Map I illustrated for the release of Final Fantasy XIV/Dawntrail. It was a blast creating the landscape for new land of Tural. Plus I got a chance to throw in lots of easter eggs all around the map!
client: Sony Entertainment
August cover to The American Prospect
A select sampling of graphics I created for Activision's Call Of Duty over the years. The work includes concept designs for weapon and vehicle skins, calling cards, emblems stickers and camo that has been featured in Call Of Duty League, Warzone and Call Of Duty Mobile.
A promotional series of posters I illustrated and animated for the new sports drink, Coco 5 featuring NBA all stars Devin Booker, D'Angelo Russell, Charles Barkley, Chris Paul, Marcus and Markieff Morris.
Each of the posters was signed by the player featured and given away as part of the promotion.
A series of animations I did for ESPN on the legendary Lebron James. Each animation focused on a different facet of his legacy— from Lebron's dedication to player empowerment, his forays into Hollywood, Lebron's I PROMISE school in Akron, his deal with Nike and interest in team ownership to Lebron the family man.
I worked on the map reveal for RIOT's Valorant in which they unveiled a parallel universe version of Portugal.
My contributions included texturing the in-game CG environments for specific scenes and doing concept design for the hologram device which was a crucial element to the plot line of the reveal.
client: Billboard
I contributed storyboards, concept design and illustrations for the reveal of a new character named Smolder to the popular online multiplayer game League of Legends.
The concept of the teaser was to tell the backstory of Smolder(a young dragon who comes from a powerful lineage) in the visual style of a medieval tapestry.
"The upcoming Supreme Court term will cement the court's grip over political life in America."
article by Elie Mystal
This 4 part series for ESPN's 30 for 30 podcast involves a college hoops bribery scandal and the biggest names in sneakers.
If you would like to listen to the podcast, you can hear it here
client: ESPN
10 Myths All Gen Xers Believed as Kids
client: AARP
Promotional pieces for Nerf Pro's new line of blasters.
client: Nerf
Developed style, aided in storyboarding, concept and finalized artwork for the for the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series animated teaser. The concept for the animation was “Aftermath”—the player’s battlefield of Summoner’s Rift reconstructs itself after the grueling combat of the finals—setting the stage for the Championship match. Collaboration with the awesome team at We Are Royale.
client: Riot Games
It's tougher than ever for new artists to breakthrough to the big time in the music industry.
client: Billboard
"Today's most dangerous conspiracy theory is the latest in a long line of Merican paranoid fantasies."
by Chris Lehmann
Poster highlighting the increasing peril facing our already embattled oceans. A limited edition of 16 X 20” high quality gicleé prints are available here at my store
“If you want to know how the United States ended up in the middle of a pandemic with a swindler president who could not be bothered to take basic steps to save lives, don’t start with Trump.”
article by John Nichols
I illustrated and animated some of the best sports memes of all time for this ESPN feature. From Scowling Mckayla to Lebron yelling at JR, all your favorites are here!—Scroll down to see these classics! See the original feature is here
Qanon tries to take over a county’s local government.
“Over one very long night, contributor Jonathon Ramsey traveled from Warsaw all around Poland in a borrowed Dacia Jogger minivan to deliver supplies to Ukrainian refugees.”
client: Car And Driver
The 100th anniversary of James Joyce’s masterpiece.
Chefs, authors and personalities share their favorite foods…
client: New York Magazine
Fighting for an Endless Korean War
Evelyn Waugh's dark novel
client: Masterpiece Section, The Wall Street Journal
“How a Mastering Engineer Suddenly Found Himself Cutting Vinyl for Adele and Taylor Swift”
client: Billboard
Created artwork and aided in storyboarding this live-action/animated teaser for the opening ceremony of the League Of Legends 2021 Summer Split Championship Series. Collaboration with the awesome team at We Are Royale.
client: Riot Games
“A new crop of “virtual artist record labels” aims to maximize creativity — and revenue — by turning avatars into superstars”
(article by Tatiana Cirisano)
client: Billboard
Anthony Cho surrendered to San Jose police—although he did not resist arrest, police body cam footage shows that officers hit him more than 20 times with batons and one cop kicked Anthony in the face.
client: The Marshall Project
Feature on collegiate esports.
