No kiddin’!

When he mentioned the title of an ebook that required a cover I was sure Blake was pulling my leg. Well, as you can see above…here it is. Dating My Vibrator (and other true fiction) is an at times hilarious collection of short stories about dating and the interaction between women and men, written by Suzanne Tyrpak. No hard core stuff by the way - for those who might be concerned. It is available now online - buy it at amazon.com today.

The ‘Vibrator Man’ cover above was considered the most commercial of the two covers I designed. Below is the cover that also struck a chord with many, including Suzanne. It is very different from the one above, and you’re not allowed to favour any of your babies, but I feel strongly about the flying vibrators cover below. Maybe there will be an opportunity to get this alternative cover out there, in some shape or form.

Short stories from Blake Crouch

Four Live Rounds, a collection of short stories by Blake Crouch. You can purchase the fully designed and illustrated edition here. Or here for the kindle edition.

Logo for Strong Sustainability Think Tank, initiated by Sustainability Aotearoa New Zealand (SANZ). Phase2 is dedicated to the advancement and adoption of science- and ethics-based (strong) sustainability through leadership and engagement.

Abandon, Blake Crouch’s third novel was the inspiration for this illustration.

Another chapter illustration for Serial Uncut, ground breaking novel written by Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn, and J.A. Konrath. This illustration visualises the coming of age of Donaldson. Not the nicest of chaps. The ebook-version that includes all chapter illustrations is available from www.blakecrouch.com.

This is the cover design for the anthology of Marcus Sakey’s short stories. Out now and available from on kindle from amazon or in other ebook formats from smashwords.

Simon’s Human Needs Theory

There are quite a few Human Needs theories around, but none that covers every human need thinkable while remaining as simple and straight forward is this one. Simon Hertnon’s theory is part of Clear, Concise, Compelling (buy it from Nakedize here) and can also be seen online in Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish.

I painted this in ‘93 on a piece of driftwood, while on holiday in Pornic, France.

One of my favourite short stories by Marcus Sakey. The photo, last exposure of the film, was taken 13 years ago with a dirt cheap throw-away-camera. Pictured is Wiesje, one of my daughters. This picture to me is as heartbreaking as Marcus’ story. You can buy it here - read it!

From Newscientist comes this inspiring infographic.

America, are you happy? The emotional words contained in hundreds of millions of messages posted to the Twitter website may hold the answer.

Computer scientist Alan Mislove at Northeastern University in Boston and colleagues have found that these “tweets” suggest that the west coast is happier than the east coast, and across the country happiness peaks each Sunday morning, with a trough on Thursday evenings. The team calls their work the “pulse of the nation”.