Crime Beat
When I first moved to New York, I got a job with CBS News doing courtroom drawings some undercover work and also fieldwork. I was okay at quickly drawing having studied classical drawing and working at Disneyland drawing people in the park. I had to dress up like a pirate but that’s another story. So…
Limited edition hand-painted sneakers
Tom Christopher has partnered with Ikepod to produce an exclusive line of hand painted sneakers. Proudly handmade in Portugal, the first ever Sneaker designed and produced by a watchmaker. A very limited edition of 200 pairs only worldwide. Scarcity is luxury.
Linen Jacket shown at Karlsruhe
The model is wearing a linen jacket with artwork by Tom Christopher printed on the fabric.
IKEPOD Skateboard prototypes
These skateboards were made by Tom Christopher as prototypes for a campaign to produce skateboards under the Ikepod name. With the success of the watch brands bearing his artwork on the watch face, these designs would extend the brand to a younger audience.
IKEPOD Watch Series
Since its foundation in 1994, Ikepod has always been about design. Megastar designer Marc Newson was the key figure behind the design identity of Ikepod in the 1990s, which is still going strong despite the ups and downs of the brand (see below). Collaborations with artists have also proved lucrative and watches with dials designed…
Illusions Clothing Line
Tom Christopher's paintings are brought to life as the basis for a new line of apparel. Some of his unique canvasses have been used as the theme for a line of brilliantly-colored clothing that consumers are wearing. His work lends itself to the colorful patterns and themes of New York life.
Dorado Beach Resort & Club
Art prints available at Dorado Beach Resort & Club 500 Plantation Drive Suite 1, Dorado, PR 00646
BMW Art Car Series, prototype
Man Bites Dog Rene Magritte’s best-known work is called The Treachery of Images, but many viewers will probably recognize the droll surrealist masterpiece by another title, one that’s printed on the lower portion of the painting itself. Writ large, the words proclaim Ceci n’est pas une pipe. (“This is not a pipe.”) Since the oil…
New York Times Poster
From the Arthur O. Sultzberger collection, this painting was reproduced in subway stations in NYC.
Playwrights Horizons
Commission for Playwrights Horizons, 42nd St. NYC. Artwork for a poster and a notecard.
T-Shirt Design
Tom Christopher T-shirt designs shown on Comedy Central! Host of Comedy Central’s Tosh.O with a Tom Christopher T-Shirt from Urban Outfitters.
Threads for Thought
Tom Christopher T-shirt designs at Urban Outfitters. (left) "New York is Noir again" poster by Tom Christopher and LTProject.com. (right) The showroom/gallery presentation of Threads for Thought and Tom Christopher modern apparel designs. (below)
LA Times Magazine
Tom created this illustration for Los Angeles Times Magazine article about novelist Jack London's surfing the waves of Waikiki
Cow Parade
One New York art project involved placing statues of white, life-size cows all over manhattan, with different artists painting each one. Tom Christopher's cow was in Times Square.
LA Times Magazine Illustration
For an article about traveling to Bombay by writer Octavio Paz, Tom created this illustration to accompany the piece.
Trunk Show
An illustration to go with an article about the style of men's briefs, Tom created this work for LA Times magazine.
Reportage Assignments
Courtroom art, NBC News from 1979 Palimony trial. Lee Marvin finally noticed us drawing him and gave us the finger on the forehead scratching gesture then a cross eyed look as Michelle Triola described her "heroic efforts" holding a drunken Lee Marvin by his ankles as he tried to plunge out a 20th story window.…
Red Nude Illustration
This was an advertisement for China Seas. Commissioned by Inger McCabe Elliot. She founded the company and wrote books on Batik fabrics. She married Oz Elliot, editor at Newsweek. She was fluent in many languages and was a photo-journalist photographing Vietnam. I still get calls requesting the original of this painting.
MTA Poster
Commissioned for the MTA Arts in Transit program this poster appeared in subways and railcars over the metropolitan area.
SoHo Chic
SoHo Chic - For the New York Times, to celebrate this art and fashion district of New York.
Early Rock Poster
I did these for CBS Records while in art school. I was working at the LA Branch of CBS Records when all the A&R execs went to London for a convention of some sort. They were giddy upon returning saying one of them lost a bet. The bet went like this: A guy stood on…
Joe Torre Signs 4-foot Baseball
The New York Yankees and NYC & Co. commissioned this four foot baseball which is being autographed by New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, at an Atlanta Braves vs New York Yankees game in Turner Field. Tom Christopher's street scenes of cabs and new york streets adorn the baseball.
Harper’s Magazine Illustration
This was an assignment to illustrate an article for column called 'On the Couch', a look into human behavior around the ways we communicate, or don't, and wish we had.
Cover for the Brookings Institute
This cover appeared on the Fall 1997 Quarterly Review of the Brookings Institute to accompany an article on civil society and why it's important to any forward policy making externally or internally in the halls of power.
Psychology Today Cover
For the feature story of the magazine the July/August issue an essay about the pursuit of happiness and how to achieve it.
Boston Globe Illustration
In the late 90's there was a concern for rising violence in cities as white flight and bureaucratic stumbles had many residents concerned. This piece was for the Boston Globe's Health and Science page. A hunting knife was used as an object of potential violence to accompany a story dealing with the search for the…
