Latest Work

Mike & Ann

Been super busy, but was able to get this done before Christmas. Work for my Aunt & Uncle.


All the paper came from a few sheets of the "Perhaps" line by Basic Grey. More detail on my Flickr stream...

Brittney Lee

Brittney Lee
A talented illustrator/ animator, Brittney Lee has really zeroed in on the adorable princess moments that Disney is so well known for, that's why they hired her. Her papercuts have the same feel of her illustrations, but with so much more depth from the layering, paper sculpting, and color schemes that flow perfectly. A little girly, a little bubbly & fluffy, but the talent can't be denied.

Kevin Tong

Kevin Tong
Mr. Tong has a good amount of band posters on his site, and they are truly astounding. But don't miss his other work. Most notably his t-shirt illustrations, as well as his collection of posters for Chuck Palahniuk novels like Fight Club, Rant, and Invisible Monsters. Awesome awesome awesome.

Latest Work

So my son was born last week, and I've been working on some nice baby announcements for the occasion. Did you know a letterpress run of 50 or so cards could easily run you over $400? Yeesh.
Cute paper with hand cut designs. Hate pointing things out, but the "logo" is a catcher's mitt, Cooper Black as unifying font.

Latest Piece

Dawn of the Superbike

9 x 14 x 1/2 in

Hand cut paper illustration. Scanned before framing.

Gadelshin Timur Azatovich

Azotovich



Azotovich has only a few pieces on his flickr site, but they are truly phenomenal. His papercraft- which he coins "Aogami"- combines an attention to details like individual blades of grass and miniscule flower petals, is given depth by the perfect folds and creases he produces, and is wrapped in nice color schemes that capture traditional Japanese woodcuts and scenery.

Hatch Show Prints

Just caught this. "Preservation through Production."

Cream City Brick

I took Greenfield and National from Highway 100 to 1st street the other day, and drove by La Perla on 5th. I've never eaten there, but I must have driven by it before, right? Maybe not. I was struck by the nice cream city brick the place was, and the black trim they used to accent it. Just gorgeous. Then I got to thinking about how nice of a color palette that makes. I'd like to try and emulate it in some of my pieces, but I guess I'll just have to wait until I have the right ones to do it with :D What could be more Milwaukee than white brick, right?

PS- I love love LOVE the Joseph & Vera Zilber Building (Hillel Center)- absolutely breathtaking in person.

Photos used from Dave Reid's flickr stream.

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Spurred on by Google's friendly image reminder (which was awesome in it's own right), I looked a little into the branding of the Vancouver hosted Winter Olympics. Done by Vanoc (the Vancouver Olympic Comittee), the design was spurred on by a green friendly look at the city vs. wilderness that is Canada. I like the illustrations, soft gradients, nice color swatches, and subtle textures. However, I think the pictograms look like 20 year old clipart.
Also, check here for a great wealth of images between the 2010's and the past Canadian Olympics.

Valentines

Made 3 different valentines to hand out this year. Posted on Flickr.

Typeface Documentary

So I caught this from the folks over at Handmade Nation, and I can't stop watching this video.

In Two Rivers, WI, the Hamilton Wood Type Printing Museum stands as a testament to how print shops used to run. Dedicated to the all but extinct craft of hand carved wood type, the museum offers free admission to those who want to delve into the countless drawers and shelves filled with individual block letters of innumerous types and fonts. Occaisionally they open the place up to workshops where designers- professional, educational, or people with no experience at all can let it loose and print off a couple pieces of hand set type. Awesome. I have to go there.

Yulia Revisited

I did a post on Yulia Brodskaya almost exactly a year ago, and I was revisiting her portfolio site. She has a wealth of really impressive work now, and has expanded greatly into her vertically standing paper cut forms. Definitely worth another look.

David Pearson

David PearsonI'm starting to think that a great pinnacle in the illustrating career would be to work for Penguin books. The history of class and style are so iconic and have even had a recent internet design meme revival that the Penguin Logo is quite hip (if it hasn't always been). Pearson has an awesome portfolio site, and I'm a huge fan of the collections that he has done such as the Great Ideas, Great Loves, or Great Journeys in which there are 13 or so books to a set, and he sticks with a monotonous color scheme for each set. Just Awesome.

Motivational Posters

Here's a set of continually growing motivational posters I've been working on. Just quick little exercises based on a strong motivational concept, limited shape forms, and my color scheme at the moment. Some are better than others, but making things constantly is the best way to get better. All posted on my Flickr stream.

A la- Make Something Cool Everyday.

Latest

Here's my latest.

Evangelical Lutheran. Frederick, MD

Original photo by Gina Cairney.

cardboard frame measures 10 x 13 in.

Greg Lendeck

Greg Lendeck
Lendeck uses wax paper as a medium, which gives most of his work a ghostly translucent flavor, but works so well because then you can see the layers and added depth that each one gives to the piece. Really awesome stuff, his Flickr page is all I can find of his work. He confesses to continuously re-working his technique, sometimes using glues that bind and wrinkle tha paper, sometimes using translucent tape to get it all together. I think it adds a nice "homemade-gritty" feel to the work.

Studio On Fire

Studio On FireHave I mentioned how much I've been getting into Letterpress lately? The original way that print was put to paper, the hot metal typefaces were just supposed to graze the paper and leave the print. A resurgence in the art has given rise to many small printing firms rededicating their presses to heavily indenting the paper, adding textures and a glorious touch of panache to thicker (160 lb) papers. The simplest is to have one color presses, that way the paper only needs one pass through the press, and one die-cut plate for the image. Studio on Fire, based in Minneapolis, does a lot of their work in 4-color pressings, and it turns out phenomenal.

I will add that when admiring letterpress, the studio that prints it might not be the ones who design it. Some of them have in-house designers, others don't, depending on how large the operation is. So viewing these are strictly to look at the paper/press quality. Good design is a bonus :D

Paperfetish

Paperfetish


I've seen this guys work before, and regardless of only finding his work on Deviantart, his papercraft is exquisite and relegated mainly to fan-art based work for family and friends. Regardless, the amount of detail that goes into his cuts are amazing, and they are clean and very precise. Check out his gallery to see his take on Disney characters, Family Guy, Naruto, as well as older anime (his white on white sculpture of Kaneda is great). I love the papers he uses as well, really nice textures.

Latest

Wanted to do something simple and quick after that mammoth Orchids and Butterflies piece. Just the uglyPLAIDinc sign for my workspace :D 14 x 14 inches. Cardboard, paper, glue.

Carlos Meira

Carlos Meira


Such impressive stuff, I'll begin with the style. Carlos bevels and embosses his paper, which smooths out the edges and creates a soft amazingly depth environment, more than 2D, but not quite up to 3D paper sculpture in the round. His craft is also brought to life in computer animation, which makes the actual paper cut stills look more impressive. His blog has some nice wip shots, as well as the benefit of not waiting for his "all-in-Portugese-slow-flash" based portfolio site. He also watercolors his paper to achieve the perfect gradients he needs. Amazing.

Latest Work

Here's my latest project. Christmas gift for my mother. 3 x 2 feet. Designed in Illustrator, finalized with cut paper, cardboard, glue.