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May 16, 2014
My Middle School Book Gets a New Cover (and Title)
The book I illustrated last year has a new cover and title. It’s now called Middle School: Big, Fat Liar. Check it out!
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April 23, 2014
Discount on my Interior Book Design Class
Get 50% off my new Skillshare class, Book Design Basics: Styling Novel Interiors, for the next 7 days! Use promo code “BASELINE”!
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April 21, 2014
Girl on a Wire
Since the author just did her cover reveal, I’m free to finally show you guys the cover I drew and designed for Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond, published by Amazon’s Skyscape imprint! The book comes out on October 1st and was super fun to illustrate!
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April 18, 2014
Skillshare class – Book Design Basics: Styling Novel Interiors
I’m psyched to announce my new Skillshare class, Book Design Basics: Styling Novel Interiors! In this class, I teach you how to design a novel interior starting from a simple Word document and turning it into a fully designed book, ready for print or e-devices. Whether you’re just starting out and want to design your own self-published book and don’t know how, or you’re a professional artist/designer who wants some guidance on best practices for creating interiors using InDesign the right way, this is the class for you. And many of the lessons also apply towards other kinds of book design like picture books or poetry books, if you’re interested in that! So, please, check it out and spread the word!
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March 14, 2014
The Witch’s Boy
A new cover I art directed for Algonquin books. Illustrated and lettered by Jon Klassen.
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February 20, 2014
The Rookie Bookie
Here’s a new cover I illustrated and designed for Little, Brown for the novel, The Rookie Bookie. This one was particularly fun because I got to play with some cool textures in the typography and had a blast combining my art with photographic elements. Little, Brown liked the cover direction so much, they commissioned me to also do illustrations for each of the chapters inside the book. I’ll post a few of those at a later date!
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February 13, 2014
A Creature of Moonlight: New Type
Hey, didn’t realize they did some hand-lettering for A Creature of Moonlight before it went to press! So much cooler than the old version!
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February 7, 2014
Rags & Bones Accepted into TDC’s Communication Design Competition!
Just got news that the book, Rags & Bones, that I art directed and designed for Little, Brown got a Certificate of Typographic Excellence from TDC’s Communication Design Competition! And, of course, huge props to Grady McFerrin who did the illustrations/hand-lettering! Here’s what the full jacket looks like:
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January 28, 2014
Business of Illustration
Ten years ago, I started teaching a Professional Practices class for illustrators at Parsons the New School for Design. Since then, I’ve had many graduates come up to me, wishing they could repeat my course now that they’re out of school and actually living what I was talking about. Today, I’m launching a weekly blog, Business of Illustration, dedicated to those things. Add it to your reading list!
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January 10, 2014
My Zombie Hamster
A quick zombie hamster illustration I did for Egmont USA. Below is how the designer used the final art:
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