Daniel Hertzberg

Daniel is an illustrator, a graphic designer, an adjunct professor at Montclair State University and an avid hockey player. He was awarded a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators in New York and has received awards and recognition from American Illustration, Communication Arts, 3×3, Creative Quarterly, and the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles.

His past editorial clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Time, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian and The Wall Street Journal. He has also done work for clients such as Bank of America, Major League Baseball, Wendy’s and Taco Bell.

When I meet veterans and ask them about their tours of duty, none of them want to talk about it. Not a single one, even after buying them a few rounds at the bar. I can’t even imagine what veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan may have experienced. I only know from what I’ve seen on the big screen. To experience those things in real life is something else. I wanted to illustrate the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan abstractly, like a giant sand storm of color and energy, but with our soldiers moving towards it bravely, truly not knowing what lies ahead of them.