Bob Dob illustrates Hunter S. Thompson

Bob Dob did this illustration of Hunter S. Thompson as part of an art tribute to Ralph Steadman.  The Gonzo Collection is a group show made up of "reinterpretations and responses to Steadman's work by some of today's most notable contemporary artists".

Bob Dob - Ride You Bastard

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Bob Dob illustrations for Hispanics Against Drunk Driving

Bob Dob recently illustrated a series of 3 PSA's for the non-profit organization Hispanics Against Drunk Driving (H.A.D.D.).  Bob had the pleasure of working with Concept Café Advertising , and the concept of the campaign was, "Monsters Do Exist".  Bob's illustration style worked beautifully in translating these dark fairy tales into a serious message...as you can see:

Bob Dob - Little Red Riding Hood

Bob Dob - Peter & the Wolf

Bob Dob - Three Little Pigs

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Jennifer Vaughn Artist Agency group show in Dallas

We're coming back to Dallas, and this time it's for a gallery show featuring the work of 12 of our artists at TractorBeam Gallery from October 11 until November 9th, 2012.

If you're in the Dallas area this Thursday, try to make it to the opening which is from 7 to 10pm – we'll have drinks, music, some great art, ... and most of all we'd love to say hello! 

Artists showing: Calef Brown, Chris Buzelli, Bob Dob, Charles Glaubitz, Terri Fry Kasuba, Craig LaRotonda, Jen Lobo, Joel Nakamura, Martha Rich, Dave Stevenson, Santiago Uceda, and Marco Wagner

Jennifer Vaughn Artist Agency + Tractorbeam - October 11, 2012

Bob Dob illustrates for Playboy Magazine

Bob Dob recently did this illustration for Playboy magazine, for a piece titled "Meat the Future, The laboratory race to create the next great meal". The article mentions that researchers in Japan are trying to clone "Yasufuku, a steer renowned for siring more than 40,000 wagyu cattle, the breed used for Japan's Kobe beef" - hence all of those cows in the illo!

Bob Dob - Meat the Future

Bob Dob - Illustration for Playboy article, "Meat the Future"

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A Blue Hawaiian by Bob Dob

Artist Bob Dob said that he has been thinking of doing a painting based on the Blue Hawaiian cocktail ever since spending family vacations in Hawaii where it was his dad's drink of choice. Every time he heard someone order that drink, "a smurf-Hawaiian hybrid" would pop into his head.
Lucky for Bob, he had the opportunity to finally illustrate this in the latest cocktail recipe for The Art of the Cocktail.

Here's a peek at the illustration, but make sure to go to the recipe book to view the whole piece.

Bob Dob - "Blue Hawaiian" section

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Bob Dob's demons

Bob Dob has illustrated the covers for all 5 books in the series Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go, and now he's working on the 6th one.  Here are just a few of the characters he created for the first book...they're so cute, yet creepy!

Bob Dob - Banana Meat Demons

Bob Dob - Humpty Dumpty Bat Demon

Bob Dob - Inside Out Demon

Bob Dob - Mantis Demon

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Bob Dob - Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go

Bob Dob has been illustrating the covers for Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go since the series first began in 2007.  Here are the first 4 books, and the 5th one will be released this May.  Bob is currently working on the cover of the 6th book, and there will ultimately be 9 in the series. 

Bob Dob - Heck cover - 1st in series

Bob Dob - Heck cover - 2nd in series

Bob Dob - Heck cover - 3rd in series

Bob Dob - Heck cover - 4th in series


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Bob Dob walks in Lucy's shoes

Bob Dob recently worked on this piece for Illumination Magazine, the official magazine of the MU Office of Research. The magazine chronicles research, scholarship and creative achievement at the University of Missouri - Columbia.  Bob created his interpretation of "Lucy", one of the oldest discovered hominids, for an article that discusses further evidence that Lucy actually stood upright most of the time.  If she'd had the cool kicks that Bob gave her, she probably would have stood up all of the time!

BTW, Happy Bastille Day!!

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Bob Dob in the Hi Fructose Group Show Invitational

Bob Dob is one of the participating artists in Hi-Fructose Magazine's 2011 group exhibition at Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle.  Here's a preview of Bob's piece titled, "A Punk Named Django".  If you're in Seattle, you can check out the original at the opening tonight, March 11, from 6-9 p.m. If you can't make the opening, no worries, the show will be up until April 2nd.

Bob Dob - "A Punk Named Django",  inspired by Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhart.

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Jen Lobo and Bob Dob in INLE show

Jen Lobo and Bob Dob are both in the upcoming INLE show, which opens this Friday, 3/11, at Gallery 1988 in LA.  Over 100 artists created their own interpretation of the antihero in the novel, "Watership Down", by Richard Adams.  Here is a preview of Jen's piece titled, "All the World Will Be Your Enemy", and Bob's piece titled, "Inle"...

Inle show poster - 3/11/11

Jen Lobo - "All the World Will Be Your Enemy"

Bob Dob - Inle

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Nifty Note Cards - 2011

The mailing of our 2011 note cards is officially complete, so keep an eye out for them!  They should be hitting mail boxes as we speak, and we're anxious to hear what you think of them.  In the meantime, here's a sneak peek:

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Communication Arts Illustration Annual 51

Congrats to Cathie Bleck, Chris Buzelli, Bob Dob and Jen Lobo who made it into this year's CA Illustration Annual!  We just received our copy of the magazine, and the work looks amazing!!

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Bob Dob fights carbon in Paris

Last week while in Paris, I met with Vanessa and Julian from TBWA\MAP. Both worked with Bob Dob last year on the big "Carbon Fighters" campaign, and it was so great to go into the agency and finally meet face to face after all of the e-mail correspondence (I'm in San Francisco, Bob's in LA, and they are in Paris...). Plus, it was an added treat to see Bob's illustrations in action! Not only did they give me a set of the Carbon Fighters stickers they produced, but then they pointed out one of the billboards featuring Bob's illustration - very cool.

Next stop: Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival...stay tuned.