Award!

The design team at Ooligan Press was excited to see M. Thomas Cooper’s novel 42 win two awards from the 2009 PubWest Design Awards. I won a silver medal for interior design in the category of adult trade, nonillustrated, and a fellow designer won a bronze for the cover.

As my second place came on the heels of Dark Horse’s Hellboy, it was a victory to even be in the same race with one of the gods of publishing! (For record’s sake, the other gods of publishing are McSweeney’s, Chronicle, the ancient Irish monks, and Chip Kidd.)

Coming Soon

I’ve got some exciting new projects in the pipeline. Details may change, but here’s what I’m working on right now:

• Tim Harnett’s second novel, Rêve is right on the horizon, to be published by Painted Carpet Press. I am doing both its cover design and interior, working closely with the author. I am confident that it’s my best design yet!
• Amigas Del Señior, letters from two women who founded their own monastery in Honduras will be coming out soon from Quaker Abbey Press. I am doing the interior design and some editing. The design of this book will show my love of exploring cultures and reflect the long history of monastic tomes.
• The first year of the Chefs in Black have been planned and written. I am working hard at getting them all illustrated. Most notable will be the double-sized Pele Poi and Centaur Sushi.
• We haven’t seen a whole lot of The Sláinte Magazine lately, but there’s some great articles in the work and we may yet get to that second CD we’ve always talked about.
• I'm also working as an illustrator and coauthor on an upcoming nonfiction piece, details later!
• I am starting to learn 3d design so that I can finally get my wordless children’s books off the ground.

On Shelves Now

On this page I am going to put pictures of the published designs I have worked on. It's going to be under construction for a bit though, so bear with me!

Books

Fiction

Rêve Tim Harnett December, 2010 Painted Carpet Press

Coming December, 2010! This book has not yet been released so the images are certain to change a bit, but I am excited about this design and am wanting to get the word out early!

42 M. Thomas Cooper

I was excited to win a silver medal in the 2009 PubWest design awards for this inspired novel. Text and other visual elements in the book reflect the character's descent into paranoia and possible insanity.

Trompe L’oeil Tim Harnett

Details coming soon.

Good Friday Tony Wolk

Details coming soon.

Nonfiction

Amigas Del Señior Beth Blodgett and Prairie Cutting

Coming Soon! This book has not yet been released so the cover image may change.

Tribal Vision Paulette Rees-Denis

Interning at Cultivator Press at the time this book was being produced, my job was going through photos, scanning them, and cleaning them up for use in the book. Many of the photographs were already on the computer but at too small of a resolution or needed color retouching, scratch removal, etc. I also gave feedback to the designer, Vinnie Kinsella, who really did an amazing job with this book!

Magazines

Daegu Pockets