Drawn

Alex Eben Meyer is an illustrator working in New York. The above image is a recent Threadless submission that is a serious contender if I ever decide to get a tattoo. I like bears. I like ampersands. It’s the best of both!

The image below is the first illustration of Eben’s that I ever came across. At the time I was building the website for a film festival that included as one of its venues the Orpheum in Madison, WI, seen here through the window. I was just beginning to think about freelance illustration as a potential career, and I liked this illustration enough that I emailed Eben to ask a bit about the industry. I got a very friendly email back, and because of this generosity I’ve been pestering other illustrators ever since. Eben, you are my Pandora.