Jennifer Steffey

Drawings of holes carved in stone

2012-01-30T13:56:00.003-05:00

These are drawings for Africa curator Alex de Voogt at AMNH. He needed drawings of locations that he found remains of ancient games.

Even MORE frog photos - this time with their skin on

2011-11-18T12:48:00.006-05:00

Meroe pyramids, Sudan

2011-11-14T16:27:00.006-05:00

These are illustrations I did for Alex de Voogt for an upcoming book to be published about the Meroe Pyramids in Sudan.

Murphy sketches at The Roost in Goshen, NJ

2011-11-09T16:27:00.001-05:00

More froggy photos

2011-10-31T11:56:00.002-04:00

Bark! Magazine lettering work

2011-10-11T16:54:00.003-04:00

I just finished up a job with Bark! Magazine to do some lettering for an article. They are dog names, being the for the same dog. I think the layout looks great!

Froggy photos

2011-10-03T10:29:00.004-04:00

I've been commissioned by a postdoctoral research associate here at the museum to take photographs of "cleared and stained" frog specimens. They are super tiny and float in dishes of glycerine. Using the microptics lab has been a challenge but I am quite happy with the photographic results!

Old Roman coin drawing

2011-10-03T10:21:00.005-04:00

This is a drawing of two sides of a really old coin. The side with the figure is of winged victory dragging a person (vanquished enemy?) by the head. So you can see the head and torso at the bottom right. I've no idea what the lettering means.

Arabic script engraved in a knife blade

2011-09-06T11:36:00.002-04:00

In this illustration I had to draw out the fine engravings on a knife from Egypt. The script engravings on the knife are more doodling than actual text, but still resemble Arabic writing. The larger lettering near the handle is legible script.

Tibetan script on the base of statues

2011-09-06T11:22:00.005-04:00

This is another assignment I did for the American Museum of Natural History, looking at scripts on the base of statues. It's an examination of Tibetan script and whether or not it is actual script, or more of a doodle and inaccurate written script purely for decoration.

Robert Smiths Beauty Book

2011-08-22T17:41:00.004-04:00

I've added another illustrated story onto my main website. It's Robert Smith's Beauty Book, where he divulges all his beauty secrets! To see the whole thing go here.

Drawings for linguistics book cover

2011-06-22T10:41:00.003-04:00

These are drawings I did for a possible book cover on linguistics. The curator who gave me the image wanted to show a sign painted on a donkey cart from Africa. The sign translates into something like "good luck" I think. Anyhow, I had to adjust the original image because it was at an odd angle. So I did a little research and found some photos of other donkey carts at the angle I wanted. For fun I added the donkey on some rough sketches, but the curator said NO DONKEY. Too bad.

Lost Dog!

2011-06-15T11:24:00.004-04:00

I did some sloppy, hand lettering for The BARK! magazine. It's an article about missing dogs. Go buy a magazine and look for my name credit on page 39!

Latest work for AMNH

2011-05-13T14:48:00.004-04:00

First off is an image request for the Anthropology page on the AMNH website. We needed a collage of faces for the interface page of the Collections Database, so I chose masks from all over the world. The collection has SO MANY to choose from, so it was hard. Go check 'em out if you can.

Next up was a request to make a line drawing of a boonea shell. Here's the result.

Next up was a request to add another missing link to the giant Hominid family tree. This time I had to draw a skull, H. georgicus, and place it in an already existing chart. I had done some of the other skulls in the past, but this was a new addition.

Neil Diamond's Tips For A Better Life

2011-04-13T11:58:00.007-04:00

Here's a mini comic book I did for last weekend's MoCCA festival. To see the whole thing, go to my other site, jsteffey.com. It was a lotta fun and I hope to do it again next year despite the small number of sales I made.

Sammy Hagar Cookbook

2011-04-13T11:50:00.005-04:00

This is a mini comicbook that I did for the MoCCA festival last weekend. Check out the rest at my other site, jsteffey.com Rock out!

homecoming

2011-03-10T16:30:00.002-05:00

What Murphy does before I open the door.

Actors that should STOP acting

2011-03-04T10:23:00.005-05:00

I did a whole mess of these portraits a ways back (more than I have posted here). Funny how the people I chose just keep flaming out on their own.

