Facebook IPO's 1 year anniversary

Happy anniversary on going public, Facebook. It's been disappointing, apparently. Have some cake!

Read the story here.

Fancy hair, Sailor Mars, and office supplies?

I've never really drawn with a pen nib before, but I recently got a Deleter nib holder in Japantown and I'm really digging it! Here are some sketchy doodles working it out.

Light Grey Art Lab: STATION ZERO Artists Announced!

I'm excited to have been selected for another Light Grey Art Lab group show! This one's about science fiction, so I am very happy. Also great to be amongst so many other talented folks! Check out the full line-up below.
Light Grey Art Lab: STATION ZERO Artists Announced!

Prisms!

Here's a repeating prism pattern for your face! Tile it on your desktop!

Hard choice!

Spot illustration for an essay in the book review about an author describing her struggle to publish straight to paperback and abandon hardcover. You can read it here!

Honeywords

Illustration for the Business section about new cybersecurity protocols that would generate multiple fake passwords for every real password, in an attempt to dissuade hackers and alert companies to security breaches. Read the story here! 

Guacamelee! Comic video game review

 

Here's my review of Guacamelee! from DrinkBox Studios ($14.99 through PSN). What the review doesn't say is that Guacamelee! is a super fun (and challenging!) platformer with some interesting game mechanics paired with great design and graphics that pull from Mexican mythology. Also, lots of chickens. There, I summed it up for you.

Doing this review also reminded me that a lot of video games are about rescuing your girlfriend. So many ladies in peril!

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, by Anthony Marra

Book review illustration this week is for "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena" by local Bay Area author Anthony Marra and reviewed by Ramona Ausubel. The book cover itself is also super lovely!

D-Day

Some old unused drawings of planes and boats that I kind of liked. 

Maya's Notebook, by Isabel Allende

 

Here's a new book review illustration due out this Sunday. It's for a review of "Maya's Notebook" by Isabel Allende, and reviewed by Malena Watrous. You can read it here!