I created a Mecha-terrapin out of UMD’s mascot for the cover.
client: The University Of Maryland
Father Daniel Berrigan is best known as a peace activist, but he spent the latter part of his career caring for AIDS patients at St. Vincent’s hospital in NYC—ground zero of the epidemic in the US. While the religious right preached a message of fear, intolerance and hatred of those infected and the LGBTQ community in general—while President Reagan ignored the death and suffering of thousands, Father Berrigan offered compassion.
client: Sojourners
Supernatural, aVR fitness app, offers workouts to popular songs from some of the biggest artists in music
client: Billboard
The true story of the 2008 heist of the NY Giants Super Bowl rings by a Boston thief.
To check out the interactive piece, you can go HERE
client: ESPN
“Yes, big old bucks can make fine table fare. And no, you don’t have to be a top chef to make it happen.” - Jack Hennessy
client: Outdoor Life
“‘Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation by the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet’ was and remains a radical recording thanks to an unencumbered exchange of sonic ideas among a bevy of talented musicians.” - Larry Blumenfeld
client: The Wall Street Journal Masterpiece section
“A Standard Still on the Tracks at 80. Billy Strayhorn’s ‘Take the ‘A’ Train’ performed by Duke Ellington’s orchestra summons the hustle and bustle of a trip up to Harlem.” - John Edward Hasse
client: The Wall Street Journal Masterpiece section
Botched responses to the pandemic from The United States and other western nations may cause a pivot to Asia, where the impact of the virus has been far less severe.
client: The Asia Society
#Bad Bunny #TheWeeknd #DuaLipa #ArianaGrande #LadyGaga #TaylorSwift #MeganTheeStallion #RoddyRicch #CardiB #DaBaby #HarryStyles #LukeCombs
client: Billboard
Environmental impact of pollution on wildlife poster.
Kentucky Senator, majority leader and long time Washington-swamp denizen Mitch McConnell defends his seat against a political newcomer.
client: The Nation
Warren Buffett Is Betting on Japanese Stocks
client: Barron’s
Illustrations for a story about a hacker group affiliated with Vietnam’s secret service operating in Germany.
client: Die Zeit(Germany)
“How far is the party of labor willing to go to confront them in the name of racial justice?”
client: Politico
“I’M TREATED LIKE THE BIN LADEN OF FOOTBALL” The chaotic life and times of the former Southend striker
client: FourFourTwo
Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun’s book about a disaffected young writer’s struggles in modern day Oslo.
client: The Wall Street Journal, Masterpiece Column
A ranking of the best robo-advisors.
client: Barron’s
Interactive feature providing information/speculation on the biggest possible trades of the ‘20-’21 season.
client: ESPN
Albert Camus’s classic novel about a virus that ravages the Algerian city of Oran.
client: The Wall Street Journal, Masterpiece column
Tips for keeping safe online.
client: Harrod’s
“Move over, Santa, kids have found faster ways to get toys. Her name is Alexa. Amazon has made online ordering so frictionless that kids too young to read have been able to add items to their parents’ Amazon carts—and often their parents don’t catch it until after the items have shipped. “
client: The Wall Street Journal
Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy of a jilted wife’s bloody revenge.
client: The Wall Street Journal
Documenting a contest to capture invasive Burmese pythons that threaten native species in the Florida Everglades.
client: Outside Magazine
client: Politico
“Dominic Cummings has ‘done’ Brexit. Now he plans to reinvent politics”
A cover and interior feature about the man at the controls behind British PM Boris Johnson.
client: Financial Times Magazine
“The long, sordid history of New York’s Penn Station shows how progressives have made it too hard for the government to do big things—and why, believe it or not, Robert Caro is to blame.” - MARC J. DUNKELMAN
client: Politico
A sci-fi short story about a supermarket worker and a mysterious dinner party. Accompanied by contributor portraits from the same issue.
client: Social Paper Magazine(Shanghai)
Covers for a comic reboot of the popular TV series.
client: Boom Studios/20th Century Fox
Holiday music featuring(tree decorating, clockwise from top): John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Chuck Berry, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Kacey Musgraves, Michael Bublé and Ariana Grande.
