Pinching Pennies
- Art Director: Ryan Olbrysh for the Las Vegas Weekly
- Art Director: Ryan Olbrysh for the Las Vegas Weekly
- Art Director: Ryan Olbrysh for the Las Vegas Weekly
Here are some illustrations of an Anthropomorphised Abraham Lincoln Penny, engaging in some gallows humor for the Las Vegas Weekly. These spots are for a cover story titled, “Recession Survival Guide—Our penny-pinching, fast money, feel better roundup of ways to beat this thing.”
For my money, it is hard to beat an illustration of Abraham Lincoln tying one on.
Vegas Currency
Art Director: Ryan Olbrysh at the Las Vegas Weekly
This week the Las Vegas Weekly posed the question, “If Las Vegas ever prints its own currency, what will it look like?” Their question was factually based on the recent trend in several cities in which scrip is printed in an effort to keep tighter control of the local marketplace. While I was brainstorming ideas, I recalled a video that Penn Jillette made about being an Atheist Dad:
So there is my small homage to Penn Jillette—because I think he (& Teller) are money.