Saturday sketchbook: seasick

Not my favorite of my drawings, but I do like that the water glass is just a little indent in the table filled with water.

Business tot

Illustration I did in gouache on scratchboard.

CD wall

For the George Fox Marcom office redesign, I created this wall installation of recycled CD-ROMs. My coworkers Janelle and Jeong helped paint the CDs; we tried to achieve a hand-done, painterly effect.

Marcom wall

I recently oversaw the interior redesign of the marketing communications (marcom) office at George Fox University, including this hanging wall, suspended from the ceiling by cables. It creates a private office space and also functions as signage. It's made of frosted acrylic, perforated aluminum and painted birch, layered to create a sense of depth. I designed it and Bryan Boyd and I made it.

Saturday sketchbook: dog fud

Going for that cute Disney look and failing miserably. The dog appears to have three ears.

Tween camp t-shirt design

A t-shirt design I did for a middle school camp on the Oregon coast at Twin Rocks.

Felix and Dad

This is a vintage photo of my dad and a Felix the Cat toy, circa 1927. I enlarged it to 20 inches high and hung it on my wall. I like old photos like this.

Happy Endings

Book cover I illustrated, including all the handlettering. This wasn't done for a real book, it was just a self-promo piece for me.

Saturday sketchbook: Luis and Liberty

A drawing I did around U.S. postage stamps featuring the Statue of Liberty and Luis Muñoz Marín, the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico. Click to enlarge.

Geez issue 8 spreads

A couple of the section divider spreads from Geez 8, the food issue. Photos by Karin Kliewer, Tamara Vaags and me.

At bottom is a detail of a spread showing that a handful of massive agri-food companies are responsible for most of the food North Americans eat.

Geez issue 8

Geez 8 is the food issue. My friend and coworker Janelle Townsend assisted me in the photography of this cover, with type made of sprinkles, jello and mustard.

The sprinkle letters were done on acetate so they could be laid on top of the red tablecloth.

Pizzicato catering posters

Pizzicato Gourmet Pizza poster series I designed and illustrated while at Staccato Design. These posters promoted Pizzicato's catering services.

Saturday sketchbook: the last place

The drawings in my sketchbook definitely veer into the weirder side of my brain.

Tin full o’ stamps

My dad collected stamps as a kid, and would tie up extras in little bundles with thread. I have this old tin full of the bundled stamps.

Rest, peace

Personal Work. Watercolor and ink on scratchboard. Click to enlarge.

Saturday sketchbook: mid-century modern

Another drawing from my sketchbook. Click to enlarge.

No Parking in Winnipeg

A photo I took while biking around back alleys in downtown Winnipeg, seeking out urban grit.

BlindSpot logo

Logo I created with ink and typewriter on scratchboard.

Monster illustrations

I illustrated a series of classic monsters for Geez 8; here are two of them. Other monsters in the series were the bogeyman and werewolf.

Saturday sketchbook: Elvis stamp

“The king upon his throne.” I stuck an Elvis postage stamp in my sketchbook and drew on and around it to tastefully commemorate his place of death.

This 1993 stamp is the most collected of all time, according to the U.S. postal service, with over 100 million saved.

Geez issue 7

Geez issue 7 is the monster issue. The wraparound cover painting is by
Mark Bryan, who does smart, satirical art.


Below is a spread from the magazine featuring an underwater photo of me in Lost Lake, in case you were wondering what I look like. My friend Caitlin Keyzer took the picture.

Ugly Feelings poster

A poster I illustrated and designed for Ugly Feelings, a "fun evening of ideas, anecdotes, film and music that explore ugly feelings".

The name of the event came from this book.

Diary boxes

These are closeups of a couple of boxes containing diaries written by my grandmother in the early 1900s. The diaries are interesting snapshots of life almost 100 years ago. And the boxes that contain them, while not that old, have their own worn beauty.

Saturday sketchbook: sob story

A drawing from my sketchbook. Click to enlarge.

Let’s go for a bike ride

These photos appeared in Geez 6. Concept: Aiden Enns; model and photo assistance: Tamara Vaags; photography and some art direction: me.

This reminds me of Bill Bryson writing about people who would drive a mile or two to the gym to walk a couple miles on the treadmill.

Geez issue 6

Geez 6, the Awe and Wonder issue. Cover photo of a rooster by João Estêvão A. de Freitas.

I added a bit of gritty sparkly wonder (middle) to some of the headlines scattered throughout this issue.

Geez 6 also featured this piece (bottom) by Eduardo Recife, artist, illustrator and type designer extraordinaire.

Window pain

Photo I took near the Pearl District in Portland.

Living Stone Outreach

A logo I designed for Living Stone Outreach, a nonprofit group to assist people in meeting their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter and education. The initial logo (bottom) was developed because Living Stone is currently focused in Africa, but due to plans to expand beyond that continent, the less geographically-specific solution (top) was created.

Baseball II

I drew on another old baseball. Not sure which one is more successful. I did each panel with a different, more detailed pattern on this one.

Geez spines

We put a short quote on the spine of each Geez magazine, just a little bonus for anyone paying attention. And I add some color so they look nice all together on the shelf. My favorite spine line so far is “maybe there is something more important than being right” from the evangelical issue.

The unsuspecting nihilist

Illustrations I did for Books and Culture magazine for an article entitled Nietzsche was Right, about our disappearing moral foundations. Full image above, detail middle, secondary spot illustration for the same article bottom.