Disney Imagineering found me and hired me to invent from scratch a Mary Poppins Song Book to be used as a poster in a large hotel.
Computers have been around for quite a while now.
Illustration for a Yankee Magazine article about the Hanlons magic show.
Before computers, I had no other option than to use airbrush for smooth solids and subtle gradients.
Disney Imagineering enlisted my help to sell Disney Springs to upper management. This was blown way up for a conference.
I always thought early illustration styles relied heavily on well-trained painters and illustrators. Here is my interpretation of a Joseph Christian Leyendecker illustration style.
This 4 color linoleum cut print was used as my Christmas card when I was a young man. It reminds me of old German woodcut prints.
I call this an engraving style. It appears to be done in woodcut or linoleum cut print
Vintage style collage for Yankee Magazine
Illustration for Yankee Magazine. Portraying Keene, New Hampshire, Christmas 1941
Engraving style pig portrait
A watercolor illustration for Yankee Magazine.
A sketch aiming at the fruit crate label style
Self promotion piece