New Neil Diamond watercolors

2011-02-22T15:43:00.005-05:00

More Megiddo game illustrations

2011-02-09T09:56:00.003-05:00

The first board is my favorite, with shell inlays.

Eustace Tilley 2011 contest

2011-01-24T12:19:00.004-05:00

Every year the New Yorker magazine has a contest for anyone to re-interpret their illustrative mascot, the New Yorker dandy himself, Eustace Tilley. This year I decided to have Tilley thrown into the slushy streets of Manhattan, navigating the slush ponds that engulf each intersection.There are SO many other great entries, but I just had to contribute my own. Here is the original as it appeared in 1925.

GPS systems illustration page

2011-01-18T16:30:00.003-05:00

Did an illustration for an article on the various gps systems that can be used by helicopter pilots. The author is trying to show how the screens and knobs vary and there is no standard for usage. Not something I would personally think about, but there you have it.

Nubian buksi signage

2011-01-18T16:07:00.006-05:00

Here are some illos I did for our African curator. He's hoping to take what signage he's seen on pickup trucks in Sudan and have them written out and shown to locals. Apparently some of this text is in local dialects that don't translate into any specific written language. I think the script is really beautiful in itself.

Megiddo game illos

2011-01-18T15:59:00.003-05:00

These are illos I did of a board game for an article. It's called Megiddo and I believe it is stored at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (I worked from photos)

Anthro lecture poster

2011-01-14T12:25:00.002-05:00

This is a poster/flyer I designed for a film screening in our Anthropology department. Should be interesting! Come on by if you are in the nabe.

awesome

2010-11-08T10:42:00.009-05:00

Here's some lettering I did for my other website.

Flickr link to Holga images

2010-10-01T14:58:00.003-04:00

I used a crappo plastic camera when I went on my trip to Africa. I did this on purpose because I love how film looks imperfect compared to digital photography. Not to mention that the camera had a million light leaks and went through an x-ray machine about 20 times before my trip was over.

The Holga camera is one step up from a home made pinhole camera. You have no idea if your exposure will work out or if your subject is in focus. I am just happy that they came out at all. To go to the link on Flickr, just click on the photo above to or go here.

Murphy's tips on keeping cool this summer

2010-08-11T16:29:00.006-04:00

Here are some pages for the first book I did about Murphy. Possibly more to come. To see the whole set, go here.

NYHard Times, July cover and comic page

2010-07-15T16:34:00.006-04:00

I had the idea for the cover of NY Hard Times when I saw some clip art of a Popsicle. I thought it looked like the shape of Manhattan, so I went from there. It has been so insanely hot here that it made some kind of sense in a visual pun kind of way. As for the comic page, I had to do a dedication to Harvey Pekar.

Ilustration Friday - Satellite

2010-07-01T16:48:00.005-04:00

Just signed up with Illustration Friday, a blog where illustrators get to submit drawings to a weekly topic. This week the topic is satellite. I thought I would have cell phones orbiting a satellite.

Dog cut-out collages.

2010-06-30T12:54:00.007-04:00

I decided to make a cut-out collages of pets. The top is my mom's dog Jake, the middle is my friend Rebecca's dog Emma and the bottom is my niece's dog who is also my namesake, Jenny.

May cover of NYHard Times - BP spray paint!

2010-05-20T18:08:00.002-04:00

Couldn't resist my take on the BP oil spill for NYHard Times 'zine cover.

AMNH archaeological drawings!

2010-04-28T15:08:00.010-04:00

These were done for Lori Pendleton in the Anthropology department at AMNH.

AMNH anthropology superstars

2010-04-27T15:16:00.001-04:00

Chapter head illustrations I did for work. They are George Hunt, Dina Jochelson Brodsky, Clark Wissler, Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, Junius Bird,Harry Shapiro James Teit with Antko. It's been said that Junius Bird was an inspiration for the Indiana Jones character. Must be the hat.

New York Hard Times - April 2010 cover

2010-03-16T15:15:00.005-04:00

Cover that I did for New York Hard Times zine.

New York Hard Times - February 2010 issue

2010-02-05T11:46:00.003-05:00

Cover mockups for New York Hard Times.

Iggy Pop watercolors - Stooges era

2010-02-01T12:38:00.002-05:00

Artwork for 2010 New York Hard Times zine

2009-12-30T17:01:00.002-05:00

Father Time and Baby New Year for the January 2010 cover of NY Hard Times.

