Agency: Wasserman
Photos By: Jeff Klaum
Towards the end of 2021, I had the opportunity to work with the fine folks at Digit to build and update their illustration system for both product and marketing. A year later, after Digit was acquired by Oportun, I was tasked to help refresh Oportun's illustration style, drawing on the work we had created for Digit. Together we developed a robust illustration system and continued to evolve the library.
Art Direction:
Audrey Marzin
This project was a sustainability-focused partnership involving three companies — Southwest Gas, U.S. Gain, and the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada. Each company shared the common goal of expanding clean fuel transit options throughout Southern Nevada by providing RTC’s transit buses with cost-effective and environmentally sustainable fuel sources.
Art Direction
Barney Abramson
The Kiewit Luminarium is an interactive science center and learning space located on the riverfront in Omaha, Nebraska. Opened in 2023, it offers an engaging, hands-on experience focused on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Designed to spark curiosity and inspire visitors of all ages, the Luminarium features exhibits, workshops, and programs that encourage exploration and creativity.
I worked with their team to develop a set of illustrations highlighting some of the core exhibits on display. These visuals were designed to capture the essence of the Luminarium’s mission, emphasizing interactivity, community, diversity, and the importance of learning, play, and discovery.
I have been working closely with the team at ThoughtSpot to help build and maintain a robust illustration system that fits their needs in the ever-evolving data and analytics space. The work encompasses both product and marketing, and the collaboration is ongoing, with a strong integration with their team to ensure consistency across their brand.
Mural artwork created for the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and circulated to their franchises around the globe. The mural captures the history of the company with a mix of Southern California vibes and landmarks.
Over the years, this artwork has been used in stores around the globe, including locations in Singapore, Kuwait, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the Philippines.
Art Director
Jim Wylie
ISTARI Global is a cybersecurity-focused organization founded by Temasek, a Singapore-based investment company, to address the growing challenges of cyber threats. It operates as a collective, leveraging talent, knowledge, and technology to enhance cyber resilience for its clients.
I collaborated with ISTARI to craft a suite of hero illustrations for their new website, designed to break away from the cold, impersonal imagery often tied to cybersecurity. Instead, we created visuals that ignite a sense of adventure and exploration. Drawing inspiration from dynamic landscapes, such as alpine summits, raging whitewater rapids, and treacherous crevasses, the illustrations symbolize resilience and the triumph of overcoming formidable challenges.
Art Director
Rossa Shanks
Adam Hill
Hanno Van Zyl
I collaborated with Oportun to design a custom library of over 850 unique emojis, adding personality and engagement to their app. These designs were also leveraged in marketing campaigns to strengthen brand identity and connect with their audience.
I teamed up with Bud Light to create a custom-designed insulated cooler as part of a social giveaway campaign.
I had the honor of working closely with the design team at Clif Bar to help create some new illustrations for various products, including an update to their organic Nut Butter Filled energy bar. The Nut Butter Filled bar illustration pays homage to Clif Bar owner and founder, Gary Erickson. An avid biker and outdoorsman, Gary has ridden Italy’s Passo di Gavia in the Italian Alps more than 20 times over the past 31 years. Keep your eyes peeled on shelves near you!
Art Director
Natalie Torkar
John Taylor
Thrive Global is a behavior change technology company founded by Arianna Huffington, focused on improving well-being, productivity, and health outcomes through small, science-backed behavioral changes.
I collaborated with Thrive to create a set of engaging spot illustrations for their product, designed to encourage daily participation in challenges and goal-setting. These visuals were crafted to boost user interaction, making the process of adopting healthier habits more engaging and motivating.
Personal Work
It has been an honor to partner with Adobe to be an ambassador for the Adobe Creative Cloud for the past couple of years. The ambassador program is called Adobe Insiders and is comprised of a handful of artists and creatives from around the globe.
