tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50709764750985701462024-03-05T13:41:58.755-08:00Mike Hirshon Rides a Unicycle...it's a metaphor?Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-36286421288328042522014-02-14T15:25:00.001-08:002014-02-14T15:29:12.267-08:00Change of Pace<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Attention everybody! </span><br />
I don't feel like posting the same thing on two separate blogs each week, so I am hereby moving my operation to tumblr (<a href="http://michaelhirshon.tumblr.com/">http://michaelhirshon.tumblr.com</a>) because it's a lot more conducive to sharing and people seeing my work. <br />
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Please, I urge you all to follow me there instead! It will be the same content and it will look the exact same. You can put the RSS feed (http://michaelhirshon.tumblr.com/rss) into whatever blog aggregator you use -- if that's your thing.<br />
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This blogspot blog has been good to me these last 5 years, but it's time to make things a little bit more efficient. I really appreciate you following me all this time, and it would be great to see you again on the tumblr side! <br />
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Here's a piece I did for the new Grantland Quarterly -- it seems like a sequel illustration to an <a href="http://hirshon.blogspot.com/2012/03/mcsweeneys-just-published-second-issue.html">illustration I did before</a>, despite it being about a different sport. I think I'm their go-to <i>concussion guy</i>. Specifically, this article is about the NFL silencing a large amount of concern over safety with a large cash settlement. You can read Charles Pierce's article, <a href="http://grantland.com/features/the-nfl-concussion-settlement/">here</a>. AD: Juliet Litman<br />
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And here are some sketches:<br />
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Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-43310832010877064912014-01-21T17:40:00.000-08:002014-01-21T17:40:15.267-08:00Martin Luther King Jr.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. I did for Time Out New York; pretty straightforward.<br />
AD: Kathryn Brazier Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-46842287350933312142014-01-13T18:52:00.000-08:002014-01-13T18:52:30.616-08:00Paul StuartMy work is currently displayed in the window of Paul Stuart (a high-end clothing store) in Manhattan, on Madison Ave and 45th. The company asked our class to re-imagine their classic J.C. Leyendecker mascot/logo and place him in a local environment. I chose to blow him up and put him on top of their store building. Thanks to <a href="http://www.moonsubshin.com/">Moonsub Shin</a> for the photo! <br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-13310812283036065572014-01-06T08:42:00.002-08:002014-01-06T08:45:19.146-08:00Rad Wallpaper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finished out 2013 with a very fun assignment -- a commission to do a family portrait. Normally, doing a family portraits would sound terrible (likenesses, stuffy smiles, sweaters, etc), but in this case it sounded amazing. Phrases like "my head but with a robot body and koala ears", "the ghost of my dead cat", and "my baby riding my new cat like it's Falcor" made this a project that I couldn't pass up. </div>
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Here's my second cover for Amazon's <i>Day One </i>publication. The story, <i>Highway With Green Apples, </i>was written by Bae Suah, a Korean writer. It's about a directionless, twenty-something Korean girl who doesn't know what she wants out of life. My illustration depicts an incident where she buys some apples from a roadside vendor and imagines herself living out a simple, happy existence selling fruit. </div>
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Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-25113312330446036332013-12-13T08:39:00.001-08:002013-12-13T08:40:00.874-08:00Swann's Way ReadingI made some location drawings at a reading of Marcel Proust's <i>Swann's Way</i>, hosted by Moleskine and the French Embassy, at the Simone Subal Gallery in Chinatown. Below is a mixture of life drawings of the readers/listeners, and my imaginings of the night's reading (which was a hundred pages of jealous ramblings and ruminating on an unfaithful woman). Overall it was a good time, and I was rewarded with more Moleskine sketchbooks than I'll be able to fill in a decade!<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-64276057819429173572013-12-06T07:33:00.001-08:002013-12-09T09:14:03.304-08:00Mystery ClientIt's not often that I have no clue who I'm making an illustration for...but this is one of those cases. I was contacted by an agency who handles the art direction for multiple magazines. I was told the illustration was for an article about teachers who are resist change in the classroom. That's it. I have no idea when this was published or where it was published, and many attempts to find out how have yielded no information whatsoever. I can't complain, though; it was an enjoyable project and I was treated fairly. Still, part of me wonders if this illustration was for something top secret...<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-52916957469706640732013-11-27T13:42:00.002-08:002013-11-27T13:42:26.635-08:00AmazonA couple of months ago I started working with Amazon Publishing on a series of covers for a weekly publication featuring up-and-coming writers. I'm excited to announce that the first of my covers hit the shelves (well, the online shelves) today. If you're interested, you can find it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1001224641">here</a>.<br />
