I made a mix for my friend Q’s Birthday (Happy [super-early] Birthday, Q!). This is all InDesign, with lines + ITC Avant Garde Gothic and a big Colonna Q. I like how the red curvilinear Q both matches and contrasts with the lines in the background and foreground. And what is Avant Garde Gothic but a bunch of lines and circles? Yum: Lines and circles. When I think of Q, I think:

• order
• organization
• lists
• red, white, gray, black
• gore
• Arachnia
• Russian literature
• other incredibly important things

Thanks for being so awesome, Q!

Made with delicious brown ink on boring white paper, then a generous dash of Photoshop. I can’t stop drawing these ecosystems!

This is a monster holding the card & envelope I made today. I recommend using white gel pens. No gloomy mood is impervious to the opaque, smooth glide of white ink. You can get them at one of my favorite internet stores: jet pens. I also recommend Bionicles. Oh man, I wish the bionicle were wearing a monocle.

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