Sex Tax
Art Director: Ryan Olbrysh for the Las Vegas Weekly
For the April 9–15, 2009 issue of the Las Vegas Weekly, I painted this illustration for an article titled “(Getting Dirty) Ask Not What Your State Can Do For You… Las Vegas Weekly proposes extending the $5 sex-act tax.”
It is an interesting and satirical spot illustrating a true story about the proposed bill that would tax prostitution at $5 per “session” in Nevada.
This illustration was demanding mostly because of the photo reference. As I rely on models for reference, it is never easy to request someone to pose nude— but it is even harder when you are asking someone to pose nude as a prostitute (or a patron!)
Thankfully, I know and rely on several very talented, generous and understanding models.
