Postcard for Jill Calder. I know, it’s too easy. No reason to do more than show the work.
cupcakes, with Jill Calder.
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new work for friend and johnson
8 pages of the latest work from f+j artists. Printed on newspapery stock, by Range Printing. Nice size, 7 x 10. If you don’t see it in your mail you can view online at ISSUU. Great place to make flip books. Writers: Jo Marshall and Stephanie Wolf.
going to battle, ‘bots and spider spam!
LOL! was so excited to see that I was getting about 20 comments a day. Come to find out the robot spammers and spiders were onto me. Thick as thieves. Oh well. Now I have the Akismet spammer guard activated. No more spam. No more comments. Who are these spammers, and what do they want???? Stupid.
Where do old art directors go?
I was asked this question. Of course just being asked, like I should know! gave me pause. Also inspired me to create this book. To prove to myself that I could continue my love of design and art without a client or creative brief.
Because I love Halloween.
…once a hotdog, always a hotdog. I know, it’s ridiculous! happy halloween.
The smartest guy on facebook.
No, I did not design this cover, nor did I come up with the in-your-face title.
My son, Nik Kosmas, helped with the translation. And sent the book my way. Very interesting window into the everyday thoughts of a man trying to live in the midst of the Syrian conflicts.
Bird in hand prompts pattern play.
Nicholas Marshall‘s photo, so graphic and cool, inspired me to play with possible background treatments, post photo shoot. For the version above I cut and pasted floral shapes onto a 16×20″ print using stock from Paper Source. Below, my favorite, I knocked out the background in Photoshop and filled in with graphics from Pepin Press.
winter is coming, pumpkins are here, now.
I’m a bit sad about that. But in the meantime I draw and photograph my pumpkins.
I fell in love with a lunchbox.
Tripped over it at Paper Source. Bought a few.
Then went back to the studio and wondered “what can I do with this?”
My client Friend and Johnson reps a boatload of uber talented photographers and illustrators, many of whom work with food. Well, what better way to send images of food to jaded art buyers and art directors then packed in wax paper in a lunchbox. At least a lunchbox breaks through the clutter of a thousand postcards. Writer Jo Marshall jumped on board. Our first lunchbox was to Mpls agency MONO. They had just landed the Target grocery business.
24 delicious images in all… thank you Charles Shotwell, Kathryn Barnard.
Can a photo capture crazy?
ah, Ewan’s photos are so spirited! Writer Jo Marshall and I were delighted to add this one to his man-of-action campaign as an eblast. Jo landed on the perfect subject line. Capturing crazy is what this photographer does best.