New Work! (Willamette Week and Desert Companion)

Last month I was contacted by Willamette Week in Portland, Oregon to create a couple of pieces for their 2017 Bike Issue. The top illustration accompanies a story on the advantages of biking over driving, as traffic in Portland is awful and only getting worse. The bottom illustration depicts scenic rides in the greater Portland area. Many thanks to AD Julie Showers for the fun assignment.

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Below are a couple of political illustrations for KNPR's Desert Companion. The top image is for a story on the new UNLV/MGM think tank, a bipartisan effort co-chaired by Harry Reid and John Boehner. The bottom image goes along with a preview of the 2017 Nevada legislative session. Republican State Senate Leader Michael Roberson must have enjoyed seeing himself with a giant-size head, as he used it as his Twitter banner for a while. Thanks to Designer Brent Holmes and Deputy Editor Scott Dickensheets for the gigs—always fun to work with those two gentlemen.