"The Seven Deadly Sins" by Jack Tom

Artwork copyright © 2011Jack Tom.

Showcased above are "The Seven Deadly Sins" done in 2011 including a promotional self-standing display piece created for the series, a confessional booth with doors that open to an inside pocket. Envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth and wrath are illustrated by Jack Tom.

I first met Jack Tom around 1980 at McCall's magazine, he was art directing the monthly "Right Now" section. We were both West Coast transplants, he a native of San Francisco and I an Art Center/LA graduate. We had similar tastes (underground comics, Disney, Fillmore posters) and clicked immediately. I loved getting assignments from Jack because they always came on a silver platter. As an illustrator himself, he always provided great sketches to work from but never expected me to follow them exactly.

After McCall's Jack worked as a senior designer under the legendary Lou Dorfsman at CBS and later started Jack Tom Design in 1985. Literally a "Jack of all trades," not only is he an accomplished illustrator but produced a broad range of graphic designs for print and the Web including logos, identity systems, packaging, book designs, annual reports, promotional and marketing materials. Check out his Web page @ jacktom.com.

Jack Tom teaches graphic design, typography and illustration as an adjunct professor at the University of New Haven and a visiting professor at University of Syracuse, New York University and Fairfield University.

Leo Pando