Part of our mission was to champion our local communities and embrace the good around us. I had the opportunity to collaborate with a local organization here in Omaha, NE, called The Big Garden. They are a non-profit whose goal is "growing healthy food, healthy kids, and healthy communities." Together we combined forces to create a mural that they could hang on their property that reflected their mission and showcased what they are all about. Overall the process was really fun and collaborative. After pitching the initial concept sketch to The Big Garden I created the artwork in Adobe Illustrator. We made a few tweaks to get the artwork finalized and then from there we went around and gathered up all of the materials we would need and began to prepare the board we would be painting on. After we got the image sketched onto the board we began painting! The painting took about three days to create and wouldn't have been possible without the help from all of the wonderful employees and volunteers that helped bring this to life.
Editorial illustration for the Harvard Business Review for the article “Who’s Regulating Artificial Intelligence?”
Art Director
Susannah Haesche
I had the honor of working closely with the design team at Clif Bar to help create some new illustrations for various products, including the all-new Energy Granola. The Energy Granola illustration was inspired by the granola that Clif Bar founder Gary Erickson would make for the hiking trips he guided in the High Sierra mountains. We created an epic landscape illustration inspired by this spectacular region which is known for its natural beauty. We highlighted specific geographical features such as granite outcroppings, meandering streams, foggy valleys, and snow-capped mountain peaks. And of course, we included a group of hikers and their furry companion. I am a bit biased, but this granola is super delicious. Keep your eyes peeled for these on shelves near you!
Art Director
Natalie Torkar
John Taylor
I worked with Hello Hornet on some illustrations for a series of animations for Mutual of Omaha.
Client: Mutual of Omaha
Agency: Hello Hornet
Direction: Natalie Labarre
It has been an honor to partner with Adobe to be an ambassador for the Adobe Creative Cloud for the past couple of years. The ambassador program is called Adobe Insiders and is comprised of a handful of artists and creatives from around the globe. For this partnership, I have been tasked to create content in Adobe Illustrator that will be shared through mine and Adobe’s social media channels. I have also been traveling to events and conferences around the country, meeting fellow Adobe Insiders, and interacting with the fine folks at Adobe.
The work I created for the campaign comprises of content that arises through community engagement and “celebrating the good.” I have also been tasked with developing tutorials and working on various challenges and creative prompts that promote new product features or enhancements.
To view this tutorial, please click here.
I was thrilled to have gotten the opportunity to illustrate the full issue of the 2019 issue of Virginia Tech Science Magazine. I was tasked with creating the cover, feature opener, and all of the spot illustrations used in the issue. In collaboration with Journey Group.
Art Direction
Mike Ryan
Editorial illustration for the Summer 2019 issue of Fast Company Magazine. For an article about the CEO and founder of Autocamp, a luxury Airstream lodging experience near Yosemite National Park.
Art Director: Alice Alves
I had the honor of working closely with the team at Clif Bar to create the artwork for their annual Seasonal Flavor bars. Together we developed this wintery wooded landscape to coincide with their campaign to plant 1 million trees by 2025.
Art Director
Natalie Torkar
I had the pleasure to produce the cover, inside opener, and four spot illustrations for one of the Summer 2020 issues of the Boston Globe Magazine. The issue highlighted the hidden lakes of the New England region.
Art Director
Greg Klee
Collaboration print with Vahalla Studios in Kansas City, MO. Together we created a limited edition print as a part of their Vahalla Artist Series. Hand-numbered edition of 100. The size is 18” x 24” and it is a 6-color screen print on French Index Off-White paper. For sale here.
$500 in sales were dontated to Black Lives Matter.
Illustrations created for Calm to promote their new product, Sleep School. I worked closely with their design team to develop illustrations and icons that would be used for their website and for marketing purposes. You can view the site here.
To coincide with the launch of Adobe Fresco I teamed up with Adobe Creative Cloud to create this Fall Foliage illustration using the app. #AdobeFresco #AdobePartner
Illustration for a poster design for Omaha Mayoral Candidate, Heath Mello.
Art Director
Justin Kemerling
Poster Design
Justin Kemerling
Book cover illustration for Love, Jacaranda, a book by Alex Finn. Published by HarperCollins.
”From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Flinn comes a tale of taking a chance on love and letting your inner voice soar.”
Available July 7, 2020.
