Dear Comics,
Just because you CAN use a photoshop filter does not mean you should. As an example i took 5 min to change up the dress for Spider-Man Fever.
There are a ton of problems w the one i did, but reducing the amount of fonts and drop shadows and outerglows helps it read much better. With Chip Kidd, Tom Muller, Todd Klein, and Rian Hughes available, there isn't much of an excuse.
Comics have some great design going on. The recent Batwoman Elegy trade was gorgeous and had a ton of smart JH Williams III goodness happening. The problem is that Marvel and DC and countless other publishers are pumping out tons of other work that just seems to get slapped together which makes no sense because it doesn't help the cover art shine like it should.
Thankfully it seems the tide is turning, some of us just wish it would do so faster.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
FILTERED
Monday, November 8, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
THE WHEELS
working on a project for school for a hand drawn back to school ad. the issue is that i need to have 75% typography and this isn't there. can't wait to scrap this and start over.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
WHAT'S THIS?
was digging through my hard drive for portfolio work and found this. having trouble remembering what it was for, but i have to say, i would totally live there. didn't realize i was capable of doing stuff like this.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
THE PEN TOOL IS MIGHTIER
For my typography class we needed to choose a well known public figure and design a two page magazine spread using primarily type to tell a story about our chosen public figure.
Beck is of course well known and rather divisive, so this is what I have so far. 
Seems awfully on the nose, but he is I suppose.
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