BOOK DESIGN: The Toughest Man Alive Jacket
Book Jacket design for “The Toughest Man Alive” by “Judo” Gene LeBell
WEB SITE: Cyber Remix for Peace Project
This project concluded and this site was taken offline.
TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATION: Graphs and Charts
They’re not very exciting, but they serve their purpose. And they define themselves by their accuracy.
TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATION: Maps & Social Studies
For 4 years, I have worked part time for a major K-12 standardized test prep and curriculum material provider as a technical illustrator mostly working on math and science. When I receive social studies specs, I get excited. Here are some maps and other social studies pieces that I’ve worked on.
EVENT FLYER: Big Banana Burlesque
Burlesque seems to be the new(ish), hip thing for the ladies these days. Complete with comedy, music, and chicks that aren’t anorexic thin, burlesque has held on to its retro roots and aesthetics and my flyers for this event, held in NYC, attempts to capture that feel, provide information for the event, and keep it all readable while drawing you to see the show.
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EVENT FLYER: Little Banana Burlesque
This flyer, for the same burlesque troupe as Big Banana keeps with the retro feel and banananess of the Big Banana flyers.
flyer front
flyer back
PICTURE RESEARCH: Animal Friends Series (Fog City Press)
Much like the Snapshot Picture Library series, this series of children’s books was produced to a tight budget. I selected 60 images per title that I worked on and editors culled from there.
PICTURE RESEARCH: Snapshot Picture Library Series (Fog City Press)
Working with Weldon-Owen and Fog City Press, I selected images that suited each title that I worked on. We were under very strict budget constraints, as Fog City Press publishes bargain books for sale through Barnes & Noble and other booksellers.
Weldon-Owen’s Snapshot Picture Library Page
This series produced both coffee table style hardcover books and corresponding baby’s board books using the same images but different text geared to the small child.
BOOK COVER DESIGN & PRODUCTION: INsiders Series (Simon & Schuster/Weldon-Owen)
I came onto this project after the first few books were designed and produced and they needed someone who was a designer, but who also knew print and how printing really happens. Oceans was the first book that I worked on. The cover design was complete, but I jumped on for the production work. This series is a printing extravaganza, featuring 3 levels of sculptural emboss, 2 different varnishes, and a foil underlay! After Oceans, I put together the cover designs for Human Body, Predators, Insects & Spiders, Volcanoes & Earthquakes, Sharks, and Knights & Castles under Weldon-Owen Art Director Kelly Booth and Creative Director Gaye Allen. The series is geared towards the tween market and is printed on paper over board. Paperback versions intended for school use only were also produced (by me) and printed, but without varnish and foil underlays. (Inline links will take you to simon & schuster’s book description pages.)
WEB SITE: Wedding Invitation
Mark and Stephanie decided that too much paper and waste goes into ordinary wedding invitations. Neither of them are ordinary, both of them are environmentally conscious, and they decided on a paperless invitation for their pirate-themed wedding.
BOOK DESIGN: Unix Textbook
On this project I designed the chapter-style pages of this Guide to Unix & Linux, creating each instance of text and figure styling as the author completed each chapter, working in Adobe InDesign. I also did all of its technical illustration.
Click here to download a sample chapter featuring all design elements and formatting styles. (pdf, 3.3 mbs)
Sample Illustrations:
WEB SITE: Funeral Agency
Funeral Agency was a cassette tape-only distro out of San Francisco specializing in misanthropic black metal and ugliness. The web site is now offline.
WINE LABEL: Nina & Will’s Wedding
Their romance was noir detective themed and so were the labels for the wine served at their wedding.
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- red and white
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- bottle closeup
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- the image was also featured on the wedding program
SAVE THE DATE CARD: Stephanie & Mark’s Pirate-Themed Wedding
A postcard to announce the date of Mark & Stephanie’s wedding and to let guests know of their intention to have paperless wedding invitations.
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postcard back
EVENT FLYER: Brass Tacks’ Office Warming Party
Following with their retro look and feel, we went with the pulp novel thing for the invitation to the Brass Tacks office warming party.
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