Adam Richardson

A good buddy – and proud father of three kiddos – commissioned this fun lil’ illustration to accompany his #punkisdad hashtag. ROCK ON!!!

This show may have passed, but I’m still very proud of how this poster turned out – and also SUPER proud of how well the kiddos at Saint Juliana did with this production. I’m not much of a theatre guy, but they impressed the hell out of me, and I enjoyed it thoroughly!

In fact, the school also asked me to design tee shirts using the poster art…

Thanks for the opportunity, Saint Juliana!

Judy Ringer is an incredibly accomplished Aikido master and author. In April, she’ll be publishing her latest book called Turn Enemies Into Allies, which can educate all of us – Aikido practitioner or not – on how to use Aikido’s principals and teachings to resolve conflict in our workplace and everyday life. Something I think could be VERY important and relevant these days.

I had the honor of creating the illustrations used in the book. You can check out a sample of the book here – https://www.calameo.com/read/005570974adf4d8a01b2a

Okay, lemme back up…I’M not in an article on the Internet, but an animated ad I did all the illustrations for sure is! This was a political ad I worked on for the fine folks at AL Media here in Chicago – it’s the only animated one in the article about two thirds of the way down. Granted, I’ve never heard of the publication VOX, but it’s still quite an honor to see my work recognized.

Here’s the article: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/11/17675314/democrats-republicans-political-ads-2018-midterms

Here’s a link to just the ad itself: https://youtu.be/ZlrMfcdGIMo

Sooo maybe I’m not world famous…I’m just A-piece-I-worked-on-is-in-an-article-on-the-Internet-for-one-day famous. I can’t let it go to my head…but it’s still pretty damn cool!

Finally… I’m so happy to be able to talk about a fun project I had for Northwestern University’s Aphasia And Linguistics Research Lab from November 2017 to February 2018. I was tasked with creating illustrations to be used in their experiments.

First, I had to illustrate 49 different character archetypes from a carefully curated list provided by the lab and position them next to a neutral ambiguous character. A few examples are below…

NW_CNLR_003_Agent_Artist

NW_CNLR_008_Agent_Chef

NW_CNLR_009_Agent_Clown

NW_CNLR_025_Agent_Nurse

NW_CNLR_038_Agent_Skier

NW_CNLR_045_Agent_Child

NW_CNLR_043_Agent_Swimmer

NW_CNLR_044_Agent_Thief

NW_CNLR_046_Agent_Waitress

NW_CNLR_048_Agent_Wizard

Then, I had to illustrate a number of actions (again, provided by the lab), first with just the neutral ambiguous figures and then with different pairings of the 49 characters I’d previously drawn. A few examples of those are below…

NW_CNLR_068_ActionPrime_Tickle

NW_CNLR_TargetSceneEx_Tickle_01

NW_CNLR_116_TargetScene43_2_Tickle

NW_CNLR_059_ActionPrime_Pinch

NW_CNLR_TargetSceneEx_Pinch_01

NW_CNLR_107_TargetScene34_2_Pinch

NW_CNLR_052_ActionPrime_Drag

NW_CNLR_124_TargetScene51_3_Drag

NW_CNLR_100_TargetScene27_2_Drag

NW_CNLR_058_ActionPrime_Measure

NW_CNLR_106_TargetScene33_2_Measure

NW_CNLR_TargetSceneEx_Measure_01

All in all, there were 118 illustrations when said and done, and I couldn’t have had a more fun time working on them. Not only is it such an honor to contribute to medical and scientific research, but I also found myself getting attached to these silly generic characters I was drawing over and over again. Here’s what the kind folks at Northwestern had to say about working with me…

Adam’s drawings are beautiful and were perfect for the job. Working with him was so easy and enjoyable – he met all of our needs quickly and with the utmost care for high quality standards and attention to detail. We highly recommend Adam to anyone!

-Aphasia and Neurolinguistics Research Laboratory, Northwestern University

I can’t thank the fine folks at Northwestern for their kind words and this opportunity. It was such a pleasure and so friggin’ fun!

Go Wildcats! (Except when playing the Buckeyes…)

This past spring, I was commissioned by a client in Houston, TX to draw an illustration incorporating lyrics from the song “A Million Dreams” from the movie The Greatest Showman. He then blew up the illustrations and had them printed on canvas to hang in his two daughters’ rooms.

I was given pretty much complete creative freedom with this one. I drew this illustrations digitally on my Cintiq Companion 1 using Clip Studio Pro, colored it in Photoshop CC, and vectorized it using “Live Trace” in Adobe Illustrator CS6.

Hope you enjoy and never stop dreaming…

Black & White Version

I was recently commission by Megan Lupica of Columbus, OH to illustrate a photo of her two daughters in my style. It was given as an anniversary present to her husband. Many thanks to her for this one. I think it turned out pretty darn adorable…

In Process…

Original Photograph

To check out similar pieces, head on over to my Private Commissions section!

Every last Thursday of the month, the bar Green Eye Lounge in Chicago, IL hosts the Atomic Sketch Event, and this past February I was honored to be asked to participate (See how excited I am?)

Essentially, 5-6 Illustrators are able to drink and draw, hanging up their artwork as they finish it and selling it for whatever price they feel like. I’ve posted here what I created over the course of four hours and numerous beers! Happy to say I sold all of these pieces and had an incredible time! Many thanks to those kind and generous patrons who handed over their hard-earned drinking money for my doodles.

CHEERS!