As Resident Cartoonist of CBS News, I was invited to create animations for a story on CBS This Morning. The story is about people who wear “uniforms.” Not the traditional police or nurse type of uniform, but clothing they select and then buy numerous sets and wear every day. Like Michael Kors and Steve Jobs, for example.
When President Barack Obama was in office, he wore the same type and color of suit all the time. Remember when he appeared on tv in a tan suit
and the Internet went wild with speculation? I immediately drew this image to the right as I watched him on television. No one listened to what he said, which was a serious talk about terrorism.
Steve Jobs said if you wear the same thing all the time, people will listen to what you are saying and not what you are wearing. I believe this, and acknowledge that this can be a complicated discussion when it comes to gender.
The animations were integrated in a very creative way, I was thrilled to be a part of this. Here is the link to the story, and the drawings are below. CBSN’s Vlad Duthiers was the correspondant who told the story, and performed an interesting workplace “experiment.” Kira Kleaveland was the creative producer of the piece.
A few days ago, I visited the elevated walkway in NYC called the Highline, where there were activities for children and thier families to celebrate Halloween. I drew the images below for CBS News and they were posted on CBS This Morning social media.
Enjoy!
Karaoke all afternoon long
face painting
area explaining origins of the Highline, an elevated train track contructed after the death of a child
Was thrilled to spend a day at Yankee Stadium with CBS This Morning! I drew the players, the stadium, the coaches, the game, the fans, the workers. We visited Monument Park and paid tribute to the greats and their retired numbers– among them Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Babe Ruth, Lou Gerig.
Monument Park
We actually saw Reggie Jackson, another retired great player, on the field during practice, talking to fans.
Rggie Jackson visits with fans
Here is a CBS video of an interview we did with Didi Gregorius, great shortstop for the Yankees. I lent him my ipad to draw on, since it was reported he is a good artist. And he is! I thoroughly enjoyed showing him the features of the program I use on the iPad Pro, and asked him about how he got into drawing. Such nice guy and very talented! I drew him as we talked.
Didi Gregorius
WATCH: Meet @DidiG18, star player for the NY @Yankees, who also has a passion for drawing! Tonight the team will begin their playoff run. pic.twitter.com/C2qq7oXhi1
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) October 3, 2017
I love my job. Live drawing is taking me to all kinds of places, and last night it took me to the Ed Sullivan Theater to live draw the Late Show with Stephen Colbert for CBS This Morning. I am a huge fan, so it was beyond great to be there. Didn’t get to meet Mr. Colbert, but loved the show and loved being in the theater (with so much history!) Charlie Rose was one of his guests– Charlie is a co- host of CBS This Morning , the news show I live draw regularly for.
While outside the Broadway theater, waiting for my producer to arrive, I crossed the street, thinking I’d draw the building. As soon as I began on my iPad, I felt overwhelmed with the detail and knew I had little time to get it done properly. So I put the tablet away. But my instincts told me I had to draw the building, so I grabbed my iPhone (a figure of speech because it is pretty much always in my hand) and did the line drawing on my phone with my finger and tweeted it out. The Late Show retweeted it! After the show, my producer asked me to color it in, so I did the color on my phone.
The show was very fast paced, as you can imagine. I was standing in the back, behind the audience, and drew as much as I could. The band was so great, Stephen was spot on with his political humor, and Charlie was funny and seemed very relaxed as usual. It was great to see the other guests as well–Jessica Williams is hysterical!
Wherever I live draw, when I am done, I always feel I should have drawn more, particularly behind-the-scenes people and things. I hope they invite me back!
As resident cartoonist for CBS News, I sometimes go into Studio 57 to live draw the guests and crew behind the scenes, working to bring the show live. Today was a particularly fun day for two reasons: Bill Nye The Science Guy was one of the guests (!) ; and secondly, it was a chance for me to hang out with an old pal. Bill and I were close friends in high school, and have kept up our friendship since.
I have enjoyed watching Bill’s career take off over the years, it’s just wonderful. In high school, he was proudly a nerd and a very prominent one at that. I was not, I was the shy artist of the class. My locker was just outside the chemistry room, so, guess what? Bill would pop out of the lab and try to tell me all sorts of facts and theories that he was working on. And it was with the same exact enthusiasm you see when you watch him on his shows. That’s how our friendship began.
Bill talked today about how we should all think like scientists and nerds, with the belief that the problem can be solved. I love that idea and the curiosity that such an attitude brings to the table. And he talks about changing the world and that everyone in their own way can contribute to that change. Yes!
Below are some drawings I did today, and a few photos. I love my job. Enjoy!
