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Financial Post: Flocking To Safety

7 Sep

Flocking To Safety(Black and White)
Financial Post

This was an quick B&W illustration I did last Saturday for the Financial Post (Around 3-4hrs). The Investing Feature was about investors flocking to bonds and safe investments over economic uncertainty. However with many of these investments, the returns are very low.

I had the idea of birds flocking South to avoid the harshness of winter. However when they reached South all they were met with was a crowded bird filled island. A small risk with little reward.


Here is another illustration I made especially for Fan Expo.



If anyones still interested in (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

I Am The LAW!!: Canadian Lawyer

3 Sep

Equals
Canadian Lawyer

Hello Blogiverseee!!! Last two weeks have been crazy busy, preparing and being at Fan Expo. BUT! I'm back with a piece done for Canadian Lawyer.

Equals: ODR's (Online Dispute Resolution) have become a new and common solution to settle disputes. Many people prefer settling small claims online, rather than going through the process of attending a courtroom and seeing a judge. In that sense the computer has made itself equal to the judges role. Don't tell that to Judge Dredd though.

Also I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who stopped by at (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

I Am The LAW!!: Canadian Lawyer

3 Sep

Equals
Canadian Lawyer

Hello Blogiverseee!!! Last two weeks have been crazy busy, preparing and being at Fan Expo. BUT! I'm back with a piece done for Canadian Lawyer.

Equals: ODR's (Online Dispute Resolution) have become a new and common solution to settle disputes. Many people prefer settling small claims online, rather than going through the process of attending a courtroom and seeing a judge. In that sense the computer has made itself equal to the judges role. Don't tell that to Judge Dredd though.

Also I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who stopped by at (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

Rypple: Funny Friday’s

15 Aug


Heeeeyy youuu guyyyyysss, wheeeress the chocoolaa...ok i'll stop it right there. Here is a recent comic that I finished for Rypple; they are a company who specializes in helping companies inspire, motivate and give meaningful feedback to their employees. They commissioned me to illustrate a comic this Friday for their blog! The premise is the "What not to do's" for company performance reviews.

Fan Expo's coming up! I'll have a table with fellow friend and Starcraft master Simon Kim and will be also near the Daigo Umehara of illustration Yuta Onoda! Not exactly sure where I will be but (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

Rypple: Funny Friday’s

15 Aug


Heeeeyy youuu guyyyyysss, wheeeress the chocoolaa...ok i'll stop it right there. Here is a recent comic that I finished for Rypple; they are a company who specializes in helping companies inspire, motivate and give meaningful feedback to their employees. They commissioned me to illustrate a comic this Friday for their blog! The premise is the "What not to do's" for company performance reviews.

Fan Expo's coming up! I'll have a table with fellow friend and Starcraft master Simon Kim and will be also near the Daigo Umehara of illustration Yuta Onoda! Not exactly sure where I will be but (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

Rypple: Funny Friday’s

15 Aug


Heeeeyy youuu guyyyyysss, wheeeress the chocoolaa...ok i'll stop it right there. Here is a recent comic that I finished for Rypple; they are a company who specializes in helping companies inspire, motivate and give meaningful feedback to their employees. They commissioned me to illustrate a comic this Friday for their blog! The premise is the "What not to do's" for company performance reviews.

Fan Expo's coming up! I'll have a table with fellow friend and Starcraft master Simon Kim and will be also near the Daigo Umehara of illustration Yuta Onoda! Not exactly sure where I will be but (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

Financial Post TWO’FER : Telecom Giants On The Run / Investing In Defense

2 Aug

Telecom Giants On The Run
Financial Post

Hey errrrr'body (yes I'm hip hop like that, I'm "down" with it) Here is two illustrations I did for the Financial Post Investing Feature. The Telecom illustration was done two weeks ago and the Defense illus was done last week!

Telecom Giants On The Run: Shaw, Videotron and little mobile startups are nipping at the heels of the big three Telecom companies: Rogers, Telus and Bell.They are moving in on their cable turf and are likely to move in on wireless in quarters to come.

Investing In Defense
Financial Post

Investing In Defense: (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

Financial Post TWO’FER : Telecom Giants On The Run / Investing In Defense

2 Aug

Telecom Giants On The Run
Financial Post

Hey errrrr'body (yes I'm hip hop like that, I'm "down" with it) Here is two illustrations I did for the Financial Post Investing Feature. The Telecom illustration was done two weeks ago and the Defense illus was done last week!

Telecom Giants On The Run: Shaw, Videotron and little mobile startups are nipping at the heels of the big three Telecom companies: Rogers, Telus and Bell.They are moving in on their cable turf and are likely to move in on wireless in quarters to come.

Investing In Defense
Financial Post

Investing In Defense: (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

Financial Post TWO’FER : Telecom Giants On The Run / Investing In Defense

2 Aug

Telecom Giants On The Run
Financial Post

Hey errrrr'body (yes I'm hip hop like that, I'm "down" with it) Here is two illustrations I did for the Financial Post Investing Feature. The Telecom illustration was done two weeks ago and the Defense illus was done last week!

Telecom Giants On The Run: Shaw, Videotron and little mobile startups are nipping at the heels of the big three Telecom companies: Rogers, Telus and Bell.They are moving in on their cable turf and are likely to move in on wireless in quarters to come.

Investing In Defense
Financial Post

Investing In Defense: (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

Financial Post: Sitting On A Stockpile

18 Jul

Sitting On A Stockpile
Financial Post

Investing Feature: This weeks investing feature focus' on how corporations are sitting on and hoarding growing piles of cash for themselves. Also, because of the unpredictability of the market right now, they are waiting for certain economic conditions to deploy it. The catch is that this money is not being used for anything productive, its just sitting there.

After a long hiatus I'm back to illustrating the investing features!!! Woo!! Vuvuzela time!! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I was really excited to get back at it and wanted to combine some things that were working well with the (Read more...)

Posted by: JuanCarlos, Juan Solon's Blog

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