Comic book for First Republic. Illustration and design by Phil.

Client wanted a way to tell the story of a successful product launch using a road trip metaphor.

Editorial illustration for an article about Italy

Client: UW Medicine

Art Director: Ann Wolken

Project description: The University of Washington needed a series of illustrations and animations depicting their Husky mascot in several roles in the Medical school. Physician, Patient Care, Researcher, and Educator.

Cover illustration and two spot illustrations for brochure on water system safety.

Client: City of Bellevue, WA

Art Director: Mark Kaufman

Editorial Illustration

Client: UW Medicine Magazine

The art director asked me to illustrate platelets running an obstacle course. The accompanying article is about a quick way to test a patient’s blood clotting capability.

Who has the best candy on Halloween? It must be that spooky old place on top of the mountain. Let’s check it out!

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And of course, we’ll have to come back at Christmas… when the river turns into a candy cane and the clouds rain marshmallows.

Illustration for neighborhood web site. Crown Hill Village is an area of North Seattle that includes many surrounding neighborhoods, parks, bike paths, shops, and restaurants.

For this campaign, I created a suite of illustrations for a Washington county school district to communicate the growth challenges they’re facing. This project included a set of icons, a map of the district, and two infographics about an upcoming bond vote.

I love to hide personal references in my illustrations. In this example, I’ve used some left-handers and dog fans!

I also featured the 2019 Pantone color of the year in my palette - Coral.

Here’s an actual email quote from my happy client: “Map LOOKS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I have drawn maps of some of my favorite places. The map of Iceland is the only one I haven’t visited yet. What’s your favorite place? Let me map it out for you.

This collection of illustrated recipes was created for theydrawandcook.com

A series of simple illustrations of little houses and businesses around Seattle.

Map illustration of mural locations in Menomonee Falls, WI.

Client: Downtown Menomonee Falls BID

As a follow-up project, the client requested a set of illustrations to be used as coloring pages for kids. I made a line drawing of each mural, simplifying the overall image into sections that can be colored in. (see sample )

All the best Fourth of July picnics feature plenty of veggie skewers and anthropomorphic popsicles. Or maybe those are just the ones I get invited to? - Self promo project for Crush Illustration Collective.

A personal project about a fundraiser for Rare Cancers Research. 

This is Fiona, the French Bulldog. Her feet don't reach the pedals. But, that doesn't mean she can't give it her all. She was the hardest working dog in the room that day. And I think she ended up raising the most money too. That'll do, Fiona. 

Client: self-promo

Tasseography cover illustration for a journal. 

To most people, "tea" is the hot, bitter stuff in little fancy cups. But where I'm from, it's cold, sweet, and served in a mason jar! 

Wallpaper/calendar design for Smashing Magazine. 

Made from fingerprints rolled in ink, then digitized in Adobe Illustrator. 

A variety of lettering samples and animations. Scroll down to see more!

A series of spooky haunted state/skulls for a Halloween project.

What if your favorite state (land-locked or not) were just a ferry ride away? That was the inspiration for this series of state islands. All available on merch in my Threadless and Society6 stores! 

Concept art for a Children’s book about a topiary dinosaur who lives at a garden nursery and comes to life at night.

Client: MilkX magazine, Hong Kong

Editorial illustration for feature story about introducing small boutique hotels all over the world. 

Art Director: Betty Ling 

Facts and figures about isolation tanks and the health benefits of floating. 

Self-promo Project

Facts and figures about Atlanta, Georgia's latest attraction - the Sky View ferris wheel. 

Facts and figures about the Seattle Great Wheel! Our newest waterfront attraction in Seattle, Washington. 

How to Catch A Crooked Contractor. Infographic for Spike TV's hit reality show, starring comedian/carpenter Adam Carolla.