icon newsdesignWelcome to my blog. Here you will see some of my illustration solutions for The New York Times Business sections. Some of these articles are difficult to do but I try to come up with some fun solutions. As you may know the business section is a daily section. So there will be a lot of posting of new ideas going up. You can view more page design here. Feel free to share.

01
February
2012

Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO

Face book is bling bling bling. 02/02/2012

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Facebook is aiming to be bigger than Kraft Foods and Ford Motor company.  This concept illustration AKA "Pimp my Logo" was well received for the Business Section's Deal Book. Here is a link to the article.

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24
January
2012

Megaupload

Uploading and downloading issues. 01/21/12

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 "Police Line Do Not Upload" I wasn't sure this one would get the green light. I guess sometimes you have throw something up on the wall and see if it sticks.....right?

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24
January
2012

Wall Street

Holding down the bull, the glory days of making big money. 01/20/12

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This image illustrates the story well. I had another art director weigh in on the art Minh Uong plus the editior Jeff Cane gave great direction to rope the bull.  This was a hands on delivery to presention. We almost had a photographer  shoot the ropes for us but time became an issue as usual. We needed to move fast so after a few photoshop moves the image was complete. So several cooks in the kitchen on this one but it was served up well. You can see the whole page here.

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17
January
2012

AMAZON

Rooting for the little guy. ( Sometimes I feel like the little guy ) 01/16/12

AMAZON

I had two solutions for this story. The other was a sumo westler representing Amazon.  Then at the last hour, before meeting with the team, I've submitted this idea to my editior. Needless to say he had a hard time deciding which one to use.  But at the end he chose the shopping cart. If I'm not completly satisfied with a solution I try to look for another one. At times its down to hours or minutes. (see the whole page here)

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12
January
2012

NEWSPAGES

2011 Business Pages

I've recently posted several new pages I've designed in 2011.  Its been long over due. You can view the new pages at this link. I will continue to post some of my favoriets illustrations in my blog. I was able to post several websites for 2011 ( Thanks and blessing to my new clients).  I'm working on a slide show to post on my front page. This will give me a different look on the home page.

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09
November
2011

Netflix

Sad times for Netflix. Illustration for October 25, 2011

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Qwikster did not even make it to the table but made it to the trash.

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07
October
2011

Japan

Yuan. Illustration for October 11th Business Day.

JAPAN

Merging Japan imagery with these reactors completed the tone of the story. Design in adobe illustrator.

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23
September
2011

FACEBOOK

Face Book is doing new things to turn eyeballs.

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I enjoyed doing this concept.  Its like thinking out the box.

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11
September
2011

09/11

My wedding anniversary. There is always something good to reflect on even in the midst of tragedy.

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God is our strength. The past is called the past for a reason. The present, which is now, is a gift. Enjoy your gift today.

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08
September
2011

Questions on Yahoo growth.

What direction is Yahoo going? Thursday Business illustration.

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Yahoo is a company in flux after firing CEO Carol Bartz over the phone. In the begining of the day we had no idea how to shape this story because it was still being processed. By 4PM I offered up this idea that was well-received with a high five.

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30
August
2011

WHAT'S IN YOUR HOT DOG?

The Nitrate and Nitrite food

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We all know what's in a hot dog right? But, it's taste so good. This illustration featured over the fourth of July weekend.

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29
August
2011

ONE OF MY FAVORITES

AOL SPLIT OR CONFLICT

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This is an old concept for a America Online story which describes the inner conflict within their business. I like this illo even though the story has long pass.
28
August
2011

THIS DIDN'T MAKE THE PAPER :(

WEAK EURO

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The name of the story that this illustration was prepare for was call "Amaggeddon". If the Euro continues to fail, this illo may find its way to print.
22
August
2011

MOTOROLA/ august 22 cover

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Motorola's identity crisis. This concept simply say it all.

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19
August
2011

PATENT/ august 17 cover

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This patent illustration ran on the business page. This was my second idea. A lot of people weren't sure what the numbers mean. Patents are packed with numbers depicting each item on its invention. The editors asked for the numbers to represent the claims of a mobile phone which is about 250,000 claims. My first concept idea is below.
PATENTWARS

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