Bright Future on the Horizon: Appleby College Illustration

It was a thrill kicking off the year by helping Appleby College, near Toronto, tell the story of their arts program with this sunny cover illustration for their quarterly magazine.

The private secondary school prides itself on the wide range of skills that their arts education provides students as they step into life beyond the classroom.

I had the pleasure of working on this with the design agency Bhandari & Plater in Toronto.

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Choosing a Meaningful Direction

A colorful, just-completed illustration for the American Bar Association for an article about pro bono work.

The text focused on the importance of following one's own passions in order to provide meaningful experience as an advocate and focused on the direction three young lawyers have taken in their pro bono work and their careers.

Thanks to the advocates of illustration over at the ABA.
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This illustration is available for print, web, and other licensing uses and as individual art prints.
Inquiries & Commissions: Please contact sean@seankane.com. All rights reserved. Copyright Sean Kane.

Landing a Government Job: Editorial Illustration

A couple hundred thousand federal jobs will be created in the U.S. in the coming years, and I was asked by Black Enterprise magazine to illustrate the topic for their August issue.


The artwork ended up spread eagle, so to speak, across the layout — a patriotic theme teaming up with the idea of joining the public sector ranks.


This marks 10 years that I've had the opportunity to contribute to the magazine and work with their creative team. A big thanks to Mary and Terence!
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Inquiries & Commissions: Please contact sean@seankane.com. All rights reserved. © Sean Kane.

Ethical Dilemmas Visualized: Illustrations for Magazine Column

One of the great aspects of being an illustrator is exposure to a variety of subject matter and topics, and contributing to the Everyday Ethics column in The United Church Observer magazine is no exception.

Each month I am commissioned to come up with a conceptual illustration to accompany this feature, helping visualize an ethical dilemma at hand, typically a hypothetical one facing a church congregation or member.

Below are a few of the ethical questions I've tackled for the magazine and the resulting images.

Dilemma: Your church gym is a busy community focal point that helps keep local youngsters healthy and off the streets. But it badly needs refurbishing and your church has no money. A sporting goods merchant offers $10,000 but wants a small sign advertising his store displayed somewhere in the gym. Do you accept?

Dilemma: You are a minister and an outspoken opponent of gambling. After a community kitchen meal for the poor, you find a crumpled lottery ticket on the floor by the coat rack. Out of curiosity you check the numbers on the Internet and discover it’s a winner. What do you do?

Dilemma: A wealthy member of the congregation where you are a minister plans a gift that will sustain the church for many years. There’s a catch: he wants you to cancel Spirituality and Suds pub nights that are popular with young adults from the congregation and the community at large. Do you turn off the tap?

Dilemma: A colleague has gone on short-term disability following the flare-up of an old back injury. You are both in the running for the same promotion, one that you feel you deserve and one that you need so you can make ends meet. One day you spot your colleague zipping down the ski hill. What do you do?

A big thanks to the editors at UC Observer. More examples of illustrations helping to tell unique stories about events, products, and various topics can be seen in my portfolio.
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These illustrations are available for print, web, and other licensing uses and as individual art prints.
Reuse and assignment inquiries please contact: sean@seankane.com. All rights reserved. Copyright Sean Kane.

Hang on tight, it's getting stormy. Surviving the Recession artwork.

Recently painted for a Recession Survival Guide feature on how to keep your home, finances, and career above water during the current economic climate. Always a thrill to work with the art directors at Black Enterprise Magazine.


This illustration is available for print, web, and other licensing uses and as individual art prints.
Inquiries please contact: sean@seankane.com. All rights reserved. Copyright Sean Kane.

A New Hope for those with Mental Health Issues

The American Bar Association commissioned this piece for a feature story called "A New Hope". The article highlights efforts being made to address mental health issues in the legal profession and assist those needing help. Thanks to the ABA, great fans of illustration and my longest running client-relationship – 13 years already!

This illustration is available and can be customized for posters, institutional uses, print campaigns, web, and other licensing uses and as individual art prints.
Inquiries please contact: sean@seankane.com. All rights reserved. Copyright Sean Kane.

Good Vibrations. Sound waves become energy (thermoacoustics).

New green technologies will turn heat into a sound wave which triggers an electric element to become voltage, a process known as thermoacoustics. Sounds complicated! Look for the artwork in the latest issue of the eco-awareness magazine called Checkerspot. (Subscriptions are free in Canada, by the way).

Thanks to the Canadian Wildlife Federation and their excellent designer for art direction on this one.

This illustration is available for print, web, and other licensing uses and as individual art prints.
Inquiries please contact: sean@seankane.com. All rights reserved. Copyright Sean Kane.

Rolling Through Retail Medicine

Thanks to the American Academy of Family Physicians for commissioning cover artwork for their flagship publication, Family Practice Management. Interesting article about where medical services and medical clinics are popping up these days and the quick churn of customers at health care centers located in retail stores.



This illustration is available for print, web, and other licensing uses and as individual art prints.
Inquiries please contact: sean@seankane.com. All rights reserved. Copyright Sean Kane.