All of the Cats

Here's something I did a few months ago for the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) in Portland. They needed a half-sheet sized catalog cover to promote classes and events offered in February and March of this year. To the surprise of no one who has skimmed through this blog, it features cats.

The Valentine's Day image was the front cover and the St. Patrick's Day cats occupied the back cover.

Type Specimen: Adobe Caslon Pro

One of our assignments for my book design class this term was to create three type specimen sheets. Here's the final one I made (and my favorite), for Adobe Caslon Pro:

It was tough to find a limerick that wasn't too ribald for class, though I quite enjoy the one I found.

Type Specimen: Rockwell

One of our assignments for my book design class this term was to create three type specimen sheets. Here's the second one I made, for Rockwell:

Type Specimen: Century Schoolbook

One of our assignments for my book design class this term was to create three type specimen sheets. Here's the first one I made, for Century Schoolbook:

National Poetry Month

To celebrate the end of National Poetry Month, here is a line drawing of one of the all-time greats: Emily Dickinson.

This piece was published in the Winter 2014 edition of the Portland Review, along with a drawing of Edgar Allan Poe (which will show up on the sketch blog in the near future).