Mike Sudal
ILLUSTRATION & INFOGRAPHICS • 201.725.5990 • MIKESUDAL@GMAIL.COM
About
Mike Sudal is an award-winning artist with over 20 years of experience specializing in illustration, information graphics, and data visualization.
Mike is currently the Data Visualization Lead at Meta Legal, creating data visualizations, graphics, and visual stories to assist multiple departments involved in risk, compliance, and investigations. Prior to Meta, he was a Visual Editor at The Wall Street Journal, creating award-winning infographics and visuals for Features, Sports, and Special Reports across print, web, and mobile platforms. Before the Journal, Mike was an infographics artist at The Associated Press. He covered various top breaking news stories, including the wars in Afghanistan & Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and multiple Olympic Games.
Mike has been a contributing illustrator for Field & Stream magazine for the past 12 years, with his work appearing in over 75 issues. He strongly loves the outdoors and enjoys merging his talents and passions in his work.
He is based in the New York City area and resides on City Island.
Resume available upon request.
Recent Interviews:
Previous work: The Wall Street Journal; Associated Press; Asbury Park Press; St. Petersburg Times
Freelance (partial client list): Field & Stream; Saltwater Sportsman; Yeti; The Meat Eater; Men's Health; Scientific American; Car & Driver; Popular Mechanics; Popular Science; Outdoor Life; Tag Heuer; Red Lobster; Cabelas; Temple University; Giant Screen Films; AAA; Pfizer; Syngenta; Orvis; Duck's Unlimited; Weldon Owen Publishing; Nature Conservancy
Recent Awards:
Society of Illustrators
• Society of Illustrators 61st Exhibit, Best of Illustration for Books & Editorial: Manu Ginobili, The Eurostep
Malofiej International Infographic Awards
• Bronze Medal for Planned Coverage, Digital: Art of the Millisecond
Best of Society of News Design
• Information Graphics Award of Excellence: The Unmatched Skills of Shohei Ohtani
• Information Graphics Award of Excellence: Inside the Airport Rankings
• Bronze Medal for Olympics Line of Coverage, Digital: Art of the Millisecond
• Bronze Medal Informational Graphics, Organization, Digital: Art of the Millisecond
Video appearances: Fly Fishing Big Iowa Browns with Field & Stream
Hunting for River Monsters; Battling Massive Alligator Gar in the Trinity River, Texas
A mouth full of needle-like teeth. Incredible jaw pressure. The ability to spin on a dime and grab a leg. These are just some of the characteristics of the massive alligator gar that call Texas's muddy Trinity River home. But despite the false wrap these dinosaur-like creatures get as trash fish that attack humans and decimate gamefish populations , they are on of the most intense species an angler can tussle with in freshwater. Last May, host Joe Cermele and crew took a shot at these brutes, but thanks to the severe spring flooding in Texas, they came up empty. This September, Cermele and artist friend Mike Sudal rejoined young-gun guide Dawson Hefner for a no-holes-barred round two of redemption.
Giant Tennessee River Striped Bass