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This was a study in applying two different styles to the same...

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:06:59 -0700

This was a study in applying two different styles to the same basic subject. Which do you prefer? I will keep mum, so as not to influence your decision.

Cover for Wherever I Lie Is Your Bed © 2009, Center for the Art...

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:03:00 -0700

A poster, or at least the online equivalent of a poster, for a...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:33:00 -0700

A poster, or at least the online equivalent of a poster, for a bicycle race/fundraiser. That’s right, no printed version will ever be created, amazing. A prelude the recipient blog’s eventual redesign, and a hopefully rad study in bike graphics as modified to a rectangular format. “Mission Mission” is custom lettering, a less brutish riff on the NY Post—like it?

The Asian Art Museum selected this thrillingly crashy for their,...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:16:00 -0700

The Asian Art Museum selected this thrillingly crashy for their, yes, Shanghai exhibition catalogue. Couldn’t be more thrilled. Take a look at the back cover and some interior pages here, and do note that the deco Chinese characters on the back were drawn (in Illustrator, necessarily) by yours truly.

Hey, this exhibition catalogue I designed the Asian Art Museum...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:12:00 -0700

Hey, this exhibition catalogue I designed the Asian Art Museum just showed up, hot off the presses. Most of the ink on the cover is mix of metallic gold and plain old black, and the result is rich and fantastic. Also, I might have finally figured out how to use Perpetua. Hurray to everyone for making this happen. Read more about it here.

T-shirt designs, being printed as this is being posted. They are...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:22:00 -0700

T-shirt designs, being printed as this is being posted. They are a tribute to San Francisco’s municipal transit system, and they’re pretty sincere. I was reluctant to get into t-shirts, for various reasons both valid and not, but hey, here goes. I’m not sure how I’m going to sell these. Got any innovative distribution strategies?

Oh, and custom type, drawn by me, blush.

A book of advisory verse from a lovely hypnotherapist. Drew the...

Sat, 30 May 2009 14:12:00 -0700

A book of advisory verse from a lovely hypnotherapist. Drew the tree, and it came out pretty alright. There is an explanation for why it’s upside-down, but this isn’t the place for it. Better: it’s tiny! Only 3.5 by 5 inches! Some interior spreads:

A dream project. Beautiful photographs, beautiful clients. A...

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:10:00 -0800

A dream project. Beautiful photographs, beautiful clients. A nice give-and-take the whole way through. They even went for a varnish-only half-title. The book came out wonderfully and you should go buy it.

Oh, hey! They talked about this book on NPR. Why not have a listen? Mr. Arndt is such a nice guy. Man.

Stanford accepted this. I couldn’t be more pleased.

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:43:00 -0800

Stanford accepted this. I couldn’t be more pleased.

Cover for Pocketful of Voices © 2008, Center for the Art of...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:36:00 -0800

Unselected book cover.

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:33:00 -0800

Unselected book cover.

Cover for Strange Harbors © 2008, Center for the Art of...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:26:00 -0800

Unselected book cover. A rough composition of one, anyhow.

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:22:00 -0800

Unselected book cover. A rough composition of one, anyhow.

Submission for a book cover, used in the distributor’s...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:15:00 -0800

Submission for a book cover, used in the distributor’s catalog but not on the actual book. Map is hand drawn and basically fantastical.

Unselected book cover. Hand drawn ship, hand drawn letters....

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:12:00 -0800

Unselected book cover. Hand drawn ship, hand drawn letters. Well, really the letters are salvaged from a different project, but that’s a different story.

Title card lettering for a friend’s movie. It was...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:06:00 -0800

Title card lettering for a friend’s movie. It was fundamentally inappropriate and he wound up doing it himself. It is for the best. Still, this is nice lettering. I got the chance to reuse it later on another rejected (but, paradoxically, well-received) project.

Custom lettering I made for purposes unknown. Anyone need to...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:04:00 -0800

Custom lettering I made for purposes unknown. Anyone need to call anything “Stinkpigeon”? You can have this. By the way, the “e” sucks hard.

This was a newsletter I coundn’t quite afford to print....

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:01:00 -0800

This was a newsletter I coundn’t quite afford to print. Custom type! Artwork by the talented Julie Crossman. Download it! Better yet: bankroll it.

This was somewhat controversial and somewhat beloved. In all...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:54:00 -0800

This was somewhat controversial and somewhat beloved. In all cases, it’s a good drawing. Toot toot. That’s my horn. It’s a postcard, by the way. You can have a bunch, free, just ask.

Apologies for the language. Do you think I should censor this? I mean, this is a family site and all.

Holy cow. Do you ever forget you made a thing? This was about a...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:52:00 -0800

Holy cow. Do you ever forget you made a thing? This was about a year ago. Wow. I have no excuse. Click here for the rest.