Rescue Rocks logos

2009-12-18T14:07:00.005-05:00

Here's a logo and a poster I did for a punk benefit show coming up. If you are in the New York area on January 23rd, drive on out and support a good cause for a local animal shelter. Here's a link to the Rescue Rocks show.

Thanksgiving

2009-11-24T11:45:00.003-05:00

These are sample covers I did for a zine called New York Hard Times. Hard to for me to pick one but I chose the first one as the final.

North Brooklyn Compost Project

2009-10-08T15:40:00.000-04:00

I recently joined the North Brooklyn Compost Group. Since they are kind enough to take my garbage and turn it into compost I offered my design skills and made some logos and a flier for them. The tree motif comes from a crooked blue spruce that is right next to the site. I think the flier is a bit jumbled with all the obligatory sponsor logos I had to add, so I put the watercolor without all the text up as well.

Biking Rules PSA - Ride with a Buddy!

2009-09-29T10:45:00.015-04:00

Here's an animation I did for Transportation Alternatives. They had a competition to make your own p.s.a. video and this is my submission.

Little tiny clay heads I had to illustrate

2009-09-16T16:43:00.003-04:00

Flier for Freeport Animal Shelter

2009-09-15T10:45:00.003-04:00

Come on out if you are in the area, it's a punk show for a good cause.

NYFA poster submission

2009-06-25T16:41:00.003-04:00

The NYFA needs a new poster and postcard made so I thought I would make a go of it. I have been staring at this for three days now wondering how to make it more appealing.

Supreme Bunch

2009-06-23T16:47:00.003-04:00

Mock-ups for the New Yorker. This is my take on the 9 Supreme Justices playing the part of the Brady Bunch in light of the Sonia Sotomayor appointment. They rejected the idea, but one of these days they will BEG ME to do artwork for them. Until then...

WFMU sticker controversy

2009-06-23T16:40:00.005-04:00

My logo design for the radio station WFMU got made into a sticker and has been handed out to donors during their fund raising campaign. The station manager recently emailed me and said, "the NJ Turnpike Authority caught wind of our Garden State sticker and sent us a Cease & Desist letter!" How crazy is that? So now the station can't use it on their website, etc. or else a lot of lawyers will get involved. Didn't know I could cause such a stink with just a little sticker!

Wendy O Williams watercolors

2009-06-22T11:22:00.000-04:00

Sonia Sotomayor

2009-06-04T16:42:00.005-04:00

NY Hard Times logo and personal logo

2009-05-29T16:46:00.001-04:00

New York Hard Times zine artwork

2009-04-17T10:05:00.006-04:00

Lux Interior - R.I.P

Lux Interior, teenage werewolf

Lux Interior and Poison Ivy met on the road

A day in the life of Wendy O Williams

Possible covers

Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy

Joe Strummer and armadillo - Rock the Casbah

Work in progress - DIGITAL drawing of Annabella

2009-03-27T17:09:00.003-04:00

I WANT CANDY!!

Paul Weller

2009-03-19T17:22:00.003-04:00

Siouxsie

2009-03-19T17:20:00.002-04:00

Blondie

2009-03-19T17:15:00.008-04:00

Still working on Mr. Bowie

2009-03-13T14:37:00.001-04:00

Missing Persons

2009-03-09T15:13:00.001-04:00

Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow

2009-03-09T15:09:00.000-04:00

"Resisting Hitler" mockup for NYObserver

2009-03-09T14:36:00.002-04:00

Caroline Kennedy

2009-02-18T15:49:00.001-05:00

Narnia christmas

2009-02-18T15:48:00.001-05:00

Barack Obama

2009-02-18T15:47:00.001-05:00

Ferdinand Pecora

2009-02-18T15:46:00.001-05:00

Frank Sinatra

2009-02-18T15:43:00.001-05:00

Lux Interior of The Cramps

2009-02-18T15:39:00.004-05:00

Rest in Peace, Lux.

Illustrations for American Museum of Natural History Putnam, Jesup, Hunt, Waldemar Bogoras and party, James Teit and Susannah Lucy Antko

2008-12-14T13:52:00.009-05:00

Let's Dance animation

2008-10-28T16:16:00.003-04:00

I can't believe it took me so long, but here is my latest animation of David Bowie singing a line from Let's Dance.

