Sayings
Sayings Unabashedly hokey and corny, this cover title unapologetically says “ings.” Not once, but over and over. And in various formats and styles. Gee whiz, do you get it?
Expressions
Expressions Expressions as phrases. Expressions as visual interpretation. Expressions as facial gestures. OK, maybe that last one is just having a bit of fun rather than strictly adhering to the meaning of the book, but it forms a triple visual entendre all the same. The book is about design methods to express words—and having fun […]
Bugaboo Spray
Bugaboo Spray: Killing the Creative Blues The need for a creative outlet was one of the driving forces behind the inception of this book. Here the creative blues are personified as a pesky, nondescript bugaboo whose days are numbered. In typical Jackie Chan fashion, the violence is filtered through the lens of humor. This creates […]
Rose Colored Glasses
Rose-Colored (gl)Asses And Other Skewed Views One of the tenets of this book is to have fun. To be free of the inevitable frustrations that can arise when working with clients that see you as a scribe rather than an author. With this in mind I am able to look at things in any manner […]
Air Conditioned Igloo
Air-Conditioned Igloo I’m not a climate change denier. Eskimos have had 50 words for snow. Probably not as much need for all of them these days.
10 Pounds of Shit
10 Pounds of Shit in a 5 Pound Bag Information design is usually very serious. This saying is not. This saying does, however, lend itself well to being visualized in the manner of information design. Part of its charm lies in the irony of rendering such slang content in such a corporate way.
Gravity’s a Bitch
Gravity’s a Bitch Sure, you could show an image having to do with height—a building, a cliff, an airplane–and then show the view. Or, have the letters of the phrase tumble down the page. But that felt expected. Things inherently having nothing to do with gravity felt like a more interesting challenge. Using sequence to […]
The Early Bird
The Early Bird Gets the Worm A worm is typically long and skinny. But who says a worm has to only be a familiar “worm-like” length of long and skinny? Playing that thought out results in a ridiculous length of worm–maybe a tapeworm. But then the problem becomes what to do with it. Why not […]
The Good Guy
Everyone Thinks They’re the Good Guy The powerful duality of this expression lends itself perfectly to the behavioral nature of an ambigram. Flipping this piece upside down quickly reveals that the main illustrative word still reads “GOOD”, only this time the supporting image is black instead of white, and against a white backdrop rather than […]
Art Collage 02
Art Collage 2 Apparently I really enjoy collage as this is the second entry of its kind. Again, this was in pursuit of illustrating no particular phrase. Perhaps some tweaking can create retro-meaning. But isn’t that process backwards? Doesn’t the need precede the response? Is this allowed in graphic design? Non-traditional and unorthodox for sure, […]