Rapture

hello! this is my first post on 4-7, so please bear with me!




a little sumthin' I was working on a few weeks back


keep your eye out for the finish (can't post it til it's published, unfortunately!)

BORDERS FALLS OFF THE SHELF

Here is the latest piece I did for Honolulu Magazine. It's about how Borders book stores are closing several locations throughout the US. All the borders in Hawaii are closing which leaves their publishing industry up in the air as to how they'll get their products out to the people on the islands.











Until next time.
All the best.
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MERIT CANADA

Here is another map I did recently about Merit Canada and it's office locations. Merit is the association of General Contractors in Canada. I really enjoy doing maps. They're a lot of fun and it's a great way to learn cool things about different parts of the world we live in.





All the Best
MB

GREGORY PEPPER

Here is a portrait I did at the latest Drink & Draw session of my friend and talented person Gregory Pepper.



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MB

RELIC HUNTERS

This is a piece I did last month for this month's issue of Alberta Oil Magazine. It's about an archeologist who consults with big oil companies before they plan on starting up any oil operations. They go through him first to determine whether or not an area is safe to dig. Being an archeologist in Canada means this guy knows that Alberta has one of the richest dinosaur fossil deposits. And lots of oil.







All the Best.
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DANCE FLOORED

Dance floored: Deborah Kimmett, the author of the piece, lets her mother lead the way. This story was a fun one about a woman deciding to join her senior mother to a singles dance. Being divorced for a few years and nothing else to do she thought why not. It could be fun. She quickly learns that age isn't a factor when it comes to male/female relationships. Men act the same way whether their 18 or 80. Apparently the dating thing doesn't change much either. She figured she wasn't going to hip check and 80 year old woman out of the way to get to the single guy. Deborah declares she prefers her men without yellow toenails.













All the Best.
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Not going anywhere...

Some jobs I get never see the light of Day on my (regular) blog. It's not that they didnt turn out well (im more than happy to post those types of jobs on my blog) its that they never really felt like they were mine in the first place. These are the rare occasions where i'm hired for style over substance. Not that thats a bad thing - Im grateful to be hired for any project, and im happy to see a concept through that wasnt mine. After all, there are plenty of great ideas i dont have, and many of the ones i do have arent all that great.
At any rate - even when i do a job that already has a predetermined idea - i still pitch my own - just for fun. One recent job i really hustled to try to find a super clever solution - and although none of my ideas were picked - the exercise had some really fun results. The article was about some different aspects of retirement - first, the benificial role technology is playing in helping boomers retireSecond, the terrifying concept of running out of money while being retiredfinally, the idea that retirement is further away than you expected / the retiree is not sure what to expect...When it was all said and done, we ended up going with the Editors idea (and the final DID turn out really great) but didnt have the same kind of hard work (concept wise) that is a foundation i try to build on with my regular work. Plus side, someone liked my drawing enough to hire me just for that - that feels pretty nice!