Scott Bakal

Client: Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Awarded:
Society of Illustrators 63
Creative Quarterly 62

Client:
USC Trojan for Pentagram Austin
Art Direction:
DJ Stout & Haley Taylor

Client: Brown Alumni Magazine
Art Direction: Syndi Becker

Client: Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Awards:
Communication Arts 61

Client: Tor Books/Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Awards:
3x3 Annual 16
American Illustration 38
Creative Quarterly 56
Society of Illustrators 62

Client: Columbia Medicine
Art Direction: Eson Chan

Client: Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
Art Direction: David Horton

Preserve the Earth
Earth Day 2019 Poster

Client: U.S. State Department
Art Direction: Diane Woolverton

Client: Wall Street Journal
Art Direction: Orlie Kraus

Client: PlanSponsor
Art Direction: SooJin Buzelli

Client: Playboy Magazine
Art Direction: Justin Page

A detective story focusing on a Mariachi guitarist who was shot many years ago but succumbed to the poisoning of the bullet still lodged within him.

Client: Society of Illustrators
Regards To: Leslie Cober

Awards:
American Illustration 39

Awards:

3x3 Annual 16

Client: School Library Journal
Art Direction: Mark Tuchman

Awards:
American Illustration 39

Client: Rolling Stone
Art Direction: Matthew Cooley

Client: NPR
Art Direction: Heather Kim

This was for an article about sleep training infants. I also wanted to enhance the magical quality of the piece by animating it ever so slightly.

The story can be read here.

The Science of Aggression.

Art Direction: Michael Mrak
Client: Scientific American

Client: Liberty Magazine
Art Direction: Bryan Gray

Awards:
Society of Illustrators

Client: NPR: Science
Art Direction: Meredith Rizzo

For an incredibly disturbing story about the concept of genetic testing in parents to find out what ailments their future child may have - and the ability to re-adjust the gene sequence to remove those health risks. You can read the story here.

Awards:

3x3 Annual 16

Client: Tor Books / Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Awards:
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles - Gold Medal

Nautilus Magazine
Art Direction: Len Small

Read about this project and see bonus image here.

Awards:
Society of Illustrators

Client: United States Government/Bureau of Editorial Content
Art Direction: Diane Woolverton

Personal piece.
 

Client: Litigation
Art Direction: Jill Tedhams

For the story: Is There Any Virtue in Hypocrisy?

Hope Six Demolition Project concept

Client: John Hopkins Health Review
Art Direction: Pam Li

For a story about “predator amoebas”: researchers are finding ways to train predator amoebas (like slime mold) to hunt down and kill bacteria that cause disease.

Client: Smithsonian Magazine
Art Direction: Heather Palmateer

Artwork for a story about criminal profiling methods created and first used in NYC to capture George Metesky, the 'NYC Mad Bomber'.

Awards:
American Illustration 37

Client & Art Director: Ellen Weinstein

Client: Tor Books / Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Series of 4 paintings and 2 films.

Client: Vancouver Opera
Art Direction: Annie Mack
Animation: Giant Ant
Lettering: Scott Bakal

Client: Story Book Primate Sanctuary, Canada
Art Direction: Anita Kunz, Scott Bakal

Awards:
3x3 Annual 14
Luerzer’s 200 Best Illustrators
Spectrum 24

Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles
Art Direction: Primary Hughes, Scott Bakal
Design: Scott Bakal

Awards:
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles - Bronze Medal
3x3 Annual 14

Portrait of Bob Dylan.

Client: New York Times
Art Direction: Peter Morance

Image for a story about how someone's emotional health and how much they worry affect their health. Story here.

Client: Tor.com/Tor Books
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Awards:
3x3 Annual 14

Client: Modern Farmer
Art Direction: Maxine Davidowitz

Client: Deloittee Magazine
Art Direction: Matthew Lennert

Client: McKinsey Quarterly
Art Direction: Veronica Belsuzarri

For a story about Gwen Jorgensen using VR to train for her Gold Medal win.

Client: Long Island Pulse
Art Direction: Mariko Zervos

Artwork created for a story about making sure your intended inheritances are put in place after you pass on.

Client: Liberty Magazine
Art Direction: Bryan Gray

Client: Benefits Pro Magazine
Art Direction: Joseph Schlue

Family Circle
Art Direction: Dana Einsider

The story is about having the difficult conversation with loved ones about your wishes when you pass away.

Portrait of Jan Hus.

Liberty Magazine
Art Direction: Bryan Gray

A piece for a larger serious of people who were burned at the stake.

Liberty Magazine
Art Direction: Bryan Gray

Client: Utne Reader
Art Direction: Stephanie Glaros

An illustration for an essay written by a man who was sent to jail for life at a very early age. A reflection of who he has become now nearing his death.

