Alex Nabaum

“How to Flex Your Creative Muscles” 10x10 gouache and digital, originally for a corporate job on creative development that didn’t make the cut. #creativemuscles #creativedevelopment #butterfly #conceptualillustration #creativity #bodybuilding #creativesontherise #creativethinking

“Electric Horsepower” 16 x 24” poster, my latest Tesla fan art. If any of you are Tesla fans, I started a little side IG @teslaposters as an outlet for my energy art ideas. #teslaposter #teslafanart #teslaillustration #cleanenergy @victongai

“Country Cemeteries” one part of the story is a about a quirky rich old lady who thinks little country cemeteries are so charming she finds and buys headstones to create her own on her estate. For the current issue of Texas Co-op Power Magazine AD Jane Sharpe

“Merry Christmas AND a Happy New Year” declined New Yorker cover from a few years back, picked up by @the_notyorker yesterday a fun IG that publishes rejected covers. Sometimes the New Yorker’s cover dates span Christmas and New Years so I was trying to solve that conceptual problem #merrychristmasandahappynewyear #newyearsfireworks #newyorkercover #notyorker #nativityscene #fireworkshow #lighttheworld #conceptualillustration

Holiday card I did for Wilmington Trust back in 2013. Art direction by @jonmcpheeters and little sketch I sent them #corporateillustration #conceptualillustration #dove #christmascard #holidaycard #corporateholidaycards #corporateholiday #peaceonearth #happyholidays

“Livelihood Programs for Refugees” for the upcoming winter issue of Fletcher Magazine, brilliant art direction by @lomac63 #refugees #refugeeproject #somalirefugees #conceptualillustration #magazineillustration #artdirection

Today’s NY Times OpEd. art direction by @jimdatz , he really helped me strike the right chord in the treatment. And nice calls @carlo_giambarresi and @imstilljulie

“Why My Dad, Why Me” Double page spread for last month’s New Era Magazine. Hand lettering by @loniharris story was about a girl losing her father in a drowning and how she struggles but ultimately recovers. AD Fay Andrus #conceptualillustration #neweramagazine #crisisoffaith

“Nurses Without Borders” art direction by John Goryl for upcoming Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Forward magazine #medecinsansfrontiere #nurseswithoutborders #doctorswithoutborders #conceptualillustration #magnetfacility #magnetaward #nursing #magazineillustration

Final 4x6ft poster for Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, art direction by Brett Palmer BWP Communications, typography by Summer Milligan BWP #performingartsposter #moderndance #rosewagner #rosewagnertheatre #rosewagnerperformingartscenter #danceposters #moderndanceposter

1. Illustration for upcoming poster for Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 2. Mockup and 3. Reference #performingartsposter#moderndance #rosewagner#rosewagnertheatre#rosewagnerperformingartscenter#danceposters #moderndanceposter

For upcoming issue of Atlanta magazine, the true story of Jack Barksy a KGB agent who leaves his life in East Germany and goes deep undercover in America for a decade, all the while slowing becoming an American. AD Kristin Kellogg. Conceptual portraits are my favorite type of assignment (still bummed I missed that series with you @marianneseregi ) #conceptualportraits #conceptualillustration #spy #coldwarspy #theamericans #kgbagent

For today's New York Times on Trump's lack of leadership on Iran. #conceptualillustration #editorialillustration #irandeal #foreignpolicy #trumpiran #trumplittlehands @foreignpolicymag

Color version of my illustration for Barack Obama's NYTimes OpEd last year on guns. #gunviolence #gunsamerica #gundeaths #massshooting #guncontrol #opedillustration #editorialillustration #nytimesopinionart

"Brevity is the Soul of Twitter" for yesterday's New York Times Sunday Review #conceptualillustration #twitter280 #twitterdontdoit #editorialillustration #twitter

"Brain Flexibility" full page for the current Science News Magazine. Brainy art direction by Erin Otwell @erin.f.o #brainscience #magazineillustration #conceptualillustration #twistergame #brain #mentalhealth #artdirector

In today's NYTimes on the flaws in single payer healthcare. Thanks to @huanglorious for his smart finessing of the idea and design. #editorialillustration #conceptualillustration #healthcare #singlepayer