Last things first

A sketch while waiting at the gate to leave Barcelona and the 4th Urban Sketchers Symposium. A great week with old friends from Lisbon and Santo Domingo and all the new participants, from 30 countries.
I will scan and upload more as time permits.

Barcelona Beat

Illustration of a swing concert in Placa Reali Barcelona, Spain. This illustration was created on location. The horizontal layout emphasizes the progression of the event and the various elements that come together to depict the overall vibrant and lively scene. Hand written notes, colors layers and expressive lines build an image full of characters, musicians and life.

Splish splash photoshop'd image

The client needed an image of young women with their theme of Take the Plunge. Using several stock images we created an image that reflected how refreshing it is to Take the Plunge. The image was created using Photoshop. Notice that the shirt of the woman on the left was lengthened to cover belly and the color was changed to match the color of the headline type.

Market Street - store listing and map brochure

This is the latest version of Market Street - The Woodlands' store directory brochure. Designing this project included finding and customizing stock photo images to fit the personality of the luxury brand shopping center. Move the models arm so that the text will fit - no problem. Remove tattoo, done.
The map is rendered using a scanned/emailed image of the site plan with hand written notes as a reference. We tend to do quite a few maps at our office.

Billboards at work.

We recently produced billboards for The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion's series of performances of the Houston Symphony. The audience for Bugs Bunny at the Symphony was almost one third larger than predicted. Could it have been the billboard? The first they have posted for a Symphony performance.
Since that board boosted visibility so well. The Children's Festival will also get a board. Bold colorful graphics reflect the playful atmosphere of the Festival.