Archive for the ‘News’ Category
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CP1D – Now with 100% more t-shirt.
Don’t forget to swing by Brittlebank Park this Sunday for the Charleston Peace One Day Festival. In addition to the posters you see below, they’ll be peddling the shirts you see above. Fresh from the printer, the CP1D logo is screened on American Apparel, available in both women’s and men’s styles. Another way to give to a worthy cause.
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Norococo glow.
A few weeks ago I was contacted by a curious Sophorn from Norococo, who was wondering how the Shine graphics got their shine. I was happy to share my secrets and ended up getting a nice little shout here.
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Uppercase: Issue 1
My first issue of Uppercase magazine arrived in the mail yesterday from Calgary, and I have to say it’s definitely the prettiest piece of printed matter I’ve had my hands on in a while. I couldn’t tell you what any of the content is about yet, but I can’t wait to crack a Stella and dive into this thing. From their site…
We’re inquisitive: learning from other artists, illustrators, designers, photographers, filmmakers and musicians, whether
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Bridgepine.
Once a year I head up to Ohio to reconnect with college friends and drop by old haunts. It’s always a blast, but this past trip scored a few bonus points when buddypal Drue (of Farmbarn Art Co. fame) and I swung by his parents’ new Frank Lloyd Wright crib. The place is sort of unassuming at first glance, but walking through the front door feels cozier than a rainy Sunday afternoon…
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Fresh.
Communication Arts selected me for their Fresh section, highlighting “innovative work by people, firms and agencies working professionally for approximately five years.” Goodness gracious!
*Jay high fives with self*
Give ‘er a look here.
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Really?!
I just received notification that this illustration was selected for the 2008 Communication Arts Illustration Annual! To say that I’m excited would be a bit of an understatement.
The most prestigious competition for creativity in illustration, the annual Communication Arts Illustration Competition. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and illustrators, the winning entries will be published in the 2008 Illustration Annual. Over 70,000 copies of the Illustration
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Papyrus is a greater threat than Osama Bin Laden.*
Usually I’m not one to comment or care, but what the heck is with the proliferation of this typeface? I see it plastered across something new almost every single day. Menus, storefronts, miniature shopping bags from those boutiques where girls buy scrunchies. (Scrunchies are still in style, right?) My point is, would somebody please wrap this font in gauze, seal it in a sarcophagus and bury it in the desert?
Now don’t get me wrong…