I also design posters and advertisements, make digital games accessible to the visually impaired, manage crowdfunding projects, create brand identities and marketing plans, and very occassionally write things.
Layout / Design
Art Direction
Project Management
Crowdfunding
Brand Identity
PDF Remediation
Marketing / Social Media
+ consultation for all above
2019
2019
2020
2020
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2023
2023
2023
2023
2024
2024
2024
The Demon Collective, Vol. 1
Magical Industrial Revolution
Libreté + Fleur Du Mall
Lorn Song of the Bachelor
ALIEN The Roleplaying Game
ARCventure Series
BX: A Cipher Universe
Gangs of Titan City
The Monster Overhaul
Old School Essentials
Eat the Reich
Moonlight on Roseville Beach
Social Media Management
Throne of Avarice
Cairn 2E Boxed Set
INEVITABLE
MOTHERSHIP 1E Deluxe Set
GMDK
Skerples
GMDK
Exalted Funeral
Free League Publishing
Exalted Funeral
Dreamyard NYC
SoulMuppet Publishing
Skerples
Necrotic Gnome
Rowan, Rook, & Deckard
R. Rook Studio
Space Penguin Ink
SoulMuppet Publishing
Space Penguin Ink
SoulMuppet Publishing
Tuesday Knight Games
Project Management
Crowdfunding
Project Management
Layout / Design
PDF Remediation
Layout / Design
Layout / Design
Layout / Design
Crowdfunding
PDF Remediation
PDF Remediation
Layout / Design
Marketing / Social Media
Layout / Design
Marketing / Social Media
Layout / Design
PDF Remediation
Trade hardcover, 284pp
Published by SoulMuppet Publishing
2024
I did a bunch of big projects for SoulMuppet in 2023-2024, but none were as personal to the creator as INEVITABLE. Zach Cox’s love letter to Westerns and Arthuriana went through a lot of revisions before we settled on the final design, and even after that there was a tremendous amount of back-and-forth as we debated over where to place each of the over 100 pieces of full-page art. The only stipulations I imposed on myself were these: no fake paper textures, and no blackletter. I wanted to earn my paycheck.
The first thing we agreed on was the choice of typefaces, all from British type foundry Beasts of England (the name alone was a non-insignificant factor in their choosing). The book uses Sandleford for body text, Rough Cut for tables and sidebars, and Jack’s Maggot for some headers. The main chapter headers are done in a lovely display type called Lotape, which was used for its attractive blend of calligraphic and arabesque details. These were set alongside geometric patterns and hand-drawn fourishes, the melding of Southwestern patterns and manuscript illuminations.
The page borders were designed by KlurArts to my specifications, as I felt that no book taking inspiration from medieval text can really go without having an overly-ornate frame. To keep it from overpowering the text, I asked to keep color to a minimum except in the corners, where the orange and green evoke the twin moons of the setting, from which all magic flows. Two versions of the borders were produced: one for individual pages and one for spreads. An alternate for each was made to be overlaid over images, providing a ghostly watermark that preserved the theme without covering up any of the good bits. Art’s expensive.
For a book of this size, the full-spread images had to be adjusted so as not to fall into the gutter. The exception of this is the map, which was placed in the dead center of the book so as to lay completely flat when it was opened. Unlike the previous two SoulMuppet books I worked on, this didn’t get a silver foil cover — instead, two alternate covers were illustrated and customers had their choice of them at checkout.
Writing by Zachary Cox.
Illustration by Klára “KlurArts” Kovařčíková.
Editing by Will Jobst.
Design by Dai Shugars.