monday, november 14th, 2011
I found myself compelled over the last couple weeks to put together a fresh set of visual ideas, the origins of which are only slightly less confounding to me now than they were at the start of the process. Note the decidedly minimal use of red, the almost complete rejection of technology (except for a single moment of weakness in the last piece), and the abandonment of my usual urban whatever. How this new direction will manifest itself in the future remains an open question, but I felt it was time to stir the blood a little.
Check out The Properties of Identity.
thursday, april 28th, 2011
In a random fit of pseudo-inspiration last night, I extrapolated a visual idea from the 2011 reprise of Drambuie's The Premise campaign and got this: Inside the Edge. Eight new pieces of hyperabstracted design that pit a cross section of the ocean's surface against a number of shapes, figures and other such things, blah blah blah. You know the drill. Enjoy!
Oh and yes, I admit it—I've clearly incorporated some shadowy blues into my palette this time around, but don't think for a second that this somehow constitutes a violation of my lifelong* adherence to red. I've seen a lot of comments about the so-called "new direction" of this particular series, but I assure you that my chromatic sensibilities remain largely unaltered. Let it be known that I consider any assertion to the contrary to be the lowest form of slander or libel. Whichever one applies here.
Slanbel. Yes. That'll do nicely.
*Probably not lifelong.
thursday, april 28th, 2011
I just updated my Client Work section with two new projects:
Album artwork for Encore, an up-and-coming R&B group out of England, and, at long last...
...my illustrations for Wired UK's article on the role played by smart gas meters in cyberwar. I still haven't managed to track down a physical copy of the issue, unfortunately.
thursday, december 30th, 2010
Gamma Proforma featured works from 12 different artists in its 2010 print series, ranging from lush watercolor and illustration to stark, abstract designs. I'd like to think I fit somewhere in between with "The Interview" from Urban Cartography II: The Metro which was selected for December.
500 copies of this print are currently on sale for £25.00 at A2 size (420mm x 594mm). As drama continues to plague the oft-delayed launch of the AMV Store, Gamma Proforma has kindly offered an alternative in the meantime. Enjoy!
See more photos of the prints here.
thursday, december 30th, 2010
Check out my illustration work for the Beer Wars article in the January 2011 issue of Playboy. This was my second project for these fine, upstanding people, and they've once again proven themselves as the coolest all-around clients in the design world. Also, I dunno if this was a one-time thing for the January issue or what, but the copy they sent me was full of naked chicks. So there's also that.
tuesday, november 16th, 2010
My copies of the coolest thing ever have finally arrived. Earlier this year, publisher Rowohlt Verlag asked if I'd be interested in letting them turn a few of my pieces into the cover art for the German translations three Jack Kerouac novels. Like, for real. I obviously gave them a very enthusiastic yes, and think the results came out quite well. You can see for yourself if you're near a bookstore in Germany, Switzerland or Austria, or if you happen to buy books from Amazon.
Check it out!
monday, october 11th, 2010
Check out my last series, Urban Cartography II: The Metro. Over a year after I originally attempted to map a disjointed world of typography interwoven with San Franciscan municipal flourish, I've returned to carry some of those ideas just slightly further. Hope you dig it!
monday, september 27th, 2010
I spent a good chunk of last year working on a series called Urban Cartography. It remains one of my most ambitious projects, but I always wanted to explore its ideas a little further. The above image is a preview of The Metro, a "sequel series" I'm starting up that puts a more layered, organic spin on my fascination with urban deconstruction.
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