Here are a few sample videos of the final magazine.
I have been working with Linda Johansen-James, publisher of International Retail since her first issue in the Winter of 2020 as we prepared her Jane Seymour issue for for the Spring of 2021.
Working closely with her editor Shannon Quilty, has become a labor of love.
I have to prep all spreads for both RGB digital format and a physical printed format in CMYK process colors to mail out to her subscriber list.
My favorite part is the digital illustration I bring to every cover.
My favorite part is the digital illustration I bring to every cover.
I've been working with Max James for over 3 years now, building his one sheets, websites, speaker book, and much, much more. I control his brand image.
With that said, when he was was asked to be the cover story in Pivot Magazine, I created a cover as a comp to set the tone...little did I know that their designer would use my work exactly as you see above.
With that said, when he was was asked to be the cover story in Pivot Magazine, I created a cover as a comp to set the tone...little did I know that their designer would use my work exactly as you see above.
There was a lot of photo retouching on this cover for me. First I warmed up Max's skin tone, changed his shirt to lavender instead of an unflattering blue, and added a golden yellow hue to the background.
Then added a blue gradation to make the logo pop. I left it up to their designer to eliminate the blue and just have the background or use the blue as is.
Then added a blue gradation to make the logo pop. I left it up to their designer to eliminate the blue and just have the background or use the blue as is.