Just when Scott Brundage thought he could relax and settle into a nice, two-week deadline for a lovely cover of Library Journal, the phone started ringing… “With two days left to work up the final, I had to throw my relaxed pace out the window to jump into an overnighter for the Wall Street Journal,” says Scott.

WSJ's illustration was on the decreasing interest in baseball among America's youth; Scott’s goal was to show that progressive detachment through several generations.

Admitting to being what some would call ‘indoorsy’ as a child, Scott had to do a fair amount of research about various sports equipment, uniforms, and heroes that would end up on posters.  “50s/70's/90's/00's.  None of the above had a part in my own childhood.”

The finished illo was well worth an all-nighter (or two, counting the one he needed to finish the Library Journal piece on time.) “I'm pretty stoked on how it turned out. Even better, it printed in full color (a gamble at WSJ) and by far the largest piece I've had in their paper.”