Zone One
by Colson Whitehead, 2011.

Moderate sketching from the fantastic coversation and excerpts from Swirling at last night's signing.
Plus, travel looks and some favorite De La type.

Very excited for today's release of Swirling and the Mekeisha Madden Toby moderated signing by authors, Janice and Christelyn, tonight at Eso Won Bookstore.
Keen to have been involved in the cover design since Zoe's baby shower and subsequent nearby coffee stops, always fun. Design precedents, ideas and sketches of the process along with color and type options.. and a few silly variants.

Ours shipped today.. order your copy of the book online or pick it up at bookstores.

talking Fat-Cats, Mormons and Jazz.. plus, the discovery of a keen historical Boilerplate.

afterwards, at the 101 Coffee Shop.. sketches from the Dead Author's Reading with the brothers Grimm. H.G.Wells was hilarious and all proceeds go to 826LA.

Respect, too.. Beastie Boys playing seemingly everywhere I went today.

Murky, dreamy, Abbot Kinney, Venice.

Questionable dialog over other's Turkey burgers and a latte.

A weekend return-trip to Toronto and Niagara, a long time since undergrad. This time: no rain, good coffee, poutine, the distillery district, dim-sum, Morphosis and Liebeskind, Okasan, and the Canadian side, under the falls. Plus, stumbling upon a half-Japanese film set for Still Seas.

Take care.

The wonderfully lovely Saiga family, in portraiture and process (reversed).

Always so fun to see them.. sorry not to have been there to give in person.

Illustration and design process for a recycled glass suncatcher, featuring the Grand Haven pier, for the Calico Cat. A dandy concept and product by the folks at the Glass Refactory, the pieces should be available in deep blue (rendered as shown) this summer.