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Welcome to the web site of

Eben Illustration

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Eben illustration

is the graphical illustrative portfolio of Alex Eben Meyer. Featuring

black and white illustration

,

color illustration

,

conceptual illustration

,

editorial illustration

,

vector graphics

,

contemporary illustration

,

vintage illustration

,

business illustration

and simple

coffeshop doodles

. Your friendly redheaded curly lefthanded

illustrator

works primarily in adobe illustrator, pen and ink. His work has been featured in major

magazines

 including the New York Times, w.w. Norton & Company, slate.com, little idiot collective, and many many more. He has also been the

illustrator

for a number of book covers.

Brooklyn based

this illustrator is ready to create anything you need from hand lettering to black and white illustration, color illustration, conceptual illustration,

editorial illustration

,

vector graphics

,

contemporary illustration

,

vintage illustration

,

business illustration

and simple

coffeshop doodles

.
 
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slate is running a special series this week examining food and food culture, for which i got to prepare some tasty illustrations. i am a little sad that they didn't use an illustration for the article about lard, but really, it's probably for the best.
eat up, people.

- the way we eat: slate celebrates food.
- one part creativity: zero parts recipe: can just using ratios really teach me to be a better cook?, by jennifer reese.

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sketching for a couple of projects, doodling, just a happy mess of a page. there's nothing to tell.

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per usual, it's been awhile, but here's another awesome addition to the guest gallery. welcome zach, sorry i took so long posting, next time i'm in philly, i owe you a beer.

zacharia o'hora: guest gallery page / www.zohora.com

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lunchtime drawing and question, why are there so many ford explorers parked on kent street? (note: drawing only shows two, but there were at least two others in close proximity that didn't get drawn.)

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i love the look of commercial coffee pots, even if the coffee in them is often times lacking.

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i stopped by casey rubber stamps today and picked up a new stamp. if you haven't been, casey is an entertaining fellow, full of knowledge, and of course...stamps. it's one of my favorite new york stores. anyway, here is a sketchbook page with my new royal baking powder stamp.

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i find that when drawing people, i tend to default to white males, age 25-45. while i have absolutely no idea how this could happen, it's sometimes useful to acknowledge said ticks, crutches and habits with a note, or electrical shock. in this case, i am hoping that a note will be a sufficient reminder.

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uh, this just turned into a big mess, but i kind of like it.

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i was mucking about today with some ideas for new textures. slap some hand lettering underneath, and...

and... and...

well, its an idea. we'll see where this goes. on a semi-related note, anyone notice how all this social networking (i'm looking at you, twitter) has caused an uptick in spam? oh well, off to trade in my old unwanted gold jewelry for cash.

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random doodles while waiting to get my haircut. note the text, "i scared off a junior barber." you don't mess with these curls. blam!

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