PJ McQuade Artwork & Design

Nashville Scene cover - Bonnaroo Edition I recently illustrated the cover for the Nashville Scene, The Bonnaroo Edition, along with their annual Bingo board. It features Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Bjork, Empire of the Sun, Pretty Lights and many more! 2013 Illustration, Music, Print Design
Editorial - Likeness Based Likeness based editiorial illustrations created for such clients as Seattle Met, LA Weekly, Toronto Life, Grantland, The Pitch, Westchester Magazine, Atlanta Magazine, Time Out Chicago, Royal Flush Magazine & LA Weekly, along with a couple personal ones as well. 2013 Art Direction, Drawing, Illustration
Editorial - General Recent editorial illustrations for national and regional publications. Clients include Time Out New York, LA Weekly, The Stranger & Grantland. 2013 Cartooning, Editorial Design, Illustration
Portraits - Linear Featuring my linear based portraiture created for a variety of clientele, notably Oregon Business, HOW magazine & McSweeney's Grantland, along with some personal works. 2013 Digital Art, Drawing, Illustration
Portraits - Rendered Detailed portraits of varying subjects, both commissioned and personal. Many of these are featured in the book "1,000 Illustration Portraits" Maomao Publications. 2013 Digital Art, Illustration, Painting
Japanese Snow Monkey Drinking Hot Tea A image that had been kicking around my head was finally realized, and it's delicious! 2013 Digital Art, Drawing, Illustration
Marvin Gaye's Star Spangled Banner A portrait of Marvin Gaye singing the National Anthem for an article on Grantland's website, celebrating the 30th Anniversary of his legendary performance at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game. 2013 Digital Art, Illustration, Music
Quint is Wolverine: The Comic Book Cover Created for the MF Gallery's 10th Anniversary show. Need proof that Quint from Jaws was actually a mutant? Here you go. You know him, know what he does for a livin' SNIKT! 2013 Character Design, Illustration, Print Design
Daft Punk - The Gauntlet Gallery Created for the Gauntlet Gallery's Daft Punk show ReDiscovery. "Futuro Punkaris Monumentus" In the future, monuments shall be made! Limited edition prints 16x24"giclée or 20x30" on canvas. 2013 Digital Art, Drawing, Illustration
Should This Octopus Have Fewer Legs? My new book, published by Adams Media, July 18th release date. A collection of funny signs, fake "take one" street flyers, meant to be ripped out and posted up. In it you’ll find all sorts of madness - homages to your favorite movies, off-the-wall pop culture references, pun-tastic plays on words and straight-up redonkulous notices, plus a couple takes on the "classics". This book is a sure fire way to perk up your room or any telephone pole, community bulletin board, or bus stop in your hood--one sign at a time.
2013 Graphic Design, Illustration, Print Design
LA Weekly Cover - How to Suceed on YouTube! A behind the scenes, tour-de-force, "making of" my LA Weekly cover featuring Youtube sensation du jour, Keith Apicary. Published June 2012. 2013 Drawing, Illustration, Print Design
Skyfall & Prometheus Posters Imagery inspired by these 2012 blockbusters. Spotlight on the individual components and line work. 2013 Digital Art, Illustration, Print Design
Step Brothers, Dragon & Nighthawk 4Eva Inspired by the movie Step Brothers. Giclée print created for The Bottleneck Gallery's I Love You man show. 13x19" limited editon. 2013 Digital Art, Film, Illustration
CRUNCH: The Monster Who Ate Everything! Illustration for the upcoming book of 99 and 1/2 poems for kids called “Chocolate Chips & Rocket Ships” by John O’Marra. The poem I illustrated is called CRUNCH! about a monster that eats an entire construction site. 2013 Character Design, Digital Art, Illustration
Star Wars AT-AT Walker Takedown A depiction of a AT-AT Walker takedown from Star Wars The Empire Strike Back, showcasing the bleak but beautiful Hoth terrain and the moment right before the Empire's most formidable land vehicle is tripped up by a skillful snowspeeder. 2013 Digital Art, Fine Arts, Illustration
The Pitch cover - March Madness Warriors Cover for the newspaper, The Pitch (Kansas City). NCAA Big XII basketball meets The Warriors movie from the 70s. Come out and play March Madness! 2013 Art Direction, Digital Art, Illustration
52 Shades of Greed A fully illustrated deck of playing cards brought to you by 2 art directors, 28 artists, and the 99%. 2013 Digital Art, Illustration, Print Design
Star Wars Holochess: The Board Game! The Dejarik Holochess game from Star Wars: A New Hope, designed as an old beat up cover of a classic Mattel-type board game. 2013 Digital Art, Illustration, Print Design
True Romance Phone Booth Scene & More True Romance Prints - Phone Booth scene & Movie Theater Montage. Created for The Bottleneck Gallery's Get A Room show. 2013 Digital Art, Film, Illustration
Star Wars Custom Christmas Cards To be updated soon. I've released a trio of custom Star Wars Holiday Cards featuring a sexy Lando Calrissian under the mistletoe, Bossk the Bounty Hunter/Santa's Helper & a snowflake catching tauntaun, replete with mildly (highly?) amusing Star Wars holiday puns and silhouetted iconography.
The cards are available through my Etsy shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop/castlemcquade 2011 Illustration, Painting, Design