Outside of New York, the project for which I am most widely known is my work on the TV drama MAD MEN (created by Matt Weiner) which included the visual elements of the viral avatar maker “Mad Men Yourself” on the AMC website, the 2010 book MAD MEN: The Illustrated World, and a large collection of illustrated moments from each of the seasons of the acclaimed 1960s-set AMC show. I have collected the images that I believe I am legally allowed to share as examples of my work for you to rifle through as you please.

 

The introduction I put on the online archive of illustration during the run of the show, now outdated—

I, Dyna Moe, am a New York* illustrator.

 Mad Men is a TV show.

I drew a weekly desktop wallpaper for every new episode for the first three seasons. AMC commissioned me to make some promo items after that, including the viral Mad Men Yourself app on their website. Show creator Matt Weiner has asked me to make an annual calendar for the cast & crew each season from 2008 on.

  • A related book “Mad Men: The Illustrated World” came out in the US, Canada, UK and Australia in 2010 (in Germany in 2011) – anything drawn for the book is not online, nor is the hilarious written content. It has been translated into German, Russian and Spanish for international editions.

    My first illustration was making actor Rich “Harry Crane” Sommer’s Christmas card to the cast and crew in 2007 (that’s during Season 1).

    I was a background extra on the show once but I got cut out.

    I am interviewed in a featurette on one of the DVD box sets. I was really tired when they shot it.

    I’m inspired by and emulating illustrators Aurelius Battaglia, Alice & Martin Provensen, Art Seiden and J. P. Miller (among others) who did illustration and commercial art during the era the show is set. (Check out Flickr groups Mid-Century Illustrated and Retro Kid to see the originals that blow my stuff out of the water)

    This artwork has been reported on by Marie Claire Italia, NBC, The Beast, BuzzFeed, New York Magazine, Jezebel, USA Today, the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, CNN.com, Merlin Mann, Laughing Squid, The Comics Journal, Kottke, Apartment Therapy, Drawn.ca, and bloggers all over the world. Thank you!

the highlights of the collection

 

paper dolls

 

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