I did the Democracy in What State? cover about 5 years ago and the press asked if I could do another one in the same vein for a follow-up book.
Final cover with preliminary sketches below. The novel features a Michael Jackson impersonator. The challenge was to find of way of showing it without showing it. The image I used as source material is included as well.
A new series design. As my old boss used to say, the trick to doing a series design is that each cover must be different, but the same.
Pollux is the small format paperback imprint for Lux éditeur. They wanted a stripped down design that was just typographic in two colours. The word "Pollux" in the background changes colour with each book.
Another poetry cover with preliminary sketches below.
Final cover for this poetry book with the preliminary sketches below.
These covers have won in Communication Arts Design Annuals going back to 2000.
My work space
An intellectual is someone who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is someone who says a difficult thing in a simple way. –Charles Bukowski
When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. –R. Buckminster Fuller
A lot of people try to think up ideas. I’m not one. I’d rather accept the irresistible possibilities of what I