Looking Glass Magazine: Cover Art + Photo Illustrations

As Creative Director for Looking Glass Magazine, I conceptualized and executed every visual element of this wildly eclectic publication devoted to “Gonzo Anthropology.” During this period, Village Voice writer Ed Halter described my work as "art that purloins mass-media culture in the pop traditions of Warhol or Rauschenberg." From photo-illustrated surrealist cover art, to Padma Lakshmi portrayed in kitchenware, to reimagining Citizen Kane as an NES game, this role stretched my creative boundaries like no other. A personal favorite was transforming a table of contents into a theme park map, with "lands" representing issue sections and "attractions" representing articles, complete with a map key based on page numbers. It was the only job where I was given a "yes" to every idea I had, even when a "no" might have added some useful guardrails. My role as the visual arbiter of Looking Glass was pure creative chaos and remains a reflection of my discipline to channel unrestrained artistic license to meet any creative challenge.