Philadelphia City Paper

TOM - I provided the cover art for this weeks Philadelphia City Paper. I was asked to create an illustration of Philly's pitcher, Cole Hamels in this classic Superman stance. The challenge for this was to capture the likeness of somebody that's not terribly recognizable. Other than being tall and thin, he has a very 'ordinary' face and facial features, not much to take advantage of, like a big nose, or a gap between his teeth. With that being said, I don't feel like I really nailed it, but I had fun with creating the rest of the piece. If you're in the Philadelphia are, pick one up, it's on stands now.

Here is the illustration without Logo and type. Pencil, ink, Photoshop. Until next time...

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Naughty or Nice?

TOM - Here's a new piece I've been working on slowly whenever I got a chance over the last couple of weeks. It was nice to work big again ("14x17"), since recently I've been working on a smaller scale. It was also cool to play around with the pencil as more of tool, using it for shading and adding texture. More new pieces on the way!

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Long Time No Post

TOM - Been a while since I last posted anything on this blog. Part of the reason is that I recently moved and FINALLY got internet yesterday! I have been busy working on alot of new stuff, and will return to making more regular posts. Yay! In the meantime, here is this weeks New York Press illo. It's about a guy who is trying to hide his heroin addiction from the girl that is in love with him. Check out the story here. Until next time...

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