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Drawings

Personal illustration is where I keep my eye sharp. Pieces I make for myself (for friends, for tattoos, for fun) and occasionally for a client who happens to wander in at the right moment.

4 ENTRIES · 12 PLATES
01 · PLATEa blueprint of ideation
2015
A Blueprint of Ideation
Wallpaper installation + technical drawing

Architectural studies of the London Eye, the Eiffel Tower, and the Brooklyn Bridge, drawn in light blueprint hand and re-vectorized as a screen-printed wallpaper installation. The series began as a personal experiment and ended up wrapped around a residential staircase wall in Los Angeles.

MEDIUM
Limited series · digital + screen printed wallpaper installation
PLATES
3
EDITION
Residential install + small print run
PLATE ANNOTATIONS
  • 01Plate ILondon Eye: section + plan + capsule detail
  • 02Plate IIEiffel Tower: elevation + lattice study
  • 03Plate IIIBrooklyn Bridge: span elevation + cable detail
  • 04InstallResidential staircase, Los Angeles · 2015
02 · PLATEan idea
2015
Plate I · the bulb
Plate II · growth & development
Plate III · life cycle of an idea

A triptych drawn in a patent-illustration vocabulary: a lightbulb sprouting from a plant, broken down across a botanical taxonomy of “the parts,” “growth & development,” and “life cycle of an idea.” Each plate is annotated like a turn-of-the-century patent application, complete with figure numbers, hand-letter labels, and a signed signature block.

MEDIUM
Limited series · patent-style technical illustration
PLATES
3
EDITION
Triptych print set
PLATE ANNOTATIONS
  • 01Plate IAnatomy of the bulb: figure 1, parts schedule
  • 02Plate IIGrowth & development: figure 4, life cycle
  • 03Plate IIILife cycle of an idea: figures 5 + 6
  • 04TreatmentHand-set type + mechanical-pencil hatching
03 · PLATEme
2016
Me
“Me” · tattoo flash

A self-portrait drawn as a half-sleeve tattoo design: gears, a compass, an old pocket watch, all anchored by a tree of roots. Built in Illustrator as flat vector, inked in one pass on skin.

MEDIUM
Digital illustration · tattoo design
PLATES
1
EDITION
Personal · ink on skin
PLATE ANNOTATIONS
  • 01ToolsAdobe Illustrator (vector) · Photoshop (composite)
  • 02SymbolsCompass · pendulum · gears · root system
  • 03StatusOn skin · printed · still on shelf
04 · PLATEcravings
2018
Cravings, Coffee centered
Cravings 1.0 · Coffee centered

Five tiny characters (coffee, ramen, tacos, wine, rum) drawn after a road trip down the California coast. Originally made for a content brand pitch as marquee characters, then released as personal stickers and a small print set. Each character has a distinct mouth shape that makes it readable at favicon size.

MEDIUM
Digital illustration · 5-character set
PLATES
5
EDITION
Internal pitch + sticker set
PLATE ANNOTATIONS
  • 01Coffeewarm brown · open smile · half-lidded eyes
  • 02Ramenorange-red · eating · steam mark
  • 03Tacosgold · grinning · two tongues
  • 04Wineoxblood · serious · single eyebrow raise
  • 05Rumumber · winking · tilted