betting away from the track via the internet is cheaper, easier, and even pays better. this benefit to the bettor, however, comes at the expense of smaller tracks and betting lifestyle: As a writer, I also have to mourn the decline of the racetrack culture. The track and its characters—misfits, losers, and dreamers every one of us—provided the casts for Charles Bukowski's Longshot Pomes for Broke Players, Damon Runyon's Guys and Dolls, and Jay Cronley's Good Vibes, which became the movie Let It Ride. slate: why doesn't anybody go to the horse races?, by ted mcclelland ( cover)  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
slate: tiny tyrants
slate reports on ways to actually control your child's behavior! okay, that's a slight overstatement. yelling or even explaining when a child does something wrong doesn't really help as the attention rewards bad behavior, instead put the effort into reinforcing good behavior. the new studio helped with this illustration as there is fusebox across the room that was in my line of sight while sketching. and yes, i am sure that kids have dip switches on their backs that control their behavior. slate: tiny tyrants, by alan e. kazdin ( cover)  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
slate: how to apologize to your girlfriend
slate investigates a more green way of giving flowers in response to this email: My girlfriend is on the verge of kicking me to the curb, so I'd like to smooth things over with my standard apology gift: a dozen long-stemmed roses. But she's on the crunchy side, and I'm worried that cut flowers have become a major environmental no-no among such eco-minded folks. Should I find a greener way to say I'm sorry? personally, i think the guy sounds like a dick, "standard apology gift", how often is this guy screwing up? maybe the relationship is just plain doomed. however, the email appears in the green lantern section which deals with environmental concerns and not dear prudence, who would be quick to question this relationship's validity, or possibly not even bother. anyway, put in your cfc flowers, every little bit helps! slate: how to apologize to your girlfriend … without destroying the earth, by brendan i. koerner  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
slate: teams we hate
it's late march, and that means the ncaa basketball tournament, an event so large, there have even been religions founded upon its holy brackets. i was asked to do an illustration for slate's annual teams we hate article. using all the fury, hate and phildelphia-ness in me, this assignment wasn't difficult at all, honestly, if you aren't in the big 5 (plus drexel) you won't be getting any love from this illustrator. i am always happy to cheer against teams, so in the spirit of competition, GO FU! slate: teams we hate, by tommy craggs, bryan curtis, mike debonis, sam eifling, josh levin, chris park, john swansburg, and robert weintraub.  i've noticed around the illustrator sketchblog-o-sphere that people have been showing some of their ideas and sketches along with final work, so here's a sample of my sketching, or at least what i sent to the client. for full disclosure, i was pretty excited about doing a nadshot illustration (possibly NSFW, illustrated crotch-knee violence), but everyone really liked the 'GO FU' foam middle finger, which i couldn't argue with.  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
slatev: dr syd's house call
dr. syd's house call is a new video feature on slatev, featuring their medical expert talking with a slate editor about kids, parenting and health. in the video feature, dr. syd doesn't actually jump out from your computer screen, but i must say that it would be cool if he did. c'mon syd, jump! slatev: dr. syd's house call (video)  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Friday, February 22, 2008
slate: the oscars
this time of year always breeds heated oscar conversation. that said, i am not much of a movie person, but i do enjoy drawing a naked golden statue or two, holding a sword and drinking coffee (yes, coffee in front of a watercooler, use your imagination, the coffee maker is around the corner). so go read about the oscars. slate: oscars, 2008, an email dialogue between dana stevens, kim masters and troy patterson  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Monday, February 04, 2008
slate: the toddler economy
slate's moneybox column suggest the state of the global economy is due to being run by insolent toddlers, children and teens. an entertaining take on the situation, if so many of the comparisons didn't ring so true, and that the market protects them. There's a final, telling way in which the markets are childlike. Children typically display an unwillingness to reckon with the consequences of their own actions. They look to parents to pick them up when they fall, and spare them from responsibility for their misbehavior. And parents will go to great lengths to insulate their offspring from the jolts the world can deliver. slate: the toddler economy, by daniel gross  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
slate: the year in illustrations
happy new year everyone. i have plans to do a year in review, list of favorite illustrations, goals for 2008, etc, etc. but of course, i instead plan to get bogged down, forget about it, or just plain not do it. thankfully, slate did a a year end round up of illustrations, and having done a bunch of work for them this year, i will just post that! (many thanks to slate art staff, writers, editors and fellow illustrators.) slate: the year in illustrationsLabels: illustration, slate.com
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Monday, December 10, 2007
slate: the gaming club
an email discussion about the year in video games. the conversation spans all sorts of games and systems, hence a gang of controllers. that atari 2600 joystick can still kick all your asses! (apologies to nintendo ds, psp, others, if you didn't make it into the illustration.) slate: the gaming club, by stephen totilo, n'gai croal, seth schiesel, and chris suellentrop. ( cover art)  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
slate: in defense of audiophiles
slate defends audiophiles and their desire (obsession) for the highest quality of musical recording available. the author understands the desire to pack a thousand songs in your pocket, but looks forward to the day of music compression with the least compromise of quality. me? i drew a big ear, i couldn't be happier. slate: in defense of audiophiles, by fred kaplan  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
slate: yes, this is your grandfather's ford
carmakers have fallen in love with geographic car names, hoping to connect the feelings of a location with their car (think suv + outer-mongolian-rain-forest-dessert, now that's tough). to this end, slate makes some suggestions of more apt geographic names and automobiles. slate: yes, this is your grandfather's ford, by aaron kremer  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Monday, November 19, 2007
slate: turkey shoot
a food article about avoiding the complicated newfangled thanksgiving dishes, instead enjoying tradition, relying on good ingredients, and having a stressfree (ur, less stressful) thanksgiving meal. the article doesn't mention dealing with your family, however, i like my family, so this comment is there merely for those that fear and loathe going home for the holidays...you know who you are. slate: turkey shoot, by regina schrambling  Labels: illustration, slate.com
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
slate: american lawbreaking
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