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2011 Virginia voters guide
I worked with Harry Campbell to create this concept for the Virginia voters guide. The challenge was to create an original cover that was different from the previous Virginia voters guide cover that...
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Pure Gold
Last week, I had the pleasure of art directing the photo shoot of Mitchell Gold’s DC loft. A week prior to the shoot, I visited the condo with reporter Jura Koncius, which allowed me to visualize the...
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Voters guide for the 2012 primaries
I worked with illustrator Lincoln Agnew on this voters guide. I loved his enthusiasm and can-do attitude. We went through a lot of versions, but I think the end product was unique and eye-catching. The...
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Scent of a garden
For this story on fragrant gardens, I chose D.C. illustrator Elizabeth Graeber, whose loose application of color on black line drawings perfectly conveyed the idea of fragrance “escaping” the flowers....
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Bad egg vs. good egg
Of the seven foods mentioned in the story, I decided to play with the idea of eggs on the cover since they lent themselves to so many fun metaphors: good egg vs. bad egg, deviled eggs, etc. I found...
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Way to grow
When gardening writer Adrian Higgins first talked to be about this story for the Washington Post, I knew it was going to be great. It would showcase Higgins’s witty voice, and I needed an illustrator...
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Olympic fever
Craig Alan of the Deljou Art Group creates “populist” paintings where he makes portraits (like Marilyn Monroe and the Statue of Liberty) using small figures. I immediately thought of him for this story...
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Have a healthy new year
The Washington Post hired me to art direct and design this week’s issue of Local Living. The cover story was a Kids and Nutrition column about how to make healthy new year’s resolutions about food and...
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I won (x4)!
I am thrilled to learn I won four Awards of Excellence in the Society for News Design‘s 34th annual Best of News Design Creative Competition for my art direction and design work at The Washington Post....
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Sizeable challenge
When I was asked to art direct the Weekend cover story about the trend for super-sized restaurants in the D.C. area, there were no visuals. Well, at least there weren’t any good ones. The story was...
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