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The cover is for a short story called <i>The Bones</i>, by Bridget Clerkin. It follows a narrator who learns of her cousin's disquieting activities on the news. She reminisces about her childhood, and the troubling, psychopathic symptoms her cousin exhibited during a summer visit.<br />
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I had a great time doing this massive poster for OUYA Games, a new video game console company. I was chosen to work on the poster for <i><a href="http://www.fayju.com/blog/projects/amazing-frog/">The Amazing Frog?</a> </i>a crazy game where you're a frog running around a city, playing with physics as you jump off buildings, bounce up to blimps, and and free fall all over the place. Looks like a lot of fun. </div>
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-69246493022480482432013-11-08T13:23:00.000-08:002013-11-08T13:23:41.282-08:00Book ProjectHere's a sneak-peek from my book project:<br />
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<br /><span id="goog_1164108097"></span>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-26922519228715763342013-10-30T09:24:00.001-07:002013-10-30T09:24:46.595-07:00Sketchbook UpdateIt's been awhile since my last sketchbook update -- here are some things I've been doodling. Some day, I'll get around to coloring them.<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-19046446385308527152013-10-22T18:37:00.000-07:002014-06-08T19:47:04.698-07:00Guernica Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My friend Francisco Cantu just published a <a href="http://www.guernicamag.com/daily/francisco-cantu-refuge-part-one-reception/">three-part piece</a> in Guernica Magazine about African immigration issues in the Netherlands. It's a story that doesn't really get any coverage outside of the Netherlands -- but there are many interesting parallels with immigration issues here in the US. The piece is a collage of interviews, newspaper clippings, and other documentary elements. </div>
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Parts 2 and 3 of the story are furnished with some illustrations I'd done earlier in the year. I created a new piece for the first part, showing the intense interview process and the feelings of paranoia and anxiety that go with it. As somebody who struggled with the Dutch immigration services last year (though to a much, much lesser degree), working on the illustration brought back some memories of talking to stern people and waiting endless months for a residence permit. </div>
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-12979228444469904512013-10-15T20:20:00.007-07:002013-10-15T20:21:54.926-07:00SchoolworkSome fun stuff I've been working on at school.<br />
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Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-45625987971966312172013-10-07T05:59:00.000-07:002013-10-07T05:59:48.558-07:00Hour DetroitHere's an illustration I did for Hour Detroit Magazine. The article talks about personal histories and how many of Detroit's citizens have lost the will to be part of any solution because all of the places that were once special to them, and to their families, are now gone or dilapidated. With nothing to root them to their home, these people have no reason to stay and find comfort in the suburbs. The point is a good one, and describes a problem that many cities are facing (including my old stomping grounds, St. Louis).<br />
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You can read the article <a href="http://www.hourdetroit.com/Hour-Detroit/October-2013/Why-Detroit-Matters/">here</a>.<br />
AD: Cassidy ZoblMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-3284583591982924742013-09-26T19:24:00.003-07:002013-09-26T19:24:28.921-07:00SchoolworkSchool is in full swing and I've been busy working on some fun stuff. Here are a couple of pieces I did for class...<br />
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I don't even know how to explain this one...let's just call it a portrait for now.<br />
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There's a whole lot more to come, including a few commissioned images I'll hopefully be able to post soon.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-21373630463232340652013-09-17T11:55:00.002-07:002013-09-17T11:55:35.548-07:00BusyI've been busy with school and projects (none of which I can share, yet). Here's a quick drawing to pass the time:<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-32640548835643605952013-09-09T06:24:00.004-07:002013-09-09T06:24:58.789-07:00Institutional Investor 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A couple of fun pieces for Institutional Investor magazine. Once again, the point of this assignment was to take a dry article, so technical I can't understand it, and make something colorful. In assignments like these, it's common to work from summaries instead of from the actual article. Normally I don't like working that way, but I'll choose a summary over financial jargon any day. It doesn't hurt that the editors at II are great at summarizing, too. </div>
