Edel Rodriguez

2011

Posters for Sale

December 14 I've made a selection of my posters available online, please check out this link for more details on...

Recent Portraits

December 12 This is a selection of recent portraits published in a variety of magazines.  The portrait above is for an...

CHIKE and the River

November 28 Chike and the River is a story originally published as a children's book by the Nigerian author Chinua...

Bareback

November 15 I got a cover assignment for the San Francisco Weekly on the topic of bareback sex in the gay community.  ...

30 Covers in 30 Days

November 14 I was invited by book jacket designer John Gall to take part in a project called '30 Covers in 30...

Krampus for BLAB!

November 7 This is a painting for an upcoming book and group show in Chicago that is being put together by Monte Beauchamp from...

American Illustration 30

November 3 This is a series of seven of my images from the past year that were selected to be published in the American...

Gaddafi cover for Newsweek

October 23 Thursday morning I woke up and turned on the news.  There were some reports of Muammar Gaddafi's capture in...

trip to BALI

October 18 This Spring I received an invite to travel to Bali and take part in the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.  The...

In The Sea...

September 26 I was commissioned by Random House/Doubleday to create a book cover for a new hardcover titled In The Sea There Are...

For Newsweek

September 19 This is a an illustration for an article in this week's Newsweek magazine:  "Marry—or Else,...

Barcelona / Italy sketchbook

September 13 Last week I returned from a couple of weeks traveling in Spain and Italy.   These are some pages from my...

Rolling Stone at S.I.

August 19 This is a portrait of Wyclef Jean that I did for Rolling Stone magazine back in 2000.  It was selected for an...

What Happened to Obama?

August 14 This is a New York Times Sunday Review cover that I did for last week's paper.   One of the great...

Show in Antwerp

July 29 I'm part of a group show consisting of international artists in Antwerp, Belgium.  The show opens next...

Work Selected for 3 x 3

July 12 These are 11 of my images from the past year that were selected for the 3 x 3 Illustration Annual.  The book...

Wasteland

July 8

TASCHEN Portraits

June 28 My work has been published in a new book by the art publisher TASCHEN.   The book is a collection of...

The Right Match

June 22 This is a new image for art director Soojin Buzelli at Planadviser magazine.   The direction from Soojin...

Book Covers

June 21 This is a collection of recent book cover commissions from a variety of publishers, along with some of the process...

Gardens of Paradise poster

June 12 In March, I received a message from Bernardo Ruiz, the director of an upcoming film titled Gardens of...

Podcast Interview

June 9 This is a new podcast interview about my work as an illustrator, how I started, my process, etc.   You can...

Op-Ed: The Shame of Serbia

June 6 This is for today's New York Times Op-Ed page, on the arrest of Ratko Mladic, titled "The Shame of...

The War on Terror

June 1 @font-face { font-family: "Times"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal,...

Bin Laden cover for Newsweek

May 4 I had just settled in to work on some projects Sunday night when I heard the news that the president was going to...

Saturday Night Supper

April 21 Last week I got a call from the Hollywood Reporter.   They were doing a special issue on Lorne Michaels...

Lecture at Brown University

April 19 Tomorrow, April 20th, I'll be giving a lecture at Brown University in Providence.   Students from...

for Reader's Digest

April 13 I got an assignment from Reader's Digest to do a full page illustration for the print edition and a short...

China Reform covers

March 29 Here are a couple of recent covers for China Reform magazine, I've been doing these monthly for the past...

R. Crumb show at S.I.

March 26 Here are some photos from last night's opening at The Society of Illustrators of the exhibit R. Crumb, Lines...

for The New York Observer

March 17 I've been working on some regular column illustrations for The New York Observer over the last year or so. ...

Japan for The New York Times

March 12 While watching the news from Japan today I sketched out a few ideas.  I sent them over to Aviva Michaelov at...

New Times cover

March 8 I got this cover assignment from Pam Shavalier at the Miami New times.   The story revolves around a local...

Cover for The New Republic

March 4 I was asked by Joe Heroun at The New Republic to work on a cover for the latest issue of The New...

ESPN Fiction Issue

March 1 I got a call from Siung Tija at ESPN to come up with a cover image for their Fiction Issue, which consists of...

Gaddafi for Newsweek

February 28 This Gaddafi portrait is a full page illustration for this week's Newsweek magazine.  Thanks to Leah...

In the Galleries

February 24 I have a number of paintings that art part of a group show in NYC, the gallery is at 175 7th Avenue at 20th street,...

Cute Puppies

February 14

Cairo

February 11 I've been constantly following the news coming out of Egypt and making images as I think of them, here are a...

Animation Series

February 5 Last week I was asked to create a series of 4 short animations for the Winter Arts Guide of the Boston...

work in SI Show and lecture

February 2 My recent lecture at the Society of Illustrators has been posted online, you can check it out...

Egypt, for The New York Times

January 29 While the protests were happening in Egypt yesterday I sent this idea over to The New York Times, they ran it in the...

EGYPT sketchbook

January 28 About 11 years ago I went on a trip throughout Egypt, I was 28 at the time.  I started off in Cairo, then took...

China Reform Covers

January 20 This is a new set of covers for China Reform magazine, published in Beijing.   I've been doing a...

Op-Ed on Arizona shootings

January 11 Like many of you I spent much of the weekend following the news regarding the shootings in Arizona.  ...

Lecture at SI on 1/19

January 5 I've been invited to give a lecture at the Society of Illustrators in NYC, the details are below.  The...

Work selected for SI 53 Sequential and Uncommissioned Exhibit

January 5 This is my work that was selected for the Society of Illustrators Sequential and Uncommissioned...

Der Spiegel cover

January 3 I was commissioned be Stefan Kiefer at Der Spiegel to create a cover for this week's issue.   They had...