James O'Brien's Studio Blog » hands http://jamesobrien.us/blog Sun, 20 May 2012 16:28:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sad Monster 010 http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2012/05/sad-monster-010/ http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2012/05/sad-monster-010/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 19:06:48 +0000 J. O'Brien http://jamesobrien.us/blog/?p=1781 ]]>

(and here’s the psychedelic version)

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]]> http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2012/05/sad-monster-006/feed/ 0 Wall Street Journal Jan 9 http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2012/01/wall-street-journal-jan-9/ http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2012/01/wall-street-journal-jan-9/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:10:45 +0000 J. O'Brien http://jamesobrien.us/blog/?p=1670 ]]>

This illo was for a story about firms providing non-profits, governments, and businesses in developing countries with free, short-term consulting services while at the same time gaining firsthand insight into the needs of emerging markets.

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How fitting that I am commissioned by AARP for an illustration on the eve of my 50th birthday. This is for a story about phone scamming.

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]]> http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2012/01/aarp-illo/feed/ 2 The Wall Street Journal: Which spouse gets the house? http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2011/10/the-wall-street-journal-which-spouse-gets-the-house/ http://jamesobrien.us/blog/2011/10/the-wall-street-journal-which-spouse-gets-the-house/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:29:09 +0000 J. O'Brien http://jamesobrien.us/blog/?p=1473 ]]>

I did a quick assignment for the Wall Street Journal this week, a piece for their October 1 issue for a story about how the market is affecting divorce arrangements.

I really wanted to do the bird cage sketch but the art director wisely chose the house sketch and completely avoided discussing the cat sketch.

Below is my Colorforms version, all the vector paths separated.

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I have three illustrations in the March 2011 issue of The Oxford American. This issue is about the author Barry Hannah who died one year ago this month.

Here’s some of the process, ink and gouache, assembled in Photoshop.

Here’s a repeating pattern tile I made from the drops.

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