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This article was about the formation of a new credit rating company from a few different rating agencies around the world. The point is to offer a new outlook, one that goes beyond the standard "New York City perspective" which has failed so many times in recent memory.<br />
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Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-63430016258768841372013-08-28T08:55:00.000-07:002013-08-28T08:58:00.865-07:00Exhibitor Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In 2013, Amsterdam in the spring was much like Amsterdam in the winter. Cold, windy, humid, rainy, generally unpleasant. Every Dutch person told us this was the longest winter they’d ever had — typically, spring is a lovely time in The Netherlands. Bike through the countryside and you will be treated to an idyllic scene, one full of windmills and a mosaic of colorful tulips. The nation is famous for its tulips, after all, and they take the bulbs very seriously.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>However, come April there were still no signs of tulips. As a flower, I’d imagine it would be difficult to grow in near freezing temperatures. The gardens of Keukenhoff, a beautiful display of horticultural engineering and a national treasure, open only a few shorts months every year, sat half barren for most of this short window. But now I’m starting to sound sour and cynical. I suppose there were a few nice days in spring — days when I could bike through the city without my heavy winter coat.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In St. Louis, I’d grown accustomed to spending summers in a 100 degree cesspool of humidity. I would dread going outside and take many showers each day. Here, I forgot air conditioning even existing. As if to apologize for the winter, every July day was perfect. The Netherlands were spared from the heat waves that scorched much of Europe and the United States. Walking around, the city was a new place. </i></span><br />
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Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-11525140050056336272013-08-12T14:50:00.003-07:002013-08-12T14:50:39.293-07:00KetubahI had the honor of creating a Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) for my friends' James and Heidi's wedding. Just a year ago I was working on the Ketubah for my own wedding, so it was fun approaching the project from a completely new direction. I wish many years of happiness to the bride and groom!<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-32691307096880972732013-08-06T16:46:00.001-07:002013-08-06T16:46:06.573-07:00Liberty and JusticeI recently worked with <a href="http://yoxi.tv/">Yoxi</a>, a self-described "social innovation talent investment company," to create an image for <a href="http://libertyandjustice.com/">libertyandjustice.com</a>. This site is the brainchild of Chid Liberty, a man trying to make fair-trade manufacturing take off in Africa. The purpose of the image was to depict a narrative that at once showed Africa was capable of producing quality goods in favorable working conditions (and contrast that with Asia, which is known for having terrible working conditions). This image became the banner of the website.<br />
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Liberty & Justice is a great idea, executed wonderfully -- I wish the best of luck to Chid and the people at Yoxi! AD: Randy Makiej Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-55916457464379392792013-07-31T05:50:00.001-07:002013-07-31T05:50:21.372-07:00Travel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843131846522797157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070976475098570146.post-46191376182528802692013-07-16T03:55:00.002-07:002013-07-16T03:55:26.989-07:00Honey, You're Whole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I recently illustrated the cover story of The Washington Post's Health & Science section -- it was a really great article about a rabbi's illness and brush with death; multiple strokes would tear his perceptions apart. While prepping for surgery, he had a major stroke and... well, I won't spoil it. You should read the article <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-rabbi-explains-why-hes-thankful-for-his-illness--sort-of/2013/07/15/5661a268-b67f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html">here</a>. He muses on life and death and other thoughts. </div>
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It was a tight deadline and I had to finish it up on my first night of vacation, from a tiny, un-air-conditioned room in Split, Croatia. I thought my computer was going to melt. AD: Lisa Schreiber and Heather Barber</div>
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