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
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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, 264 pp
Published by SoulMuppet Publishing
2024
I don’t get to do as much sci-fi as I would like to, so when I was commissioned to design the hit sequel to the hit sad space cowboys game Orbital Blues, I immediately dove into the mood boards. While I’m not accustomed to following up on other people’s work, the templates and trade dress that fellow designer Lone Archivist did for the previous book were a great help in developing the style for Afterburn.
One of the most identifiable aspects of Orbital Blues is its reliance on novel display type for section headers, specifically designed to reinforce the message of the section they are attached to. So, as opposed to having a set style for every header of a certain type, the headers in Afterburn vary wildly in size, font style, and color, which was both a big challenge and a lot of fun to design. I used up damn near every font in my creator’s toolbox, and even had to hit up Adobe Fonts for more, but the result is a book where I think every single spread stands tall on its own merits.
The quality and quantity of at artwork in the book cannot be understated either. Even the pages without art often host large display type with an image fill, and generous use of the in-universe logos fill available space when they’re appropriate. This is the benefit of a good project manager: the ability to coordinate writing, art, and layout, to pull back on some areas and push forward in others, to decide whether a paragraph should be cut to save a page or expanded with a new art commission to fill a spread. I’m lucky to have had the opportunity to work with such great clients as these.
Orbital Blues: Afterburn was shipped with an assortment of extra goodies designed by other collaborators, like pamphlets, cassette soundtracks, and sticker sheets.
Writing by Sam Sleney, Joshua Clark and Zachary Cox.
Illustrated by Joshua Clark.
Editing by Will Jobst.
Design by Dai Shugars.