auburn q125 celebration

Auburn, Nebraska
logo for quasquicentennial celebration
September 2007

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The logo for the Auburn 125th anniversary celebration was based around an illustration of what is probably Auburn’s most notable landmark - the tower on the southeast corner of “the stoplight.”

The logo was used for t-shirts, koozies, balloons, posters and all kinds of advertising for the festival.

It was also made into a commemorative postage cancellation, as seen on the postcard up above. There was a different postmark stamp for each day of the three-day celebration.

“i’m all boy and that’s a fact”

“I’m All Boy and That’s a Fact”
illustrations for a children’s book
written by Katie Theisen
completed August 2007

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“I’m All Boy and That’s a Fact” is a children’s book by Lincoln author Katie Theisen.

It follows a young boy through his regular routine of fun and mischief, never meanin’ no harm, just being completely unashamed to be a boy and all that entails.

This was a really fun book to illustrate. I had fun trying different techniques, and a lot of the experimentation worked out so well that it ended up on the final pages.

It is now available from Trafford Publishing, Amazon.com and Target.com.

“that’s not my name!”

“That’s Not My Name!”
illustrations for a children’s book
written by Lizabeth Wood-Hansen
completed November 2006

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“That’s Not My Name!” is a children’s book by Omaha author Liz Hansen.

It’s an autobiographical story of a girl who goes to school on the first day to discover a discrepancy about her name. This is Liz’s third book, and the first that I have illustrated. It was just completed at the end of November, with a scheduled completion time before Christmas 2006.

I’ve never illustrated a children’s book before, although it’s something I’ve long wanted to try. I read a story in the New Yorker within the last year about Maurice Sendak, and it really lit that fire in me to want to do something like this.

Doing editorial cartoons, I use shades of gray, but I’ve never had to work with color. I only have limited experience coloring stuff in Photoshop, and that’s all I really had time to bring to this project. I’m not thrilled about the color, but I think some of that comes from just not being used to seeing my drawings in anything but grays.

The story is great, and it rhymes (like a good children’s book should)! I’m really excited to see the finished book, and I hope this leads to doing more things like this. I especially want to try more experimentation with different drawing and coloring styles.

pro wrestling torch

news / column illustrations
Pro Wrestling Torch newsletter
prowrestlingtorch.com

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My illustrations for the Torch have been used in news stories, columns and interviews beginning in October 2006.

Yeah, I realize it’s glorified fan art, but at least there’s a purpose, and I wouldn’t be drawing wrestlers otherwise. I swear.

iabc

promo illustration
International Association of Business Communicators
Lincoln Chapter

This is the promo art for the mailing for the November meeting of the Lincoln IABC, of which I am also the guest.

1000 WORDS AND THEN SOME: An Editorial Cartoonist’s Views of Local Leadership Neal Obermeyer is an editorial cartoonist for the Lincoln Journal- Star and the San Diego Reader. He captures the ups and downs of local business and government leaders in his bi- weekly work appearing in the Journal-Star. Spend your lunch with Neal and see and hear how he takes the actions and attributes of local leaders and turns them sideways, revealing their underlying humor and head-scratching pronouncements. If your work as a professional communicator entails helping these leaders make sense to the public, Neal will give you some ideas about how your handiwork may fare under the point of his pen.

cuba film poster

poster design
Cuba: The Illogical Temple
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
College of Journalism and Mass Communications

This was my first effort at designing something like this, relying mainly on software and not pens and pencils.

I was still very new at dealing with design and Photoshop, so much credit is owed to Quentin Lueninghoener, a master designer now at the Portland Oregonian.