On the right path {illustration}

Here is a recent illustration that ran in our Passages section - see story here. It was about the retirement of the director of operations at the San Diego Zoo. Paths are always a great way to show people moving on or going in a different direction, but turning the path into an elephant made this illustration sing for me. Hope you enjoy it too.

Brain Series {illustration}

Brain Games - illustration by Cristina Byvik

Imagination - illustration by Cristina Byvik

Brain Injuries - illustration by Cristina Byvik

Brain Studies - illustration by Cristina Byvik

This was a series of four illustrations I did for our special "Wonders of the Brain" section. The package was a big group effort by many talented staffers at U-T San Diego. Check it out here. The section was designed by Gloria Orbegozo.

August Work {illustration}

designed by Ani Arambula

designed by Greg Schmidt

designed by Greg Schmidt

designed by Greg Schmidt

designed by Ani Arambula

August was a really colorful month. I especially loved working on the watercolor greens. I must have painted 20 different leaves, but we only needed three of them. Who knew lettuce was so interesting!

July Work {illustration}

designed by Ani Arambula

designed by Gloria Orbegozo

designed by Greg Schmidt

designed by Greg Schmidt

designed by Gloria Orbegozo

designed by Greg Schmidt

 Better late than never - my work from July! From worm composting to gourmet camping, it was a busy month. August work coming soon!

April Work {illustration}

(designed by Ani Arambula)

(designed by Rebecca Metta)

(designed by Rebecca Metta)

(designed by Greg Schmidt)

(designed by Greg Schmidt)

(designed by Rebecca Metta)

(designed by Rebecca Metta)

 Here are all the illustrations I did in April. My favorite ones are the container gardening one and the apartment building cigarette. The other ones were, what I call, quick and dirty! Thanks for looking.

Seeing Red {illustration}

I guess I've been a little obsessed with the color red lately. I try and try to use other colors, but red just seems to work better emotionally and aesthetically in a lot of instances. Here are three recent pages with illustration/photo illustrations of mine. The Arts pages where designed by Gloria Orbegozo and the Chargers Preview page was designed by Anthony Tarantino. Enjoy!