Salehs was a minimart near the house when we lived and had our office for Labor of Love from 1996 to 2004. In 2002 they decided to include sandwich making as part of their service and commissioned LoL to design their menu and a new logo. I did the sketches for their mascot. Jason Oxrieder turned the final one into vector art.
Category Archives: commissions
First Salehs Sketch
Ah, April 1st. That day when people make up elaborate lies so they can shout April Fools when others are taken in by them. I won’t be doing that. If I didn’t need to schedule this post I wouldn’t even remember the date. It’s not that I have a problem with an international day of lying (it would nice if we could keep our most egregious lies restricted to a single day) it’s mainly that I don’t remember holidays in general. I remember Christmas and New Years. Christmas because I have to plan ahead. New Years because it’s so soon after Christmas.
And what does that little rant have to do with the above sketch? Not a darned thing.
Holiday Pieces
This was part of a comic strip intended for a Christmas Card for regular clients at the day job back in 2003 or 2004. We tended to run late getting our cards put together. This ran late enough that it wasn’t finished and we mailed store bought cards instead.
How Many Mistakes Can You Find?
This illustration is from an environmental education project that Labor of Love put together in 1999 for a major mining company. I have no idea how much of the project was actually implemented. The budget we were given to work with was pretty darned small. We did a series of posters and handouts designed to educate and remind employees of safe practices in handling hazardous wastes. I think this illustration was part of a test packet. Testees were to circle all the negligent practices or trouble spots they could find.
Hello 2010
Normally I’d wait until a book is closer to publication before I posted the cover art but since Adam Crossingham, the editor, has already posted this at Yog-Sothoth.com I figured it was okay for me to do it here. This is illustration is for Lost in the Lights by Jeff Moeller. He outlines the book here.
Terrors from Beyond – The Burning Stars 2
A final sketch for an illustration for Terrors From Beyond. This one is for the scenario The Burning Stars by David Conyers. Jon Turner and Adam Crossingham are responsible for me doing Call of Cthulhu related illustrations because they invited me to work on The Black Seal. David gets the credit and the thanks for getting me work at Chaosium when he requested that I do the cover for Secrets of Kenya. Cheers Mate!
Terrors from Beyond – The Burning Stars 1
Another sketch for Terrors From Beyond. This one is for the scenario The Burning Stars by David Conyers. The scenario has been well reviewed both online and by those I know who have checked out the book. The finished version of this illustration can be found here.
Terrors from Beyond – Death by Misadventure
This is the sketch for the illustration for the scenario Death by Misadventure by Glyn White in Terrors From Beyond.
Terrors from Beyond – Method to Madness
Another illustration for Terrors From Beyond. This one is for the scenario Method to Madness by John Almack (who doesn’t seem to have a webpage). The finished version of this illustration can be found here. (And in the book. Buy the book!)
Terrors from Beyond – The Dig 3
A sketch for the last of the three illustrations in Terrors From Beyond for the scenario The Dig by Brian Sammons. I especially enjoyed doing this piece because, well, it’s Bigfoot. Not quite Bigfoot in the context of the game. And New England isn’t one of the creature’s “known” habitats but who cares?
The finished version of this piece got accepted at Epilogue.net. I fully expected it to be rejected. It’s got enough elements in common with other pieces that they’ve turned away. And yet there it is. Heh.
