This is novel that features a talking crow. In an earlier sketch I had showed a mink diving under water but there was just something so incongruous about a crow standing in water that was a better fit the tone of the book.
After all these years with probably 30 catalogue covers under my belt I figured it was time to discover my inner scot. Yes that is the McGill tartan on those sexy shads.
The author suggested using an old map of Canada in this way - highlighting specific regions. I was almost convinced that there was no way to use a map on a cover in an original way any more but I thought this could be interesting.
New poetry cover. From the brief: "a cartographer's log of an inner landscape"
Maybe a little on the obvious side but when I found the image it seemed like a perfect fit with the title.
New packaging project I am working on. There will be a selection of different oils available. It will use a system of two stickers per bottle. Each oil will have a different bottle colour.
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