Difference between hockey moms and pit bulls?

2008-09-05T17:28:00.007-04:00

I just could not help myself after hearing her say that.

David Bowie illustration

2008-08-28T16:52:00.006-04:00

Here's the latest David Bowie I did in Illustrator. I hope to animate this version of him soon.

Tic-Tac-Murphy

2008-08-21T16:58:00.006-04:00

This is a work in progress animation I am doing about Murphy. (Yes, another one!) This time it is set to what I think is her theme song.

David Bowie studies

2008-08-15T16:22:00.009-04:00

Honorable Mention Logo Design at WFMU!!

2008-08-06T11:03:00.010-04:00

I submitted many logo designs to WFMU radio station. My green and yellow Garden State Parkway-esque design won HONORABLE MENTION. Below are the other designs I submitted.

London Calling Animation

2008-07-30T14:57:00.017-04:00

Here is a still and animation I did of the late Joe Strummer.

Joe Strummer illustration from start to finish

2008-07-09T16:55:00.005-04:00

Joe Strummer pen & ink

2008-06-27T14:51:00.003-04:00

Meth Minute 39 Animation - contest submission

2008-05-02T10:27:00.005-04:00

This is an animation I submitted for Dan Meth's "Fan Fiction" contest, and it got accepted! Here is a link to a reel of all the finalists. I am in the number three spot. The full animation is below.

Walk cycle, front view

2008-04-16T16:38:00.003-04:00

Belly flop

2008-04-15T14:34:00.003-04:00

Murphy walk cycle

2008-04-11T16:36:00.005-04:00

Murphy's transmutable face

2008-04-02T10:35:00.007-04:00

Tongue

2008-03-21T17:03:00.005-04:00

Murphy storyboards & sketches

2008-03-11T17:04:00.007-04:00

Murphy walk 2

2008-03-03T10:13:00.003-05:00

eggwalk

2008-01-26T15:40:00.001-05:00

walking and crouching

2007-11-16T17:26:00.002-05:00

swinging a giant fish REDUX

2007-11-14T17:06:00.001-05:00

Pitching REDUX

2007-11-14T15:49:00.001-05:00

Fish baseball

2007-10-20T16:43:00.001-04:00

Figure drawing sketches

2007-09-14T16:59:00.002-04:00

Girly Girl animation Little Miss Popularity

2007-09-02T11:25:00.002-04:00

This is a stop motion animation I have recently finished in my living room. It is a story called Little Miss Popularity, based on a comic book character Girly Girl, created by Peter Bagge. I split it into four parts to make it easier to upload.

This is a test reel that I did before starting the whole Girly Girl project. (There is no sound on it)

Murphy Lone Wolf

2007-07-12T09:22:00.001-04:00

This is an animatic that I did about my Boston terrier, Murphy.

Flash - walk cycles

2007-07-12T09:20:00.002-04:00

Link for Jon walk cycle

Link for Greasy Kid Stuff walk cycle

Flash animation - Robot Liberation

2007-07-11T23:11:00.001-04:00

Link to Robot Liberation

Comic book illustrations

2007-07-08T12:00:00.002-04:00

These are pages out of my mini-comics series, called
All True Stories from 730 Beach House.

Meet Me at the Canoe poster

2007-07-08T11:59:00.011-04:00

This is a poster I did for Naomi Goodman's documentary on the renovation of the canoe at the American Museum of Natural History.

Pen and ink drawings of Murphy

2007-06-27T16:50:00.001-04:00

AMNH sketchbook

2007-06-26T12:15:00.003-04:00

These are some sketches I did at the American Museum of Natural History. I restricted myself to a 5 x 7 inch pad, using only a ball point pen and chose the dioramas solely on what caught my eye.

Random photos

2007-04-02T10:21:00.000-04:00

Bi-Coastal photos

2006-10-19T10:15:00.002-04:00

These are images I shot on the coasts of California, Washington state and Maine. I used a Yashica Mat 124 G camera and 120 film which makes a nice square format. Being from California, I have always been drawn to the ocean. Now that I am living in New York I still look for seascapes and once again I am drawn to the ocean to take photos. These images are a culmination of what I find evocative of the sea, be it on the east coast or the west coast.

Orvieto overlook

2006-05-19T16:29:00.000-04:00