Personal piece.

A selection of paintings created for the New York Times.

Art Direction includes: Peter Morance, Aviva Michelov and Mihn Uong.

Client Love Wins Texas Wedding Magazine
Art Direction: Yvonne Duran

For a magazine published in Texas about LBGT weddings. This one was for a story about a marriage proposal in a shower when one of the couple burst in after finding out gay marriage is legal in the United States.

Client: Northeastern Law Magazine
Art Direction: Mark Gabrenya

This was for an article about the propaganda campaign created by the NRA and Republican Senators that the newly elected President Obama was going to take guns away from gun owners. This resulted in a gun buying frenzy throughout the United States.

Client: McKinsey Quarterly
Art Direction: Delilah Zak

An illustration about the relationship of having positive thoughts and eventually having positive outcomes.

Client: Family Circle Magazine
Art Director: Lisa Kelsey

This illustration accompanies an article about growing one's savings.

Series of 5 paintings.

Client: The Boston Globe Magazine
Art Direction: Greg Klee

A feature story about methods of maintaining racial and social diversity in the city of Boston.

Protecting real estate agents when showing houses.

California Real Estate Magazine
Art Direction: Nancy Duckworth

Business people capable of connecting companies over two countries.

Wall Street Journal
Art Direction: Daniel Smith

The question being about being right-handed in evolutionary history.

Smithsonian Magazine
Art Direction: Heather Palmateer

PlanAdviser Magazine
Art Direction: SooJin Buzelli

Smithsonian Collector's Edition : 150th Anniversary of Lincoln's Death
Art Direction: Erik Washam

Client: Deloitte Review
Art Direction: Matthew Lennert

Illustrations for a story titled 'Memoirs of a Revolutionary's Daughter'.

Client: The Baffler
Art Direction: Patrick JB Flynn

Series of 5 paintings.

Client: Tor Books / Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Commissioned but unpublished.

Client: Creepypasta
Art Direction: Jensine Eckwall

Using special x-ray glasses, you can see hell and death.

Finding what makes you special.

Yoga Journal
Art Direction: Ali Zeigler

Reaction piece to the 2008 Presidential election.

Client: New York Times
Art Direction: Peter Morance

Do infants suffer oxygen loss during birth or prior? Story here.

Client: New York Times
Art Direction: Peter Morance

Story here.

Client: Orange Coast Magazine
Art Direction: Victoria Alvarez

Story about the returning Swallows of Capistrano.swallows of the Mission San Juan Capistrano and their migratory patterns.

Portrait of Kim Jong Il

Client: Phoenix New Times
Art Direction: Peter Storch

Client: Best Life
Art Direction: Dena Verdesca

Personal piece.

Client: Tor Books / Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Client: The Pitch
Art Direction: Ashford Stamper

Client: American Lawyer
Art Direction: Joan Ferrell

Client: Tor Books / Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

Client: Liberty Magazine
Art Direction: Bryan Gray

Client: SF Weekly
Art Direction: Andrew Nilsen

Client: Oxford American
Art Direction: Carol Ann Fitzgerald

Portrait for a profile about Henry Green - an early 20th century blues musician with only 4 known recordings. This image is inspired by his song 'Storm Thru Mississippi'.

Client: 5280 Denver's Magazine
Art Direction: Dave McKenna

Finding the Fountain of Youth through pills.

Client: Wall Street Journal
Art Direction: Pete Hausler

Client: ICON5 - The Illustration Conference

Client: Rethinking Schools
Art Direction: Patrick JB Flynn

Client: Yoga Journal
Art Direction: Alexandra Zeigler

Personal piece.

Client: The Magazine Group
Art Direction: Glen Pierce

Client: Tor Books / Tor.com
Art Direction: Irene Gallo

A time travel Christmas story themed around a Christmas Carol.

Awards:
Creative Quarterly

Client: Yoga Journal
Art Direction: Charli Ornett

Client: Society of Illustrators
Art Direction: Jeffery Fisher, Scott Bakal

Poster for 'Paint It Red' exhibit at the Museum of American Illustration.

Client: Rethinking Schools
Art Direction: Patrick JB Flynn

Illustrations for a story about inner city children using their anger and sadness from their environment to write and create.

Client: Minnesota Magazine
Art Direction: Barbara Koster

An illustration for a story about overcoming depression without using drugs if necessary.

Client: Teaching Tolerance
Art Direction: Valerie Downes

Client: Society of Illustrators Museum
Art Direction: Kate Feirtag, Tara Jacoby, Jessica Yeomans

Created for an exhibition called Earth: Fragile Planet

Personal Piece

An unpublished Op-Ed piece after hearing the term 'The Earth is Full'.