Will Krause » Illustration

Sesame Street – Dollar Bill

willkrause — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:36:53 +0000

I designed this dollar bill for a Sesame Street episode about finance.

It needed to be easy for children to find the numeral “1″ in the design, and look familiar as a banknote, but not so close to the design of the US dollar bill to get us into legal trouble.

The original drawing of Mr. Hooper is by Caroll Spinney, though I went over the lines to get the weight to look right with the drawing of the rest of the bill. We printed these out on blue copy paper and then glued the front and back halves together so that the paper would be durable enough for puppets!

I also made some cards and envelopes to hold the dollar.

Sesame Street – Elmo Crayon Drawings

willkrause — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:23:31 +0000

I’m like Elmo’s ghost writer, except with crayons. (actually, these were drawn with Stabilotones – they’re supercrayons!)

Logos for The Michael Showalter Showalter

willkrause — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:35:52 +0000

These logos were created for a spoof public television program named “The Michael Showalter Showalter,” on a network named “PBT”.

I was given quite a bit of leeway – the client wanted a red logo on a white background for the program, and a brown oval for the network logo.

My new career as a male model for Ralph Lauren

willkrause — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:52:49 +0000

I went on a tour of the Ralph Lauren office when I was working with them on an illustration project, and we met an employee in the hallway. They asked me if I could draw pants, I replied “Yes,” and that’s how these drawings came about.

I made these illustrations from reference photos – I was given a stack of clothing, and my friend Sean McBride helped with the photography as I tried out my best pant poses. So, If you see some blueprint-style advertisements in Macy’s, that’s me wearing those pants!

The last two images were accidents – I forgot to switch layers off in Flash – but I kinda like how they look so I thought you might be interested.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

willkrause — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:35:20 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Here’s the Valentine that I’m sending out this year (on the left) along with the rejected Valentine (on the right.)

Let’s get some half-price candy tomorrow.

Sesame Street Graphics

willkrause — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:43:31 +0000

One of the things I make at Sesame Street is graphics for some of the packages and labels that appear on the show. (And sometimes a sign for the dressing room of a guest too.)

Title Cards for a Sesame Street Video

willkrause — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:01:48 +0000

These drawings were made to look as if they were drawn by Elmo. But they weren’t!

ASIFA-East – Award Certificate

willkrause — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:26:48 +0000

ASIFA-East had been using the same design for their award certificate for almost 40 years, so I volunteered to produce some new certificates for their 40th anniversary. The red ink was printed on by letterpress using tiny bits of lead type and big wood block numerals. The yellow part was silkscreened onto the paper, and the black lines were printed on top with a photocopier.