Cover done for Environment Yale magazine in 2007.
The editor, David DeFusco, sent a rough scribble of a globe face with water being squeezed from the head.
Sometimes it is hard to see the idea through someone else’s scribble. Occasionally, it becomes more difficult to come up with a solution.
Not this time.
The Environment Yale cover is one of my favorite covers.
This was a cover and fold-out for the Directory of Illustration 2009. Dave Plunkert of Spur Design is the designer. When I first turned it in, it had a more complex background. Dave liked the art, but I asked if there was anything he would change.
He said no.
I asked again if he was sure.
After working with the type, he suggested a black background.
David is a very smart guy.
p.s. Â This is the first post on Planet Yang. Hopefully this will be the first of many.