“Please make whatever creative direction changes necessary so that Seattle Met remains legible and enjoyable” (the December issue)

Here’s some stuff from Seattle Met‘s December issue. First, a letter to the editor (“Read This”) criticizing my design for last month’s traffic and WTO features, and for putting white type on black backgrounds. Coincidentally, Backpacker magazine creative director Matthew Bates sent a note saying how nice the issue looked (“Eye of the Beholder”):

Letters

For this Mudroom illustration, I brought in local artist Kelly J. Brownlee:

Green Christmas

The cover package is about movies related to Seattle:

Home Movies

Home Movies

Home Movies

Home Movies

I modified this still in Photoshop by moving the falling man slightly in each frame:

The Stuntman

Stunt Man

Stunt Man

This feature opens with a description of apes scribbling with crayons and scattering toys all about their play area, so I brought that into the design:

Chimps

Chimps

Another Nigel Buchanan illustration for Back Fence:

Back Fence