With soft but steady rain drops pitter-pattering on my studio windows, I'm reminded of Annie Lennox crooning the opening of her 80's song for the Eurythmics, "
Here Comes the Rain Again".
It's also a fitting metaphor for the activity within the studio right now... a new animated commercial for Intel Corporation, as well as three books to illustrate, and over a dozen other corporate client projects.
I feel very fortunate to be this busy, and after taking a multi-day ski trip a little over a week ago, (first break since Christmas), I'm refreshed and ready to have some fun with it all.
--Meanwhile, here's a sampling of what has been on the Wacom digital tablet over the past two weeks:
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A political cartoon created for a column in the San Francisco Examiner, link |
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Another, for a column in the S.F. Examiner last week, (link).
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A patchwork of currencies -- a cartoon for Merk Funds (link)
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(Click images to enlarge)
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A cartoon on Ben Bernanke's dalliances with the Gold Standard, (link) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wahV9smjLs1Bcl2kxuKNwKYFSVziSQR6XTm5F6a7b2uHOlMtMAAXk8-sCzNxQPzx_AnBvTEVb0QaJXNO3I6dWatvAClWMQm2ZhA4ZRoxE8kkfMKT3-6d8AT2-hX5MLknY_jBcA/s640/Zoom-Info-milk-carton.jpg) |
One of several advertising cartoons for Zoom Info |
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One of 42 cartoons (yes 42!) created for a book to help doctors effectively maintain and market
their websites. The book is by medical industry executive Ann Kaplan -- and just went to the publishers.
(I previously illustrated a humor book for her covering the pitfalls of cosmetic surgery...link).
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWn_EoPk1PyIu2UiQO10RYXe4DN3yGPfUs9bo8Sf3Vd9-0fw3euwBBVJE7vTlGW-Wqy9zl1x8HuJZgya3j2kOUtJK24SZ_0wOs6YE1MaJz-_23kgVf8spy-RMn2EU-BGv_wWaYrQ/s640/EnergiUSA-missile-cartoon4C.jpg) |
A cartoon for Energi USA, a California HR and insurance firm. |
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A scene from an animated corporate presentation for Towers Watson in New York.
As usual with animation, I designed the scenes and characters and drew the artwork, but left the
technical aspects of animating it to others. (Honestly, lining up repeating frames in order
seems tedious -- and I chose this profession to have fun.) |
Here's wishing a Happy Easter and Passover to everyone!