by James Yang | Jun 10, 2014 | blog, projects
One of the pleasant surprises this year has been the steady stream of assignments with multiple illustrations. I really enjoy the chance to develop and idea so it creates a mini story or look. SooJin Buzelli had an assignment which required a cover to be used as an...
by James Yang | Jun 3, 2014 | blog
April Montgomery from Computerworld and I have worked together for many years and she is one of my favorite art directors. We have a very good flow which probably comes from working on multiple projects and she is one art director who always seems to pick my favorite...
by James Yang | May 27, 2014 | blog
While traveling to Hong Kong this year I’ve heard a theme from friends common to friends in Brooklyn: You have to work harder to stay in place with rising costs. It never ceases to amaze me how assignments can echo life. Mark Tyner at The Wall St. Journal had an...
by James Yang | May 20, 2014 | blog
An interesting trend this year may have been started with my Impolite Gentlemen web comic: I’ve received more requests to do sequentially based ideas. This was a fun cops and robbers piece for DBusiness Magazine. Art Director James Slate suggested a strip idea...
by James Yang | May 13, 2014 | blog
Knock on wood but many people I’ve talked to recently are not just busy but overwhelmed with work and this spans many professions. HOW Magazine must have had its’ hand on the pulse when assigning a story about removing clutter from the mind. The gist of...
