Eric Davison Illustration

Federales

2011-11-22T08:23:00.001-08:00

Warren Buffett

2011-11-18T11:48:00.001-08:00

Bloomberg Markets

2011-11-02T08:35:00.000-07:00

Here's a piece I had done for the November issue of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.

Mike Singletary

2010-09-30T09:18:00.000-07:00

Here's another one for the NFL Top 100...Mike Singletary, legendary linebacker of the Chicago Bears during the 1980s.

The Top 100: Randy Moss

2010-09-23T08:53:00.000-07:00

I just finished an assignment for the NFL. It was a portrait of Randy Moss, wide receiver of the New England Patriots. It's up now on the NFL homepage, so go check it out. www.nfl.com
Special thanks to Brian Baker and the rest of the NFL crew.

In the finished piece above, we decided to give it an overexposed and grainy look; almost as though it was being viewed from an old projector. Below is a sample of the painting before looked digital manipulation.

Money Magazine

2010-08-02T10:01:00.000-07:00

Here's my latest piece for Money Magazine. It's a small spot illustration, but it's still very cool to see your work in print.

San Diego Comic Con 2010

2010-07-26T08:57:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came out to visit us at our booth. I had a great time in San Diego. Another thanks to all who bought art from us. We wouldn't be here without your support. Here are just a few of the items I had available for sale. If anyone would like to purchase prints of anything seen on either my blog or website, don't hesitate to shoot me an email. I'm also usually available for commissioned pieces.

Some fun anthropomorphic prints:

A mini zine of evil political leaders:

A zine and tiny prints of my childhood drawings from ages 7-12:

Stephen Rose

2010-06-22T22:26:00.001-07:00

Here's a spot illustration for the July issue of Money Magazine. It's a portrait of financial analyst, Stephen Rose, for their Big Idea column.

The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

2010-06-14T04:59:00.000-07:00

Here's one of my latest portraits. This was for the 2010 Playboy Jazz Festival. Many thanks to art director Fred Fehlau.

Hollywood Ambassador

2009-11-12T10:07:00.000-08:00

I know it's short notice, but I have a gallery opening tomorrow night at Lebasse Projects in Culver City. Here are just a few of the pieces that will be showcased. It's a series of portraits based around the costumed panhandlers, celebrity lookalikes, and would-be actors and actresses that hang out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. There was a documentary on these people called "Confessions of a Superhero". I highly recommend you all check it out.

Lebasse Projects
6023 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 558-0200

Madonna

2009-09-16T19:23:00.000-07:00

Here is a portrait of Madonna I did a while back for Celeb Staff Magazine. It should be in this month's issue.

San Diego Comic Con 2009

2009-07-20T07:20:00.000-07:00

Look for us at the San Diego Comic Con this week. I'll be sharing a booth with two very talented illustrators: Ken Garduno and Tom Haubrick. We'll be at the Fun Machine booth at table F-1 in the exhibition hall. Also coinciding with the Convention is a gallery opening at Subtext. The show has the theme of superhero mishaps. Here's the piece I'll be exhibiting. The 1966 Adam West batmobile with a parking boot attached. Enjoy...Also at the Con, we'll have a little collaborative zine of portraiture for sale. Here is my contribution to the project.

Playboy Jazz Festival

2009-06-13T08:09:00.000-07:00

The Playboy Jazz Festival goes on today and tomorrow at the Hollywood Bowl. Below is an illustration they commissioned of Jazz pianist Monty Alexander for their program. Every year the program includes a portrait of each performer. I'd love to see all the other art that's in the book. Many thanks to AD Fred Fehlau.

Portraiture

2009-06-08T09:32:00.001-07:00

I've always loved painting portraits, especially of friends and family. Here's a recent painting of my good friend Christine; probably my largest watercolor portrait to date. Schmincke and Fw's on 22"x 30" Rives BFK. I've got several more portraits in the works. I also managed to get a good scan of Ping's portrait.

Magic

2009-05-22T19:50:00.000-07:00

I'm a native Angeleno, so naturally I've always been a huge fan of the Los Angeles Lakers. Here's a classic basketball portrait of one of my all-time favorite players, Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

Hair-Raiser

2009-05-11T14:34:00.001-07:00

The popularity of alternative modes of transportation is on the rise both as a result from economic and environmental concerns. This was for an article about how, despite this trend, commuting on a bicycle will never truly catch on until helmet hair becomes universally chic.

It's been a while...

2009-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:00

I've been very busy working on lots of new things for the San Diego Comic Con. I've also got several very large watercolor portraits in the works. Here's a portrait of my friend Ping. I had forgotten to photograph this piece before it went to the gallery, so my apologies for all the glare.

A Slowdown That May Slow Us Down

2009-03-09T20:43:00.000-07:00

This was based on an Op-Ed piece about how many of the workers who have managed to avoid unemployment are now being asked to work fewer hours. Those who can afford them might actually come to like their furlough, while those already struggling to get by will be in for even tougher times.

#49 Joe Black

2009-02-22T11:19:00.000-08:00

The first spring training game of the season is just a few days away...so here's a classic baseball portrait.

News You Can Endow.

