One of several posters for Kilogram Tea and Intelligentsia’s coffee bars, this image features a matcha cortado.

Hold on tight and get ready for excitement at the annual “Chicago Summer Event”.

A rejected poster concept for Intelligentsia's 2017 Extraordinary Coffee Workshop in San Francisco.

Intelligentsia Coffee Halloween promotional retail poster.                     Ink and Ps, 2015

A poster for Unreal, an improv story telling showcase in Chicago.

Check it out here!

A couple of guys drinking coffee for an upcoming mug.

Pen + Ps, 2015

An Autumnal poster for Kilogram Tea, advertising the arrival of new pyramid teabags, including the incredibly popular Turmeric Tonic. 

Prismacolor marker + Micron, 2015

This was a poster and postcard for Intelligentsia's retail shops, advertising Intelligentsia's presence at Sundance 2015, which was sponsored in part by Acura. Did you spot the Acura logo?

Prismacolor marker + Micron, 2015

Awesome Chicago doom metal band Ghost Ape locked me in a dungeon and wouldn’t let me out until I made this for them. Hear their music here. Find out when to see them here.

This artwork was split into two labels for the two coffees that were used by Solemn Oath Brewery this year. It's a wizard duel!

Micron, 2015

This illustration for a hoodie (inspired by alchemical and arcane symbology, and themes found in Black Metal) is a reimagining of Intelligentsia's logo. The "eye" of the latte art in the original logo is seen here as a third eye in a skull, representing the desire to understand our world and transcend the corporeality of our being. Our intellect is born upward from the clutches of the natural cycle of the universe by the roots and branches of the coffee tree. These very forces that, by their nature, limit us while simultaneously also givingus freedom are here representing the wings of the original logo. The eye in the magic star is the center-piece, representing the knowledge we seek to obtain, the heights we strive for, our dreams. It is not the all-seeing-eye we see on US currency or in the alleged symbology of the Illuminati, a scornful demigod, looking down upon the ignorant, hoarding it's secrets, and floating unattainably above. Instead, it is the projection of our ultimate realizations, the only possible direction of our journey, and the spark that C. rubiaceae gives us through ingestion. 

White pen on black paper, 2015

The Intelligentsia team works incredibly hard to showcase the sweet flavors and aromas of the coffees they roast. As such, drinking their coffee black is the best way to experience these qualities. It's pretty much a religion.

White pen on black paper, 2015

It only makes sense that the Tibetan God of Time Beyond Death would enjoy the invigorating and revitalizing Turmeric Tonic from Kilogram Tea. Seriously, this stuff is amazing, and if you're ever in Chicago, make it a point to stop by the Intelligentsia in Wicker Park where you can try it as sparkling iced tea. It's trans-dimensional.

3 color screen print for Kilogram Tea. 

Celebrating darker holiday themes with Intelligentsia Coffee, 2014

This was a sketch I made in a state of delirium while fighting off sleep at my desk. Shortly thereafter, it was used for web ads, a store mini-poster and a beer cup at an event.

Ink illustration of C. arabica and hops for Good Beer Hunting's Uppers & Downers series of coffee and beer events, 2015.

A poster for the 2015 Intelligentsia Cup hanging in Intelligentsia Logan Square.

Prismacolor marker, 2015

Editorial image for Intelligentsia Coffee, 2014

Based on a FLW sculpture, this was a promotional illustration for the Café Inmaculada Reserve Collection from Colombia.

Ps + AI, 2014

Prismacolor marker + Micron, 2014

Ai, 2015

2013, illustrator

For the forthcoming Nine Tenants of Magic children's book. A collaboration with author Gabriel Feijoo. 

For the forthcoming Nine Tenants of Magic children's book. A collaboration with author Gabriel Feijoo. 

From the forthcoming book Liminalia: Somnium © Rob Patterson 2013, illustrator

From the forthcoming book Liminalia: Somnium © Rob Patterson 2013, illustrator

From the forthcoming book Liminalia © Rob Patterson 2013, ink

From the forthcoming book Liminalia © Rob Patterson 2013, gouache

From the forthcoming book Liminalia© Rob Patterson 2013, ink

from Liminalia © Rob Patterson 2013 (pencil)

From the forthcoming book Liminalia © Rob Patterson 2013, pencil

from Liminalia © Rob Patterson 2013 (ink) 

For Wide Awake 2011 (ink, photoshop)

2013, ink

20o3, pencil

2009, ink

Billboard for Sol Café, Rogers Park, Chicago 2013

Best of the South, Cartoonist issue, 2012 (ink)

Poster for The Black Tape 2011

Poster for The Black Tape 2011

Poster for The Black Tape 2011

Poster for The Black Tape 2011

Poster for The Black Tape 2011

2004 (Ink)

For Time Out Chicago April 3-9, 2008 (Ink)

(gouache on wood paper)

2009 (gouache)

Cover for a small book of illustrations by Rob Patterson, 2003 (gouache)

From a series of 12 illustrations for A Guitar For Janie book with Pedro the Lion 7"  ChapelleTNI / Suicide Squeeze Records 2000

Aspirin and water for TripleSpoke Brand Architects, ink & pencil

2012 (illustrator)

2012 (Illustrator)

For Wide Awake 2002, illustrator