Now this is the kind of fun I’m talking about! Today marks my first collaboration with lettering artist and graphic designer Mark Serrano of Toronto. Both Mark and I are NBA Creator alumni, we found each other online through the program, and quickly realized this was the collaboration meant to be. We wanted to combine both our signature styles into an epic portrait of our favourite basketball player. While we could have chosen any of the greatest like Air Jordan, Black Mamba, Magic, The Answer, but I think it was more than obvious Vinsanity Vince Carter was our ONLY CHOICE as two native Torontonians.
Big shout out to the homie Mark Serrano for lending his emmence talent to this piece. His custom typography frames Vince’s portrait perfectly, and just SHOUTS greatness. Check out Mark’s Behind the Scenes shots on his half of amazing here. Thank you Mark!
This right here is BIG NEWS! I am ecstatic to announce my latest career milestone client is none other than the NBA and Microsoft Canada! Thank you Jesus! Throughout the year, I will be working with NBA Canada through the NBA Creators Program, to design four new illustrations inspired by the 2024 NBA Season, using the technology behind the Microsoft Surface.
The inaugural piece below is a stylish event poster highlighting the Golden State Warriors homecoming game against the Dallas Mavericks. Golden State’s last match up didn’t go to well against the Mavericks, so I thought to design a hype poster for their anticipated rematch (spoiler warning, Golden State won that night, and I’m sure it was all thanks to my poster of course LOL!).
HUGE THANK YOU to NBA Canada for extending this incredible opportunity to me. I am truly honoured to be apart of this experience, it has been a dream of mine to design sports illustration, and I could not be more grateful to my Heavenly Father for the gifts, talents, and abilities He has blessed me with, and for the out pouring of love and support from my family, friends, and fellow illustrators whom I share this community with. Thank you all so very much ❤️
2023 marks the first time in my career my work has been published in print! This may seem like an ordinary accomplishment for an illustrator, but in a digital age, this is quite the treat to see my work carefully bound together in St. Louis Magazine, and is now sitting on shelves! Click here to read about the extraordinary women I had the honour to draw portraits for who make St. Louis great.
I had the delight and absolute pleasure of sitting down with the kind folks at CanvasRebel for my first online interview! CanvasRebel pride themselves on creating a space for artists, creatives and entrepreneurs to learn from their peers through the power of storytelling. Click here to read a fun and quirky story on how I began my creative journey from grade school obsession to full-time career!
It’s official. Sam Singh is finally PUBLISHED! Thanks to my good friend Charmaine Cooper (aka The Skin Theologian), my work is now a published work of art in Charmaine’s third book The No Compromise Black Skin Care Guide: The Gender and Teen Equity Edition. Our collab includes a NEW cover design + a series of 5 powerful, black and white illustrations outlining the top skin care concerns for black men and teenagers. Click the links below for a closer look.
Uncover every last detail that went into Charmaine’s new book cover design. See each curl, molecule, and eyelash up close and personal.
Get a closer look at each of the 5 illustrations featured inside the book. There are a lot of details to unpack in each illustration.
BIG THANK YOU to the team at Wacom Canada and Annex Pro for the blessed opportunity to work along side the best known and reliable tablet company in the industry. Our collab includes my series of blog posts, pro tips and tricks, drawing tutorials on YouTube and more. Click the links below to see each post!
First collab post with Wacom Canada on my creative decision to transition from the Wacom Bamboo to a Cintiq 16.
Next collab post with Wacom Canada on my Top 5 tips to optimize your creative output when using a Wacom Tablet and Adobe Photoshop.
Final collab post with Wacom Canada on my top pro tips for getting more from your Wacom Tablet when using it with Adobe Illustrator.