Jeff Rogers | Portfolio & Playground
CLIENT: Royal Court Theatre
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Gail Anderson
PHOTOGRAPHY: Johan Persson
…is the worst show on television.
An illustration of mine was recently accepted into the A5 magazine FUTURE issue. Thanks to the people at A5 for the honor.
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This is the poster I made from a desire to just draw some type without sketching first. (See post below) I did this diptych first because I am a mountain person and my wife is a beach person. Now the poster is complete with type and the ability to turn it to which ever side you like better.
I went to see Si Scott do a talk last night for an AIGA New York event. He basically just showed his work and talked about it a little bit and then answered a few questions. It was funny because I think a lot of people really wanted to know where his inspiration comes from. He really didn’t have an answer other than, “I just started doing it because I liked it and then people wanted me to do it more.” I think that is probably the most influential thing that I heard last night. It was yet another confirmation that the “DO WHAT YOU LOVE UNTIL YOU MAKE A LIVING FROM IT” system works. I first heard that from Paul Jerde several years ago and thought he was crazy at first but the more I put it into practice, the more I see that it is the way to go.
A crazy tidbit from last night about Si’s work that I thought was pretty cool was that he doesn’t do sketches first. He just grabs his pen and draws what is in his head. That is intriguing to me too and I wanted to try it. I went home last night and started working on a poster inspired by his talk (that I hope to finish and post soon).
Creating the art for the revival of Pal Joey on Broadway was a very fun and challenging project. This was the first key art that I created at SpotCo. I documented the progress of the project from thumbnail sketches to pictures of the art around NYC.
Click the image to see the progression of how this art was created. I am in the middle of several other posters so stay tuned for updates!
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CLIENT: Roundabout Theatre Company
DATE: July 2008
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Gail Anderson
PHOTOGRAPHY: Len Prince
ILLUSTRATION: Robert Kolb
…some photos I shot last weekend.
My good friend, Dylan Sneed, bids his farewell to Texas at the end of August in pursuit of his personal legend. He will be moving to Hartsville, South Carolina making music and becoming even awesomer than he already is. My congratulations to Dylan as he makes this bold move. He is commemorating the move with an eastern US tour called TEXODUS. I was happy to do the poster for this event.
