thowing caution to the wind

This is an old but good one. Before Rush Limbaugh had his official site - there was the unofficial Rushonline site. I've developed a good bit of political cartoon work for The Web Network (TWN) down through the years. One of my favorite illustrations I did for them is a piece I did during the Clinton administration. The cartoon is based the incident when Bill and Hillary got into a fight - when a hot tempered First Lady hurled a lamp at the Commander In Chief.

RocketMan to the rescue

Here's a job that I finished last month that I meant to post earlier. An old friend who works up in Huntsville,AL threw a party for a genuine rocket scientist friend of his. It was framed and given as a departmental gift for the doctor's birthday. I had fun doing it.

Oversized Postcard Design

Jose' saw a postcard design that I did for our therapy business and asked if I'd come up with a design a mailer for his business. The entire layout was created in Adobe PhotoShop. We left the back of the postcard blank. Usually folks add return address and a stamp box on the back but we decided that this card could be used as a note/calling card as well. It is a nice piece to paperclip to the top of a job estimate. I like the idea of Jose' being able to use this project as a direct mail piece and as a presentation piece.

We used VistaPrint to print him us the postcards as well as business cards for both of his businesses. I am a big believer in the online print service VistaPrint. I can order full color printing at small quantities and the turn around is very fast. I have yet to be disappointed with their services.

Take note of the Rodriguez Home Builders, LLC logo. It's my handiwork as well - and proud of it! The house was rendered in CorelDraw and then thrown into PhotoShop for text treatment and tweaking.

batteries not included

Here's cover art for the area phyisicain's directory. The illustration was generated in Corel Draw and then sweetened in Adobe PhotoShop. Most of you babyboomers out there might find this helmet-haired guy familiar. I thought paying tribute to this 60's favorite game would make an eye catching cover. By the way, it was Gina's (my wife) idea to add the tweezers at the top. I don't mind suggestions and comments from folks looking over my shoulder. Ideas are often fleshed out and outcome perfected as other minds are welcomed into the creative process. By the way, the game Operation is still on the market today. Last year my daughter was given the Shrek version of the game.