Caroling(from left to right): Darlene Love, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, George Michaels, Elvis Presley
client: Billboard
A travel section feature for which I designed a concept airport. The second illustration in the same feature focused on chaos in ride-sharing access.
client: The Wall Street Journal
Virginia Woolfe’s book on writing
client: The Wall Street Journal
In the future, the amount of gravity you have(or don’t have) may be a factor of your economic status.
client: The Wall Street Journal
Vice’s Life Inside focuses on prison stories told by those that lived them.
client: Vice Media/The Marshall Project
*winner of the Communication Arts Award of Excellence/2019 Illustration Annual
a history of the famous tower.
client: Honolulu Magazine
Poster for the ESPN Films documentary about a quadriplegic coach who lead his team to a winning season.
client: ESPN Films
A former waitress recounts her nightly ride to and from work on her bike.
client: Motorcyclist
Season 8 premiere
client: Entertainment Weekly
A former FBI hostage negotiator is now using his skills in the boardroom to teach CEOs the art of the deal.
client: GQ Germany
Season 4 premiere of Showtime’s Billions
client: Entertainment Weekly
“In the late ’80s, Ronnie Leibowitz robbed 21 banks in the suburbs of Tel Aviv for more than $400,000. He successfully evaded capture for nearly two years, relying on a simple disguise and a clever strategy. Local media crowned him Ofnobank, a combination of two Hebrew words for “motorcycle” and “bank,” and his exploits made him a national celebrity, even after he was identified and caught.”
- Jeffrey Jablansky
client: Motorcyclist
Series of articles reviewing the year in music—the revival and embrace of the album, #metoo and the music industry and pop stars passing the torch to the next generation.
client: Billboard
2018 breakdown of the top ranked players in soccer. The illustrations were incorporated in an interactive website with video, stats and commentary on the FC’s best.
Click here to take a look: https://es.pn/2G4JflG
“(H.L.)Mencken set out to describe and account for the differences, obvious and subtle, between English and American vocabulary, pronunciation, syntax, intonation, idiom, grammar, slang, euphemism and much more. The job entailed his becoming an etymologist, lexicographer and field worker generally among the native speakers in his own country. Along the way, Mencken, being Mencken, attacked British linguistic pedantry, stodginess and snobbish superiority, while never neglecting American pretentiousness, comic aspiration, and hospitality to foreign words—Spanish, German, Yiddish, Chinese prominent among them.”
Masterpiece Column
client: The Wall Street Journal
Atlanta Magazine Cover:
Where Does The Beltline Go From Here?
Gentrification and Atlanta's beltline
I’ve always wanted to try landing(and then safely releasing) a black marlin or a blue fin tuna from a kayak. Popular Mechanics gave me the opportunity to illustrate this item from the top of my bucket list!
client: Popular Mechanics
NY is Red Matchday Poster
client: NY Redbulls
The Navy SEALs allegedly left a man behind in Afghanistan. Did they try to block his Medal of Honor?
client: Newsweek
Princeton physicists Richard Feynman and John Wheeler
Client: WSJ Book Review
“The most widely read work written in Spanish since “Don Quixote,” “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” published 50 years ago, is set in an unnamed South American country—probably Colombia. The town of Macondo is home to six generations of the Buendía family, whose ancestors arrived in a Spanish galleon abandoned on a remote jungle tributary; when last seen, monkeys were running up and down its sails.” - Allen Barra
client: The Wall Street Journal
client: The Prudential Center
Poster for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour
Lebron James, robot killer
t-shirt printed with metallic ink.
Client: Nike
client: Popular Mechanics
Keats on Chapman's Homer, Masterpiece Column
client: The Wall Street Journal
Campaign for Jack Link's Beef Jerky.
client: Jack Link's
