Bike Fixin'

I'm preparing another mass-mailer blast, and came up with this little diddy to send to cycling magazines and some kids publications, like Highlights and Boys Life.

Attention Whore

This week's advice column for WashPost CapBiz. The article was tailored to businesses trying to launch a new product, and detailed ways to get it noticed the right way, and the wrong way.

...and as always, here's the print layout.

Here's this week's advice column illustration. It advised businesses to use social media to test for consumer approval, and to be able to spy on rival businesses to see what their customers like / dislike about their practices. Ps I hand drew that Facebook News Feed....I'm losing my mind.

And here's the layout:

Here's this past week's Washington Post Capital Business advice column. It featured an article by Barbara Degray about the pro's and con's of hiring workers remotely / working remotely. I'm really digging the opportunities to experiment with pushing my style and color choices.

and here's the layout!

I Scream!

Got a call for a day-and-a-half turnaround for the NY Observer last week, and was glad I did. The [true] story was borderline fiction, about Park Slope parents picketing ice cream vendors who "prey" on their welcoming children. It allowed me to do some really fun character designs, and to play with vintage fonts and colors.

It was even featured on the front page of the Observer's site! http://www.observer.com/ ...although if you go to the site and they since have updated it, here's a screenshot: