My latest illustration for Ascent is about not treating one’s ski gear too preciously. You can check out the full article here.
Tag: ski
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Guilty Pleasures | Utah Adventure Journal
I had the wonderful opportunity to take things in a very different direction for this month’s Utah Adventure Journal. The article is about the apparent contrast between the author’s inner sci-fi nerd (guilty pleasures!) and his love for athletic outdoor activities like skiing, mountain biking, kayaking, etc. One of the things he narrates in the story is of how, when he was a teenager, he and his friend filmed their own sci-fi epic, Rusty Hoot. Since they had no budget for things like props or costumes, they just used things they had on hand- old ski gear, a rubber gorilla mask, a jester’s hat. I thought it would be really fun to imagine what the movie poster would look like if this were a big-budget movie from a major studio and that the cheesy costumes and props were somehow important to the story. The result reminds me of a cross between Planet of the Apes and Spaceballs.
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Ski Bane | Ascent
Recent editorial illustration for Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal. This was for an article on the types of weather patterns that make for bad or even dangerous skiing. In it, the author fantasizes about founding a government agency that would spare no expense in making sure that winter mountains are brought to optimum skiing potential.
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Three-year Plan | Client: Utah Adventure Journal
Recent illustration for Utah Adventure Journal. The article is about how most people who go to Utah for a job only plan on staying there for a few years before moving on. However, the ones who are into skiing usually end up staying for all the awesome skiing Utah has to offer.
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Mountain Music | Ascent Magazine
Latest illustration for Ascent Magazine for an article on the various schools of thought as to what types of music qualify as mountain music.
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Power of the Pink Cookie | Ascent Magazine
Got inspired to go for a retro video game theme for this one. The article is about an avid skier who “powers up” by eating Granny B’s Original Pink Cookies, and I couldn’t help but be reminded of Super Mario. This is my first attempt at creating pixel art, and I was surprised at how easy and fun it turned out to be.
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Backcountry Ritual | Ascent Magazine
This was for an article on an avid skier’s yearly ritual of getting ready for ski season.
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Priorities, Powder, and Pee-pee
For an article on the challenge of balancing fatherhood with a love of skiing.
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Columbusing
New work for Utah Adventure Journal on the art of “discovering” ski gear that everybody else has already been using for a long time and knows all about.
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Ascent Magazine: Visualize World Pow
Latest work for Ascent magazine. The article is about the correct way to pray to Ullr, the Norse god of snow, in order to have a good skiing season.
