Pottery Icon from Peru

This piece was inspired

by pottery found along the coast of Peru, probably at the Necropolis of Ancon.

I've added a few decorative elements from the same region, but took a few liberties with deciding exactly how to use the design elements.

This was done with artist brush pen, scratchboard and highlighter, with some Photoshop work. The original has more scratchboard detail, which got lost because my scan was so large I had to reduce the image quite a bit.

This type of ceramic was often made into a waterjug. The Peruvians really were able to capture lifelike portraits in their pots.

Ways to Control Disease

This was my attempt to communicate some various ways to control disease in a graphic fashion. It assumes of course that all these ways can be readily understood by way of the picture in different cultures. It's hard to figure out how to do that, with the need to be applicable to many different countries. Again, this was a pen and ink, which I dressed up quickly with a little color.

Pesticide Concentration

This image was meant to demonstrate how pesticides can concentrate as they go up the foodchain. This also was a black and white pen drawing, but I thought the color would attract more attention. The first level of the food pyramid is corn, the second is the chickens, and the last a local campesino "farmer" who may not realize that she might be eating all the pesticides in the crops.

I'm told the colors here are a bit scary, OK but the subject is too. Some of these poisons are up in the Arctic circle.

A Methane Digester

This is a methane digester. You feed manure in one end and the manure undergoes anaerobic digestion and produces methane gas that can be used for cooking. The tank can rise up and down to store the gas. That's the concept anyway. This lady lives in Ecuador where they built some of these digesters.... This actually was a black and white pen drawing but I thought it would look nicer in color.

I think it's funny that the Google ads are picking up on the methane digester stuff, so if you want to build one, you can "follow the ads". :)

An Environmental Assessment

This drawing is from a series that I did for an overseas technical assistance group. These guys are doing an environmental assessment :) I love the composition of this group as it portrays a birdwatcher, a geologist, an entomologist, and somebody who has to write it all up.