Burglary Boom for The Stranger

Here's a creepy one for The Seattle Stranger, about the rising number of burglaries in King County. Here's link the the full story. Thanks to AD Aaron Huffman who also supplied the idea. (Click to enlarge)

"Crowd" for the Wall Street Journal

This one is in today's Wall Street Journal. Using online and social networking tools, small businesses are pulling their customers into the decision-making process of their companies. This way, they hope to create products that are catering better to the customers' needs. You can read the entire article here. Many thanks to Art Director Orlie Kraus!

CD Design

Every once in a while I get to use the old designer chops, and it always feels very special to me. After all, that's what I originally went to school for.

Faith Gibson is an American Jazz Singer currently living in Germany, and I had the pleasure to design and illustrate her new CD, Big Moon. You can find out more about Faith and her music on her website.

SYNCOPATED in stores

Syncopated is a beautifully edited Anthology of Non-Fiction Picto Essays featuring some really cool people, I'm very fortunate to be a part of this book. Editor Brendan Burford originally self-published 3 volumes, before it got picked up by Random House / Villard and this volume is sort of a relaunch, but also a seemless continuation. It is much thicker than all other previous issues though, and has a number of great new contributors. As you can see above and below, my humble contribution is about Coney Island.

The book has already received a *Starred Review from Booklist, and another great review from Publishers Weekly.

You can order Syncopated here and also read some of the reviews. Of course you can also ask for it at any book store, they should be able to order it if it's not in stock.

200 Posts!

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everybody who drops by every once in a while to check out what I'm up to. Today is already my 200th blogspot post, whoah! I hope that you've been enjoying this online diary of mine, and that you'll enjoy the next 100 just as much!

Metal Man Review

Here is a very nice review in the Bureau County Republican:

"Metal Man" is not just any welder. He's a metal sculptor, creating art from junk. Devon loves to watch him work, although Metal Man won't let him come too close. "That torch'll tear you up like a thousand killer bees," he warns. Then, one sizzling summer day, he says something different: "Whaddya wanna make?" Devon reaches deep inside and draws out the image in his head for Metal Man. "I want to live in a star," he says, and from Devon's imaginative description a beautifully crafted Star-House grows under the sculptor's skillful fingers. Beautifully crafted, too, is the text of this rare picture book: each perfect word in the perfect order. Masterful mixed-media illustrations show color and action but also suggest heat, light, and even the texture of metal, fabric, and concrete. Together text and art add up to a picture book that's a pleasure to look at, a joy to read.

Kreditklemme

This is for the Swiss Magazine Die Weltwoche. The writer tries to deconstruct sentiments towards the credit crunch and explains why in his opinion there is no such thing. Many thanks to Picture Editor Catharina Hanreich!

3x3 Illustration Competition

I forgot to mention, my Winter piece received another fun recognition, it was selected into the 3x3 Illustration Annual! Thanks to publisher Charles Hively and all the judges, very much looking forward to seeing the book.