Site Makeover
Posted by J.D. King at 6:28 am on July 17th |
Over the Fourth of July weekend my site got a major makeover with a hearty and able assist by my new webmeister, Otis Fodder -- my hero!
What can I say about Otis? Fast? Try ahead of schedule despite having just moved from Seattle to Montreal with his new bride. The paint wasn't dry on their new pad when he dove into my project.
Good? To quote Tony the Tiger, "GRRR-RATE!"
Nice price? A fee that'd thrill the thriftiest Scot! Hoot mon!
To the above add cheerful. This guy is SCARY good!
BTW, he's the cat responsible for the Jim Flora site.
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July!
Posted by J.D. King at 5:33 am on July 2nd |
The year's half over, Winter's a faded memory, Spring's given way to Summer, July is here!
It's time for farm stands and fireflies, bike rides and dragonflies, relaxing with a good book (I'm re-reading Jean Kerr's "Please Don't Eat the Daisies." She was a funny lady!) to a soundtrack of Ives and Gershwin, Jobim and Ricky Nelson.
July is here! Inhale the humidity!
A Happy Fourth!
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Nook-Glo the Friendly
Posted by J.D. King at 7:05 am on June 30th |
Meet Nook-Glo. He arrives proffering peace and good vibes to the human race.
That said, beware! His temper is as dicey as nitroglycerine! Look at him cross-eyed and there'll be HELL TA PAY, YOU FOOLISH MORTALS!!!
"I was tryin' ta be nice! Then ya just had to go and do THAT, didn't ya?! YOU IMBECILES!!!"
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Cyber Spies
Posted by J.D. King at 6:30 am on June 26th |
I did this for London's The Jewish Chronicle, working for my old pal, John Belknap, whom some here may remember from his NYC days.
It was great to work with John, and also great to work on a topic -- an Israeli team that monitors the nooks and crannies of the Web for terrorist groups -- that took me into a different artistic area. No happy little guys in this one!
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Doty Found Flora's Wallet!
Posted by J.D. King at 6:18 am on June 7th |
Last weekend I was at the Jim Flora site, reading the Florablog. Irwin Chusid had posted some Flora cartoons from 1960s Parade magazines.
The lighthearted line work reminded me a little of Roy Doty's work, so, curiosity piqued, I went to Wikipedia to see if there was a Doty entry. There is!
From there, I went to his site and sent him an e-mail, telling him how much I appreciated his work, and asked him if he and Flora had ever crossed paths.
He wrote back, and yes they'd been friends, a friendship that began when Doty found Flora's wallet in Grand Central Station!
I passed this info along to some fellow Floraphiles, one of whom, Peter Hoey, sent me this Doty cartoon of a hi-fi fanatic in paradise.
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Pandora's Box
Posted by J.D. King at 11:48 am on May 31st |
To quote Henri Langlois, "There is no Garbo, there is no Dietrich, there is only Louise Brooks!"
Lulu was a lulu!
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Don't Knock Knoxville!
Posted by J.D. King at 10:50 am on May 20th |
This is the cover I did for the first issue of the redesigned Metro Pulse, a Knoxville weekly, and some interior illos. The topic is: Places of interest that you can get to on one tank of gas or less.
This is the second job I've done for them, the first being a full page and spots for last Valentine's Day.
I initially heard from them when one of their writers was working on a Jim Flora article. I asked him, "By the way, do you folks hire illustrators?"
The AD, Travis Gray, is a great fellow to work with, and a talented illustrator in his own right!
BTW, this is another example of the tasteful use of type!
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INVASION!
Posted by J.D. King at 8:00 am on May 13th |
Here's the cover and an interior illo for the most recent issue of Rethinking Schools.
The article was about a deprived school that'd been granted what seemed a blessing, but turned out to be more of a curse: free laptops for all the kids.
This year I've done covers for several magazines, which is always fun. But it's a real treat when the type is handled as tastefully as AD Patrick JB Flynn does here! Thanks, Pat!
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J.D. Goes To College
Posted by J.D. King at 12:06 pm on April 23rd |
Nestled in the foothills of The Adirondack National Park, I got a call from Gail Segerstrom at Columbia College, nestled in the foothills of Yosemite National Park. She wanted me to do a cover for their catalog regarding their new e-mail system.
Here it is!
BTW, I'm very pleased with the type treatment!
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