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Peter The Pigeon Book

Select images from book, Peter The Pigeon

Role:
Illustrator, Writer, Book Designer

Tools:
Traditional, Digital

Client:
School Project for School of Visual Arts MFA

Duration:
8 Months

New Yorker Spots — Fall Style & Design

Published spot illustrations for the Fall Style & Design Issue (September 23, 2024) of The New Yorker.

Client:
The New Yorker

Art Director:
Supriya Kalidas

Role:
Illustrator

Medium:
Digital

Recognition:
Society of Illustrators 67 Exhibit and Book Jury Selection

Nabokov Illustrated Zine

A printed zine including a series of images created for Vladimir Nabokov’s The Visit to the Museum. I used optical illusions to illustrate the story’s descent into surrealism.

Role:
Illustrator, Book Designer

Tools:
Traditional, Digital

Client:
School Project for School of Visual Arts MFA

Duration:
6 Months

Recognition:
American Illustration 45 CHOSEN Winner

New Yorker Festival

Illustrations for The New Yorker Festival 2025 master classes

Client:
The New Yorker

Art Director:
Supriya Kalidas

Role:
Illustrator

Medium:
Digital

Sketchy First 100 Days of the Trump Administration

Documenting the sketchiest moves from the second Trump administration on a weekly basis.

New Yorker Spots — Spring in NYC

Published spot illustrations for the April 28, 2025 issue of The New Yorker.

Client:
The New Yorker

Art Director:
Rina Kushnir

Role:
Illustrator

Medium:
Digital

Optimist Pin

Personal project

Role:
Illustrator, Designer

Medium:
Digital

Purchase Pins Here

The Long Way Home Poster

A continuous ride through San Francisco.

Screenprinted poster created for Artcrank SFO 2014 / 18" x 18" / metallic gold ink on 110# matte black paper stock.

Medium:
Screenprint

Role:
Designer & Illustrator

Purchase Print Here

Cafe Drawings

Drawings at various cafes across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

This project was completed while pursuing an MFA at the School of Visual Arts.

Role:
Illustrator

Medium:
Fountain Pen, Brush Pens

Holiday Letterpress Card

Personal holiday card for when I lived in San Francisco

Purchase Card Here

Posters

Editorial

Editorial illustrations created for the Meta Newsroom blog while employed at Meta.

Date:
2014 – 2020

Heartbreak in the Golden State print

A fun personal project to commemorate the loss of one of my favorite surfboards

Role:
Illustrator, printer

Medium:
digital

Purchase Pin Here

Peter The Pigeon Book

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New Yorker Spots — Fall Style & Design

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Nabokov Illustrated Zine

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New Yorker Festival

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Sketchy First 100 Days of the Trump Administration

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New Yorker Spots — Spring in NYC

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Optimist Pin

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The Long Way Home Poster

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Cafe Drawings

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Holiday Letterpress Card

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Editorial

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Heartbreak in the Golden State print

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