Art Director
Molly Fehr
For the better part of 2019, I worked closely with the design and marketing teams at Egencia, the corporate travel division of Expedia, to help develop their overall illustration style. The work was produced for both product and marketing materials.
The illustrations were created to complement Egencia’s use of photography and the other brand elements to enhance their storytelling abilities. The role of these illustrations was to simplify and soften complex or dry concepts that couldn’t be adequately captured by photography or to create variety in channels where photography becomes repetitive. We focused on creating illustrations that were inclusive, international, modern, and instructive.
The fairytale map I made for Two Dots, a puzzle video game for iOS and Android.
Voyageurs National Park poster design for the Fifty-Nine State Parks project. Poster for sale here.
I was honored to get to test drive the new Illustrator for iPad app that is currently being built by the Adobe Creative Cloud team. The app is expected to be released to the public in 2020. The artwork and timelapse were shared at Adobe Max, Adobe’s annual conference that was held in Los Angeles during the fall of 2019. #AdobePartner #IllustratorOniPad
I was challenged by the Adobe Drawing team to recreate an old illustration or drawing using only Adobe Fresco. I chose to recreate this illustration of a panther in the jungle that I originally made over three years ago now in Adobe Illustrator. Scroll to see a timelapse video of the creation of this piece. #AdobePartner
It has been an honor to partner with Adobe to be an ambassador for the Adobe Creative Cloud for the past couple of years. The ambassador program is called Adobe Insiders and is comprised of a handful of artists and creatives from around the globe. For this partnership, I have been tasked to create content in Adobe Illustrator that will be shared through mine and Adobe’s social media channels. I have also been traveling to events and conferences around the country, meeting fellow Adobe Insiders and interacting with the fine folks at Adobe.
The work I created for the campaign comprises of content that arises through community engagement and “celebrating the good.” I have also been tasked with developing tutorials and working on various challenges and creative prompts that promote new product features or enhancements. This particular work was for a creative challenge that focused on geometric shapes.
It has been an honor to partner with Adobe to be an ambassador for the Adobe Creative Cloud for the past couple of years. The ambassador program is called Adobe Insiders and is comprised of a handful of artists and creatives from around the globe. For this partnership, I have been tasked to create content in Adobe Illustrator that will be shared through mine and Adobe’s social media channels. I have also been traveling to events and conferences around the country, meeting fellow Adobe Insiders and interacting with the fine folks at Adobe.
The work I created for the campaign comprises of content that arises through community engagement and “celebrating the good.” I have also been tasked with developing tutorials and working on various challenges and creative prompts that promote new product features or enhancements.
Had the pleasure of creating some illustrations for the PGA Tour and GumGum, an artificial intelligence company with a focus on computer vision. These illustrations were created for an experience design kit for the PGA Championship that was held in the Spring of 2019 at Bethpage Black Course in New York.
AD: Madison Moore
I was fortune to work with Analog Folk on the new CLIF Bar & Co. running app, Scout. We partnered with animator/illustrator Brent Clouse who helped with concepting and motion design.
Art Direction
Analog Folk
Design Collaborator
Brent Clouse
Easter illustration for Uber.
Art Director
Tara Shahian
Shirt design released through Cotton Bureau.
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Illustration for a poster design for the Cincinnati Zoo. The poster was for Zoogeist, an annual event that is a collaboration between the zoo and Cincinnati’s own Rhinegeist Brewery.
Art Director
Greg Althoff
Character illustrations for a video campaign for Volkswagen and the NHL. In partnership with Deutsch LA.
Art Director
Allen Mezquida
Editorial illustration highlighting nine historical buildings of Philadelphia. For Philadelphia Magazine.
Art Director
Jamie Leary
Beacon Relief was a collaborative design project to help raise money for disaster relief efforts around the world. All proceeds from print purchases and gallery donations went to Direct Relief.
My poster contribution was titled "Hope, Help, Heal."
The project was initiated by Upperquad in the fall of 2017.
Hero illustration and icons for a new concert ticket app built by Intel.
Art Direction
Aaren Esplin
Gage Choat
