Illustration

Half of my work is about crafting thought-provoking visuals for worldwide renowned publishers, newspapers, magazines, and ad campaigns. Examples of this include designing Haruki Murakami's exclusive collectors' edition books for Folio Society and multiple award-winning collaborations for The New Yorker magazine.

My other half is about writing visual stories I dream about in my spare time. I lean toward personal reflections on general semiotics and the whimsical relationship it has with poetry. Part of that relationship was what many years ago, back in college, gave this portfolio its melodramatic name, life is an illusion. Authors that have profoundly influenced my work include F. de Saussure, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Humberto Eco, and Michel Turnier. 

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Among some accolades, my graphic novel Gravity was awarded the Gold Medal from The Society of Illustrators in New York and the Seymour Chwast MA-g Award in Zurich, originally judged by Seymour Chwast himself. My experimental book The Mountain of Reality is listed on Arcadia Magazine as among the best 2018 books published in Colombia.

I seldom run workshops and lectures near my hometown.

This is a Skillshare Class I give about How to brainstorm visual ideas.

Selected Clients

Folio Society UK
The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine
The New Yorker
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Divinity School
The Guardian
The Atlantic
The Economist 
ProPublica
Harper's Magazine
Emergence Magazine
Penguin Random House
The Washington Post
Metaleap Creative
Curaprox
The Sunday Times 
The Boston Globe 
The Lancet
Point Five Studio
Pentagram
Fine Acts
Area 23/FCB Network
El Espectador
Radioambulante 
WeTransfer 
Guideposts 
Commercial Observer 
Vanderbilt University 
Amagord 
The American Lawyer 
El Malpensante 
Editorial Norma 
Vice