Category Archives: Illustration

The Poor Man’s Marian Bantjes

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Benjamen

I was really inspired by the new Marian Bantjes book when I set out to design the Top Dentists feature in the February issue of Seattle Met. We had no money left in the budget to commission an illustrator or … Continue reading →

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Snow Day

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Benjamen

We had some snow in Seattle on the Monday before Thanksgiving — a rare thing around here. That afternoon I was at Ryan McVay’s photo studio for January’s Quote Unquote portrait, and between setups I’d head to the window to … Continue reading →

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Dec.

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Benjamen

The December issue of Seattle Met was by far the most intense one I’ve put together yet. I designed props for photos, illustrated a bunch of spots in order to keep the budget down, and went eighteen days straight without … Continue reading →

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The NOW-vember Issue

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Benjamen

I wanted to do something that felt urgent and and unique with the presentation of the photos for Seattle Met‘s Where to Eat NOW feature in the November issue, so I displaced slices of Lindsay Borden‘s shots to give them … Continue reading →

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A Few Ads

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Benjamen

I don’t often work on ads, but I couldn’t resist designing this full-pager for Seattle Met for iPad. I got that great iPad vector graphic from KaishinLab, modified it a little in Photoshop, then added the November cover (photographed by … Continue reading →

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