2009-02-17T08:02:00.000-08:00

The advent of digital media has caused a serious decline in the world of print publication. With general readership down in addition to the current recession, most newspapers will not weather the economic storm. Many have already filed for bankruptcy. One possible way to save newspapers would be to turn them into endowed non-profit institutions, like colleges or museums. The elimination of advertising revenue would free them from the political agendas of their clients, thus creating a more fair and balanced press. The trouble is finding enough enlightened philanthropists to do the job.

Should the Obama Generation Dropout?

2009-02-15T12:27:00.000-08:00

This article made the argument that it's not appropriate to keep the bachelor's degree as the measure of job preparedness as the minimal requirement to get your foot in the door for vast numbers of jobs that don't require a B.A. or B.S. It's what you can do that should count when you apply for a job, not where you learned to do it.

El Presidente

2009-02-08T20:49:00.000-08:00

Here's a small Obama piece I had done on Inauguration Day. It feels a little overworked, but I'm pretty happy with how the tie turned out.

Ben Roethlisberger

2009-02-08T20:19:00.000-08:00

I meant to post this piece last week in celebration of the Steelers' Superbowl victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

I've also included some documentation of my painting process. I used a #5 and a #10 Series 7 Finest Kolinsky Sable brush with FW Acrylic ink on Rives bfk printmaking paper.

Purple Hearts, Troubled Minds

2009-02-08T20:07:00.000-08:00

This was for an article about the argument that soldiers suffering from post traumatic stress are just as deserving of purple hearts as soldiers returning home with serious physical wounds. The trouble is that post traumatic stress is sometimes difficult to prove and the military feels acknowledging this disorder would be admitting a serious weakness in so many of their own troops. I'm working on a second illustration for this article, which I'll be posting very shortly.

Obama

2008-12-07T12:48:00.001-08:00

Since I hadn't posted for a long while....here's another portrait! Been meaning to do an Obama Portrait for a while.

Doubt

2008-12-07T11:10:00.000-08:00

Been a while since my last post. Here's a portrait of Meryl Streep from the movie Doubt. This film looks pretty intense. I'd like to do Philip Seymour Hoffman piece to go along with this one.

There Will Be Blood

2008-11-17T09:10:00.000-08:00

Here's a portrait of Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview in the P.T. Anderson film There Will Be Blood.

The "If Only" Train

2008-11-11T11:06:00.000-08:00

This is for an article about all the trains over a lifetime that you have missed by a only few seconds. Where might you be today if you caught one of those "if only trains", lets say, 10 or 15 years ago?

Battlegrounds

2008-11-11T09:49:00.000-08:00

This an an illustration for the last in a series of articles about the battleground states Florida, Michigan, Virginia, and Colorado prior to the election. I drew the animals representing those states dressed in military regalia.
I would like to point out that Steven Heller, when asked what the future of illustration was, said the next big thing would be Anthropomorphism, the attribution of uniquely human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings, natural and supernatural phenomena, material states and objects or abstract concepts. "In hard times — and we can all agree the economy is not making life easy — people take refuge in fantasy and derive hope (or at least relief) from satire. These ingredients have historically resulted in anthropomorphic depiction in art and illustration"

Buy American...if you can afford it.

2008-10-30T06:48:00.001-07:00

Warren Buffet wrote an Op-Ed piece for the NY Times last week. He discussed the financial crisis and felt that, since prices have hit rock bottom, it was the perfect time to invest in American stocks for long term investment. "Be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful." Fine advice if you're already rich. Doesn't help us po' folk much though.

Ahmadinejad

2008-10-29T08:55:00.000-07:00

Here's a political drawing of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Thought it would be pretty funny to portray the guy handling enriched uranium himself behind radioactive-proof glass.

Robo Love

2008-10-20T19:24:00.000-07:00

Here's an Illustration I did for an article about there soon being a day when people fall in love with robots and want them for companions, friends, love objects and possibly even partners for sex and marriage.

Manny

2008-10-08T15:35:00.000-07:00

No Need For Speed

2008-09-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

Here's an illustration for an article about reducing the maximum speed of motor vehicles for the sake of safety.

Save the Environment: Drill, Baby, Drill

2008-09-24T16:16:00.000-07:00

Here's an illustration I did for an article about offshore drilling and it's relationship to the environment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/opinion/15hahn.html

Think Blue

2008-09-24T15:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some rejected comps for Jim Salvati's celebrity portraiture class "Notorious"

Process

2008-07-20T06:26:00.000-07:00

I've been trying to be better about documenting my progress as I work. Here's, step by step,
a piece I did back in March.

Paper Meat

2008-07-19T21:41:00.001-07:00

Been constructing various 3dimensional cuts of meat from Rives Bfk, FW acrylic inks, and styrofoam trays. I'm working on a large series of these. I'll next be constructing a meat grinder and hamburger, also from paper, for Rob Clayton's class.

San Diego Comic Con 2008 Table #F1

2008-07-18T16:37:00.000-07:00

Just letting everybody know that I'll be exhibiting at Comic Con again with good friends Ken Garduno and Tom "Haubs". Look for us at table #F1 in the general exhibition hall.

Superheroes who didn't quite make the cut.

2008-07-18T16:10:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pages from a zine I'm putting together with Ken Garduno and Tom Haubs for Comic Con...a zine about goofy bargain bin superheroes.